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ReviewThe Journal of membrane biology2017

Features of the Phosphatidylinositol Cycle and its Role in Signal Transduction.

Richard M Epand

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Review in The Journal of membrane biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Richard M EpandDepartment of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada. epand@mcmaster.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-9602-9558
McMaster University · CA

Funding

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 9848
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The phosphatidylinositol cycle (PI-cycle) has a central role in cell signaling. It is the major pathway for the synthesis of phosphatidylinositol and its phosphorylated forms. In addition, some lipid intermediates of the PI-cycle, including diacylglycerol and phosphatidic acid, are also important lipid signaling agents. The PI-cycle has some features that are important for the understanding of its role in the cell. As a cycle, the intermediates will be regenerated. The PI-cycle requires a large amount of metabolic energy. There are different steps of the cycle that occur in two different membranes, the plasma membrane and the endoplasmic reticulum. In order to complete the PI-cycle lipid must be transferred between the two membranes. The role of the Nir proteins in the process has recently been elucidated. The lipid intermediates of the PI-cycle are normally highly enriched with 1-stearoyl-2-arachidonoyl molecular species in mammals. This enrichment will be retained as long as the intermediates are segregated from other lipids of the cell. However, there is a significant fraction (>15 %) of lipids in the PI-cycle of normal cells that have other acyl chains. Phosphatidylinositol largely devoid of arachidonoyl chains are found in cancer cells. Phosphatidylinositol species with less unsaturation will not be as readily converted to phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate, the lipid required for the activation of Akt with resulting effects on cell proliferation. Thus, the cyclical nature of the PI-cycle, its dependence on acyl chain composition and its requirement for lipid transfer between two membranes, explain many of the biological properties of this cycle.

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Gene Expression RegulationSignal TransductionAnimalsCell MembraneDiacylglycerol CholinephosphotransferaseDiacylglycerol KinaseDiglyceridesEndoplasmic ReticulumEukaryotic CellsHumansPhosphatidic AcidsPhosphatidylinositolsRepressor Proteins1,2-diacylglycerolDiacylglycerol CholinephosphotransferaseDiacylglycerol KinaseDiglyceridesNOC2L protein, humanPhosphatidic AcidsPhosphatidylinositolsRepressor ProteinsCDP-diacylglycerol synthaseDiacylglycerol kinaseNir proteinsPhosphatidylinositolPhosphatidylinositol cyclePhospholipid acyl chains

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PMID27278236
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