“…PI(3,4,5)P 3 may affect Ca 2ϩ release by increasing activity of the gamma isoform of PLC (PLC␥) either directly through binding to the pleckstrin homology domain (Falasca et al, 1998) and the Src homology (SH2) domain (Rameh et al, 1998), or indirectly after activating Bruton's kinase Btk (Li et al, 1997). PI(3,4,5)P 3 has been also implicated in the activation of small GTPase proteins from the Rho family, which in turn stimulate production of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P 2 ] through activation of PI(4)5-kinase (Smith and Chang, 1989;Hartwig et al, 1995;Tolias et al, 1995;Ren et al, 1996;Carpenter et al, 1997;Rumenapp et al, 1998). Because PI3K uses PI(4,5)P 2 as a substrate, activation of PI3K may potentially have two opposing effects: it may cause a decrease in PI(4,5)P 2 levels (by using it as a substrate) and increase in PI(4,5)P 2 levels by modulating the activity of PI(4)5-kinase.…”