Table 2

Functional properties of recombinant homomeric P2X receptors

Homomeric Receptor Type
P2X1P2X2P2X3P2X4P2X5P2X6P2X7
Agonist EC50 (μM)
 ATP11–301101012100
 2MeSATP130.310–10010910
 αβ-meATP1–3>3001>300>300>100>300
 BZ-ATP330>500>5003
Antagonist IC50 (μM)
 Suramin1103>5004>100500
 PPADS111>5003>10050
 TNP-ATP0.00610.00115>30
 NF0230.2>108.5>100
 Calmidazolium0.065
 IP5I0.003No block2.8Potentiation
 Brilliant Blue G>51.4>10>100.01
Modulator EC50 (μM)
 Ivermectin>30>300.25>30
 Cibacron blueBlock IC50 ∼0.7 μMPotentiationPotentiation and block
Ion effects
 Zn2+ Increase EC50 6.9 μMIncrease 2 μMDecrease 10 μM
 H+ Decrease p Ka 6.3IncreasepKa 7.3Decrease pKa 6.0DecreasepKa 6.8Decrease pKa 6.1
 Ca2+ No effect >100 mMBlock IC50 87 mMBlock IC50 15 mMDecrease 7 mMDecrease 3 mM
  • Data are derived from the following references: agonists and antagonists (Valera et al., 1994; Bo et al., 1995; Chen et al., 1995;Lewis et al., 1995; Buell et al., 1996b; Collo et al., 1996, 1997;Séguéla et al., 1996; Soto et al., 1996a,b; Surprenant et al., 1996; Radford et al., 1997; Rassendren et al., 1997b; Virginio et al., 1997; Chessell et al., 1998a; Egan et al., 1998; Le et al., 1998a,1999; Torres et al., 1998b; Alexander et al., 1999; Haines et al., 1999; King et al., 1999; Townsend-Nicholson et al., 1999; Boue-Grabot et al., 2000; Dunn et al., 2000; Jones et al., 2000); modulators (Miller et al., 1998; Khakh et al., 1999b); ionic effects (Stoop et al., 1997; Virginio et al., 1997, 1998a; Wildman et al., 1997, 1998,1999; Ding and Sachs, 1999b, 2000; Xiong et al., 1999); and species differences—note marked species differences between various orthologues for both agonist and antagonist potencies (see text andChessell et al., 1998a,b; Hibell et al., 2000; Jones et al., 2000).