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  • Title: Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, inositide flux rates and pool sizes during smooth muscle relaxation.
    Author: Baron CB, Pompeo JN, Coburn RF.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1992 Jan; 262(1 Pt 1):L100-4. PubMed ID: 1310225.
    Abstract:
    Decreases in D-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3] content and changes in inositol phospholipid contents occurred during the time of atropine-induced relaxation of swine tracheal smooth muscle contracted with 55 microM carbachol. Decrease in Ins(1,4,5)P3 occurred in a pool which makes up 40% of the total content of this inositol phosphate and which has access to Ins(1,4,5)P3 5-phosphatase and/or 3-kinase. A 50% decrease in this pool occurred at 16 s after addition of atropine and within 6-10 s after inhibition of phospholipase C (PLC). The maximal fall in Ins(1,4,5)P3 occurred at a time when force had only decreased 30% of the maximal response. A phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PIP) pool linked to muscarinic receptor-activation increased 160% after addition of atropine, the maximal response occurring at a time when relaxation was 80% complete. The mechanisms for this increase were the maintained formation of PIP and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) even though PIP2 hydrolysis was inhibited and the apparent chemical equilibrium between PIP and PIP2.
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