title: Production of inositol phosphates in BALB/C 3T3 cells stimulated with basic fibroblast growth factor.
abstract: When quiescent 3T3 fibroblast cells were pre-labelled with [3H]inositol and stimulated with basic fibroblast growth factor there was a stimulation of the hydrolysis of membrane lipids and the rapid production of [3H]inositol polyphosphates. Rapid and transient peaks of isomers of inositol phosphates with the chromatographic properties of inositol trisphosphates and inositol tetrakisphosphates were detectable by anion-exchange HPLC between 5 and 10 s after stimulation. These data suggest that upon stimulation the receptor for fibroblast growth factor is coupled to a phosphoinositidase C and that one of its signal-transducing pathways involves hydrolysis of inositol lipids and the production of inositol polyphosphates, some of which may act as intracellular signals mediating the cellular response. Chronic stimulation with basic fibroblast growth factor is associated with desensitization of the inositol lipid signaling pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of Birmingham, U.K.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Logan
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: McDermott
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Logan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase