Inhibition of inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate-5-phosphatase by chlorpromazine and related compounds.

The effects of chlorpromazine and related compounds upon soluble and particulate Ins(1,4,5)P3-5-phosphatase were investigated in rat GH3 pituitary and in human IMR-32 neuroblastoma cells. Chlorpromazine inhibited both soluble and particulate activities with an IC50 of 1 mM after a preincubation time of 10 min at 37 degrees C. The inhibition was time-dependent and could not be reversed by washing the membranes. Inhibition of soluble activity was found at mM concentrations with a number of phenothiazine derivatives with an apparent requirement for a-Cl, an-SCH3 or a-CF3 (compared with an-H or a-COCH3) substituent at the ring position 2. Such a requirement was also seen in other tricyclic compounds, although clozapine was not active and methixene was active. No such requirement was seen for the particulate enzyme.