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Contribution of P2X7 receptors to adenosine uptake by cultured mouse astrocytes
Author(s) -
Okuda Hiroto,
Higashi Youichirou,
Nishida Kentaro,
Fujimoto Sadaki,
Nagasawa Kazuki
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
glia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.954
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1098-1136
pISSN - 0894-1491
DOI - 10.1002/glia.21046
Subject(s) - nad+ kinase , adenosine , apyrase , extracellular , biology , nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide , biochemistry , nucleoside , purinergic receptor , nicotinamide , astrocyte , nicotinamide mononucleotide , microbiology and biotechnology , enzyme , neuroscience , central nervous system
Nucleotides and nucleosides play important roles by maintaining brain homeostasis, and their extracellular concentrations are mainly regulated by ectonucleotidases and nucleoside transporters expressed by astrocytes. Extracellularly applied NAD + prevents astrocyte death caused by excessive activation of poly(ADP‐ribose) polymerase‐1, of which the molecular mechanism has not been fully elucidated. Recently, exogenous NAD + was reported to enter astrocytes via the P2X7 receptor (P2X7R)‐associated channel/pore. In this study, we examined whether the intact form of NAD + is incorporated into astrocytes. A large portion of extracellularly added NAD + was degraded into metabolites such as AMP and adenosine in the extracellular space. The uptake of adenine ring‐labeled [ 14 C]NAD + , but not nicotinamide moiety‐labeled [ 3 H]NAD + , showed time‐ and temperature‐dependency, and was significantly enhanced on addition of apyrase, and was reduced by 8‐Br‐cADPR and ARL67156, inhibitors of CD38 and ectoapyrase, respectively, and P2X7R knockdown, suggesting that the detected uptake of [ 14 C]NAD + resulted from [ 14 C]adenosine acting as a metabolite of [ 14 C]NAD + . Pharmacological and genetic inhibition of P2X7R with brilliant blue G, KN‐62, oxATP, and siRNA transfection resulted in a decrease of [ 3 H]adenosine uptake, and the uptake was also reduced by low concentration of carbenoxolone and pannexin1 selective peptide blocker 10 panx. Taken together, these results indicate that exogenous NAD + is degraded by ectonucleotidases and that adenosine, as its metabolite, is taken up into astrocytes via the P2X7R‐associated channel/pore. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.