S U M M A R YThe distribution of P2X and P2Y receptor subtypes in upper lumbosacral cat dorsal root ganglia (DRG) has been investigated using immunohistochemistry. Intensity of immunoreactivity for six P2X receptors (P2X 5 receptors were immuno-negative) and the three P2Y receptors examined in cat DRG was in the order of P2Y 2 ϭ P2Y 4 Ͼ P2X 3 Ͼ P2X 2 ϭ P2X 7 Ͼ P2X 6 Ͼ P2X 1 ϭ P2X 4 Ͼ P2Y 1 . P2X 3 , P2Y 2 , and P2Y 4 receptor polyclonal antibodies stained 33.8%, 35.3%, and 47.6% of DRG neurons, respectively. Most P2Y 2 , P2X 1 , P2X 3 , P2X 4 , and P2X 6 receptor staining was detected in small-and medium-diameter neurons. However, P2Y 4 , P2X 2 , and P2X 7 staining was present in large-and small-diameter neurons. Doublelabeling immunohistochemistry showed that 90.8%, 32.1%, and 2.4% of P2X 3 receptorpositive neurons coexpressed IB 4 , CGRP, and NF200, respectively; whereas 67.4%, 41.3%, and 39.1% of P2Y 4 receptor-positive neurons coexpressed IB 4 , CGRP, and NF200, respectively. A total of 18.8%, 16.6%, and 63.5% of P2Y 2 receptor-positive neurons also stained for IB 4 , CGRP, and NF200, respectively. Only 30% of DRG neurons in cat were P2X 3 -immunoreactive compared with 90% in rat and in mouse. A further difference was the low expression of P2Y 1 receptors in cat DRG neurons compared with more than 80% of the neurons in rat. Many small-diameter neurons were NF200-positive in cat, again differing from rat and mouse.