title: Effect of thiol reagents on phosphoinositide hydrolysis in rat brain synaptoneurosomes.
abstract: Some divalent ions, such as Cd2+ and Zn2+, are able to stimulate phosphoinositide (PI) breakdown and to inhibit receptor-mediated PI metabolism. These ions are also known to react with the free -SH groups of proteins. This prompted us to investigate the effects of more potent sulphydryl reagents, Hg2+ and p-chloromercuric benzosulphonic acid (PCMBS), on the inositol phosphate (IP) accumulation triggered by the neuroactive substances: glutamate, carbachol and K+, using synaptoneurosomes from 8-day-old rat forebrains. Hg2+ and PCMBS, depending on their concentration, had two distinct effects on IP accumulation: at low doses, Hg2+ (from 1 to 10 microM) and PCMBS (0.1 mM) by themselves stimulated PI breakdown, inhibited glutamate-elicited IP accumulation and had additive effects with respect to carbachol-induced IP stimulation. At higher doses, Hg2+ (from 0.01 to 1 mM) inhibited both basal and neuroactive substance-stimulated IP accumulation. PCMBS (1 mM), provoked only an inhibition of the agonist-stimulated IP formation. Monitoring membrane potential and intracellular Ca2+ with the fluorescent dyes diSC2(5) and fura2, respectively, indicated that these mercurials could strongly depolarize the synaptoneurosomal membrane and produce a Ca2+ influx dependent on extracellular Ca2+. The stimulatory effects of low concentrations of mercurials on PI turnover could be linked to the depolarization they provoke and the subsequent Ca2+ rise, which in turn is known to stimulate some phospholipase C enzymes. The inhibitory effects observed at high concentrations might be due to a loss of activity of proteins involved in PI breakdown, as all receptor-mediated IP accumulations were inhibited.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U254, Hôpital Saint Charles, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vignes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guiramand
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sassetti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Récasens
mesh_terms: D002731:4-Chloromercuribenzenesulfonate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D005453:Fluorescence; D016257:Fura-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D006868:Hydrolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D007477:Ions; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D008628:Mercury / Q000494:pharmacology; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D007477:Ions; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents; D002731:4-Chloromercuribenzenesulfonate; D008628:Mercury; D002118:Calcium; D016257:Fura-2