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. 2012 Nov;140(5):571-5.
doi: 10.1085/jgp.201210875.

Purinergic regulation of inflammasome activation after central nervous system injury

Louis-Philippe Bernier  1
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Purinergic regulation of inflammasome activation after central nervous system injury

Louis-Philippe Bernier. J Gen Physiol. 2012 Nov.
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Figure 1.
Model representing a putative mechanism of ATP-induced inflammasome activation. Low extracellular ATP concentration (<100 µM) selectively activates the more sensitive P2X4 receptor channel (i). Opening of the P2X4 channel leads to K+ efflux, with the subsequent increase in [K+]o activating Panx1 (ii). Panx1 channel opening leads to the release of ATP, further activating P2X4 and P2X7 receptor channels (iii). Direct P2X7-mediated recruitment of Panx1 could also enhance such a positive feed-forward loop. P2X4, P2X7, and Panx1 would thereby all contribute to the assembly of the inflammasome complex via K+ efflux and to the consequent increase in [K+]o and decrease in [K+]i,. A direct interaction between Panx1 and inflammasome components may also occur. Depicted here is a putative mechanism for neuronal autocrine activation of the inflammasome; however, this amplification process could also participate in paracrine signaling as part of a neuron-to-immune cell cross talk.
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