title: Beta-adrenoceptor and adenylate cyclase regulation in cardiac myocyte growth.
abstract: We studied the effect of growth on beta-adrenergic receptor properties of neonatal rat heart myocytes cultured in serum-free medium with transferrin and insulin. Growth was induced by addition of 1 microM (-)-norepinephrine for two days, 200 nM of the tumor-promoting phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) for two days, or 30 nM T3 for six days. The Kd values for beta-receptor binding (125I-ICYP) were unaffected by growth. The maximum number of beta-receptor binding sites calculated as sites/cell was increased 1.47-fold by T3 (p less than .005), but was decreased to 54% of control values by (-)-norepinephrine (p less than .005): TPA had no effect on either Kd or Bmax values. (-)-Isoproterenol-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity was augmented only in membranes from T3-treated cells and was reduced by 69% in membranes from (-)-norepinephrine treated cells. TPA had no effect on (-)-isoproterenol-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity. We conclude that the mechanisms controlling beta-adrenergic receptor number may be distinct from those controlling growth, since receptor number does not correlate with cell enlargement. Furthermore, in (-)-norepinephrine-stimulated growth, which we have shown previously is an alpha 1-adrenoceptor mediated response, beta-adrenergic signal transduction is modulated in a directionally opposite fashion.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Karliner
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D051381:Rats; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000502:physiology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D009638:Norepinephrine