title: Diabetes reduces right atrial beta-adrenergic signaling but not agonist stimulation of heart rate in swine.
abstract: This study assessed the effects of streptozotocin diabetes in swine on the heart rate response to beta-adrenergic stimulation the adenylyl cyclase signal transduction pathway. Diabetic animals (n = 9) were hyperglycemic compared to the control group (n = 10) (12.6 +/- 1.0 vs. 3.53 +/- 0.29 mM). There were no significant differences between the diabetic and nondiabetic groups in the heart rate response to isoproterenol, however, there was a significant reduction (14%) in beta-adrenergic receptor density in the right atrium in the diabetic (61 +/- 3 fmol/mg protein) versus the nondiabetic group (71 +/- 3) (P < 0.05). The content of guanosine triphosphate binding regulatory proteins (Gs and Gi) in the right atrium was not affected by diabetes, nor was adenylyl cyclase activity under unstimulated conditions or with receptor-dependent stimulation with isoproterenol. On the other hand, adenylyl cyclase activity was 34% lower when directly stimulated with forskolin, and it was reduced by 23% when stimulated through Gs with Gpp(NH)p. In conclusion, beta-adrenergic stimulation of heart rate with isoproteronol and the receptor-dependent signal transduction pathway remained intact in the right atrium of diabetic swine despite reduced beta-adrenergic receptor density, G-protein content, and direct stimulation of adenylyl cyclase activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4970, USA. wcs4@po.cwru.edu
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Dore
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Pizzurro
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Roth
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D019206:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go / Q000378:metabolism; D019205:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs / Q000378:metabolism; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D005576:Colforsin; D019206:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go; D019205:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D007545:Isoproterenol