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Extracellular ATP was applied in the range of 10 \u03bcM-1 mM and induced currents with an EC<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub>of 74 \u03bcM, with no desensitization, time dependency, or voltage dependency. The currents induced carried multiple monovalent cations, with conductances ranked as K<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>&gt; Cs<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>&gt; Li<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>&gt; Na<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>. They were activated by P2X receptor agonists, with their effectiveness ranked as 2\u2032,3\u2032- O-(4-benzoylbenzoyl)-ATP &gt;&gt; ATP &gt; \u03b1\u03b2-methylene-ATP &gt; 2-methylthio ATP \u2265 UTP \u2265 GTP &gt; ADP. These currents were blocked by the selective P2X7 receptor antagonist 3-[5-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1 H-tetrazol-1-yl]methyl pyridine (A-438079). We therefore concluded that ATP-induced currents in rat myometrial cells crossed cell membranes via P2X7 receptors. 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