“…The influence of ATP as modulator of RVD was first described in hepatoma cells, and salivary gland duct cells (Kim et al, 1996;Wang et al, 1996), and since then, a number of other studies have extended this observation while attempting to elucidate the molecular mechanisms involved in this phenomenon. Controversy still exists as to whether ATP is acting as a necessary signal for the activation of osmolyte efflux pathways (Wang et al, 1996;Light et al, 1999;Musante et al, 1999;Roman et al, 1999a,b;Feranchak et al, 2000;Perez-Samartin et al, 2000;Darby et al, 2003), or if its influence is only exerted once the osmolyte pathways have been already activated ( Van der Wijk et al, 1999;Dezaki et al, 2000;Okada et al, 2001;Rubera et al, 2001;Junankar et al, 2002;Mongin and Kimelberg, 2002;Franco et al, 2004b).…”