Phosphoinositide-4,5-bisphosphate

The major 3 -phosphoinositide products of class I PI3Ks are phosphati-dylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate [PI(3,4,5)P3, which is formed primarily from phosphorylation of PI(4,5)P2) and its metabolite phosphatidylinositol 3,4-bisphosphate, PI(3,4)P2]. The basal levels of PI(3,4)P2 and PI(3,4,5)P3 in cells are usually in low abundance but can rise sharply after cell stimulation to interact with an array of protein effectors via pleckstrin homology (PH) domains, modular segments of about 100 amino acids found in many signaling proteins. It is these PH-domain-containing proteins that are able to propagate and drive downstream signaling events. 

The family of heterotrimeric G proteins is involved in transmembrane signaling in the nervous system, with certain exceptions. The exceptions are instances of synaptic transmission mediated via receptors that contain intrinsic enzymatic activity, such as tyrosine kinase or guanylyl cyclase, or via receptors that form ion channels (see Ch. 10). Heterotrimeric G proteins were first identified, named and characterized by Alfred Gilman, Martin Rodbell and others close to 20 years ago. They consist of three distinct subunits, a, (3 and y. These proteins couple the activation of diverse types of plasmalemma receptor to a variety of intracellular processes. In fact, most types of neurotransmitter and peptide hormone receptor, as well as many cytokine and chemokine receptors, fall into a superfamily of structurally related molecules, termed G-protein-coupled receptors. These receptors are named for the role of G proteins in mediating the varied biological effects of the receptors (see Ch. 10). Consequently, numerous effector proteins are influenced by these heterotrimeric G proteins ion channels adenylyl cyclase phosphodiesterase (PDE) phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC), which catalyzes the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) and phospholipase A2 (PLA2), which catalyzes the hydrolysis of membrane phospholipids to yield arachidonic acid. In addition, these G proteins have been implicated in... 

The phosphoinositides constitute 2-8% of the lipid of eukaryotic cell membranes but are metabolized more rapidly than are other lipids.265 278 279 283 - 285 A simplified picture of this metabolism is presented in Fig. 11-9. Phosphatidylinositol is converted by the consecutive action of two kinases into phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate.286287 The InsP3 released from this precursor molecule by receptor-stimulated phospholipase C is thought to mobilize calcium ions by... 

The Ca2+-phosphoinositide signaling pathway. Key proteins include hormone receptors (R), a G protein (G), a phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PLC), protein kinase C substrates of the kinase (S), calmodulin (CaM), and calmodulin-binding enzymes (E), including kinases, phosphodiesterases, etc. (PIP2, phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate DAG, diacylglycerol. Asterisk denotes activated state. Open arrows denote regulatory effects.)... 

As illustrated in Table I, many hormones act by stimulating membrane-bound phospholipases. The most commonly affected enzyme is a phospholipase C with specificity for phosphoinositides, i.e., a phosphoinositidase C (PIC) and, among these, the most relevant has specificity for phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate yielding inositol trisphosphate (IP3) and diacylglycerol (DAG). IP3 and DAG act as second messengers to mobilize Ca2+ from intracellular stores and activate the phospholipid- and Ca2+-dependent protein kinase, respectively (protein kinase C) (for reviews see Refs. 87-90). A typical Gp-mediated response of this type occurs in neutrophils exposed to the chemoattractant peptide fMLP [91]. fMLP binds to specific membrane receptors which recognize proteolyzed fragments of bacterial pro-... 

The major substrates of All-activated PLC remain a matter of controversy. Purified PLC activated by calcium has been shown to directly hydrolyse PI, PIP and PIP2 in vitro to yield diacylglycerol and, respectively, inositol monophosphate (IPj), inositol bisphosphate (IP2) and inositol trisphosphate (IP3). In intact cells the substrate specificity of receptor-activated PLC has been investigated by monitoring the loss of radiolabeled inositol incorporated into phosphoinositides. In the target tissues under discussion, activation of PLC by All results in an immediate (approx. 15 s) reduction in the levels of PIP2 and PIP and a subsequent loss (approx. 5 min) of PI [26-28]. These losses could result either from the direct PLC-catalysed hy-... 

Scheme 1. The hydrolysis and resynthesis of phosphoinositides. Hydrolysis of phosphat-idylinositol (PI), phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PIP), or phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) is catalyzed by PLC in the plasma membrane. The resynthesis of phosphoinositides proceeds in the endoplasmic reticulum...

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