Coupling of beta2-adrenoceptor to Gi proteins and its physiological relevance in murine cardiac myocytes.

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Xiao, RP

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Avdonin, P

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Zhou, YY

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Cheng, H

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Akhter, SA

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Eschenhagen, T

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Lefkowitz, RJ

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Koch, WJ

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Lakatta, EG

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United States

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2012-10-22T21:24:29Z

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1999-01-08

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-Transgenic mouse models have been developed to manipulate beta-adrenergic receptor (betaAR) signal transduction. Although several of these models have altered betaAR subtypes, the specific functional sequelae of betaAR stimulation in murine heart, particularly those of beta2-adrenergic receptor (beta2AR) stimulation, have not been characterized. In the present study, we investigated effects of beta2AR stimulation on contraction, [Ca2+]i transient, and L-type Ca2+ currents (ICa) in single ventricular myocytes isolated from transgenic mice overexpressing human beta2AR (TG4 mice) and wild-type (WT) littermates. Baseline contractility of TG4 heart cells was increased by 3-fold relative to WT controls as a result of the presence of spontaneous beta2AR activation. In contrast, beta2AR stimulation by zinterol or isoproterenol plus a selective beta1-adrenergic receptor (beta1AR) antagonist CGP 20712A failed to enhance the contractility in TG4 myocytes, and more surprisingly, beta2AR stimulation was also ineffective in increasing contractility in WT myocytes. Pertussis toxin (PTX) treatment fully rescued the ICa, [Ca2+]i, and contractile responses to beta2AR agonists in both WT and TG4 cells. The PTX-rescued murine cardiac beta2AR response is mediated by cAMP-dependent mechanisms, because it was totally blocked by the inhibitory cAMP analog Rp-cAMPS. These results suggest that PTX-sensitive G proteins are responsible for the unresponsiveness of mouse heart to agonist-induced beta2AR stimulation. This was further corroborated by an increased incorporation of the photoreactive GTP analog [gamma-32P]GTP azidoanilide into alpha subunits of Gi2 and Gi3 after beta2AR stimulation by zinterol or isoproterenol plus the beta1AR blocker CGP 20712A. This effect to activate Gi proteins was abolished by a selective beta2AR blocker ICI 118,551 or by PTX treatment. Thus, we conclude that (1) beta2ARs in murine cardiac myocytes couple to concurrent Gs and Gi signaling, resulting in null inotropic response, unless the Gi signaling is inhibited; (2) as a special case, the lack of cardiac contractile response to beta2AR agonists in TG4 mice is not due to a saturation of cell contractility or of the cAMP signaling cascade but rather to an activation of beta2AR-coupled Gi proteins; and (3) spontaneous beta2AR activation may differ from agonist-stimulated beta2AR signaling.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9915773

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0009-7330

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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/5912

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eng

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Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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Circ Res

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Circulation Research

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Adrenergic beta-Agonists

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Adrenergic beta-Antagonists

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Animals

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Calcium

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Calcium Channels

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Calcium Channels, L-Type

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Cells, Cultured

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Colforsin

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Cyclic AMP

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Ethanolamines

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GTP-Binding Proteins

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Heart

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Heart Ventricles

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Humans

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Imidazoles

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Isoproterenol

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Male

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Mice

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Mice, Transgenic

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Myocardial Contraction

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Myocardium

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Norepinephrine

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Pertussis Toxin

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Propanolamines

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Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2

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Thionucleotides

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Virulence Factors, Bordetella

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Coupling of beta2-adrenoceptor to Gi proteins and its physiological relevance in murine cardiac myocytes.

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Journal article

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Lefkowitz, RJ|0000-0003-1472-7545

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Koch, WJ|0000-0002-8522-530X

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1

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84

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9915773

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43

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52

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1

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Basic Science Departments

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Biochemistry

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Chemistry

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Clinical Science Departments

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Duke

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Duke Cancer Institute

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Institutes and Centers

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Medicine

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Medicine, Cardiology

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Pathology

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School of Medicine

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Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

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Published

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84

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