TABLE 2

Properties of ATP-evoked currents in wild-type, mutant, and chimeric P2X channels

Values are means ± S.E.M. n ≥ 15 for each channel.

ChannelPeak Current10–90% Rise TimeT.10%I20
nAms%
WT BmP2X−14,677 ± 882††951 ± 129††17,016 ± 2420††86.6 ± 1.7††
WT HdP2X−1808 ± 141**65 ± 2**46 ± 3**0.1 ± 0.08**
Chimera A−77 ± 6**††269 ± 14**††364 ± 37**††34.8 ± 1.7**††
Chimera B−1282 ± 165**281 ± 8**††237 ± 10**††2.9 ± 0.2**††
Chimera C−63 ± 4**††1730 ± 192††10,020 ± 1391††82.4 ± 1.5††
Chimera D−22 ± 1**††195 ± 12**61 ± 7**52.7 ± 3.5**††
Chimera E−5441 ± 5381072 ± 70††1388 ± 92**††10.6 ± 1.1**††
Chimera F−196 ± 12**††482 ± 39††1882 ± 249**††54.7 ± 1.7*††
Ser414Δ−14,056 ± 628††1515 ± 230††16,244 ± 1374††88.6 ± 1.6††
Arg413Δ−11,720 ± 883††588 ± 75††6469 ± 766**††68.3 ± 3.3**††
Leu412Δ−8600 ± 1043**††454 ± 39††700 ± 41**††5.1 ± 1.1**††
Phe410Δ−8670 ± 857**††491 ± 31††764 ± 41**††8.4 ± 1.1**††
Glu408Δ−15,812 ± 1152††358 ± 23**††1118 ± 113**††13.2 ± 1.7**††
Lys400Δ−7078 ± 864**††276 ± 35**††620 ± 77**††9.8 ± 1.7**††
Glu394Δ−14,263 ± 1194††328 ± 14**††1337 ± 140**††26.1 ± 2.6**††
Tyr388ΔNFNFNFNF
Y411A−14,379 ± 580††731 ± 113††16,207 ± 4615††79.0 ± 3.8††
R413K−11,640 ± 1168††1500 ± 313††15,455 ± 3934††84.5 ± 3.0††
R413A−7805 ± 1476**††624 ± 91††2964 ± 396**††43.4 ± 5.7**††
R413D−7435 ± 871*††275 ± 24**††758 ± 50**††40.0 ± 3.2**††
  • NF, nonfunctional.

  • * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01, significant difference from wild-type BmP2X.

  • †† P < 0.01, significant difference from wild-type HdP2X.