title: Pannexin-1 couples to maitotoxin- and nigericin-induced interleukin-1beta release through a dye uptake-independent pathway.
abstract: Pannexin-1 is a recently identified membrane protein that can act as a nonselective pore permeable to dyes such as ethidium when ectopically expressed. Blockade of pannexin-1 in macrophage endogenously expressing the ATP-gated P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) blocks the initial dye uptake, but not the ionic current, and also blocks processing and release of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) in response to P2X7R activation. These results suggest that pannexin-1 may be a hemichannel activated by the P2X7R to provide the conduit for dye uptake and downstream signaling to processing and release of IL-1beta. We have pursued this hypothesis by measuring dye uptake and IL-1beta processing and release in mouse J774 macrophage in response to P2X7R activation and to maitotoxin and nigericin, two agents considered to evoke IL-1beta release via the same mechanism. The experiments were carried out over time periods during which no lactate dehydrogenase was released from cells to examine only noncytolytic pathways. P2X7R activation evoked dye uptake that could be separated into two components by pannexin-1 inhibition: an initial rapid phase and a slower pannexin-1-independent phase. Maitotoxin-evoked dye uptake was unaltered by pannexin-1 inhibition. Nigericin did not induce dye uptake. Inhibition of pannexin-1 blocked caspase-1 and IL-1beta processing and release in response to all three stimuli. Thus, although pannexin-1 is required for IL-1beta release in response to maitotoxin, nigericin, and ATP, a mechanism distinct from pannexin-1 hemichannel activation must underlie the former two processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pelegrin
authors.forename: Annmarie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Surprenant
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016923:Cell Death / Q000502:physiology; D002460:Cell Line; D017630:Connexins; D006801:Humans; D053583:Interleukin-1beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D008387:Marine Toxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009550:Nigericin / Q000494:pharmacology; D035964:Oxocins / Q000494:pharmacology; D011485:Protein Binding; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000378:metabolism; D058486:Receptors, Purinergic P2X7; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D000095702:Polyether Toxins
chemical_list: D017630:Connexins; D053583:Interleukin-1beta; D008387:Marine Toxins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009550:Nigericin; D035964:Oxocins; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D058486:Receptors, Purinergic P2X7; C546468:P2RX7 protein, human; C546469:P2rx7 protein, mouse; C503631:Panx1 protein, mouse; C020394:maitotoxin; D000095702:Polyether Toxins