Interplay between P2Y1, P2Y12, and P2X1 receptors in the activation of megakaryocyte cation influx currents by ADP: evidence that the primary megakaryocyte represents a fully functional model of platelet P2 receptor signaling

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Abstract
The difficulty of conducting electrophysiologic recordings from the platelet has restricted investigations into the role of ion channels in thrombosis and hemostasis. We now demonstrate that the well-established synergy between P2Y1 and P2Y12 receptors during adenosine diphosphate (ADP)–dependent activation of the platelet αIIbβ3 integrin also exists in murine marrow megakaryocytes, further supporting the progenitor cell as a bona fide model of platelet P2 receptor signaling. In patch clamp recordings, ADP (30 μM) stimulated a transient inward current at –70 mV, which was carried by Na+ and Ca2+ and was amplified by phenylarsine oxide, a potentiator of certain transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels by phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate depletion. This initial current decayed to a sustained phase, upon which repetitive transient inward cation currents with pre-dominantly P2X1-like kinetics were super-imposed. Abolishing P2X1-receptor activity prevented most of the repetitive currents, consistent with their activation by secreted adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Recordings in P2Y1-receptor–deficient megakaryocytes demonstrated an essential requirement of this receptor for activation of all ADP-evoked inward currents. However, P2Y12 receptors, through the activation of PI3-kinase, played a synergistic role in both P2Y1 and P2X1-receptor–dependent currents. Thus, direct stimulation of P2Y1 and P2Y12 receptors, together with autocrine P2X1 activation, is responsible for the activation of nonselective cation currents by the platelet agonistADP.