title: Second messenger specificity of the inositol trisphosphate receptor: reappraisal based on novel inositol phosphates.
abstract: To further understand how the second messenger D-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3] interacts with its intracellular receptor, we injected 47 highly purified inositol phosphate (InsP) positional isomers in Xenopus oocytes and compared their potency in releasing intracellular Ca2+. The potency of the Ca(2+)-releasing InsPs spanned four orders of magnitude. Seven compounds, including the novel inositol 1,2,4,5-tetrakisphosphate [D/L-Ins (1,2,4,5)P4] and D/L-Ins(1,4,6)P3, had a very high potency. All of these highly active InsPs shared the following structure: two D-trans-equatorial phosphates (eq-P) and one equatorial hydroxyl (eq-OH) attached to ring carbons D-4, D-5, and D-6 (or to the structurally equivalent D-1, D-6, and D-5 carbons). This permissive structure was not sufficient for Ca2+ release, because it was also found in two inactive compounds, Ins(1,6)P2 and Ins(1,3,6)P3. To be active, InsPs also required the structural equivalent of a D-3 eq-OH and/or a D-1 eq-P. Together, our data reveal how the structure of the InsP molecule affects its ability to release Ca2+.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: DeLisle
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Radenberg
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Wintermantel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tietz
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Parys
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pittet
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Welsh
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Mayr
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D009865:Oocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D015290:Second Messenger Systems; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014981:Xenopus
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D002118:Calcium