title: Phosphoinositide breakdown in isolated myelin is stimulated by GTP analogues and calcium.
abstract: Purified myelin from rat brainstem, prelabeled in vivo by intracerebral injection of [3H]myoinositol, showed enhanced breakdown of phosphoinositides on treatment with 5'-guanylylimidodiphosphate [Gpp-(NH)p] and Ca2+. Concentration variation of the former in the presence of Ca2+ showed a dose-dependent release of inositol 1,4-bisphosphate (IP2) and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3), while inositol 1-phosphate (IP) release was erratic. Concentration-dependent release of IP2 and IP3 was also observed with Ca2+ as the variable in the presence of Gpp(NH)p. Carbachol, when present, did not enhance the stimulatory effect of Gpp(NH)p alone. Addition of diphosphoglycerate during incubation enhanced IP3 at the expense of IP2, suggesting the presence of IP3 phosphatase in myelin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Golly
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Larocca
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Ledeen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) / Q000494:pharmacology; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000502:physiology*; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D009185:Myelin Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects; D015290:Second Messenger Systems
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D009185:Myelin Proteins; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D002217:Carbachol; D002118:Calcium