title: Sympathetic control of cardiac myosin heavy chain gene expression.
abstract: Several neuroendocrine factors have been shown to influence the muscle phenotype. Various physiological reports have suggested the role of adrenergic nervous system for cardiac myosin heavy chain (MHC) expression. We have used cultured fetal rat heart myocytes to investigate the role of cAMP on the alpha- and beta-MHC gene expression. In low density cultures, addition of 1 mM 8 Br cAMP resulted in up regulation of alpha-MHC and down regulation of beta-MHC mRNA. This antithetic effect of cAMP depends on the basal expression of both expression of both MHC transcripts. In transient transfection analysis employing a series of alpha-MHC gene promoter/reporter constructs, we identified a 13 bp E-box M-CAT hybrid motif (EM element) which conferred a basal muscle specific and cAMP-inducible expression of the alpha-MHC gene. Data obtained from the mobility gel-shift analysis indicated that one of the factor(s) binding to the EM element is related to troponin T M-CAT binding factor (TEF-1). To test whether the protein binding to this sequence could be a substrate for cAMP-dependent phosphorylation, the cardiac nuclear proteins were preincubated in a kinase reaction buffer either with a catalytic subunit of PKA (CatPKA) or with cAMP, and binding activity of proteins to the EM element was evaluated by mobility gel shift assay. In a concentration dependent manner, a twofold increase in the intensity of the retarded band was observed. Furthermore, at 100 units of CatPKA, an additional band of faster mobility was observed which was not present either when phosphorylated nuclear extract was incubated with alkaline phosphatase or when ATP was absent in kinase reaction buffer. These results strongly suggest that factor(s) binding to the EM element is a substrate for cAMP dependent phosphorylation.
authors: Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors: M P
authors: MP
authors: Gupta
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Gupta
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Dizon
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Zak
mesh_terms: D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005333:Fetus; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006329:Heart Conduction System; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015398:Signal Transduction; D016385:TATA Box; D000091262:TEA Domain Transcription Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D000091262:TEA Domain Transcription Factors; C057182:TEAD1 protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors; D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains