PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Callum Mitchell AU - Nawazish-i-Husain Syed AU - Asrin Tengah AU - Alison M. Gurney AU - Charles Kennedy TI - Identification of Contractile P2Y<sub>1</sub>, P2Y<sub>6</sub>, and P2Y<sub>12</sub> Receptors in Rat Intrapulmonary Artery Using Selective Ligands AID - 10.1124/jpet.112.198051 DP - 2012 Dec 01 TA - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics PG - 755--762 VI - 343 IP - 3 4099 - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/343/3/755.short 4100 - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/343/3/755.full SO - J Pharmacol Exp Ther2012 Dec 01; 343 AB - ATP and UDP constrict rat intrapulmonary arteries, but which receptors mediate these actions is unclear. Here, we used selective agonists and antagonists, along with measurements of P2Y receptor expression, to characterize the receptor subtypes involved. Isometric tension was recorded from endothelium-denuded rat intrapulmonary artery rings (i.d. 200–500 μm) mounted on a wire myograph. Expression of P2Y receptor subtype expression was determined by using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction with receptor-specific oligonucleotide primers. The selective P2Y1 agonist (N)-methanocarba-2-methylthioadenosine-5′-O-diphosphate (MRS2365) induced small, concentration-dependent contractions that were inhibited by the P2Y1 antagonist N6-methyl-2′-deoxyadenosine-3′,5′-bisphosphate (MRS2179). Contractions evoked by ATP were unaffected by MRS2179, but inhibited by approximately one-third by the P2Y12 antagonist N6-(2-methylthiomethyl)-2-(3,3,3-trifluoropropylthio)dichloro-methylene ATP (AR-C69931MX). Combined blockade of P2X1 and P2Y12 receptors virtually abolished the response to ATP. ADP also evoked contractions that were abolished by AR-C69931MX. The selective P2Y6 receptor agonist 3-(2-oxo-2-phenylethyl)-UDP (PSB 0474) evoked concentration-dependent contractions and was approximately three times more potent than UDP, but the P2Y14 agonist UDP-glucose had no effect. Contractions evoked by UDP were inhibited by the P2Y6 receptor antagonist N,N′-1,4-butanediylbis-N′-(3-isothiocyanatophenyl)thiourea (MRS2578), but not the cysteinyl leukotriene 1 (CysL1) antagonist 3-(3-(2-(7-chloro-2-quinolinyl)ethenyl)phenyl)((3-dimethylamino-3-oxopropyl)thio)methyl)thiopropanoic acid (MK571). Higher concentrations of MRS2578 inhibited contractions to KCl, so they were not studied further. mRNA for P2Y1, P2Y6, and P2Y12 receptors was identified. Our working model is that P2Y12 and P2X1 receptors are present in rat intrapulmonary arteries and together mediate ATP-induced vasoconstriction. Contractile P2Y6, but not P2Y14 or CysLT1, receptors are also present and are a major site through which UDP evokes constriction.