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Astrocytes from <jats:italic>panx1<jats:sup>−/−</jats:sup></jats:italic> mice had reduced baseline and stimulated levels of extracellular ATP, confirming the role for pannexins. Swelling astrocytes triggered a regulatory volume decrease that was inhibited by apyrase or probenecid. The swelling‐induced rise in calcium was inhibited by P2X7 receptor antagonists A438079 and AZ10606120, in addition to apyrase and carbenoxolone. Extended stretch of astrocytes <jats:italic>in vitro</jats:italic> upregulated expression of <jats:italic>panx1</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>panx2</jats:italic> mRNA. A similar upregulation was observed <jats:italic>in vivo</jats:italic> in optic nerve head tissue from the <jats:italic>Tg‐MYOC<jats:sup>Y437H</jats:sup></jats:italic> mouse model of chronic glaucoma; genes for <jats:italic>panx1</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>panx2</jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>panx3</jats:italic> were increased, whereas immunohistochemistry confirmed increased expression of pannexin 1 protein. In summary, astrocytes released ATP in response to mechanical strain, with pannexin 1 the predominant efflux pathway. Sustained strain upregulated pannexins <jats:italic>in vitro</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>in vivo</jats:italic>. Together, these findings provide a mechanism by which extracellular ATP remains elevated under chronic mechanical strain, as found in the optic nerve head of patients with glaucoma. 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Astrocytes released ATP when subjected to 5% of equibiaxial strain or to hypotonic swelling. Although astrocytes expressed mRNA for pannexins 1–3, connexin 43, and VNUT, pharmacological analysis suggested a predominant role for pannexins in mechanosensitive ATP release, with Rho kinase contribution. Astrocytes from <jats:italic>panx1<jats:sup>−/−</jats:sup></jats:italic> mice had reduced baseline and stimulated levels of extracellular ATP, confirming the role for pannexins. Swelling astrocytes triggered a regulatory volume decrease that was inhibited by apyrase or probenecid. The swelling‐induced rise in calcium was inhibited by P2X7 receptor antagonists A438079 and AZ10606120, in addition to apyrase and carbenoxolone. Extended stretch of astrocytes <jats:italic>in vitro</jats:italic> upregulated expression of <jats:italic>panx1</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>panx2</jats:italic> mRNA. A similar upregulation was observed <jats:italic>in vivo</jats:italic> in optic nerve head tissue from the <jats:italic>Tg‐MYOC<jats:sup>Y437H</jats:sup></jats:italic> mouse model of chronic glaucoma; genes for <jats:italic>panx1</jats:italic>, <jats:italic>panx2</jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>panx3</jats:italic> were increased, whereas immunohistochemistry confirmed increased expression of pannexin 1 protein. In summary, astrocytes released ATP in response to mechanical strain, with pannexin 1 the predominant efflux pathway. Sustained strain upregulated pannexins <jats:italic>in vitro</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>in vivo</jats:italic>. Together, these findings provide a mechanism by which extracellular ATP remains elevated under chronic mechanical strain, as found in the optic nerve head of patients with glaucoma. 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