P2X7 receptor-mediated calcium dynamics in HEK293 cells: experimental characterization and modelling approach (Articolo in rivista)

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  • P2X7 receptor-mediated calcium dynamics in HEK293 cells: experimental characterization and modelling approach (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2012-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1088/1478-3975/9/2/026001 (literal)
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  • Di Garbo A; Alloisio S; Nobile M (2012)
    P2X7 receptor-mediated calcium dynamics in HEK293 cells: experimental characterization and modelling approach
    in Physical biology (Print); IOP Publishing Ltd., Bristol BS1 6BE (Regno Unito)
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  • Di Garbo A; Alloisio S; Nobile M (literal)
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  • CNR, Inst Biophys, I-56124 Pisa, Italy; CNR, Inst Biophys, I-16149 Genoa, Italy (literal)
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  • P2X7 receptor-mediated calcium dynamics in HEK293 cells: experimental characterization and modelling approach (literal)
Abstract
  • The P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) induces ionotropic Ca2 + signalling in different cell types. It plays an important role in the immune response and in the nervous system. Here, the mechanisms underlying intracellular Ca2 + variations evoked by 3'-O-(4-benzoyl)benzoyl-ATP (BzATP), a potent agonist of the P2X7R, in transfected HEK293 cells, are investigated both experimentally and theoretically. We propose a minimal model of P2X7R that is capable of reproducing, qualitatively and quantitatively, the experimental data. This approach was also adopted for the P2X7R variant, which lacks the entire C-terminus tail (trP2X7R). Then we introduce a biophysical model describing the Ca2 + dynamics in HEK293. Our model gives an account of the ionotropic Ca2 + influx evoked by BzATP on the basis of the kinetics model of P2X7R. To explain the complex Ca2 + responses evoked by BzATP, the model predicted that an impairment in Ca2 + extrusion flux through the plasma membrane is a key factor for Ca2 + homeostasis in HEK293 cells. (literal)
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