Abstract
Various enzymic steps in the inositide cycle were investigated in purified bovine retinal rod outer segments (ROS). Incubation of ROS with [γ- 32P]ATP resulted in a rapid labeling of phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PIP), while little radiotracer was recovered from phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP 2). This can be explained by the relatively low activity of PIP-kinase activity in ROS as compared to the remainder of the retina. Similarly, relatively little phosphodiesteratic activity degraded PIP 2 and PIP in ROS when 32P labeled phosphoinositides in synaptic membranes (heat-treated to inactivate endogenous enzymes) were used. Although light exposure of ROS did cause rapid rhodopsin phosphorylation, no enzymic steps of the cycle were changed, even when ROS was obtained from retinas excised from cows dark-adapted by unilateral eye patching the day prior to kill. These studies do not support the view that light is an agonist of the inositide cycle in mammalian photoreceptors.
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