ArticleMediators of inflammation2014
Macrophage P2X7 receptor function is reduced during schistosomiasis: putative role of TGF- β1.
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- Endothelial c-IAP2 loss amplifies P2X7 receptor-driven inflammation and worsens schistosomiasis-associated pulmonary hypertension.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- The P2X7 Receptor and Its Relation to Neglected Tropical Diseases: Focusing on Chagas Disease.Journal of tropical medicine · 2026Review
- Altered purinergic P2X7 and ABiomedical journal · 2024Article
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- P2X7 Receptor Regulates Collagen Expression in Human Intestinal Fibroblasts: Relevance in Intestinal Fibrosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- P2YFrontiers in immunology · 2023Article
- Emodin reduces tumor burden by diminishing M2-like macrophages in colorectal cancer.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2022Article
- The Role of Purinergic P2X7 Receptor in Inflammation and Cancer: Novel Molecular Insights and Clinical Applications.Cancers · 2022Review
- P2RX7 at the Host-Pathogen Interface of Infectious Diseases.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2021Review
- Purinergic receptors and neglected tropical diseases: why ignore purinergic signaling in the search for new molecular targets?Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes · 2018Review
- The P2X7 Receptor in Inflammatory Diseases: Angel or Demon?Frontiers in pharmacology · 2018Review
- Purinergic signaling in schistosomal infection.Biomedical journal · 2016Review
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Abstract
Schistosomiasis is a chronic inflammatory disease whose macrophages are involved in immunopathology modulation. Although P2X7 receptor signaling plays an important role in inflammatory responses mediated by macrophages, no reports have examined the role of P2X7 receptors in macrophage function during schistosomiasis. Thus, we evaluated P2X7 receptor function in peritoneal macrophages during schistosomiasis using an ATP-induced permeabilization assay and measurements of the intracellular Ca(2+) concentration. ATP treatment induced significantly less permeabilization in macrophages from S. mansoni-infected mice than in control cells from uninfected animals. Furthermore, P2X7-mediated increases in intracellular Ca(2+) levels were also reduced in macrophages from infected mice. TGF-β1 levels were increased in the peritoneal cavity of infected animals, and pretreatment of control macrophages with TGF-β1 reduced ATP-induced permeabilization, mimicking the effect of S. mansoni infection. Western blot and qRT-PCR data showed no difference in P2X7 protein and mRNA between uninfected, infected, and TGF-β1-treated groups. However, immunofluorescence analysis revealed reduced cell surface localization of P2X7 receptors in macrophages from infected and TGF-β1-treated mice compared to controls. Therefore, our data suggest that schistosomiasis reduces peritoneal macrophage P2X7 receptor signaling. This effect is likely due to the fact that infected mice have increased levels of TGF-β1, which reduces P2X7 receptor cell surface expression.
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