title: Transforming growth factor-beta 1 modulates adenylyl cyclase signaling elements and epidermal growth factor signaling in cardiomyocytes.
abstract: Studies presented in this report were designed to investigate the effects of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) on epidermal growth factor (EGF)-mediated stimulation of cAMP accumulation in cardiac myocytes and elucidate the mechanism(s) involved in this modulation. TGF-beta 1 (20 pM) treatment of cardiac myocytes, in a time-dependent manner, decreased the ability of EGF (100 nM) to increase cAMP accumulation. Significant attenuation of EGF-elicited cAMP accumulation was observed 2 h after exposure to TGF-beta 1 and 18 h after addition of TGF-beta 1, the ability of EGF to increase cAMP accumulation was completely obliterated. TGF-beta 1 neither decreased immunoprecipitable EGF receptors in membranes from cardiomyocytes nor altered the specific binding of [125I]EGF to cardiomyocyte membranes. However, TGF-beta 1 decreased the ability of EGF to phosphorylate membrane proteins on tyrosine residues. TGF-beta 1 treatment of cardiomyocytes also decreased the ability of forskolin to augment cAMP accumulation in intact cells and stimulate adenylyl cyclase activity. Similarly, in membranes of TGF-beta 1-treated cells, neither isoproterenol nor EGF stimulated adenylyl cyclase activity. Interestingly, as assessed by the ability of A1F4- to stimulate adenylyl cyclase, TGF-beta 1 did not alter the coupling between Gs and catalytic subunits. Likewise, TGF-beta 1 did not alter the functional activity of the inhibitory regulatory element of the system, Gi. Western analysis of cellular proteins revealed that TGF-beta 1 did not alter the amounts of Ga alpha, Gi alpha 2, and Gi alpha 3. We conclude that TGF-beta 1 attenuates EGF-elicited cAMP accumulation in cardiomyocytes, in part, by decreasing the EGF receptor kinase function and that TGF-beta 1-mediated alterations in the activity of adenylyl cyclase catalytic subunit also contribute toward the regulation of adenylyl cyclase by various agonists.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163, USA.
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Rashed
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000502:physiology*; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D051381:Rats; D015398:Signal Transduction; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases