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ArticleBlood2010

Pannexin-1 hemichannel-mediated ATP release together with P2X1 and P2X4 receptors regulate T-cell activation at the immune synapse.

Tobias Woehrle, Linda Yip, Abdallah Elkhal, Yuka Sumi, Yu Chen, Yongli Yao, Paul A Insel, Wolfgang G Junger

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Article in Blood, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 194 papers.

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194citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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194 citing papers in PubMed, 317 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Tobias WoehrleDepartment of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Linda Yip
Abdallah Elkhal
Yuka Sumi
Yu Chen
Yongli Yao
Paul A Insel
Wolfgang G Junger
Harvard University · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USStanford University · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

ZOVIRAX CREAM TO TREAT HERPES LABIALIS IN ADOLESCENTSM01RR000827 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI HAAS, RICHARD H · 1985 to 2010
$74.3M
Neutrophil activation and traumaR01GM060475 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI JUNGER, WOLFGANG G · 2001 to 2016
$3.8M
Purinergic regulation of T cellsR01GM051477 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI JUNGER, WOLFGANG G · 2003 to 2016
$2.5M
Purinergic receptors in inflammationR01AI080582 · NIAID · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI JUNGER, WOLFGANG G · 2009 to 2012
$1.4M
Autocrine control of neutrophil chemotaxisR01AI072287 · NIAID · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI JUNGER, WOLFGANG G · 2009 to 2010
$766k
NCRR NIH HHS 5M01-RR-00827-25NIAID NIH HHS AI-072287NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI072287NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI-080582NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI080582NIGMS NIH HHS GM-60475NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM051477NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM-51477
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engagement of T cells with antigen-presenting cells requires T-cell receptor (TCR) stimulation at the immune synapse. We previously reported that TCR stimulation induces the release of cellular adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) that regulates T-cell activation. Here we tested the roles of pannexin-1 hemichannels, which have been implicated in ATP release, and of various P2X receptors, which serve as ATP-gated Ca(2+) channels, in events that control T-cell activation. TCR stimulation results in the translocation of P2X1 and P2X4 receptors and pannexin-1 hemichannels to the immune synapse, while P2X7 receptors remain uniformly distributed on the cell surface. Removal of extracellular ATP or inhibition, mutation, or silencing of P2X1 and P2X4 receptors inhibits Ca(2+) entry, nuclear factors of activated T cells (NFAT) activation, and induction of interleukin-2 synthesis. Inhibition of pannexin-1 hemichannels suppresses TCR-induced ATP release, Ca(2+) entry, and T-cell activation. We conclude that pannexin-1 hemichannels and P2X1 and P2X4 receptors facilitate ATP release and autocrine feedback mechanisms that control Ca(2+) entry and T-cell activation at the immune synapse.

Indexed as

Adenosine TriphosphateCalciumCalcium ChannelsConnexinsGene ExpressionHumansImmunological SynapsesInterleukin-2Jurkat CellsLymphocyte ActivationMembrane ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsNFATC Transcription FactorsORAI1 ProteinProtein TransportAdenosine TriphosphateCalciumCalcium ChannelsConnexinsInterleukin-2Membrane ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsNFATC Transcription FactorsORAI1 ProteinORAI1 protein, humanPANX1 protein, humanReceptors, Purinergic P2X1Receptors, Purinergic P2X4Receptors, Purinergic P2X5Receptors, Purinergic P2X7STIM1 protein, humanStromal Interaction Molecule 1

Identifiers

PMID20660288
PMCPMC2981474
OpenAlexW2029022613

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