title: Inositol 1,2-cyclic 4,5-trisphosphate is formed in the rat parotid gland on muscarinic stimulation.
abstract: Hawkins et al. [Hawkins, P.T., Berrie, C.P., Morris, A.J., and Downes, C.P. (1987) Biochem J. 243, 211-218] were unable to find any formation of inositol 1,2-cyclic 4,5-trisphosphate on muscarinic stimulation of rat parotid slices, contrary to what has been found in mouse pancreas and in platelets. We have repeated the studies of Hawkins et al. using [3H]inositol-prelabelled rat parotid minilobules and our improved HPLC method for clearly separating the three inositol trisphosphates. Substantial amounts of inositol 1,2-cyclic 4,5-trisphosphate formed on muscarinic stimulation of rat parotid minilobules, amounting to 5% of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate at 10 sec and one third of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate at 5 min.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007700:Kinetics; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects; D013403:Sugar Phosphates / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D013403:Sugar Phosphates; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D002217:Carbachol; C049924:inositol-1,2-cyclic-4,5-triphosphate