title: Expressions of P2X2 and P2X3 receptors in rat nodose neurons after myocardial ischemia injury.
abstract: The role of ATP is as a functional neurotransmitter and local intercellular signaling molecule. The nodose neurons express both P2X(2) and P2X(3) subunits in their plasma membrane. This study wants to observe the expression of P2X(2) receptor and the expression relationship between P2X(2) and P2X(3) in nodose neurons after myocardial ischemic injury. The expressions of P2X(3) immunoreactivity, mRNA and protein were analyzed by immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization and western blotting. P2X(2) and P2X(3) immunoreactivity, mRNA expression had been increased after myocardial ischemia in nodose neurons. Myocardial ischemia enhanced P2X(2) and P2X(3) protein level in nodose ganglia after myocardial ischemia. P2X(2) receptor in nodose neurons participated in the transmission of cardiac pain. The changes of P2X(2) and P2X(3) immunoreactivities, mRNA and protein that occurred following myocardial ischemic injury in the nodose ganglia showed that a correlation existed between P2X(2) and P2X(3) expression. It suggests that P2X(2) receptor subtype in company with P2X(3) receptor subtype plays the important role in cardiac vagal sensory nociceptors with a sensitivity to ATP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, PR China.
authors.forename: Yunxia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guilin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Kehua
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Shangdong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Changshui
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Shuangmei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jiari
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D009620:Nodose Ganglion / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D058476:Receptors, Purinergic P2X2; D058477:Receptors, Purinergic P2X3
chemical_list: D009479:Neuropeptides; C546403:P2rx2 protein, rat; C546410:P2rx3 protein, rat; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D058476:Receptors, Purinergic P2X2; D058477:Receptors, Purinergic P2X3; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate