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METHODS IN CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Intracellular calcium measurements as a method in studies on activity of purinergic P2X receptor channels

Mu-Lan He,^* Hana Zemkova,^* Taka-aki Koshimizu, Melanija Tomi, and Stanko S. Stojilkovic

Endocrinology and Reproduction Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4510

Submitted 29 January 2003 ; accepted in final form 22 April 2003

Extracellular nucleotide-activated purinergic receptors (P2XRs) are a family of cation-permeable channels that conduct small cations, including Ca²⁺, leading to the depolarization of cells and subsequent stimulation of voltage-gated Ca²⁺ influx in excitable cells. Here, we studied the spatiotemporal characteristics of intracellular Ca²⁺ signaling and its dependence on current signaling in excitable mouse immortalized gonadotropin-releasing hormone-secreting cells (GT1) and nonexcitable human embryonic kidney cells (HEK-293) cells expressing wild-type and chimeric P2XRs. In both cell types, P2XR generated depolarizing currents during the sustained ATP stimulation, which desensitized in order (from rapidly desensitizing to nondesensitizing): P2X₃R > P2X_2b + X₄R > P2X_2bR > P2X_2a + X₄R > P2X₄R > P2X_2aR > P2X₇R. HEK-293 cells were not suitable for studies on P2XR-mediated Ca²⁺ influx because of the coactivation of endogenously expressed Ca²⁺-mobilizing purinergic P2Y receptors. However, when expressed in GT1 cells, all wild-type and chimeric P2XRs responded to agonist binding with global Ca²⁺ signals, which desensitized in the same order as current signals but in a significantly slower manner. The global distribution of Ca²⁺ signals was present independently of the rate of current desensitization. The temporal characteristics of Ca²⁺ signals were not affected by voltage-gated Ca²⁺ influx and removal of extracellular sodium. Ca²⁺ signals reflected well the receptor-specific EC₅₀ values for ATP and the extracellular Zn²⁺ and pH sensitivities of P2XRs. These results indicate that intracellular Ca²⁺ measurements are useful for characterizing the pharmacological properties and messenger functions of P2XRs, as well as the kinetics of channel activity, when the host cells do not express other members of purinergic receptors.

ATP-gated receptor channels; inward currents; intracellular calcium signals; desensitization-inactivation; voltage-gated calcium influx; localized and global calcium signals

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