Study of changes in diacylglycerol content on nerve excitation

Autor: I. P. Gruniushkin, Georgy V. Maksimov, M. A. Yudanov, Elvira Sergeevna Revina, Victor V. Revin
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Biochemistry (Moscow). 71:1096-1100
ISSN: 1608-3040
0006-2979
DOI: 10.1134/s0006297906100063
Popis: Rhythmic excitation of a rabbit myelin nerve increased diacylglycerol (DAG) content from 1.53 to 2.17 microg/mg lipids. Inhibition of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C decreased DAG content. This suggests involvement of this enzyme in processes accompanying rhythmic excitation. The increase in membrane potential of the nerve fiber (K+-depolarization) was accompanied by increase in DAG and phosphatidylinositol monophosphate and decrease in phosphatidylinositol triphosphate and phosphatidylinositol diphosphate content. Treatment of the nerve with DAG or a protein kinase C activator increased (45)Ca influx by 40%, whereas treatment with an inhibitor of this enzyme, polymyxin, inhibited this parameter by 34%. The role of phosphoinositides and protein kinase C in the regulation of Ca2+ transport during rhythmic excitation of the myelin nerve is discussed.
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