title: Tumor necrosis factor alpha up-regulates Gi alpha and G beta proteins and adenylyl cyclase responsiveness in rat cardiomyocytes.
abstract: Treatment of cultured rat cardiomyocytes in serum-free medium for 48 h with recombinant human tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) led to a concentration-dependent increase in the level of membrane-inhibitory guanine nucleotide-binding protein (Gi) alpha-subunits and in pertussis toxin-catalyzed [32P]ADP ribosylation of 40 kDa proteins. Both Gi alpha protein subtypes present in rat cardiac myocyte membranes, Gi alpha 40 and Gi alpha 41, were up-regulated by the cytokine, with the maximal increase occurring at 10 U/ml TNF alpha. In contrast to noradrenaline exposure, which causes a similar, but apparently exclusive, increase in alpha i-subunits, treatment with TNF alpha in addition increased the level of membrane G protein beta 36-subunits. Furthermore, while noradrenaline exposure led to a decrease in receptor-dependent and -independent adenylyl cyclase activity, treatment of cardiomyocytes with TNF alpha caused a concentration-dependent increase in cyclase responsiveness to either forskolin, guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) or isoproterenol, even though beta-adrenoceptor density was decreased by TNF alpha. The increase in adenylyl cyclase activity induced by TNF alpha was completely suppressed when the cells were cocultured with noradrenaline, a condition leading to an additive increase in Gi alpha level. The data indicate that the cytokine TNF alpha can potently modulate G protein-mediated signal transduction in rat cardiac myocytes. Although TNF alpha, like noradrenaline, exposure of the cells increased the level of membrane Gi alpha proteins, it did not decrease but rather caused an increase in adenylyl cyclase responsiveness.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Pharmakologisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg, F.R.G.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reithmann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gierschik
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Werdan
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jakobs
mesh_terms: D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000096:biosynthesis; D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D051381:Rats; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D009638:Norepinephrine