title: Differential effects of phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) on carbachol and potassium stimulated phosphoinositide turnover and contraction in longitudinal smooth muscle of guinea pig ileum.
abstract: Phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) (2 mM), a putative inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C, almost completely inhibited carbachol-stimulated inositol incorporation into phosphatidylinositol (PI) of longitudinal smooth muscle of guinea pig ileum, while it had no effect on potassium-stimulated inositol incorporation. This suggests that the two stimuli may affect phosphoinositide turnover by different mechanisms, distinguishable by PMSF. In contrast to its specific inhibition of carbachol-stimulated phosphoinositide turnover, PMSF produced a transient inhibition of contraction by both carbachol and potassium. The non-selective effect of PMSF on contraction suggests that it is not the result of its inhibitory effect on phosphoinositide breakdown. PMSF (2 mM) inhibited carbachol-stimulated inositol phosphate accumulation in the presence of Li+ by only 15%-19%, indicating that PMSF inhibition of phosphoinositide turnover was not due to its inhibition of phosphoinositide phosphodiesterase, but to one or more steps following phosphoinositide breakdown.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007294:Inositol / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010664:Phenylmethylsulfonyl Fluoride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013450:Sulfones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D013450:Sulfones; D014316:Tritium; D007294:Inositol; D010664:Phenylmethylsulfonyl Fluoride; D002217:Carbachol; D011188:Potassium