title: An endogenous sulfated inhibitor of neuronal inositol trisphosphate receptors.
abstract: In cerebellum, inositol trisphosphate- (InsP(3)-) gated Ca channels play a key role in learning, though they exhibit a low sensitivity to InsP(3) compared to peripheral tissues. In the present study, the cerebellar InsP(3) receptor is shown to be associated with a novel inhibitor of InsP(3) binding. (3)H-InsP(3) binding studies indicated that this inositol trisphosphate receptor inhibitor (IRI) could completely inhibit InsP(3) binding to the purified cerebellar InsP(3) receptor and acted as a competitive inhibitor. Gel filtration of IRI showed a predominant peak at 6500 Da, though this peak appeared to be an aggregate (with a monomeric molecular mass of approximately 1500 Da). Mass spectrometry of IRI showed a predominant peak at 1635 m/z, consistent with this low molecular mass estimate. The inhibitory activity of IRI was prevented by pretreatment with aryl sulfatase, suggesting the presence of a critical sulfo ester in IRI. IRI was insensitive to proteases and organic extraction but bound to concanavalin A, suggesting that IRI is a sulfated glycan. IRI was present in cerebellum but below the level of detection in aorta. IRI was also present in the neuronal cell line N1E115 (which exhibits a low sensitivity to InsP(3)). We conclude that IRI is a novel endogenous sulfated inhibitor of the InsP(3) receptor that modulates the sensitivity of the InsP(3) receptor and thus may explain the low InsP(3) sensitivity of neurons.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine and Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030, USA. watras@sun.uchc.edu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Watras
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Orlando
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Moraru
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive / Q000502:physiology; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D004285:Dogs; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D051379:Mice; D008861:Microsomes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D009928:Organ Specificity / Q000502:physiology; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D013431:Sulfates / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D013431:Sulfates; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate