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UNIT 11.1 Analysis of Inositol Phospholipid Turnover During Lymphocyte Activation

  1. John B. Imboden1,
  2. Dolores M. Shoback1,
  3. Sharon Inokuchi2

Published Online: 1 MAY 2001

DOI: 10.1002/0471142735.im1101s35

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Current Protocols in Immunology

Current Protocols in Immunology

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Imboden, J. B., Shoback, D. M. and Inokuchi, S. 2001. Analysis of Inositol Phospholipid Turnover During Lymphocyte Activation. Current Protocols in Immunology. 11.1.1–11.1.9.

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  1. 1

    University of California and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California

  2. 2

    Pacific Nephrology, San Francisco, California

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  1. Published Online: 1 MAY 2001
  2. Published Print: FEB 2000

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Receptor-mediated activation of phospholipase C (PLC) leads to the hydrolysis of membrane inositol phospholipids, generating diacylglycerol (DAG) and water-soluble inositol phosphates. This signaling mechanism is used by antigen receptors on T and B cells that have been implicated as mediators of receptor-induced influx of extracellular Ca2+. This unit provides protocols that describe the resolution of InsP by Dowex anion-exchange chromatography. This technique provides a reliable means of separating inositol monophosphate, inositol bisphosphate, and inositol trisphosphate, but does not resolve isomers of these. An Alternate Protocol describes the separation of inositol phosphates by anion-exchange HPLC. A protocol for resolution of inositol phospholipids by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) is also provided.

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