β-Adrenergic Receptor Subtype-Specific Signaling in Cardiac Myocytes from β1 and β2 Adrenoceptor Knockout Mice
β-Adrenergic Receptor Subtype-Specific Signaling in Cardiac Myocytes from β1 and β2 Adrenoceptor Knockout Mice
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发表时间:
2001-09
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
E. Devic;Y. Xiang;D. Gould;B. Kobilka
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作者:
E. Devic;Y. Xiang;D. Gould;B. Kobilka
The sympathetic nervous system modulates cardiac contractility and rate by activating -adrenergic receptors (AR) expressed on cardiac myocytes and specialized cells in the sinoatrial node and the conduction system. Recent clinical studies have suggested that -adrenergic receptors also play a role in cardiac remodeling that occurs in the pathogenesis of cardiomyopathy. Both 1 and 2 adrenergic receptors are expressed in human and murine hearts. We have examined the effect of AR activation on the spontaneous contraction rate of neonatal myocyte cultures from wild-type and receptor knockout (KO) mice (1AR-KO, 2AR-KO and 12AR-KO mice). Stimulation of the 1AR in 2AR-KO myocytes produces the greatest increase in contraction rate through a signaling pathway that requires protein kinase A (PKA) activation. In contrast, stimulation of the 2AR in 1AR-KO myocytes results in a biphasic effect on contraction rate with an initial increase in rate that does not require PKA, followed by a decrease in rate that involves coupling to a pertussis toxin sensitive G protein. A small isoproterenol-induced decrease in contraction rate observed in 12AR-KO myocytes can be attributed to the 3AR. These studies show that all three AR subtypes are expressed in neonatal cardiac myocytes, and the 1AR and 2AR couple to distinct signaling pathways.