Extracellular ATP: a feasible target for cancer therapy

V Vultaggio-Poma, AC Sarti, F Di Virgilio - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is one of the main biochemical components of the tumor
microenvironment (TME), where it can promote tumor progression or tumor suppression …

Bone physiology as inspiration for tissue regenerative therapies

D Lopes, C Martins-Cruz, MB Oliveira, JF Mano - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
The development, maintenance of healthy bone and regeneration of injured tissue in the
human body comprise a set of intricate and finely coordinated processes. However, an …

P2X7 interactions and signaling–making head or tail of it

R Kopp, A Krautloher, A Ramírez-Fernández… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Extracellular adenine nucleotides play important roles in cell–cell communication and tissue
homeostasis. High concentrations of extracellular ATP released by dying cells are sensed …

Gap junctions and cancer: communicating for 50 years

T Aasen, M Mesnil, CC Naus, PD Lampe… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Fifty years ago, tumour cells were found to lack electrical coupling, leading to the hypothesis
that loss of direct intercellular communication is commonly associated with cancer onset and …

Mechanisms of ATP release by inflammatory cells

M Dosch, J Gerber, F Jebbawi, G Beldi - International journal of molecular …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Extracellular nucleotides (eg, ATP, ADP, UTP, UDP) released by inflammatory cells interact
with specific purinergic P2 type receptors to modulate their recruitment and activation. The …

Structures of human pannexin 1 reveal ion pathways and mechanism of gating

Z Ruan, IJ Orozco, J Du, W Lü - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Pannexin 1 (PANX1) is an ATP-permeable channel with critical roles in a variety of
physiological functions such as blood pressure regulation, apoptotic cell clearance and …

Extracellular nucleotides and nucleosides as signalling molecules

AL Giuliani, AC Sarti, F Di Virgilio - Immunology letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Extracellular nucleotides, mainly ATP, but also ADP, UTP, UDP and UDP-sugars,
adenosine, and adenine base participate in the “purinergic signalling” pathway, an …

Identification of LRRC8 heteromers as an essential component of the volume-regulated anion channel VRAC

FK Voss, F Ullrich, J Münch, K Lazarow, D Lutter… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Regulation of cell volume is critical for many cellular and organismal functions, yet the
molecular identity of a key player, the volume-regulated anion channel VRAC, has remained …

Unexpected link between an antibiotic, pannexin channels and apoptosis

IKH Poon, YH Chiu, AJ Armstrong, JM Kinchen… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Plasma membrane pannexin 1 channels (PANX1) release nucleotide find-me signals from
apoptotic cells to attract phagocytes. Here we show that the quinolone antibiotic …

A CD38/CD203a/CD73 ectoenzymatic pathway independent of CD39 drives a novel adenosinergic loop in human T lymphocytes

AL Horenstein, A Chillemi, G Zaccarello… - …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The tumor microenvironment is characterized by of high levels of extracellular nucleotides
that are metabolized through the dynamic and sequential action of cell surface enzymes …