Title: | Odorant-sensitive phospholipase C in insect antennae |
Author(s): | Boekhoff I; Strotmann J; Raming K; Tareilus E; Breer H; |
Address: | "Institute of Zoophysiology, University Stuttgart-Hohenheim, F.R.G" |
DOI: | 10.1016/0898-6568(90)90032-6 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0898-6568 (Print) 0898-6568 (Linking) |
Abstract: | Exogenous tritiated phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate added to antennal preparations from locust and cockroach was hydrolysed releasing inositol trisphosphate. High activity of phospholipase C was detected in the soluble as well as in the membrane fraction. At low free calcium concentrations hydrolysis of the labelled lipid was stimulated by odorants and pheromones in a GTP-dependent manner. Consequently the level of inositol trisphosphate in antennal preparations increased upon odorant stimulation |
Keywords: | "Animals Calcium/pharmacology Cockroaches/*enzymology Cytosol/enzymology Diglycerides/biosynthesis Female Grasshoppers/*enzymology Guanosine Triphosphate/physiology Inositol 1, 4, 5-Trisphosphate/biosynthesis Male Membrane Proteins/metabolism *Odorants Phero;" |
Notes: | "MedlineBoekhoff, I Strotmann, J Raming, K Tareilus, E Breer, H eng Comparative Study Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 1990/01/01 Cell Signal. 1990; 2(1):49-56. doi: 10.1016/0898-6568(90)90032-6" |