title: Identification of a novel inositol phosphate recognition site: specific [3H]inositol hexakisphosphate binding to brain regions and cerebellar membranes.
abstract: [3H]Inositol hexakisphosphate (InsP6) binds with a heterogeneous distribution to frozen sections of unfixed rat brain and is displaced by unlabelled InsP6. The pattern of binding correlates with binding to neuronal cell bodies. [3H]InsP6 binding to cerebellar membranes has been further characterised, is reversible, and saturable, and exhibits high specificity for inositol polyphosphates. The IC50 for competition by unlabelled InsP6 is approximately 100nM, whereas inositol 1,3,4,5,6 pentakisphosphate (Ins(13456)P5), inositol 1,3,4,5 tetrakisphosphate (Ins(1345)P4), and inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate (Ins(145)P3) bind with an affinity at least one order of magnitude lower. [3H]InsP6 binding is clearly distinct from previously characterised Ins(145)P3 (ref. 1, 2) and Ins(1345)P4 (ref. 3) binding, both in terms of pharmacology and brain distribution.
authors.affiliation: MRC Molecular Neurobiology Unit, MRC Centre, Cambridge, England.
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Poyner
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Hanley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001665:Binding Sites; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D010833:Phytic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D014316:Tritium; D010833:Phytic Acid