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. 1988 May 1;251(3):843–848. doi: 10.1042/bj2510843

Hepatic inositol release upon hormonal stimulation of perfused rat liver.

S vom Dahl 1, P Graf 1, H Sies 1
PMCID: PMC1149079  PMID: 2843165

Abstract

A sustained increase in the hepatic release of 3H radioactivity was shown to occur upon hormonal stimulation of perfused rat liver 15-20 h after intraperitoneal injection of 100 microCi of myo-[2-3H]inositol. Hormone-released radioactive material was analysed by t.l.c. and was found to consist predominantly of [3H]inositol, without further metabolites. Vasopressin (14 nM), phenylephrine (1.7 microM), angiotensin II (15 nM), glucagon (0.5 nM) and dibutyryl cyclic AMP (5 microM) exert maximal effects on hepatic inositol efflux after 10-15 min of stimulation. Omission of Ca2+ from the perfusion medium abolishes the hormone-dependent inositol release. LiCl (10 mM) does not significantly affect the basal release of [3H]inositol, but suppresses vasopressin- and angiotensin-triggered inositol release. Inositol efflux induced by glucagon, dibutyryl cyclic AMP and phenylephrine, however, remains essentially unchanged by LiCl infusion. This establishes a further metabolic difference between these two groups of agonists in that stimuli that act through cyclic AMP produce a stimulated outflow of inositol, but apparently without a Li+-sensitive phosphatase being involved in the overall process.

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