title: The effect of Gi-protein inactivation on basal, and beta(1)- and beta(2)AR-stimulated contraction of myocytes from transgenic mice overexpressing the beta(2)-adrenoceptor.
abstract: The atria and ventricles of transgenic mice (TGbeta(2)) with cardiac overexpression of the human beta(2)-adrenoceptor (beta(2)AR) were initially reported to show maximum contractility in the absence of beta-AR stimulation. However, we have previously observed a different phenotype in these mice, with myocytes showing normal contractility but reduced betaAR responses. We have investigated the roles of cyclic AMP and Gi in basal and betaAR function in these myocytes. ICI 118,551 at inverse agonist concentrations decreased contraction by 32%. However, the cyclic AMP antagonist Rp-cAMPS had no effect on contraction in TGbeta(2) myocytes, indicating that there was no tonic influence of raised cyclic AMP. These findings cannot be explained by the proposed model for inverse agonism, where the activated receptor (R*) raises cyclic AMP levels and so increases contraction in the absence of agonist. After pertussis toxin (PTX) pretreatment to produce inactivation of Gi, the basal contraction in 1 mM Ca(2+) was increased in TGbeta(2) mice (7.82+/-0.47%, n=23) compared to LM mice (3.60+/-0.59%, n=11) (P<0.001). The contraction amplitude of myocytes to the maximal concentration of isoprenaline was also increased significantly by PTX in TGbeta(2) mice (9.40+/-1.22%, n=8) and was no longer reduced compared to LM mice (8.93+/-1.50%, n=11). Both beta(1)- and beta(2)AR subtypes were affected both by the original desensitization and by the resensitization with PTX. PTX treatment has therefore restored the original phenotype, with high basal contractility and little further effect of isoprenaline. We suggest that both beta-AR desensitization and lack of increased basal contraction in ventricular myocytes from our colony of TGbeta(2) mice were due to increased activity of PTX-sensitive G-proteins.
authors.affiliation: National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, London.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Adamson
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Ranu
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Heubach
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ravens
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zolk
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Harding
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D019206:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go / Q000502:physiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D018342:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1 / Q000502:physiology*; D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D018342:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1; D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019206:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go; D007545:Isoproterenol; D002118:Calcium