Stimulation of phosphoinositide hydrolysis by carbachol was studied in slices of guinea pig cerebral cortex under normal conditions (4.7 mM K
+) and depolarization conditions with high K
+ (42 mM K
+). Slices were labeled with [myo-
3H]-inositol, and the effects of carbachol and high K
+ on the formation of inositol-bisphosphates (IP
2) and inositol-trisphosphates (IP
3) were determined. Carbachol (10 mM) caused only 140% stimulation of the formations of IP
2 and IP
3 over the control value in normal Krebs Ringer Buffer (KRB), but about 200% stimulation in high K
+ medium. Dose-response curves for the effect of carbachol on the formations of IP
2 and IP
3 showed that high K
+ medium selectively decreased the ED50 value of carbachol for IP
2 formation about 3-fold. A Ca
++ channel blocker, verapamil, inhibited the synergistic effect of carbachol and high K
+ on IP
2 formation, and a decrease in extracellular Ca
++ also inhibited IP
2 formation induced by high K
+, but these treatments had little, if any, effect on IP
3 formation. The possibility that IP
2 may be directly generated by hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4-monophosphate (PIP) as well as from hydrolysis of IP
3 was discussed.
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