title: Role of purinergic P2Y1 receptors in regulation of vasopressin and oxytocin secretion.
abstract: Pharmacological studies demonstrated that ATP elevates intracellular calcium ([Ca(2+)](i)) in supraoptic nucleus (SON) neurons primarily by activation of P2X2 and P2Y1 purinergic receptors [P2Y1R]. The current studies provide evidence for the presence of P2Y1R protein in SON neurons, evidence that activation of these P2Y1Rs induces an increase in [Ca(2+)](i) from both intracellular stores and Ca(2+) influx, and functional evidence that activation of P2Y1Rs induces vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) hormone release. Pretreatment of Fura-2 AM-loaded explants of the hypothalamo-neurohypophyseal system (HNS) with thapsigargin (TG) significantly (approximately 80%) reduced the increase in [Ca(2+)](i) induced by the P2Y1R-specific agonist, 2-methylthio-ADP (2-MeSADP). In contrast, the increase in [Ca(2+)](i) was slightly (approximately 20%) decreased in calcium-free medium. The calcium response to 2-MeSADP was completely blocked by the P2Y1R-specific antagonist, MRS2179 or by a combination of TG pretreatment and calcium-free medium. It was absent in P2Y1R knockout mice (P2Y1R(-/-)). 2-MeSADP significantly increased VP and OT release from perifused rat and wild-type mouse HNS explants compared with control. MRS2179 prevented this response in wild-type mouse, but it did not prevent ATP-induced hormone release from rat explants. 2-MeSADP did not induce hormone release from P2Y1R(-/-) explants. These findings support a potential role for P2Y1Rs in regulation of VP and OT release. The finding that P2Y1R activation induces a small Ca(2+) influx suggests that P2Y1Rs may regulate VP release by modifying ion channels such as stretch-inactivated cation channels.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Univ. of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA. zhilin.song@ucdenver.edu
authors.forename: Zhilin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Dayane A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Wanida
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000187:drug effects; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000378:metabolism*; D010286:Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D010477:Perfusion; D058910:Purinergic P2 Receptor Agonists; D058919:Purinergic P2 Receptor Antagonists; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000502:physiology*; D058472:Receptors, Purinergic P2Y1; D013495:Supraoptic Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C111914:N(6)-methyl-2'-deoxyadenosine 3',5'-diphosphate; C546383:P2ry1 protein, mouse; C546384:P2ry1 protein, rat; D058910:Purinergic P2 Receptor Agonists; D058919:Purinergic P2 Receptor Antagonists; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D058472:Receptors, Purinergic P2Y1; D013873:Thionucleotides; D014667:Vasopressins; C002480:methylthio-ADP; D010121:Oxytocin; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D019284:Thapsigargin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate