title: Activation of the phosphatidylinositol cycle in spreading cells.
abstract: Metabolites of the phosphatidylinositol cycle were analyzed in BHK-21 (C13) cells spreading on fibronectin-coated culture plates in comparison with attached nonspreading cells 45 min after plating. Among the water-soluble metabolites (glycerophosphoinositol, inositol, inositol monophosphate, inositol bisphosphate, inositol trisphosphate, and inositol tetrakisphosphate), significant elevations were found for inositol monophosphate, inositol bisphosphate, and inositol tetrakisphosphate. In the lipid fraction, phosphatidylinositol 4-monophosphate and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate were significantly elevated. The activation of the phosphatidylinositol cycle in spreading versus nonspreading attached BHK-21 (C13) cells may be involved in the permissive effect of the extracellular matrix on cell proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Technology, Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Breuer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wagener
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002460:Cell Line; D002465:Cell Movement; D006224:Cricetinae; D005353:Fibronectins; D007294:Inositol / Q000378:metabolism; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005353:Fibronectins; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D007294:Inositol