title: Beta- and alpha-adrenergic cross-signaling for L-type Ca current is impaired in transgenic mice with constitutive activation of epsilonPKC.
abstract: It is well established that beta-adrenoceptor stimulation activates PKA and alpha(1)-adrenoceptor stimulation activates PKC. In normal ventricular myocytes, acute activation of alpha(1)-adrenoceptors inhibits beta-adrenoceptor stimulated L-type Ca current (I(Ca-L)) and direct activation of epsilonPKC leads to I(Ca-L) inhibition. Because increased PKC activity has been observed chronically in in vivo setting such as failing human heart, we hypothesized that chronic in vivo activation of epsilonPKC alters I(Ca-L) and its response to adrenergic stimulation. Therefore, we investigated the interaction between beta- and alpha(1)-adrenoceptors vis-à-vis I(Ca-L) in myocytes from transgenic mice (TG) with cardiac specific constitutive activation of epsilonPKC (epsilonPKC agonist). Whole-cell I(Ca-L) was recorded from epsilonPKC agonist TG mice and age-matched non-TG (NTG) littermates under: (1) basal condition, (2) beta-adrenoceptor agonist, isoproterenol (ISO), and (3) ISO plus alpha(1)-adrenoceptor agonist, methoxamine. The present results are the first to demonstrate that chronic in vivo activation of epsilonPKC leads to reduced basal I(Ca-L) density. beta-adrenoceptor activation of I(Ca-L) is blunted in epsilonPKC agonist TG mice. alpha-adrenoceptor cross-talk with beta-adrenoceptor signaling pathways vis-à-vis L-type Ca channels is impaired in epsilonPKC agonist TG mice. The diminished response to ISO and methoxamine suggests a protective feedback regulatory mechanism in epsilonPKC agonist TG mice and could be vital in the settings of excessive release of catecholamines during heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Program, New York Harbor VA Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Yuankun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.forename: Yongxia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boutjdir
mesh_terms: D058646:Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Agonists; D000818:Animals; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type / Q000502:physiology*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008729:Methoxamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon; D018340:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D058646:Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Agonists; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D018340:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; C497256:Prkce protein, mouse; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon; D008729:Methoxamine; D007545:Isoproterenol