Bone-imaging and semiconductor probe measurements of technetium-99m-polyphosphate in the detection of periapical pathology in the dog.
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Two hemoglobin variants with substitutions at beta 79 and beta 80 were found to have an increased oxygen affinity, but a normal response to organic phosphates. These observations are interpreted in terms of salt bridges which are affected by the substitutions.
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Resting human tonsillar B cells were stimulated to divide by heat killed Staphylococcus aureus Cowan strain 1 which was shown to induce hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4, 5-bisphosphate known to give rise to diacylglycerol and an increase in cytosolic free calcium. Addition of the diacylglycerols, 1-oleoyl-2 acetyl glycerol or sn-1, 2-dioctanoylglycerol, together with the calcium ionophore ionomycin to B cell cultures induced marked cell proliferation whereas these agents were ineffective when used alone. Both diacylglycerols were shown to compete with [3H] phorbol 12,13 dibutyrate in binding to protein kinase C. These data support the hypothesis that synergism between cytosolic calcium and endogenous diacylglycerol, which activates protein kinase C, is involved in signal transduction in the proliferation of human B cells.
We investigated the effects of new inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate analogues on the release of Ca2+ from isolated vacuoles of Neurospora crassa. Tri-O-butyryl-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and a set of cis,cis-cyclohexane 1,3,5-triol bis-(CHT-P2) and trisphosphates (CHT-P3) gave an increase in free Ca2+ as measured directly with fura-2, a Ca2(+)-chelator. However, inositol 1,4-bisphosphate, 6-O-palmitoyl-inositol 4,5-bisphosphate and trans-cyclohexane 1,2-diol bisphosphate (trans CHD-P2) did not induce Ca2(+)-release. These results suggest that the 1,5-bisphosphate position in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (Ins 1,4,5-P3) is the only essential arrangement for receptor binding to vacuoles of Neurospora crassa. The structures of these analogues are discussed on the basis of a general concept for the design of new Ins 1,4,5-P3 analogues.
We have investigated the relationship between muscarinic agonist-stimulated phosphoinositide (PI) hydrolysis and electrophysiological responses in rat hippocampal slice preparations. In a previous extracellular study, we found that muscarinic agonists at concentrations that stimulate PI hydrolysis result in a biphasic firing response; an initial increase in firing followed by loss of firing at higher concentrations. To test the hypothesis that variability in obtaining consistent loss of firing is related to depletion of intracellular inositol, we investigated the effects of adding exogenous inositol to the buffer. We now report that concentrations of inositol similar to those in cerebral spinal fluid (30-100 microM) augment carbamylcholine (carbachol, CCh) mediated loss of firing and [3H]inositol-1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate ([3H]Ins(1,3,4,5)P4) formation. Inhibition of firing produced by 30 microM CCh in the presence of inositol was associated with a sustained depolarization of 20-25 mV, an increased slope resistance in the depolarized range (-60 to -40 mV), and a parallel shift in the hyperpolarized (-100 to -70 mV) range of the voltage-current curve and increased frequency of spontaneous IPSPs. Under voltage-clamp, measurements of the M-current (IM) showed sustained inactivation by CCh with reversal after washout of CCh. Manual depolarization of cells by current injection to the same level of depolarization as attained with CCh did not usually lead to the same loss of firing. These findings suggest that IM, and possibly other voltage-independent currents or ion pumps, may cause loss of firing only in part through a depolarization blockade of firing and not through desensitization. Furthermore, CCh treatment without inositol did not depolarize neurons as much as CCh with inositol, and usually did not cause a delayed loss of firing. Brain slice preparations may thus require physiological concentrations of inositol to show consistent or maximum phosphoinositide-mediated electrophysiological responses.
Two routes to a glucose-based mimic of the second messenger 1D-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate related to adenophostin A are described. Fischer glycosidation of D-glucose with allyl alcohol in the presence of a strong cation-exchange resin gave a 7:3 alpha: beta-anomeric mixture of allyl glucopyranosides (5ab) from which the pure alpha anomer 5a was isolated by crystallisation. Treatment of 5ab with 1.05 equiv of dibutyltin oxide followed by 2.1 equiv of benzoyl chloride gave allyl 2,6-di-O-benzoyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside, which was converted in 3 steps into allyl 2,6-di-O-benzyl-3,4-O-isopropylidene-alpha-D-glucopyranoside (4). Alternatively, treatment of 5a with 2.5 equiv of dibutyltin oxide followed by benzyl bromide gave allyl 2,6-di-O-benzyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside (9) which was also converted into 4. Compound 4 was elaborated to the phosphorylation precursor 2-hydroxyethyl 2,6-di-O-benzyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside (12) in a convenient one-pot reaction, and 12 was phosphorylated and deblocked to afford 2-hydroxyethyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside 2',3,4-trisphosphate. The 2,6-di-O-benzyl derivative 9 was converted in high yield into 2,6-di-O-benzyl-3,4-di-O-(p-methoxybenzyl)-D-glucopyranose, a useful intermediate for the synthesis of adenophostin A and related compounds.
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