“…The slowly hydrolyzable ATP analog ATPγS [ 7 , 20 ] (Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) as well as the suramin analog NF340 [ 7 , 10 , 13 , 21 ] (Santa Cruz, Dallas, TX, USA) served as P2Y 11 receptor agonist (20 µM) and antagonist (20 µM), respectively. Further reagents utilized in this study include the PDE4-selective inhibitor rolipram (10 µM) (Sigma-Aldrich), BAPTA-AM (10 µM) (Sigma-Aldrich), calphostin C (250 nM) (Tocris), recombinant IL-1α and IL-1β (0.5–2 ng·ml −1 ) (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA), the TACE/ADAM17 inhibitor TAPI-1 (20 µM) (Tocris), the selective inhibitor of Epac1 (R)-CE3F4 (20 µM) (Tocris), and the humanized anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody bevacizumab (0.5 µg ml −1 ) (Selleckchem, Houston, TX, USA).…”