ADP is an important platelet agonist causing shape change from smooth discoid shape to spiculated spheres and platelet aggregation. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in ADP-induced platelet activation have not been elucidated. We demonstrated earlier the existence of two distinct ADP receptors on platelets, one coupled to phospholipase C, P2T PLC , and the other to inhibition of adenylyl cyclase, P2T AC (Daniel, J. L., Dangelmaier, C., Jin, J., Ashby, B., Smith, J. B., and Kunapuli, S. P. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 2024 -2029), in addition to the previously described P2X1 receptor. Here we report the cloning of a cDNA clone encoding the P2Y1 receptor from a human platelet cDNA library by homology screening with radiolabeled P2Y1-P2Y6 receptor cDNAs. ADP or 2-methyl(thio)-ADP-induced intracellular calcium increases were inhibited by the P2Y1 receptor-specific antagonists, adenosine 3-phosphate 5-phosphosulfate (A3P5PS), adenosine 3-phosphate 5-phosphate (A3P5P), and adenosine 2-phosphate 5-phosphate (A2P5P), in a concentration-dependent manner, but not by ARL 66096 or ␣,-MeATP. A3P5PS, A3P5P, and A2P5P also inhibited the shape change of aspirinated platelets induced by 10 M ADP or 3 M 2-methyl-(thio)-ADP in a concentration-dependent manner, with complete inhibition occurring at 300 M. On the other hand ARL 66096 (100 nM), a potent P2T AC antagonist and ␣,-methylene-ATP (40 M), a P2X1 receptor agonist, had no effect on ADP-induced platelet shape change. On the contrary, ADP-induced inhibition of adenylyl cyclase was blocked by ARL 66096, but not by ␣,-MeATP or the P2Y1 receptor-specific antagonists, A3P5PS, A3P5P, or A2P5P. These results demonstrate the role of the P2Y1 receptor in ADP-induced platelet shape change and calcium mobilization and support the idea that several P2 receptors are involved in the regulation of different aspects of platelet stimulus-response coupling.
ADP1 has been known to cause platelet activation since 1961(1). When exposed to ADP, platelets undergo shape change from smooth discs to spiculated spheres, activate the fibrinogen receptor, causing platelets to aggregate, release granule contents, and produce thromboxane A 2 (2, 3). These effects have been postulated to be mediated by a platelet ADP receptor, antagonized by ATP (2, 3). Several molecules have been proposed to be the platelet ADP receptor, including aggregin, a 100-kDa protein that covalently binds to 5Ј-p-fluorosulfonylbenzoyladenosine (4), and a platelet glycoprotein IIb, a component of the fibrinogen receptor on platelets (5), but none has been conclusively demonstrated to be a platelet ADP receptor. ADP causes several intracellular responses in platelets: inhibition of adenylyl cyclase, formation of inositol trisphosphate, mobilization of intracellular calcium stores, rapid calcium influx, and activation of phospholipase A 2 (3). Several compounds, including ARL 66096, ARL 67085, ticlopidine, and clopidogrel, have been utilized to block ADP-induced inhibition of adenylyl cyclase and subsequent platelet aggregat...