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Although extracellular ATP is abundant at sites of inflammation, its role in activating inflammasome signalling in neutrophils is not well characterized. In the current study, we demonstrate that human and murine neutrophils express functional cell-surface P2X 7 R, which leads to ATP-induced loss of intracellular K + , NLRP3 inflammasome activation and IL-1β secretion. ATP-induced P2X 7 R activation caused a sustained increase in intracellular [Ca 2+ ], which is indicative of P2X 7 R channel opening. Although there are multiple polymorphic variants of P2X 7 R, we found that neutrophils from multiple donors express P2X 7 R, but with differential efficacies in ATP-induced increase in cytosolic [Ca 2+ ]. Neutrophils were also the predominant P2X 7 R-expressing cells during  Streptococcus pneumoniae  corneal infection, and P2X 7 R was required for bacterial clearance. Given the ubiquitous presence of neutrophils and extracellular ATP in multiple inflammatory conditions, ATP-induced P2X 7 R activation and IL-1β secretion by neutrophils likely has a significant, wide ranging clinical impact.

Neutrophil P2X7 receptors mediate NLRP3 inflammasome-dependent IL-1β secretion in response to ATP