title: Gbetagamma-dependent phosphoinositide 3-kinase activation in hearts with in vivo pressure overload hypertrophy.
abstract: Activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinases is coupled to both phosphotyrosine/growth factor and G protein-coupled receptors. We explored the role of phosphoinositide 3-kinase activation in myocardium during in vivo pressure overload hypertrophy in mice. Cytosolic extracts from wild type hypertrophied hearts showed a selective increase in the phosphoinositide 3-kinase gamma isoform. To address the role of G protein-coupled receptor-mediated activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase, we used transgenic mice with cardiac-specific overexpression of a Gbetagamma sequestering peptide. Extracts from hypertrophied transgenic hearts showed complete loss of phosphoinositide 3-kinase activation, indicating a Gbetagamma-dependent process. To determine the class of G proteins that contribute Gbetagamma dimers for in vivo phosphoinositide 3-kinase activation, two strategies were used: 1) transgenic mice with cardiac-specific overexpression of a G(q) inhibitor peptide and 2) pertussis toxin treatment prior to pressure overload in wild type mice. Pressure overloaded G(q) inhibitor transgenic mice showed a complete absence of phosphoinositide 3-kinase activation, whereas pretreatment with pertussis toxin showed robust phosphoinositide 3-kinase activation. Taken together, these data demonstrate that activation of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase during in vivo pressure overload hypertrophy is Gbetagamma-dependent and the Gbetagamma dimers arise from stimulation of G(q)-coupled receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Naga Prasad
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Rockman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000201:enzymology*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D020962:Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology*; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011312:Pressure; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D020962:Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt