title: Aluminium interferes with signal transduction in neuroblastoma cells.
abstract: The effects of aluminium on inositol phosphate formation were examined in murine neuroblastoma cells labelled with [3H]-myo-inositol. In aluminium-pretreated cells, the bradykinin-triggered inositol triphosphate, IP3, release and the change in intracellular [Ca2+] were appreciably less compared with the control group. Stimulating digitonin-permeabilized cells with non-hydrolyzable guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]-triphosphate, GTP[S], inositol phosphate formation decreased in the presence of aluminium. A primary target of aluminium toxicity may reside on the guanine nucleotide-binding protein(Gp)/phospholipase C system, at a site different from that of the GTP[S] binding site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Public Health, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haug
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) / Q000494:pharmacology; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D009447:Neuroblastoma; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D000535:Aluminum; D001920:Bradykinin; D002118:Calcium