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Alves E, Nakaya H, Guimarães E, Garcia CR. Combining IP 3 affinity chromatography and bioinformatics reveals a novel protein-IP 3 binding site on Plasmodium falciparum MDR1 transporter. CURRENT RESEARCH IN MICROBIAL SCIENCES 2022; 4:100179. [PMID: 36582189 PMCID: PMC9792294 DOI: 10.1016/j.crmicr.2022.100179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Intracellular Ca2+ mobilization induced by second messenger IP3 controls many cellular events in most of the eukaryotic groups. Despite the increasing evidence of IP3-induced Ca2+ in apicomplexan parasites like Plasmodium, responsible for malaria infection, no protein with potential function as an IP3-receptor has been identified. The use of bioinformatic analyses based on previously known sequences of IP3-receptor failed to identify potential IP3-receptor candidates in any Apicomplexa. In this work, we combine the biochemical approach of an IP3 affinity chromatography column with bioinformatic meta-analyses to identify potential vital membrane proteins that present binding with IP3 in Plasmodium falciparum. Our analyses reveal that PF3D7_0523000, a gene that codes a transport protein associated with multidrug resistance as a potential target for IP3. This work provides a new insight for probing potential candidates for IP3-receptor in Apicomplexa.
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- Eduardo Alves
- Life Science Department, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil,Computational Systems Biology Laboratory, INOVA, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Pharmacy Department, Health Science Center, Natal, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil,Corresponding author.
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The multitudinous inositol phosphate family elicits a wide range of molecular effects that regulate countless biological responses. In this review, I provide a methodological viewpoint of the manner in which key advances in the field of inositol phosphate research were made. I also note some of the considerable challenges that still lie ahead.
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- Stephen B Shears
- Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
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Between spring 1982 and autumn 1984 the physiological role of Ins(1,4,5)P3 as a calcium-mobilizing second messenger was first suggested and then experimentally established. At the same time the unexpected complexity of inositide metabolism began to be exposed by the discovery of Ins(1,3,4)P3. This article recalls my entanglement with these two inositol phosphates.
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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3)) is a ubiquitous second messenger, derived from the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP(2)) by enzymes of the phospholipase C (PLC) family. Binding of IP(3) to its cognate receptor in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane leads to release of Ca(2+) into the cytoplasm, which is involved in the regulation of an array of cellular functions. Traditional techniques for the detection of IP(3) have required the extraction of a large number of cells, with limitations in the time resolution of changes in IP(3) and an inability to obtain detailed information on the dynamics of this second messenger in single cells. Recent progress in this field has led to the development of a number of genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors, which upon recombinant expression are able selectively to detect real-time changes in IP(3) in single live cells. In this chapter, I detail protocols for the expression, visualization (by confocol or fluorescence microscopy), and interpretation of data obtained with such biosensors expressed in mammalian cells.
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- Carl P Nelson
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Division of Anaesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Management, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
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Platelet activation by thrombin and most other agonists appears to require two second messenger systems that are both initiated by phospholipase C-catalysed cleavage of phosphatidylinositol phosphates leading to: 1. formation of inositol phosphates with a subsequent rise in intracellular calcium from intracellular stores and from outside the cell; 2. formation of diacylglycerol with subsequent activation of protein kinase C. This review examines inositol phosphate metabolism in platelets and its involvement in calcium metabolism.
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- J L Daniel
- Department of Pharmacology and Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University, Medical School, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Alves E, Bartlett PJ, Garcia CRS, Thomas AP. Melatonin and IP3-induced Ca2+ release from intracellular stores in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum within infected red blood cells. J Biol Chem 2010; 286:5905-12. [PMID: 21149448 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.188474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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IP(3)-dependent Ca(2+) signaling controls a myriad of cellular processes in higher eukaryotes and similar signaling pathways are evolutionarily conserved in Plasmodium, the intracellular parasite that causes malaria. We have reported that isolated, permeabilized Plasmodium chabaudi, releases Ca(2+) upon addition of exogenous IP(3). In the present study, we investigated whether the IP(3) signaling pathway operates in intact Plasmodium falciparum, the major disease-causing human malaria parasite. P. falciparum-infected red blood cells (RBCs) in the trophozoite stage were simultaneously loaded with the Ca(2+) indicator Fluo-4/AM and caged-IP(3). Photolytic release of IP(3) elicited a transient Ca(2+) increase in the cytosol of the intact parasite within the RBC. The intracellular Ca(2+) pools of the parasite were selectively discharged, using thapsigargin to deplete endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca(2+) and the antimalarial chloroquine to deplete Ca(2+) from acidocalcisomes. These data show that the ER is the major IP(3)-sensitive Ca(2+) store. Previous work has shown that the human host hormone melatonin regulates P. falciparum cell cycle via a Ca(2+)-dependent pathway. In the present study, we demonstrate that melatonin increases inositol-polyphosphate production in intact intraerythrocytic parasite. Moreover, the Ca(2+) responses to melatonin and uncaging of IP(3) were mutually exclusive in infected RBCs. Taken together these data provide evidence that melatonin activates PLC to generate IP(3) and open ER-localized IP(3)-sensitive Ca(2+) channels in P. falciparum. This receptor signaling pathway is likely to be involved in the regulation and synchronization of parasite cell cycle progression.
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- Eduardo Alves
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, UMDNJ, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA
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High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is an essential analytical tool in the study of the large number of inositol phosphate isomers. This chapter focuses on the separation of inositol polyphosphates from [(3)H]myo-inositol labeled tissues and cells. We review the different HPLC columns that have been used to separate inositol phosphates and their advantages and disadvantages. We describe important elements of sample preparation for effective separations and give examples of how changing factors, such as pH, can considerably improve the resolving ability of the HPLC chromatogram.
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Kawamura M, Huang A, Harada Y, Katori M. Activation of Phospholipase C as a Primary Target of the Thromboxane A2-mediated Amplification Mechanism in Thrombin-induced Rabbit Platelet Activation. Platelets 2009; 5:20-8. [DOI: 10.3109/09537109409006037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Duthu B, Houalla D, Wolf R. Phosphoranylation of Myo-Inositol : A New Route for a Simultaneous Synthesis of Several Myo-Inositol Phosphates. PHOSPHORUS SULFUR 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/10426509008040687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Brigitte Duthu
- a Université Paul SABATIER, Unité Associée au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique n° 454 , 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 , TOULOUSE , CEDEX , FRANCE
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- a Université Paul SABATIER, Unité Associée au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique n° 454 , 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 , TOULOUSE , CEDEX , FRANCE
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- a Université Paul SABATIER, Unité Associée au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique n° 454 , 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 , TOULOUSE , CEDEX , FRANCE
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The inositol polyphosphate family of small, cytosolic molecules has a prominent place in the field of cell signalling, and inositol pyrophosphates are the most recent addition to this large family. First identified in 1993, they have since been found in all eukaryotic organisms studied. The defining feature of inositol pyrophosphates is the presence of the characteristic 'high energy' pyrophosphate group, which immediately attracted interest in them as possible signalling molecules. In addition to their unique 'high energy' pyrophosphate bond, their concentration in the cell is tightly regulated with an extremely rapid turnover. This, together with the history of other inositol polyphosphates, makes it likely that they have an important role in intracellular signalling involving some basic cellular processes. This hypothesis is supported by the surprisingly wide range of cellular functions where inositol pyrophosphates seem to be involved. A seminal finding was that inositol pyrophosphates are able to directly phosphorylate pre-phosphorylated proteins, thereby identifying an entirely new post-translational protein modification, namely serine-pyrophosphorylation. Rapid progress has been made in characterising the metabolism of these molecules in the 15 years since their first identification. However, their detailed signalling role in specific cellular processes and in the context of relevant physiological cues has developed more slowly, particularly in mammalian system. We will discuss inositol pyrophosphates from the cell signalling perspective, analysing how their intracellular concentration is modulated, what their possible molecular mechanisms of action are, together with the physiological consequences of this novel form of signalling.
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- Adam Burton
- Medical Research Council, Cell Biology Unit, Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, UK
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Imboden JB, Shoback DM, Inokuchi S. Analysis of inositol phospholipid turnover during lymphocyte activation. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN IMMUNOLOGY 2008; Chapter 11:Unit 11.1. [PMID: 18432702 DOI: 10.1002/0471142735.im1101s35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Receptor-mediated activation of phospholipase C (PLC) leads to the hydrolysis of membrane inositol phospholipids, generating diacylglycerol (DAG) and water-soluble inositol phosphates. This signaling mechanism is used by antigen receptors on T and B cells that have been implicated as mediators of receptor-induced influx of extracellular Ca(2+). This unit provides protocols that describe the resolution of InsP by Dowex anion-exchange chromatography. This technique provides a reliable means of separating inositol monophosphate, inositol bisphosphate, and inositol trisphosphate, but does not resolve isomers of these. An Alternate Protocol describes the separation of inositol phosphates by anion-exchange HPLC. A protocol for resolution of inositol phospholipids by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) is also provided.
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- J B Imboden
- University of California and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA
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Soluble inositol polyphosphates are implicated in the regulation of many important cellular functions. This protocol to extract and separate inositol polyphosphates from Saccharomyces cerevisiae is divided into three steps: labeling of yeast, extraction of soluble inositol polyphosphates and chromatographic separation. Yeast cells are incubated with tritiated inositol, which is taken up and metabolized into different phosphorylated forms. Soluble inositol polyphosphates are then acid-extracted and fractionated by high-performance liquid chromatography. The radioactivity of each fraction is determined by scintillation counting. This highly sensitive and reproducible method allows the accurate detection of subtle changes in the inositol polyphosphate profile and takes less than 48 h. It can easily be applied to other systems and we have included two adaptations of the protocol, one optimized for mammalian cells and the other for Arabidopsis thaliana.
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- Cristina Azevedo
- Medical Research Council Cell Biology Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Calcium-mobilizing agonists act by stimulating the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdIns4,5P2) to inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and diacylglycerol (DG). In response to such agonists cells also produce inositol 1,3,4-trisphosphate but this isomer is unlikely to influence calcium mobilization. Application of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (Ins1,4,5P3) to permeabilized cells results in a rapid release of calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum. Structure-activity studies reveal that the vicinal phosphates on the 4- and 5-positions are essential for releasing calcium whereas the phosphate on the opposite side enhances the affinity of Ins1,4,5P3 for its putative receptor. The flow of calcium across the endoplasmic reticulum appears to be electrogenic and requires an opposite flow of potassium to neutralize charge movements. Diacylglycerol, acting through protein kinase C, does not play a direct role in calcium signalling but it does modulate various aspects of the InsP3/Ca2+ pathway. The DG/protein kinase C pathway can influence both the formation and hydrolysis of PtdIns4,5P2 and can alter the responsiveness of various processes to the action of calcium. The Ins1,4,5P3/Ca2+ signal pathway functions throughout the life history of cells to regulate such diverse activities as egg maturation and fertilization, growth, secretion, metabolism, neural activity, and perhaps excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle.
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Exton JH. The roles of calcium and phosphoinositides in the mechanisms of alpha 1-adrenergic and other agonists. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2005; 111:117-224. [PMID: 2906170 DOI: 10.1007/bfb0033873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Nilssen LS, Dajani O, Christoffersen T, Sandnes D. Sustained diacylglycerol accumulation resulting from prolonged G protein-coupled receptor agonist-induced phosphoinositide breakdown in hepatocytes. J Cell Biochem 2005; 94:389-402. [PMID: 15526278 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.20260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Studies in various cells have led to the idea that agonist-stimulated diacylglycerol (DAG) generation results from an early, transient phospholipase C (PLC)-catalyzed phosphoinositide breakdown, while a more sustained elevation of DAG originates from phosphatidylcholine (PC). We have examined this issue further, using cultured rat hepatocytes, and report here that various G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) agonists, including vasopressin (VP), angiotensin II (Ang.II), prostaglandin F2alpha, and norepinephrine (NE), may give rise to a prolonged phosphoinositide hydrolysis. Preincubation of hepatocytes with 1-butanol to prevent conversion of phosphatidic acid (PA) did not affect the agonist-induced DAG accumulation, suggesting that phospholipase D-mediated breakdown of PC was not involved. In contrast, the GPCR agonists induced phosphoinositide turnover, assessed by accumulation of inositol phosphates, that was sustained for up to 18 h, even under conditions where PLC was partially desensitized. Pretreatment of hepatocytes with wortmannin, to inhibit synthesis of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2), prevented agonist-induced inositol phosphate and DAG accumulation. Upon VP stimulation the level of PIP) declined, but only transiently, while increases in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) and DAG mass were sustained, suggesting that efficient resynthesis of PIP2 allowed sustained PLC activity. This was confirmed when cells were pretreated with wortmannin to prevent resynthesis of PIP2. Furthermore, metabolism of InsP3 was rapid, compared to that of DAG, with a more than 20-fold difference in half-life. Thus, rapid metabolism of InsP3 and efficient resynthesis of PIP2 may account for the larger amount of DAG generated and the more sustained time course, compared to InsP3. The results suggest that DAG accumulation that is sustained for many hours in response to VP, Ang.II, NE, and prostaglandin F2alpha in hepatocytes is mainly due to phosphoinositide breakdown.
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- Laila Sortvik Nilssen
- Department of Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, PO Box 1057 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway.
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Sandnes D, Nilssen LS, Andersen GO, Viko H, Sjetnan AE, Skomedal T, Osnes JB. Ca2+-dependent elevation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate level induced by freezing or homogenization of tissues and cells. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2004; 95:288-94. [PMID: 15569274 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2004.t01-1-pto950507.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Various cells and tissues contain high basal levels of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, raising questions about the functional significance of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in some tissues such as the heart. We used intact tissue and isolated cells from heart and liver of adult rats to examine if different fixation procedures might artificially elevate the level of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate. The basal level of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in intact, freeze-clamped cardiac tissue from adult rats was 10 times higher than in isolated, non-frozen cardiomyocytes, while freeze-clamped liver contained approximately 4 times higher inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate levels than isolated, non-frozen hepatocytes. Stimulation with norepinephrine induced a significant increase in the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate level in isolated cardiomyocytes, whereas no significant increase was observed in freeze-clamped cardiac tissue. Freezing of isolated cardiomyocytes or hepatocytes before extraction increased basal inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate levels 3 times. In cellular homogenates prepared in the presence of EGTA and stored at 4 degrees , readdition of calcium resulted in a time-dependent increase in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate mass and a decrease in the mass of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP(2)). The reaction was essentially complete within 30 sec. in homogenates from cardiomyocytes, while PIP(2) hydrolysis was slower in hepatocyte homogenates. Perfusion of intact rat hearts with EGTA present during the last 2 min. of perfusion, followed by freeze-clamping, resulted in basal inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate levels comparable to those in isolated cardiomyocytes, and norepinephrine stimulation increased inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate mass by approximately 80%. The presence of EGTA did not significantly affect PIP(2) levels in perfused hearts. The results suggest that freezing or homogenization of intact tissue and isolated cells may result in Ca(2+)-dependent activation of phospholipase C, leading to high basal inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate levels that may mask agonist-induced changes.
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- Dagny Sandnes
- Department of Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1057 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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Hsu FF, Turk J, Gross ML. Structural distinction among inositol phosphate isomers using high-energy and low-energy collisional-activated dissociation tandem mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2003; 38:447-457. [PMID: 12717757 DOI: 10.1002/jms.457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Electrospray (ESI) collisional-activated dissociation (CAD) tandem mass spectrometric methods for the structural characterization of inositol phosphates (InsPs) using both quadrupole and sector mass spectrometers are described. Under low-energy CAD, the [M + H](+) ions of the positional isomers of inositol phosphates, including inositol mono-, bis- and trisphosphates, yield distinguishable product-ion spectra, which are readily applicable for isomer differentiation. In contrast, the product-ion spectra arising from high-energy CAD (2 keV collision energy, floating at 50%) tandem sector mass spectrometry are less applicable for isomer identification. The differences in the product-ion spectrum profiles among the aforementioned InsP isomers become more substantial and differentiation of positional isomers can be achieved when the collison energy is reduced to 1 keV (floating at 75%). These results demonstrate that the applied collision energies play a pivotal role in the fragmentations upon CAD. The product-ion spectra are similar among the positional isomers of inositol tetrakisphosphates and of inositol pentakisphosphates. Thus, isomeric distinction for these two inositol polyphosphate classes could not be established by the tandem mass spectrometric methods that have achieved such distinctions for the less highly phosphorylated inositol phosphate classes. Under both high- and low-energy CAD, the protonated molecular species of all InsPs undergo similar fragmentation pathways, which are dominated by the consecutive losses of H(2)O, HPO(3) and H(3)PO(4).
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- Fong-Fu Hsu
- Mass Spectrometry Resource, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
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Christensen SC, Kolbjørn Jensen A, Simonsen LO. Aberrant 3H in Ehrlich mouse ascites tumor cell nucleotides after in vivo labeling with myo-[2-3H]- and L-myo-[1-3H]inositol: implications for measuring inositol phosphate signaling. Anal Biochem 2003; 313:283-91. [PMID: 12605865 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2697(02)00592-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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After in vivo radiolabeling of Ehrlich cells for 24h with conventional myo-[2-3H]inositol we previously demonstrated an aberrant 3H-labeling of ATP that interfered in the HPLC analysis of inositol trisphosphates. This aberrant 3H-labeling was accounted for by the extensive kidney catabolism of myo-[2-3H] inositol with delivery of 3H-labeled metabolites to extrarenal tissues. As expected, the aberrant labeling of ATP is markedly reduced with the use of 3H-myo-inositol labeled at L-C1 rather than at C2, reflecting that the 3H at L-C1 disappears in the first step of the myo-inositol catabolism: the oxidative conversion to D-glucuronate. In contrast, with the 3H at C2 of myo-inositol, the 3H-C2 passes into the pentose phosphate conversions with resulting labeling of nucleotides. The extent of catabolism to 3H-labeled water, the cellular accumulation of 3H-myo-inositol, the incorporation into cellular inositol phospholipids, and the labeling pattern of cellular phosphoinositides were all found to be similar for the two labeled myo-inositol moieties. With the use of L-myo-[1-3H]inositol an aberrant 3H-labeling at about 25% remained, for which a presumptive mechanism is proposed. L-myo-[1-3H]Inositol appears nevertheless to be a preferable alternative to myo-[2-3H]inositol for tracing the intact myo-inositol molecule after in vivo labeling, with minimized interference from aberrant 3H-labeling of nucleotides.
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- Søren C Christensen
- Laboratory for Cellular and Molecular Physiology, August Krogh Institute, University of Copenhagen, 13 Universitetsparken, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
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Nicolson TA, Bevan S, Richards CD. Characterisation of the calcium responses to histamine in capsaicin-sensitive and capsaicin-insensitive sensory neurones. Neuroscience 2002; 110:329-38. [PMID: 11958874 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(01)00561-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Adult rat sensory neurones were maintained in short-term tissue culture and their response to histamine was studied by monitoring changes in intracellular [Ca(2+)] with Fura-2. The proportion of histamine-sensitive neurones increased as the concentration increased from 10 microM to 10 mM. The fraction of responding cells did not change significantly over the first week in culture. About 60% of histamine-sensitive cells were insensitive to capsaicin and these cells tended to be of small diameter. The integrated calcium response to histamine was greatest at 100 microM when the response consisted of two phases: an initial short-lasting transient followed by a sustained plateau that was dependent on extracellular calcium. This response was blocked by the histamine H(1) receptor antagonist mepyramine but not by cimetidine or thioperamide which block H(2) and H(3) receptors, respectively. Moreover, application of histamine increased the intracellular concentration of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate -- an effect blocked by mepyramine. These data show that the response is mediated by H(1) receptors. The phospholipase C inhibitor U73122 blocked the response to 100 microM histamine and significantly reduced the fraction of cells responding to 1 mM and 10 mM histamine as did removal of extracellular calcium. A combination of U73122 and calcium-free medium abolished all responses to histamine. These data suggest that in addition to activating phospholipase C, high concentrations of histamine gate an influx of calcium that is independent of store depletion. The implications of these results for the transduction of pruritic stimuli is discussed.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium Signaling/drug effects
- Calcium Signaling/physiology
- Capsaicin/pharmacology
- Cells, Cultured
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Ganglia, Spinal/cytology
- Ganglia, Spinal/drug effects
- Ganglia, Spinal/metabolism
- Histamine/metabolism
- Histamine/pharmacology
- Histamine Antagonists/pharmacology
- Nerve Fibers/drug effects
- Nerve Fibers/metabolism
- Nerve Fibers/ultrastructure
- Neurons, Afferent/cytology
- Neurons, Afferent/drug effects
- Neurons, Afferent/metabolism
- Nociceptors/cytology
- Nociceptors/drug effects
- Nociceptors/metabolism
- Pruritus/metabolism
- Pruritus/pathology
- Pruritus/physiopathology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Histamine/drug effects
- Receptors, Histamine/metabolism
- Receptors, Serotonin/drug effects
- Receptors, Serotonin/metabolism
- Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel/drug effects
- Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel/metabolism
- Serotonin Antagonists/pharmacology
- Type C Phospholipases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Type C Phospholipases/metabolism
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- T A Nicolson
- Department of Physiology, University College London, UK
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Dillenschneider M, Hetherington A, Graziana A, Alibert G, Berta P, Haiech J, Ranjeva R. The formation of inositol phosphate derivatives by isolated membranes from Acer pseudoplatanus
is stimulated by guanine nucleotides. FEBS Lett 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(86)81059-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Trujillo MM, Ausina P, Savineau JP, Marthan R, Strippoli G, Advenier C, Pinto FM, Candenas ML. Cellular mechanisms involved in iso-osmotic high K+ solutions-induced contraction of the estrogen-primed rat myometrium. Life Sci 2000; 66:2441-53. [PMID: 10894087 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(00)80004-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the mechanisms involved in the contraction evoked by iso-osmotic high K+ solutions in the estrogen-primed rat uterus. In Ca2+-containing solution, iso-osmotic addition of KCl (30, 60 or 90 mM K+) induced a rapid, phasic contraction followed by a prolonged sustained plateau (tonic component) of smaller amplitude. The KCl (60 mM)-induced contraction was unaffected by tetrodotoxin (3 microM), omega-conotoxin MVIIC (1 microM), GF 109203X (1 microM) or calphostin C (3 microM) but was markedly reduced by tissue treatment with neomycin (1 mM), mepacrine (10 microM) or U-73122 (10 microM). Nifedipine (0.01-0.1 microM) was significantly more effective as an inhibitor of the tonic component than of the phasic component. After 60 min incubation in Ca2+-free solution containing 3 mM EGTA, iso-osmotic KCl did not cause any increase in tension but potentiated contractions evoked by oxytocin (1 microM), sodium orthovanadate (160 micrM) or okadaic acid (20 microM) in these experimental conditions. In freshly dispersed myometrial cells maintained in Ca2+-containing solution and loaded with indo 1, iso-osmotic KCl (60 mM) caused a biphasic increase in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). In cells superfused for 60 min in Ca2+-free solution containing EGTA (1 mM), KCl did not increase [Ca2+]i. In Ca2+-containing solution, KCl (60 mM) produced a 76.0 +/- 16.2% increase in total [3H]inositol phosphates above basal levels and increased the intracellular levels of free arachidonic acid. These results suggest that, in the estrogen-primed rat uterus, iso-osmotic high K+ solutions, in addition to their well known effect on Ca2+ influx, activate other cellular processes leading to an increase in the Ca2+ sensitivity of the contractile machinery by a mechanism independent of extracellular Ca2+.
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- M M Trujillo
- Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Isla de la Cartuja, Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, Sevilla, Spain
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Morris JB, Hinchliffe KA, Ciruela A, Letcher AJ, Irvine RF. Thrombin stimulation of platelets causes an increase in phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate revealed by mass assay. FEBS Lett 2000; 475:57-60. [PMID: 10854858 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01625-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate (PtdIns5P), a novel inositol lipid, has been shown to be the major substrate for the type II PtdInsP kinases (PIPkins) ¿Rameh et al. (1997) Nature 390, 192-196. A PtdInsP fraction was prepared from cell extracts by neomycin chromatography, using a protocol devised to eliminate the interaction of acidic solvents with plasticware, since this was found to inhibit the enzyme. The PtdIns5P in this fraction was measured by incubating with ¿gamma-(32)PATP and recombinant PIPkin IIalpha, and quantifying the radiolabelled PtdInsP(2) formed. This assay was used on platelets to show that during 10 min stimulation with thrombin, the mass level of PtdIns5P increases, implying the existence of an agonist-stimulated synthetic mechanism.
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- J B Morris
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1QJ, Cambridge, UK.
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Jones DH, Morris JB, Morgan CP, Kondo H, Irvine RF, Cockcroft S. Type I phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 5-kinase directly interacts with ADP-ribosylation factor 1 and is responsible for phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate synthesis in the golgi compartment. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:13962-6. [PMID: 10747863 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c901019199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) 4,5-bisphosphate is involved in many aspects of membrane traffic, but the regulation of its synthesis is only partially understood. Golgi membranes contain PI 4-kinase activity and a pool of phosphatidylinositol phosphate (PIP), which is further increased by ADP-ribosylation factor 1 (ARF1). COS7 cells were transfected with alpha and beta forms of PI 4-kinase, and only membranes from COS7 cells transfected with PI 4-kinase beta increased their content of PIP when incubated with ARF1. PtdIns(4, 5)P(2) content in Golgi membranes was nonexistent but could be increased to a small extent upon adding either cytosol or Type I or Type II PIP kinases. However, when ARF1 was present, PtdIns(4,5)P(2) levels increased dramatically when membranes were incubated in the presence of cytosol or Type I, but not Type II, PIP kinase. To examine whether ARF1 could directly activate Type I PIP 5-kinase, we used an in vitro assay consisting of phosphatidycholine-containing liposomes, ARF1, and PIP 5-kinase. ARF1 increased Type I PIP 5-kinase activity in a guanine nucleotide-dependent manner, identifying this enzyme as a direct effector for ARF1.
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- D H Jones
- Department of Physiology, University College London, London WC1E 6JJ, United Kingdom
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Shigaki T, Bhattacharyya MK. Decreased inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate content in pathogen-challenged soybean cells. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2000; 13:563-7. [PMID: 10796022 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi.2000.13.5.563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) has been shown to be transiently activated when plant cells were treated with elicitors. We thus investigated the activity of PI-PLC when soybean cells were infected with the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea, by measuring cellular cytosolic inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) levels. We observed that IP3 content decreased in both compatible and incompatible interactions. In vitro phosphatase activities were similar in both water control and infected cells with slightly lower IP3 degradation observed for infected cells, indicating that the reduced IP3 content in infected cells most likely results from reduced PI-PLC activity. We hypothesize that reduced IP3 content following infection may lead to suppression of various housekeeping activities of the cells, thus diverting the cellular resources either to the synthesis of defense-related compounds against pathogens, and/or to the growth of pathogens.
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- T Shigaki
- Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402, USA
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Pelassy C, Breittmayer JP, Aussel C. Inhibition of phosphatidylserine synthesis during Jurkat T cell activation. The phosphatase inhibitor, sodium ortho-vanadate bypasses the CD3/T cell receptor-induced second messenger signaling pathway. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:984-92. [PMID: 10672006 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01081.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sodium ortho-vanadate (Na3VO4), an inhibitor of protein tyrosine phosphatase, induces a rapid (15 min) and strong inhibition of phosphatidylserine synthesis with an IC50 = 100 microM. The mode of action of Na3VO4 was compared to that of CD3 mAbs. It was found that Na3VO4 bypasses the major CD3-induced T cell activation signals including protein tyrosine phosphorylation, p56lck activation and the generation of second messengers including inositol phosphates and its subsequent Ca2+ mobilization as well as diacylglycerol production. These facts were confirmed by using a panel of Jurkat clones that differs by the expression of either tyrosine kinases involved in the CD3-induced T cell activation pathway such as p56lck, p72syk and ZAP-70 or some cell surface receptors such as the CD3/TCR complex or the CD45 phosphatase.
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- C Pelassy
- INSERM U343, Hôpital de l'Archet, Nice, France
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Schell MJ, Letcher AJ, Brearley CA, Biber J, Murer H, Irvine RF. PiUS (Pi uptake stimulator) is an inositol hexakisphosphate kinase. FEBS Lett 1999; 461:169-72. [PMID: 10567691 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01462-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A cDNA cloned from its ability to stimulate inorganic phosphate uptake in Xenopus oocytes (phosphate uptake stimulator (PiUS)) shows significant similarity with inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase. However, the expressed PiUS protein showed no detectable activity against inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, nor the 1,3,4,5- or 3,4,5, 6-isomers of inositol tetrakisphosphate, whereas it was very active in converting inositol hexakisphosphate (InsP(6)) to inositol heptakisphosphate (InsP(7)). PiUS is a member of a family of enzymes found in many eukaryotes and we discuss the implications of this for the functions of InsP(7) and for the evolution of inositol phosphate kinases.
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- M J Schell
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, UK
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Schneider IC, Rhamy PJ, Fink-Winter RJ, Reilly PJ. High-performance anion-exchange chromatography of sugar and glycerol phosphates on quaternary ammonium resins. Carbohydr Res 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(99)00210-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Willoughby D, Yeoman MS, Benjamin PR. Inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate and inositol-1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate are second messenger targets for cardioactive neuropeptides encoded on the FMRFamide gene. J Exp Biol 1999; 202:2581-93. [PMID: 10482718 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.202.19.2581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This paper examines the importance of the calcium-mobilizing inositol phosphate pathway in mediating the effects of FMRFamide and its gene-related neuropeptides on the myogenic heart beat of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. These peptides are encoded on a single exon of the FMRFamide gene and mediate diverse physiological effects in the isolated heart. The rate of production of inositol-1,4, 5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P(3)] and inositol-1,3,4, 5-tetrakisphosphate [Ins(1,3,4,5)P(4)], measured using an HPLC method, were both significantly elevated in a concentration-dependent manner by FMRFamide (and were also elevated by FLRFamide). The threshold for increasing inositol phosphate production was low (100 pmol l(−1)) with a peak response occurring at 1 micromol l(−1) FMRFamide. The shape of the dose-response curve for FMRFamide-induced elevation of heart-beat frequency, obtained in pharmacological experiments on the isolated whole heart, was similar to that for stimulation of inositol phosphate levels in homogenized heart tissue. FMRFamide and Ins(1,4,5)P(3) produced similar effects on the rate of heart beat in permeabilized whole hearts. In addition, the phospholipase C inhibitor, neomycin (2.5 mmol l(−)(1)), blocked the stimulatory effects of FMRFamide on Ins(1, 4,5)P(3) production in heart homogenate, and attenuated the excitatory effects of this neuropeptide in the isolated heart. The ‘isoleucine’ pentapeptides, EFLRIamide and pQFYRIamide, also encoded by the FMRFamide gene, produced no significant effects on inositol phosphate production when applied alone or in combination with FMRFamide. These results suggested that FMRFamide (and FLRFamide), but not EFLRIamide and pQFYRIamide, mediated their main effects on heart beat via the inositol phosphate pathway. The fifth peptide, SEQPDVDDYLRDVVLQSEEPLY (‘SEEPLY’) had no effect when applied alone but appeared to modulate the effects of FMRFamide by delaying the time-to-peak of the Ins(1,4,5)P(3) response from 5 s to 20 s by an unknown mechanism.
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- D Willoughby
- Sussex Centre for Neuroscience, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK.
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Irvine RF. Manganese-stimulated phosphatidylinositol headgroup exchange in rat liver microsomes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1393:292-8. [PMID: 9748635 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2760(98)00083-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Manganese-dependent, CMP-independent incorporation of myo-[3H]inositol into phospholipids of rat liver microsomes was studied in an attempt to clarify the physiological significance of this headgroup-exchange reaction. The enzyme responsible worked best with Mn2+ as a co-factor, but Mg2+ at physiological concentrations supported a significant rate of incorporation. The K(m) for myo-inositol was around 11 microM, yet incorporation of myo-[3H]inositol was unaffected by as much as 5 mM choline, ethanolamine, glycerol or serine; as this is a reversible reaction, these data imply that phosphatidylinositol is the most likely lipid substrate. Similarly, other inositols showed an apparent affinity at least two orders of magnitude lower than myo-inositol. Glucosamine alpha 1-6 myo-inositol also had a low affinity for the enzyme, making it unlikely that this headgroup-exchange activity is part of a metabolic pathway for glycosyl phosphatidylinositols. The phosphatidylinositol radiolabelled by headgroup exchange was deacylated and deglycerated, and the resulting inositol phosphate headgroup cochromatographed on anion exchange HPLC with myo-inositol l-phosphate. The simplest interpretation of all the data is the apparent paradox that this enzyme functions at a slow rate under physiological conditions to remove the myo-inositol headgroup from phosphatidylinositol, only to replace it with another myo-inositol.
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- R F Irvine
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, UK.
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Holmes EW. Expression and regulation of interferon-gamma-induced tryptophan catabolism in cultured skin fibroblasts. J Interferon Cytokine Res 1998; 18:509-20. [PMID: 9712367 DOI: 10.1089/jir.1998.18.509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma)-induced, indoleamine dioxygenase-catalyzed tryptophan catabolism was studied in cultured human foreskin fibroblasts using the increase in cellular kynurenine synthesis as an index of gene expression. The time courses of the inhibition of IFN-gamma-induced kynurenine synthesis by actinomycin D and cycloheximide showed that the indoleamine dioxygenase gene was transcribed as early as 2 h and translated as early as 5 h after initiation of IFN treatment. Expression was completely inhibited by the Ser/Thr kinase inhibitor, H-7 (66 microM), during the first 2 h after IFN-gamma treatment. Prolonged pretreatment of cells with high concentrations of staurosporine (380 nM) or genestein (610 microM) inhibited expression by 38% and 53%, respectively. Genestein also inhibited expression when it was added to cultures between 8 and 24 h after IFN-gamma treatment. The expression of kynurenine synthesis was inhibited by A23817 during the first 4 h after IFN treatment by mechanisms that were independent of cyclooxygenase, calmodulin, and calcineurin. Exogenous gangliosides (bovine brain gangliosides and purified GM1) inhibited IDO expression throughout the first 24 h after IFN-gamma treatment by mechanisms that did not involve effects on Ca2+ channels. Other biologic response modifiers, including phorbol myristic acetate, arachidonic acid, lipopolysaccharide, analogs of cAMP and cGMP, W-7, and sphingosine, did not induce IDO in the absence of IFN-gamma, nor did they modulate IFN-gamma-induced expression. These results indicate that the expression of kynurenine synthesis is modulated at the transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels by protein tyrosine kinase and by a Ser/Thr kinase with properties distinctly different from those of conventional protein kinase C. The capacity for attenuation of this IFN-gamma-induced response over its entire time course by many effectors and through multiple cellular signaling pathways may represent a mechanism for fine-tuning the level of oxidative tryptophan metabolism to meet the needs of a particular cytostatic or antiproliferative response.
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- E W Holmes
- Department of Pathology, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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Rivera J, Lozano ML, Gonzalez-Conejero R, Corral J, De Arriba F, Vicente V. A radioreceptor assay for mass measurement of inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate using saponin-permeabilized outdated human platelets. Anal Biochem 1998; 256:117-21. [PMID: 9466804 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1997.2488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The binding of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3] to saponin-permeabilized blood-bank-outdated human platelets, 6 days old, has been characterized (Kd = 3.8 nM; Bmax = 1.7 pmol/mg protein) and used to develop a novel radioreceptor assay which allows the measurement of the Ins(1,4,5)P3 content in resting or agonist-stimulated cells. This assay is as sensitive (0.25 pmol in a 0.25 ml volume), specific, and reproducible as previously proposed methods. In addition, obtaining large batches of the Ins(1,4,5)P3 binding protein by treating outdated platelets with saponin is simple and quick and uses otherwise discarded material. Moreover, the assay is considerably cheaper than commercially available kits. Using this method we confirmed that thrombin evokes a rapid, transient, and dose-dependent increase in the platelet concentration of Ins(1,4,5)P3.
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- J Rivera
- Unit of Hematology and Hemotherapy, School of Medicine, Hospital General Universitario, Murcia, Spain
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Chulia S, Ivorra MD, Martinez S, Elorriaga M, Valiente M, Noguera MA, Lugnier C, Advenier C, D'Ocon P. Relationships between structure and vascular activity in a series of benzylisoquinolines. Br J Pharmacol 1997; 122:409-16. [PMID: 9351495 PMCID: PMC1564968 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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1. In the present work, the properties of 3-methyl isoquinoline, 3,4-dihydropapaverine, tetrahydropapaverine and tetrahydropapaveroline were compared with those of papaverine and laudanosine. The work includes functional studies on rat isolated aorta contracted with noradrenaline, caffeine or KCl, and a determination of the affinity of the compounds for alpha1-adrenoceptors and calcium channel binding sites, with [3H]-prazosin, [3H]-nitrendipine and [3H]-(+)-cis-diltiazem binding to rat cerebral cortical membranes. The effects of papaverine derivatives on the different molecular forms of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDE) isolated from bovine aorta were also determined. 2. The three papaverine derivatives show greater affinity than papaverine for the [3H]-prazosin binding site. They are therefore more selective as inhibitors of [3H]-prazosin binding as opposed to [3H]-(+)-cis-diltiazem, while papaverine appears to have approximately equal affinity for both. [3H]-nitrendipine binding was not affected by either papaverine or papaverine derivatives in concentrations up to 100 microM. 3-Methylisoquinoline had no effect on any of the binding sites assayed. 3. Contractions evoked by noradrenaline (1 microM) in rat aorta were inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner by 3,4-dihydropapaverine, tetrahydropapaverine and with a lower potency, by tetrahydropapaveroline. In Ca2+-free solution, tetrahydropapaverine and to a lesser extent, tetrahydropapaveroline, inhibited the noradrenaline (1 microM) evoked contraction in a concentration-dependent manner and did not modify the phasic contractile response evoked by caffeine (10 mM). This suggests that these alkaloids do not act at the intracellular level, unlike papaverine which inhibits the contractile response to caffeine and noradrenaline. 4. Inositol phosphates formation induced by noradrenaline (1 microM) in rat aorta was inhibited by tetrahydropapaverine (100 microM) and tetrahydropapaveroline (300 microM), thus suggesting that alpha1D-adrenoceptors are coupled to phosphoinositide metabolism in rat aorta. 5. Unlike papaverine, which has a significant effect on all the PDE isoforms, the three alkaloids assayed did not have an inhibitory effect on the different forms of PDE isolated from bovine aorta. 6. These results provide evidence that papaverine derivatives with a partially or totally reduced isoquinoline ring have a greater affinity for alpha1-adrenoceptors and a lower affinity for benzothiazepine sites in the Ca2+-channel than papaverine. This structural feature also implies a loss of the inhibitory activity on PDE isoforms. The planarity of the isoquinoline ring (papaverine) impairs the interaction with the alpha1-adrenoceptor site and facilitates it with the Ca2+-channels and PDEs, whereas the more flexible tetrahydroisoquinoline ring increases the binding to alpha1-adrenoceptors.
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- S Chulia
- Departamento de Farmacologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Spain
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Neri LM, Ricci D, Carini C, Marchisio M, Capitani S, Bertagnolo V. Changes of nuclear PI-PLC gamma1 during rat liver regeneration. Cell Signal 1997; 9:353-62. [PMID: 9376214 DOI: 10.1016/s0898-6568(96)00178-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We have previously demonstrated that rat liver nuclei contain PI-PLC beta1 and gamma1 in the inner nuclear matrix and lamina associated with specific phosphodiesterase activity (Bertagnolo et al., 1995, Cell Signall. 7, 669-678). Since compensatory hepatic growth is an informative and well characterized model for natural cell proliferation, the presence of specific PI-PLC isoforms and their activity as well as PIP2 recovery were studied at various regenerating times, ranging from 3 to 22 h after partial hepatectomy. Three PI-PLC isoforms (beta1, gamma1, delta1) were examined in control and regenerating liver cells by using specific antibodies. By means of in situ immunocytochemistry and confocal microscopy, PI-PLC beta1 was found mainly in the nucleoplasm and this pattern was not modified after hepatectomy. On the contrary, the nuclear gamma1 isoform showed a marked decrease at 3 and 16 h after hepatectomy, but a clear increase at 22 h covering with bright intensity the whole nucleus. The PI-PLC delta1 isoform, which is exclusively cytoplasmic, was not altered during rat liver regeneration. By western blotting analysis on whole cell homogenates, none of the PI-PLC isozymes under study showed proliferation-linked modification. However, analyses of isolated nuclei identified changes in the nucleus associated PI-PLC gamma1 that paralleled the in situ observation whereas the beta1 isoform was unmodified at all the times examined. Nuclear phosphodiesterase activity on PIP2 was lower at 3 and 16 h, in comparison with sham operated rats, increased at 6 h and reached the highest value after 22 h. Consistently, the recovery of PIP2, obtained in conditions that optimise PIP-kinase activity, showed a marked decrease at 3 h and an increase up to 16 h of liver regeneration, followed by a further decrease at 22 h. These data are consistent with a close relationship between cell proliferation and the nuclear inositide cycle, depending, in rat liver, predominantly on the modulation of the gamma1 isoform of PI-PLC.
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- L M Neri
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Human Anatomy, University of Ferrara, Italy
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Magraner J, Morcillo E, Ausina P, Pinto FM, Martín JD, Moreau J, Anselmi E, Barrachina MD, Cortijo J, Advenier C, Candenas ML. Effects of Mn2+ on the responses induced by different spasmogens in the oestrogen-primed rat uterus. Eur J Pharmacol 1997; 326:211-22. [PMID: 9196274 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(97)85416-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We investigated the effect of Mn2+ on the mechanical responses evoked by high K+ (60 mM) or low Na+ (25 mM) solutions, oxytocin and neurokinin A in the oestrogen-primed rat uterus. In a Ca2+-free, Mn2+ (0.54 mM)-containing solution, high K+ or low Na+ solutions produced contractions of smaller amplitude than those observed in a normal Ca2+ (0.54 mM) solution, which were abolished by nifedipine (1 microM). Oxytocin (1 microM) and neurokinin A (1 microM, in the presence of phosphoramidon 1 microM) evoked nifedipine-insensitive contractile responses similar to (oxytocin) or smaller (neurokinin A) in amplitude than those observed in Ca2+ (0.54 mM)-containing solution. In strips loaded with Ca2+ (2.16 mM) for 10 min and then exposed to a Ca2+- and Mn2+-free, EGTA (3 mM)-containing medium for 4 min, both oxytocin and neurokinin A induced transient contraction followed by a small sustained response. The transient component of the response was abolished by cyclopiazonic acid (10 microM). When preparations were loaded with Mn2+ (2.16 mM) for 10 min, only the small, tonic contraction was observed. In Ca2+-containing solution, Mn2+ (0.01-10 mM) inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner the rhythmic contractions developed either spontaneously or by electrical stimulation as well as high K+- and neurokinin A-induced contractions. Mn2+ also abolished the rhythmic, but not the tonic component of the response to oxytocin, and the preparation remained maximally contracted. These data suggest that in the oestrogen-primed rat uterus, Mn2+ acts as an antagonist of Ca2+ influx through L-type voltage-operated Ca2+ channels. In addition, Mn2+ enters the cell mainly through nifedipine-insensitive receptor-operated channels and, to a lesser degree, through L-type Ca2+ channels to produce contraction by directly activating the contractile machinery.
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- J Magraner
- Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas Isla de La Cartuja, Institutode Química, Sevilla, Spain
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Morin L, Giroix MH, Gangnerau MN, Bailbé D, Portha B. Impaired phosphoinositide metabolism in glucose-incompetent islets of neonatally streptozotocin-diabetic rats. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1997; 272:E737-45. [PMID: 9176170 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.272.5.e737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The effects of nutrient and neurotransmitter stimuli on insulin release, loss of phosphoinositides (PI), and production of inositol phosphates (InsP) were investigated in islets from neonatally streptozotocin-injected (nSTZ) rats. In islets from nSTZ rats, insulin secretory responses to 16.7 mM D-glucose and 10.0 mM D-glyceraldehyde were reduced compared with controls. Contents in phosphatidylinositol 4-monophosphate [PtdIns(4)P] and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PtdIns(4,5)P2], but not in phosphatidylinositol, were diminished. Glucose effects on breakdown of PtdIns(4)P and PtdIns(4,5)P2 and on total InsP accumulation were both reduced. D-Glucose was unable to increase the levels of both inositol trisphosphate isomers, Ins(1,3,4)P3 and Ins(1,4,5)P3. Glyceraldehyde also failed to promote InsP formation. By contrast, the ability of 1.0 mM carbachol or 300 nM cholecystokinin to stimulate insulin secretion and InsP generation was still observed. Thus a disturbed coupling between nutrient recognition and activation of phospholipase C, possibly together with a shortage of available polyphosphoinositides, could be responsible for the altered islet PI turnover in the nSTZ rats. It is proposed that such defects may contribute to the impairment of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in this model of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
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- L Morin
- Laboratoire de Physiopathologie de la Nutrition, Université Paris, France
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Chuliá S, Moreau J, Naline E, Noguera MA, Ivorra MD, D'Ocón MP, Advenier C. The effect of S-(+)-boldine on the alpha 1-adrenoceptor of the guinea-pig aorta. Br J Pharmacol 1996; 119:1305-12. [PMID: 8968536 PMCID: PMC1915823 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb16039.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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1. The cardiovascular activity of S-(+)-boldine, an aporphine alkaloid structurally related to papaverine, was determined. The work includes functional studies on guinea-pig isolated aorta contracted with noradrenaline, caffeine, KCl or Ca2+, and on guinea-pig trachea contracted with acetylcholine or histamine. 2. S-(+)-boldine inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner the contractile response evoked by noradrenaline (10 microM) in guinea-pig aorta (IC50 = 1.4 +/- 0.2 microM) while the KCl depolarizing solution (60 mM)- or the Ca2+ (1 mM)-induced contractions were only partially affected by boldine up to 300 microM. In contrast, papaverine relaxed noradrenaline (NA), KCl or Ca2+ induced contractions showing similar IC50 values in all cases. S-(+)-boldine had a greater potency on the contraction elicited by NA whereas papaverine acted in a non-selective manner. 3. S-(+)-boldine was found to be an alpha 1-adrenoceptor blocking agent in guinea-pig aorta as revealed by its competitive antagonism of noradrenaline-induced vasoconstriction (pA2 = 5.64 +/- 0.08), and its potency was compared with that of prazosin (pA2 = 8.56 +/- 0.24), a known potent alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist. In contrast, papaverine caused rightward shifts of the NA concentration-response curves with depression of maximal response indicating that it acts as a non-competitive antagonist. 4. Contraction of guinea-pig aorta induced by caffeine (60 mM) in a Ca(2+)-containing Krebs solution was not affected by a 60 min incubation period with different doses of S-(+)-boldine (1-300 microM). Papaverine inhibited partially this caffeine-induced contraction at the maximal dose used (100 microM). 5. Inositol phosphates formation induced by noradrenaline (10 microM) in guinea-pig thoracic aorta was inhibited by S-(+)-boldine (30 microM) but not by papaverine (10 microM). 6. Contractions of guinea-pig trachea caused by acetylcholine (100 microM) or histamine (10 microM) were not modified by S-(+)-boldine (0.1-100 microM). 7. These results provide evidence that S-(+)-boldine, an aporphine alkaloid, has interesting properties as an alpha 1-adrenoceptor blocker in vascular smooth muscle, and acts as a competitive antagonist of the alpha 1-adrenoceptor present in the guinea pig aorta.
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- S Chuliá
- Faculté de Médecine Paris-Ouest 15, l'Ecole de Médecine, France
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Higashi K, Hoshino M, Nomura T, Saso K, Ito M, Hoek JB. Interaction of Protein Phosphatases and Ethanol on Phospholipase C-Mediated Intracellular Signal Transduction Processes in Rat Hepatocytes: Role of Protein Kinase A. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1996. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01165.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Higashi K, Hoshino M, Nomura T, Saso K, Ito M, Hoek JB. Interaction of Protein Phosphatases and Ethanol on Phospholipase C-Mediated Intracellular Signal Transduction Processes in Rat Hepatocytes: Role of Protein Kinase A. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1996. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01800.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kaimachnikov NP, Nazarenko VG. Quantal Ca2+ release and inactivation in a model of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor involving transformation of the ligand by the receptor. Biosci Rep 1996; 16:405-13. [PMID: 8913530 DOI: 10.1007/bf01207265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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A model explaining quantal Ca2+ release as an intrinsic property of the inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3) receptor has been put forward. The model is based on the hypothesis that the IP3 receptor can catalyze a transformation of the IP3 molecule differing from its conventional metabolism. A simple kinetic mechanism is considered, in which IP3-induced Ca2+ channel opening is followed by the step of IP3 conversion and channel closure. Examination of the resulting mathematical model shows that it can reproduce well both partial release of stored Ca2+ and the same responsiveness to subsequent IP3 additions. On incorporation of an additional closed state of the channel, the model describes also a time-dependent channel inactivation at a high IP3 dose. Temperature sensitivity of the catalytic step accounts for the reported elimination of quantal responses and inactivation at low temperature. The transformation product is surmised to be a positional or stereo isomer of IP3.
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- N P Kaimachnikov
- Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia
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Khurana ML, Pandey KN. Atrial natriuretic peptide inhibits the phosphoinositide hydrolysis in murine Leydig tumor cells. Mol Cell Biochem 1996; 158:97-105. [PMID: 8817470 DOI: 10.1007/bf00225834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The ability of ANP to inhibit the hydrolysis of phosphoinositides was examined in [3H] myoinositol-labeled intact murine Leydig tumor (MA-10) cells. Arginine vasopressin (AVP) stimulated the formation of inositol monophosphate (IP1), inositol bisphosphate (IP2), and inositol trisphosphate (IP3) both in a time-and dose-dependent manner in MA-10 cells. ANP inhibited the AVP-induced formation of IP1, IP2, and IP3 in these cells. The inhibitory effect of ANP on the AVP-stimulated formation of IP1, IP2, and IP3 accounted for 30%, 38% and 42%, respectively, which was observed at the varying concentrations of AVP. ANP caused a dose-dependent attenuation in AVP-stimulated production of IP1, IP2 and IP3 with maximum inhibition at 100 nM concentration of ANP. The production of inositol phosphates was inhibited in the presence of 8-bromo cGMP in a dose-dependent manner, whereas dibutyryl-cAMP had no effect on the generation of these metabolites. The LY 83583, an inhibitor of guanylyl cyclase and cGMP production, abolished the inhibitory effect of ANP on the AVP-stimulated production of inositol phosphates. Furthermore, 10 microM LY 83583 also inhibited the ANP-stimulated guanylyl cyclase activity and the intracellular accumulation of cGMP by more than 65-70%. The inhibition of cGMP-dependent protein kinase by H-8, significantly restored the levels of AVP-stimulated inositol phosphates in the presence of either ANP or exogenous 8-bromo cGMP. The results of this study suggest that ANP exerts an inhibitory effect on the production of inositol phosphates in murine Leydig tumor (MA-10) cells by mechanisms involving cGMP and cGMP-dependent protein kinase.
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- M L Khurana
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, School of Medicine, Augusta 30912, USA
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Malm D, Tollersrud OK, Vonen B, Florholmen J. The effect of fructose metabolism on the accumulation of inositol phosphates in rat pancreatic islets. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1996; 56:129-34. [PMID: 8743105 DOI: 10.3109/00365519609088599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The mechanism by which glucose recognition of B cells results in the release of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate is not known at present. In pancreatic islets, fructose shares a common metabolic pathway with glucose from the second step of glycolysis and can augment insulin secretion at stimulatory glucose levels. To evaluate the impact of glycolysis on the release of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, we studied the effect of glucose and fructose metabolism on insulin secretion and the activation of inositol-specific phospholipase C, using collagenase digested rat pancreatic islets incorporated with 3H-labelled myo-inositol. Inositol phosphates, generated by the cleavage of phosphatidyl inositol by inositol phospholipase C, were analyzed using fast protein liquid chromatography. The islets were exposed to 3.3, 5.5 and 12 mmol 1(-1) glucose for 45 min in the absence or presence of 10, 20 or 30 mmol 1(-1) fructose, and the amount of insulin released into the medium was measured. Intracellular inositol phosphate accumulation was measured under the same glucose concentrations with 0, 10 and 30 mmol 1(-1) fructose. As expected, fructose alone had no insulinotropic effect, but potentiated the glucose-induced (5.5 and 12 mmol 1(-1)) insulin secretion at concentrations of 10-30 mmol 1(-1). Glucose (12 vs. 3.3 mmol 1(-1)) significantly increased both intracellular content of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, as well as its metabolite inositol 1,3,4-trisphosphate. Fructose, however, had no potentiating effects on the accumulation of inositol phosphates. It is therefore supposed that glucose does not activate inositol-specific phospholipase C via the glycolysis. Further, since fructose did not activate inositol-specific phospholipase C, this stimulation is likely to be induced by glucose as such.
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- D Malm
- Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Tromsø, Norway
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Schultz C, Burmester A, Stadler C. Synthesis, separation, and identification of different inositol phosphates. Subcell Biochem 1996; 26:371-413. [PMID: 8744272 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0343-5_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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- C Schultz
- Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Bremen, Germany
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Shears SB. Inositol pentakis- and hexakisphosphate metabolism adds versatility to the actions of inositol polyphosphates. Novel effects on ion channels and protein traffic. Subcell Biochem 1996; 26:187-226. [PMID: 8744266 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0343-5_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- S B Shears
- Inositol Lipid Section, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Sarriá B, Naline E, Cortijo J, Moreau J, Cerdá JM, Morcillo EJ, Advenier C. Functional, biochemical and morphological studies on human bronchi after cryopreservation. Br J Pharmacol 1995; 116:2569-74. [PMID: 8590972 PMCID: PMC1909136 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb17209.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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1. Human isolated bronchi have been investigated as fresh tissue or after storage (7 and 30 days) at -196 degrees C in foetal calf serum containing 1.8 M dimethyl sulphoxide. 2. After cryopreservation, the maximal contractile response to acetylcholine (3 mM) was reduced (approximately 25%) but the difference did not reach significance statistically. Maximal responses to other spasmogens tested (histamine, [Nle10]NKA(4-10), bradykinin, leukotriene D4, U46619, and KCl) did not differ between unfrozen and frozen/thawed tissues. The sensitivity of cryopreserved tissues to the constrictor agents tested was similar to that of fresh tissues. 3. The accumulation of inositol phosphates produced by acetylcholine in human bronchus in vitro was similar in fresh and cryostored (30 days) tissues. 4. Relaxant responses of acetylcholine (0.3 microM)-precontracted preparations to theophylline, isoprenaline, rolipram and sodium nitroprusside were unchanged after storage with the exception of the sensitivity to rolipram which was diminished in the 30-days cryostorage group. 5. Light microscopic examination of sections taken from 30 days cryostored tissues indicates that the epithelium, submucosal tissue and smooth muscle were well preserved. 6. These experiments suggest that cryopreservation of human bronchi results in maintenance of several morphological, functional (contraction/relaxation) and biochemical properties.
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- B Sarriá
- Department of Pharmaclogy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain
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Singh AK, Jiang Y. Quantitative chromatographic analysis of inositol phospholipids and related compounds. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS 1995; 671:255-80. [PMID: 8520695 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(94)00558-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The metabolism of phospholipids and the mobilization of second messengers such as inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate, 1,2-diacylglycerol (DAG) and arachidonic acid (AA) from phospholipids is commonly studied by radiolabelling phospholipids with [3H]myo-inositol or [32P]ATP and measuring the incorporation of radioactivity in different phospholipids or their hydrolysis products. However, for the radiolabelling method to accurately reflect changes in the compound's mass, it is essential that the tissue is labelled to isotopic equilibrium which is difficult to achieve. To circumvent the disadvantages of the radiolabelling method, several analytical procedures have been developed for the mass analysis of phospholipids and inositolphosphates (IPs). Quantitation of the mass or the radiolabelling of phospholipids is a complex multi-step procedure that involves quantitative isolation of phospholipids, fractionation of individual phospholipids and either determination of radioactivity in each component or the measurement of their mass. Phospholipids, DAG and AA are extracted from tissue sample with organic solvents such as chloroform-methanol (2:1) containing HCl or formic acid. The extract is separated by TLC, cartridge-column chromatography or HPLC on a reversed-phase column. Phospholipids are quantitated by measuring inorganic phosphate, absorption at 200 nm or mass spectrometry. Inositol phosphates are extracted with perchloric acid or trichloroacetic acid and separated by ion-exchange cartridge-column or HPLC with an ion-exchange column. IPs are quantitated by measuring inorganic phosphate or by using enzymatic reaction, metal-dye coupling, NMR or mass spectrometry.
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- A K Singh
- Department of Veterinary Diagnostic Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108, USA
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Prestwich SA, Miyazaki H, Bolton TB. Effects of GTP gamma S on muscarinic receptor-stimulated inositol phospholipid hydrolysis in permeabilized smooth muscle from the small intestine. Br J Pharmacol 1995; 115:147-57. [PMID: 7647969 PMCID: PMC1908765 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb16332.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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1. Smooth muscle fragments from the longitudinal layer of the small intestine of the guinea-pig were permeabilized with Staphylococcus aureus alpha toxin (alpha-toxin) and used to investigate the role of G-protein activation in the regulation of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR)-stimulated inositol phospholipid hydrolysis. 2. The efficiency of alpha-toxin permeabilization was estimated by the release of [3H]-2-deoxyglucose ([3H]-2DG) after prior loading or lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) enzyme release from the smooth muscle fragments. 3. In alpha-toxin-permeabilized smooth muscle, but not in non-permeabilized muscle, GTP gamma S induced time- and concentration-dependent increases in labelled inositol phosphates. Carbachol (CCh) increased labelled inositol phosphates in both permeabilized and non-permeabilized muscle, although the increases were greater in non-permeabilized smooth muscle. The response to 100 microM CCh was severely reduced by 0.5 microM atropine. 4. In permeabilized muscle the effects of GTP gamma S or CCh on inositol phosphate levels were reduced by treatment with pertussis toxin (PTX) and completely inhibited by GDP beta S. 5. GTP gamma S caused a concentration-dependent inhibition of the CCh-induced increases in the levels of labelled inositol phosphates. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP or Sp-cAMPs (adenosine-3',5'-cyclic phosphorothiolate-Sp) reduced the effects of CCh on inositol phosphate levels. 6. The results suggest that muscarinic AChR activation induces inositol phospholipid hydrolysis via more than one G-protein in this smooth muscle and that several mechanisms may contribute to the modulation of both stimulatory and inhibitory responses observed.
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- S A Prestwich
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, St George's Hospital Medical School, London
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Rivas T, Urcelay E, González-Manchón C, Parrilla R, Ayuso MS. Role of amino acid-induced changes in ion fluxes in the regulation of hepatic protein synthesis. J Cell Physiol 1995; 163:277-84. [PMID: 7706372 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041630208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Alanine is a powerful stimulator of hepatic protein synthesis whose mechanism of action has not yet been ascertained. The present work aimed to elucidate whether rate changes in ion fluxes accompanying the transport of this amino acid could play a role in the stimulation of protein synthesis. In perfused livers, the utilization of alanine produced a net uptake of K+ of 1.5 mumol/min/liver, a progressively increasing efflux of Ca2+ to reach a maximum of 0.9 mumol/min/liver, and alkalization of the extracellular medium. Inhibition of Na+/K+ exchange by ouabain reversed only the uptake of K+, indicating that this is the main way for the efflux of Na+ cotransported with alanine. In isolated hepatocytes, the uptake of alanine increased the intracellular content of K+ and the cell volume. The following observations suggest that these changes, and not an increased intracellular concentration of Na+, are associated with the stimulation of protein synthesis: 1) Ouabain inhibited the alanine stimulation of L-[3H]-valine incorporation into protein without altering the basal rate of protein labeling; 2) ouabain had no effects on alanine uptake indicating that Na+ influx is not involved in the alanine stimulation of protein synthesis; 3) disruption of Na+ gradient across the plasma membrane by specific ionophores, monensin and gramicidin D, inhibited both basal and alanine-stimulated protein synthesis, but substitution of extracellular Na+ by K+ did not prevent the stimulatory action of alanine. The observation that hypotonic buffer enhanced protein synthesis to the same degree than alanine in liver cells indicates that alanine-induced cell swelling could be sufficient to stimulate protein synthesis.
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- T Rivas
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain
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Prestwich SA, Bolton TB. Inhibition of muscarinic receptor-induced inositol phospholipid hydrolysis by caffeine, beta-adrenoceptors and protein kinase C in intestinal smooth muscle. Br J Pharmacol 1995; 114:602-11. [PMID: 7537591 PMCID: PMC1510025 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb17182.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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1. The effects of caffeine, isoprenaline, dibutyryl cyclic AMP, isobutylmethylxanthine (IBMX), 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) or 1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol (OAG), (protein kinase C (PKC) activators), 2-methoxy verapamil (D600), thapsigargin and ryanodine on muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR)-stimulated inositol phospholipid hydrolysis were studied in smooth muscle fragments from the longitudinal layer of the small intestine of the guinea-pig. 2. Incubation of the fragments with the muscarinic agonist, carbachol (CCh) (100 microM) resulted in rapid increases in the levels of all the inositol phosphate isomers with maximal increases in the [3H]-inositol (1,4,5) trisphosphate ([3H]-Ins(1,4,5)P3) isomer occurring 10 s following incubation. 3. The beta-adrenoceptor agonist, isoprenaline (10 microM) and dibutyryl cyclic AMP (10 microM), a membrane permeant analogue of cyclic AMP both reduced the CCh stimulation, but not the basal levels of [3H]-inositol phosphates. This inhibition by dibutyryl cyclic AMP was enhanced in the presence of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor, IBMX. CCh inhibited the isoprenaline-induced increases in the levels of cyclic AMP and this was via a pertussi toxin (PTX)-sensitive G-protein mechanism. 4. TPA (1 microM) and OAG (100 microM) a 1,2-diacylglycerol (DAG) analogue both reduced the CCh-induced increases in [3H]-inositol phosphates levels but neither affected basal values nor the basal levels of cyclic AMP. 5. D600 (10 microM), which blocks voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, also reduced the CCh-stimulated levels of [3H]-inositol phosphates suggesting that some of the agonist-induced increases are due to a potentiating effect of Ca2+ entering the cell. 6. Caffeine (0.5-30 mM) significantly inhibited both the basal and CCh-induced increases in all the [3H]-inositol phosphate isomers. Its inhibitory action was not due to increases in cyclic AMP since caffeine had no effect on the levels of cyclic AMP at concentrations up to 30 mM. 7. Incubation with thapsigargin (1 microM) and ryanodine (10 microM) had no effect on either basal or CCh-induced inositol phospholipid hydrolysis or cyclic AMP levels. 8. The results indicate a reciprocal inhibition by beta-adrenoceptors and muscarinic AChRs of their effects on cyclic AMP and inositol phosphate levels respectively. Ca2+ entering the cell (but not the action of ryanodine or thapsigargin) potentiates while caffeine inhibits muscarinic AChR-induced rises in inositol phosphate levels. Diacylglycerols may exert a negative feedback inhibition on inositol phosphate production.
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MESH Headings
- 1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine/pharmacology
- Animals
- Bucladesine/pharmacology
- Caffeine/pharmacology
- Calcium Channels/drug effects
- Calcium-Transporting ATPases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Carbachol/pharmacology
- Cyclic AMP/metabolism
- Diglycerides/pharmacology
- Gallopamil/pharmacology
- Guinea Pigs
- Hydrolysis
- In Vitro Techniques
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate/metabolism
- Intestine, Small/drug effects
- Intestine, Small/metabolism
- Isoproterenol/pharmacology
- Muscle, Smooth/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth/metabolism
- Protein Kinase C/metabolism
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/drug effects
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/physiology
- Receptors, Muscarinic/drug effects
- Receptors, Muscarinic/metabolism
- Ryanodine/pharmacology
- Stereoisomerism
- Terpenes/pharmacology
- Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology
- Thapsigargin
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- S A Prestwich
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London
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In many eukaryotic cell types, receptor activation leads to the formation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) which causes calcium ions (Ca) to be released from internal stores. Ca release was observed in response to the muscarinic agonist carbachol by fura-2 imaging of N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells. Ca release followed receptor activation after a latency of 0.4 to 20 s. Latency was not caused by Ca feedback on IP3 receptors, but rather by IP3 accumulation to a threshold for release. The dependence of latency on carbachol dose was fitted to a model in which IP3 synthesis and degradation compete, resulting in gradual accumulation to a threshold level at which Ca release becomes regenerative. This analysis gave degradation rate constants of IP3 in single cells ranging from 0 to 0.284 s-1 (0.058 +/- 0.067 s-1 SD, 53 cells) and a mean IP3 lifetime of 9.2 +/- 2.2 s. IP3 degradation was also measured directly with biochemical methods. This gave a half life of 9 +/- 2 s. The rate of IP3 degradation sets the time frame over which IP3 accumulations are integrated as input signals. IP3 levels are also filtered over time, and on average, large-amplitude oscillations in IP3 in these cells cannot occur with period < 10 s.
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- S S Wang
- Neurosciences Program, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California 93950, USA
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- M H Cho
- Botany Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7612, USA
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