title: Relation between contractile function and regulatory cardiac proteins in hypertrophied hearts.
abstract: The aim of this study was to examine the mechanism(s) underlying the reduced isoproterenol-induced positive inotropic and lusitropic effects in hypertrophied hearts. Chronic beta-adrenergic stimulation (2.4 mg isoproterenol.kg-1. day-1 for 4 days) induced cardiac hypertrophy by 33 +/- 2% in rats. A parallel downregulation of phospholamban (PLB) and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2(+)-ATPase (SERCA2) protein expression by 49 and 40%, respectively, was observed, whereas troponin I (TNI) and C protein remained unchanged. In papillary muscles from chronically beta-adrenergically stimulated rats, the isoproterenol-induced positive inotropic and lusitropic effects, as well as adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) accumulation, were attenuated compared with those in control animals. Acute exposure to isoproterenol induced phosphate incorporation into PLB, TNI, and C protein of 48 +/- 4.6, 55 +/- 5.0, and 27 +/- 4.9 pmol/mg homogenate protein, respectively, in control animals. In the hypertrophied hearts, phosphate incorporation into PLB was reduced by 76%, whereas phosphate incorporation into TNI or C protein remained unchanged. In conclusion, chronic beta-adrenergic stimulation reduced the isoproterenol-stimulated positive inotropic and lusitropic effects in papillary muscles, which were accompanied by 1) diminished cAMP formation, 2) attenuation of cAMP-mediated PLB phosphorylation, and 3) downregulation of PLB and SERCA2 protein.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Allgemeine Pharmakologie, Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bartel
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kirchhefer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kokott
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Scholz
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*; D000099211:Phospholamban
chemical_list: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D000099211:Phospholamban