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Purine and pyrimidine nucleotide-sensitive phosphoinositidase C in ampulla from frog semicircular canal

D. Butlen, C. Bernard, A. Ammar and E. Ferrary
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale Unite 426, Departement de Physiologie, Faculte de Medecine Xavier Bichat, Paris, France.

A microassay was developed to screen the abilities of ATP analogues to stimulate phosphoinositidase C in single ventral regions (including dark cells and sensory cells) of ampullas microdissected from posterior vertical semicircular canals of Rana ridibundo and labeled with myo-[3H]inositol. ATP induced a dose-dependent and saturable increase of total [3H]linositol phosphate production accompanied by an equivalent decrease in the [3H]phosphoinositide pool. The rank order of analogues revealing agonistic potencies for phosphoinositidase C activation was as follows: uridine 5'-triphosphate > or = adenosine 5'-O-[3-thiophosphate] tetralithium > adenosine 5'-O-[2-thiodiphosphate] trilithium > or = ATP > or = ADP = inosine 5'-triphosphate > or = guanosine 5'-triphosphate > or = 2-methylthio-adenosine 5'-triphosphate tetrasodium > or = 2'-desoxy-thymidine 5'-triphosphate > or = cytidine 5'-triphosphate = (alpha, beta)-methyl ATP > AMP, whereas adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate and adenosine were almost devoid of activity. For antagonists, 1,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2, 2'-disulfonic acid was far more active than suramin for competitive inhibition of ATP-induced enzyme stimulation, whereas reactive blue 2 acted as a noncompetitive inhibitor. Results indicate that the putative P2 receptors triggering phosphoinositidase C activation in ventral ampullary epithelium from frog semicircular canal exhibit mainly the functional properties of P2Y and P2U receptors.

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