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A putative alternatively spliced variant of the P2X1 purinoreceptor in human bladder

Lookup NU author(s): Professor James Gillespie

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Abstract

Activation of purinergic P2X receptors, putatively P2X1, may be important in the initiation of contraction in human detrusor. Purinergic transmission may be more important in muscle taken from patients with bladder instability. In this study the presence of the P2X1 receptor subtype was confirmed using RT-PCR. In addition, the results indicate, at the mRNA level, the presence of a splice variant of P2X1 that is lacking part of the second transmembrane domain. It is therefore possible that human bladder expresses multiple isoforms of the P2X1 receptor which may be potential sites for modifying or regulating putative purinergic activation of the human bladder.

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Author(s): Gillespie JI; Hardy LA; Harvey IJ; Chambers P

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Experimental Physiology

Year: 2000

Volume: 85

Issue: 4

Pages: 461-463

Print publication date: 01/01/2000

ISSN (print): 0958-0670

ISSN (electronic): 1469-445X

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

URL: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=56822&jid=EPH&volumeId=85&issueId=04&aid=56821

PubMed id: 10918085

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