Author:
Jiang Lin-Hua,Rassendren Francois,Mackenzie Amanda,Zhang Yi-Hong,Surprenant Annmarie,North R. Alan
Abstract
Activation of membrane P2X7 receptors by extracellular ATP [or its analog 2′,3′- O-(4-benzoylbenzoyl)-ATP] results in the opening within several milliseconds of an integral ion channel that is permeable to small cations. If the ATP application is maintained for several seconds, two further sequelae occur: there is a gradual increase in permeability to the larger cation N-methyl-d-glucamine and the cationic propidium dye quinolinium, 4-[(3-methyl-2(3 H)-benzoxazolylidene)methyl]-1-[3-(triethylammonio)propyl]diiodide (YO-PRO-1) enters the cell. The similarity in the time course of these two events has led to the widespread view that N-methyl-d-glucamine and YO-PRO-1 enter through a common permeation pathway, the “dilating” P2X7 receptor pore. Here we provide two independent lines of evidence against this view. We studied single human embryonic kidney cells expressing rat P2X7 receptors with patch-clamp recordings of membrane current and with fluorescence measurements of YO-PRO-1 uptake. First, we found that maintained application of the ATP analog did not cause any increase in N-methyl-d-glucamine permeability when the extracellular solution contained its normal sodium concentration, although YO-PRO-1 uptake was readily observed. Second, we deleted a cysteine-rich 18-amino acid segment in the intracellular juxtamembrane region of the P2X7 receptor. This mutated receptor showed normal YO-PRO-1 uptake but had no permeability to N-methyl-d-glucamine. Together, the clear differential effects of extracellular sodium ions or of mutation of the receptor strongly suggest that N-methyl-d-glucamine and YO-PRO-1 do not enter the cell by the same permeation pathway.
Publisher
American Physiological Society
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