title: Inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate as a second messenger--a special role in neurones?
abstract: There has been much controversy over the possibility that inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate (InsP4) may have a second messenger function. A possible resolution to this controversy may stem from the recent cloning of two putative receptors for InsP4, GAP1IP4BP and GAP1m. Both these proteins are expressed at high levels in neurones, as is inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase, the enzyme that makes InsP4. In this review we discuss the possible relevance of these high expression levels to the complex way in which neurones control Ca2+ and use it as a second messenger.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, UK. rfi20@cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Irvine
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: McNulty
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Schell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000502:physiology; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015290:Second Messenger Systems / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C061107:inositol-1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate receptor; C081655:inositol-1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C051038:Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase