scholarly journals Lithium amplifies agonist-dependent phosphatidylinositol responses in brain and salivary glands

1982 ◽  
Vol 206 (3) ◽  
pp. 587-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
M J Berridge ◽  
C P Downes ◽  
M R Hanley
Keyword(s):  
Salivary Gland ◽  
Substance P ◽  
Rat Brain ◽  
Cyclic Gmp ◽  
Inositol Phosphates ◽  
Second Messengers ◽  
Therapeutic Action ◽  
Inositol 1 ◽  
Novel Technique ◽  
Rat Parotid

1. The effect of Li+ on the agonist-dependent metabolism of [3H]inositol has been studied in rat brain, rat parotid and the insect salivary gland. 2. When brain or parotid slices were incubated in the presence of [3H]inositol, Li+ was found to amplify the ability of agonists such as carbachol, phenylephrine, histamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine and Substance P to elevate the amount of label appearing in the inositol phosphates. 3. A different approach was used with the insect salivary gland, which was prelabelled with [3H]inositol. After washing out the label, the subsequent release of [3H]inositol induced by 5-hydroxytryptamine was greatly decreased by Li+. During Li+ treatment there was a large accumulation of [3H]inositol 1-phosphate. 4. This ability of Li+ to greatly amplify the agonist-dependent accumulation of myo-inositol 1-phosphate offers a novel technique for identifying those receptors that function by hydrolysing phosphatidylinositol. 5. The therapeutic action of Li+ may be explained by this inhibition of myo-inositol 1-phosphatase, which lowers the level of myo-inositol and could lead to a decrease in the concentration of phosphatidylinositol, especially in those neurons that are being stimulated excessively. This alteration in phosphatidylinositol metabolism may serve to reset the sensitivity of those multifunctional receptors that generate second messengers such as Ca2+, cyclic GMP and the prostaglandins.

scholarly journals Breakdown of polyphosphoinositides and not phosphatidylinositol accounts for muscarinic agonist-stimulated inositol phospholipid metabolism in rat parotid glands

1983 ◽  
Vol 216 (3) ◽  
pp. 633-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
C P Downes ◽  
M M Wusteman
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Inositol Phosphates ◽  
Inositol Phosphate ◽  
Muscarinic Agonist ◽  
Parotid Glands ◽  
Muscarinic Agonists ◽  
Inositol 1 ◽  
Inositol 1,4,5 Trisphosphate ◽  
Rat Parotid ◽  
Phosphatidylinositol 4

The molecular mechanisms underlying the ability of muscarinic agonists to enhance the metabolism of inositol phospholipids were studied using rat parotid gland slices prelabelled with tracer quantities of [3H]inositol and then washed with 10 mM unlabelled inositol. Carbachol treatment caused rapid and marked increases in the levels of radioactive inositol 1-phosphate, inositol 1,4-bisphosphate, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and an accumulation of label in the free inositol pool. There were much less marked changes in the levels of [3H]phosphatidylinositol, [3H]phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and [3H]phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. At 5 s after stimulation with carbachol there were large increases in [3H]inositol 1,4-bisphosphate and [3H]inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, but not in [3H]inositol 1-phosphate. After stimulation with carbachol for 10 min the levels of radioactive inositol 1,4-bisphosphate and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate greatly exceeded the starting level of radioactivity in phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate respectively. When carbachol treatment was followed by addition of sufficient atropine to block all the muscarinic receptors the radioactive inositol phosphates rapidly returned towards control levels. The carbachol-evoked changes in radioactive inositol phosphate and phospholipid levels were blocked in the presence of 2,4-dinitrophenol (an uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation). The results suggest that muscarinic agonists stimulate a polyphosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C and that these lipids are continuously replenished from the labelled phosphatidylinositol pool. [3H]Inositol 1-phosphate in the stimulated glands probably arises via hydrolysis of inositol 1,4-bisphosphate and not directly from phosphatidylinositol.

scholarly journals Inositol 1,2-cyclic 4,5-trisphosphate is not a product of μscarinic receptor-stimulated phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate hydrolysis in rat parotid glands

1987 ◽  
Vol 243 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
P T Hawkins ◽  
C P Berrie ◽  
A J Morris ◽  
C P Downes
Keyword(s):  
Parotid Gland ◽  
Inositol Phosphates ◽  
Inositol Phosphate ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Parotid Glands ◽  
Inositol 1 ◽  
Inositol 1,4,5 Trisphosphate ◽  
Cyclic Phosphate ◽  
Rat Parotid ◽  
Cyclic Compounds

We have employed a neutral-pH extraction technique to look for inositol 1,2-cyclic phosphate derivatives in [3H]inositol-labelled parotid gland slices stimulated with carbachol. The incubations were terminated by adding cold chloroform/methanol (1:2, v/v), the samples were dried under vacuum and inositol phosphates were extracted from the dried residues by phenol/chloroform/water partitioning. Water-soluble inositol metabolites were separated by h.p.l.c. at pH 3.7. 32P-labelled inositol phosphate standards (inositol 1-phosphate, inositol 1,2-cyclic phosphate, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and inositol 1,2-cyclic 4,5-trisphosphate) were quantitively recovered through both extraction and chromatography steps. Treatment of inositol cyclic phosphate standards with 5% (w/v) HClO4 for 10 min prior to chromatography resulted in formation of the expected non-cyclic compounds. [3H]Inositol 1-phosphate and [3H]inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate were both present in parotid gland slices and both increased during stimulation with 1 mM-carbachol. There was no evidence for significant quantities of [3H]inositol 1,2-cyclic phosphate or [3H]inositol 1,2-cyclic 4,5-trisphosphate in control or carbachol-stimulated glands. Parotid gland homogenates rapidly converted inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate to inositol bisphosphate and inositol tetrakisphosphate, but metabolism of the inositol cyclic trisphosphate was much slower. The results suggest that inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, but not inositol 1,2-cyclic 4,5-trisphosphate, is the water-soluble product of muscarinic receptor-stimulated phospholipase C in rat parotid glands.

scholarly journals Changes in the levels of inositol phosphates after agonist-dependent hydrolysis of membrane phosphoinositides

1983 ◽  
Vol 212 (2) ◽  
pp. 473-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
M J Berridge ◽  
R M C Dawson ◽  
C P Downes ◽  
J P Heslop ◽  
R F Irvine
Keyword(s):  
Salivary Gland ◽  
Parotid Gland ◽  
Anion Exchange ◽  
Inositol Phosphates ◽  
Brain Slices ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Inositol 1 ◽  
Inositol 1,4,5 Trisphosphate ◽  
Cyclic Phosphate ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The formation of inositol phosphates in response to agonists was studied in brain slices, parotid gland fragments and in the insect salivary gland. The tissues were first incubated with [3H]inositol, which was incorporated into the phosphoinositides. All the tissues were found to contain glycerophosphoinositol, inositol 1-phosphate, inositol 1,4-bisphosphate and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, which were identified by using anion-exchange and high-resolution anion-exchange chromatography, high-voltage paper ionophoresis and paper chromatography. There was no evidence for the existence of inositol 1:2-cyclic phosphate. A simple anion-exchange chromatographic method was developed for separating these inositol phosphates for quantitative analysis. Stimulation caused no change in the levels of glycerophosphoinositol in any of the tissues. The most prominent change concerned inositol 1,4-bisphosphate, which increased enormously in the insect salivary gland and parotid gland after stimulation with 5-hydroxytryptamine and carbachol respectively. Carbachol also induced a large increase in the level of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in the parotid. Stimulation of brain slices with carbachol induced modest increase in the bis- and tris-phosphate. In all the tissues studied, there was a significant agonist-dependent increase in the level of inositol 1-phosphate. The latter may be derived from inositol 1,4-bisphosphate, because homogenates of the insect salivary gland contain a bisphosphatase in addition to a trisphosphatase. These results suggest that the earliest event in the stimulus-response pathway is the hydrolysis of polyphosphoinositides by a phosphodiesterase to yield inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and inositol 1,4-bisphosphate, which are subsequently hydrolysed to inositol 1-phosphate and inositol. The absence of inositol 1:2-cyclic phosphate could indicate that, at very short times after stimulation, phosphatidylinositol is not catabolized by its specific phosphodiesterase, or that any cyclic derivative liberated is rapidly hydrolysed by inositol 1:2-cyclic phosphate 2-phosphohydrolase.

scholarly journals Luteinizing hormone stimulates the formation of inositol trisphosphate and cyclic AMP in rat granulosa cells. Evidence for phospholipase C generated second messengers in the action of luteinizing hormone

1986 ◽  
Vol 238 (2) ◽  
pp. 597-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
J S Davis ◽  
L L Weakland ◽  
L A West ◽  
R V Farese
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Metabolism ◽  
Luteinizing Hormone ◽  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Granulosa Cells ◽  
Cyclic Gmp ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Inositol Phosphates ◽  
Inositol Phosphate ◽  
Second Messengers ◽  
Inositol Trisphosphate

The following studies were conducted to determine whether luteinizing hormone (LH), a hormone which increases cellular levels of cyclic AMP, also provokes increases in ‘second messengers’ derived from inositol lipid metabolism (i.e. inositol phosphates and diacylglycerol). Rat granulosa cells isolated from mature Graafian follicles were prelabelled for 3 h with myo-[2-3H]inositol. LH provoked rapid (5 min) and sustained (up to 60 min) increases in the levels of inositol mono-, bis, and trisphosphates (IP, IP2 and IP3, respectively). Time course studies revealed that IP3 was formed more rapidly than IP2 and IP following LH treatment. The response to LH was concentration-dependent with maximal increases at LH concentrations of 1 microgram/ml. LiCl (2-40 mM) enhanced the LH-provoked accumulation of all [3H]inositol phosphates, presumably by inhibiting the action of inositol phosphate phosphatases. The effectiveness of LH, however, was dependent on the concentration of lithium employed; maximal increases in IP were observed at 10 mM-LiCl, whereas maximal increases in IP2 and IP3 were observed at 20 mM- and 40 mM-LiCl, respectively. The stimulatory effects of LH on inositol phosphate and progesterone accumulation were also compared with changes in cyclic nucleotide levels. LH rapidly increased levels of inositol phosphates, progesterone and cyclic AMP, but transiently reduced levels of cyclic GMP. These results demonstrate that LH increases both cyclic AMP and inositol trisphosphate (and presumably diacylglycerol) in rat granulosa cells. Our findings suggest that two messenger systems exist to mediate the action of LH in granulosa cells.

Apparent molecular weight of the substance P binding site in rat brain

1988 ◽  
Vol 152 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 171-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihiro Nakata ◽  
Chie Hiraoka ◽  
Tomio Segawa
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Substance P ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Rat Brain ◽  
Apparent Molecular Weight

Substance P receptors: Localization by light microscopic autoradiography in rat brain using [3H]SP as the radioligand

1984 ◽  
Vol 307 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 147-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick W. Mantyh ◽  
Stephen P. Hunt ◽  
John E. Maggio
Keyword(s):  
Substance P ◽  
Rat Brain ◽  
Substance P Receptors

Decapitation-induced changes in inositol phosphates in rat brain

1990 ◽  
Vol 167 (3) ◽  
pp. 1294-1301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teng-Nan Lin ◽  
Grace Y. Sun ◽  
Noel Premkumar ◽  
Ronald A. MacQuarrie ◽  
Steven R. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Rat Brain ◽  
Inositol Phosphates ◽  
Induced Changes

The nitric oxide-cyclic GMP signalling pathway in rat brain

1993 ◽  
Vol 32 (11) ◽  
pp. 1267-1277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Southam ◽  
John Garthwaite
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Rat Brain ◽  
Cyclic Gmp ◽  
Signalling Pathway
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