title: Calcium release induced by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in thymocyte microsomes. Inhibition by barium and strontium.
abstract: The properties of calcium transport in microsomes and the effect of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) on accumulated calcium were studied in rat thymocytes. Active calcium transport shows an apparent affinity constant for calcium of 0.2 +/- 0.01 microM and a maximal velocity of 2.3 +/- 0.6 nmol/mg/30 min (mean +/- SD). IP3 was able to induce release of calcium only in the absence of oxalate. At 6 microM ambient free calcium, half-maximal effect of IP3 was attained at 2 microM and maximal calcium release was produced by IP3 concentrations over 5 microM. Barium and strontium did not modify calcium uptake by microsomes but markedly inhibited the action of IP3.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baquero-Leonis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pintado
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001464:Barium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013324:Strontium / Q000494:pharmacology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001464:Barium; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D002118:Calcium; D013324:Strontium