| Literature DB >> 7720854 |
C Patte1, H Vaudry, L Desrues, P Gandolfo, I Strijdveen, M Lamacz, M C Tonon.
Abstract
Astrocytes synthesize a series of peptides called endozepines which act as endogenous ligands of benzodiazepine receptors. The present study demonstrates that the endozepine ODN causes a dose-dependent increase in inositol trisphosphate and a parallel decrease in phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate in cultured rat astrocytes. Pre-incubation of astrocytes with the phospholipase C inhibitor U 73122 or with pertussis toxin totally blocked polyphosphoinositide metabolism. These data show that, in rat astrocytes, ODN stimulates a phospholipase C coupled to a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7720854 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)00209-r
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124