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Extracellular ATP regulates glomerular endothelial cell function.

H Pavenstädt·A Henger·V Briner·R Greger·P Schollmeyer
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1. Glomerular endothelial cells form the inner part of the filtration barrier and are involved in pathophysiological processes in the glomerulum. New techniques for culturing glomerular endothelial cells have been established recently. The effect of extracellular ATP on membrane voltage and intracellular calcium activity was examined in bovine glomerular endothelial cells (GEC) in culture. 2. Membrane voltage was measured with the patch clamp technique in the fast whole cell configuration. GEC possess a stable membrane voltage of -88 mV. ATP induced a small transient hyperpolarization, which was followed by a depolarization. The ATP-induced depolarization was significantly inhibited by flufenamate, a blocker of non-selective ion channels. 3. The intracellular calcium activity [Ca2+]i was measured in single cells with the fura-2 technique. ATP stimulated an increase of [Ca2+]i. The increase of [Ca2+]i was biphasic with an initial peak followed by a sustained plateau. The [Ca2+]i peak was still present in an extracellular Ca(2+)-free solution, whereas the plateau was inhibited. 4. The order of potency of different purine nucleotides in stimulating [Ca2+]i and inositol formation was UTP = ATP > ATP-gamma-S > 2-methylthio ATP > [alpha,beta-CH2]ATP. 5. The data indicate that ATP regulates membrane voltage and [Ca2+]i in glomerular endothelial cells by a P2y2 receptor.

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H Pavenstädt, A Henger, V Briner, R Greger, P Schollmeyer. 1996. Extracellular ATP regulates glomerular endothelial cell function.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-8673.1996.tb00060.x

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