Abstract
Inositol monophosphatase (IMPase) has been identified and characterized in human lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The CSF enzyme has a K m for inositol 1-phosphate (Ins(1)P; 0.12 mM), a magnesium dependence (optimum concentration 10 mM) and a sensitivity to inhibition by either the bisphosphonate inhibitor 1-(4-hydroxyphenyloxy)ethane-1,1-bisphosphonic acid (L-690,330) or LiCl (IC 50's: 1.3 μM and 1.6 mM, respectively) similar to native human brain and human recombinant enzymes. In CSF, antiserum raised against purified bovine brain IMPase recognised a protein of 30 kDa, identical to that seen in human brain homogenate. It remains to be determined whether CSF IMPase activity may be a useful in vivo marker of CNS phosphatidyl inositol cycle activity in disorders where this signalling pathway may be altered (e.g. manic depression).
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