title: Basal and ATP-stimulated phosphoinositol metabolism in fusing rat skeletal muscle cells in culture.
abstract: A considerable rise in inositol phosphates was observed at the beginning of myoblast fusion. Extracellular ATP, through P2-purinergic receptors, induced inositol phosphate accumulation before and after fusion; however, no effect of ATP on phosphoinositol levels could be detected during the period of fusion. The possibility of ATP being a fusion signal is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keresztes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Häggblad
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Heilbronn
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D007294:Inositol / Q000378:metabolism; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D007294:Inositol; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000241:Adenosine