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Vol. 62, Issue 5, 1187-1197, November 2002
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Endocrinology and Reproduction Research Branch, National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, Maryland
The wild-type P2X2 purinergic receptor (P2X2aR)
and its splice form lacking the intracellular
Val370-Gln438 C-terminal sequence
(P2X2bR) respond to ATP stimulation with comparable
EC50 values and peak current/calcium responses but desensitize in a receptor-specific manner. P2X2aR
desensitizes slowly and P2X2bR desensitizes rapidly. We
studied the effects of different agonists, and of substituting the
ectodomain, on the pattern of calcium signaling by P2X2aR
and P2X2bR. Both receptors showed similar EC50
values (estimated from the peak calcium response) and IC50
values (estimated from the rate of calcium signal desensitization) for
agonists, in the order 2-MeS-ATP
ATP
ATP
S < BzATP

-meATP, and the IC50 values for agonists
were shifted to the right compared with their EC50 values.
Furthermore, the ATP-induced receptor-subtype specific pattern of
desensitization was mimicked by high- but not by low-efficacy agonists,
suggesting a ligand-specific desensitization pattern. To test this
hypothesis, we generated chimeric P2X2aR and
P2X2bR containing the Val60-Phe301
ectodomain sequence of P2X3R and
Val61-Phe313 ectodomain sequence of
P2X7R instead the native
Ile66-Tyr310 sequence. The mutated
P2X2a+X3R and P2X2b+X3R
exhibited comparable EC50 values for ATP, BzATP, and

-meATP in the submicromolar concentration range and desensitized
in a receptor-specific and ligand-nonspecific manner. On the other
hand, the chimeric P2X2+X7R exhibited decreased
sensitivity for ATP and desensitized in a receptor-nonspecific manner.
These results suggest that efficacy of agonists for the ligand-binding
domain of P2X2Rs reflects the strength of desensitization
controlled by their C-terminal structures.
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