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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
34
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-15
pubmed:abstractText
Transgenic mice were generated with cardiac-specific overexpression of the wild-type (WT) alpha1B-adrenergic receptor (AR) using the murine alpha-myosin heavy chain gene promoter. Previously, we described transgenic mice with alpha-myosin heavy chain-directed expression of a constitutively active mutant alpha1B-AR that had a phenotype of myocardial hypertrophy (Milano, C. A., Dolber, P. C., Rockman, H. A., Bond, R. A., Venable M. E., Allen, L. F., and Lefkowitz, R. J. (1994) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 91, 10109-10113). In animals with >40-fold WT alpha1-AR overexpression, basal myocardial diacylglycerol content was significantly increased, indicating enhanced alpha1-adrenergic signaling and phospholipase C activity. In contrast to the mice overexpressing constitutively active mutant alpha1B-ARs, the hearts of these mice did not develop cardiac hypertrophy despite an 8-fold increase in ventricular mRNA for atrial natriuretic factor. In vivo physiology was studied in anesthetized intact animals and showed left ventricular contractility in response to the beta-agonist isoproterenol to be significantly depressed in animals overexpressing WT alpha1B-ARs. Membranes purified from the hearts of WT alpha1BAR-overexpressing mice demonstrated significantly attenuated adenylyl cyclase activity basally and after stimulation with isoproterenol, norepinephrine, or phenylephrine. Interestingly, these in vitro changes in signaling were reversed after treating the mice with pertussis toxin, suggesting that the extraordinarily high levels of WT alpha1B-ARs can lead to coupling to pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins. Another potential contributor to the observed decreased myocardial signaling and function could be enhanced beta-AR desensitization as beta-adrenergic receptor kinase (betaARK1) activity was found to be significantly elevated (>3-fold) in myocardial extracts isolated from WT alpha1B-AR-overexpressing mice. This type of altered signal transduction may become critical in disease conditions such as heart failure where betaARK1 levels are elevated and beta-ARs are down-regulated, leading to a higher percentage of cardiac alpha1-ARs. Thus, these mice serve as a unique experimental model to study the in vivo interactions between alpha- and beta-ARs in the heart.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenylate Cyclase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenylate Cyclase Toxin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Atrial Natriuretic Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Diglycerides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GTP-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pertussis Toxin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Adrenergic, beta, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Virulence Factors, Bordetella, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/beta-Adrenergic Receptor Kinases
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
272
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
21253-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9261135-Adenylate Cyclase, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-Adenylate Cyclase Toxin, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-Atrial Natriuretic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-Diglycerides, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-GTP-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-Myocardial Contraction, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-Pertussis Toxin, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-Receptors, Adrenergic, beta, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-Sarcolemma, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-Virulence Factors, Bordetella, pubmed-meshheading:9261135-beta-Adrenergic Receptor Kinases
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Transgenic mice with cardiac overexpression of alpha1B-adrenergic receptors. In vivo alpha1-adrenergic receptor-mediated regulation of beta-adrenergic signaling.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't