Cardiovascular Research 2003-03-01

New insights into beta2-adrenoceptor signaling in the adult rat heart.

Sabine Bartel, Ernst-Georg Krause, Gerd Wallukat, Peter Karczewski

Index: Cardiovasc. Res. 57(3) , 694-703, (2003)

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Abstract

The role of cAMP in beta(2)-adrenoceptor signaling and its functional relevance in adult rat heart has been the subject of considerable controversy. Therefore, we investigated the beta(2)-adrenoceptor pathways in both adult cardiomyocytes and in the intact hearts of Wistar rats with respect to protein kinase A (at Ser16)-, the key event in shortening of relaxation time, and CaM kinase II (at Thr17)-dependent phospholamban phosphorylation.Contractile and cellular beta(1)/beta(2)-adrenergic responses were studied in parallel on the same perfused rat heart. (-)Isoproterenol and the beta(2)-adrenergic agonists zinterol and procaterol were used to discriminate the beta-adrenoceptor subtype-related actions.Beta(2)-adrenoceptor stimulation induces protein kinase A-dependent phospholamban phosphorylation in both adult cardiomyocytes and in adult hearts of rats. The beta(2)-adrenoceptor-mediated shortening of relaxation time in the heart correlates with Ser16 phosphorylation. Adenosine elicited antiadrenergic action on both beta(1)- and beta(2)-adrenergic signaling cascades by reducing the phosphorylation status of phospholamban. Only beta(1)-adrenoceptor stimulation produced significant CaM kinase II-related Thr17 phosphorylation, troponin I phosphorylation and activation of phosphorylase a.Our findings clearly show that beta(2)-adrenoceptor signaling is coupled to phospholamban phosphorylation and shortening of relaxation time in the adult rat heart.

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