A selective high-affinity antagonist of the P2Y14 receptor inhibits UDP-glucose-stimulated chemotaxis of human neutrophils

Mol Pharmacol. 2013 Jul;84(1):41-9. doi: 10.1124/mol.113.085654. Epub 2013 Apr 16.

Abstract

The nucleotide-sugar-activated P2Y14 receptor (P2Y14-R) is highly expressed in hematopoietic cells. Although the physiologic functions of this receptor remain undefined, it has been strongly implicated recently in immune and inflammatory responses. Lack of availability of receptor-selective high-affinity antagonists has impeded progress in studies of this and most of the eight nucleotide-activated P2Y receptors. A series of molecules recently were identified by Gauthier et al. (Gauthier et al., 2011) that exhibited antagonist activity at the P2Y14-R. We synthesized one of these molecules, a 4,7-disubstituted 2-naphthoic acid derivative (PPTN), and studied its pharmacological properties in detail. The concentration-effect curve of UDP-glucose for promoting inhibition of adenylyl cyclase in C6 glioma cells stably expressing the P2Y14-R was shifted to the right in a concentration-dependent manner by PPTN. Schild analyses revealed that PPTN-mediated inhibition followed competitive kinetics, with a KB of 434 pM observed. In contrast, 1 μM PPTN exhibited no agonist or antagonist effect at the P2Y1, P2Y2, P2Y4, P2Y6, P2Y11, P2Y12, or P2Y13 receptors. UDP-glucose-promoted chemotaxis of differentiated HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia cells was blocked by PPTN with a concentration dependence consistent with the KB determined with recombinant P2Y14-R. In contrast, the chemotactic response evoked by the chemoattractant peptide fMetLeuPhe was unaffected by PPTN. UDP-glucose-promoted chemotaxis of freshly isolated human neutrophils also was blocked by PPTN. In summary, this work establishes PPTN as a highly selective high-affinity antagonist of the P2Y14-R that is useful for interrogating the action of this receptor in physiologic systems.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors
  • Adenylyl Cyclases / metabolism
  • Animals
  • CHO Cells
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Chemotaxis / drug effects*
  • Cricetinae
  • Glioma / metabolism
  • HL-60 Cells
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / metabolism
  • Neutrophils / drug effects*
  • Neutrophils / metabolism
  • Purinergic P2 Receptor Agonists / pharmacology
  • Purinergic P2 Receptor Antagonists / chemical synthesis
  • Purinergic P2 Receptor Antagonists / pharmacology*
  • Rats
  • Receptors, Purinergic P2 / metabolism*
  • Uridine Diphosphate Glucose / metabolism*

Substances

  • Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors
  • P2Y14 receptor, human
  • Purinergic P2 Receptor Agonists
  • Purinergic P2 Receptor Antagonists
  • Receptors, Purinergic P2
  • Adenylyl Cyclases
  • Uridine Diphosphate Glucose