title: Adenylyl cyclase type VI corrects cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium uptake defects in cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Calcium malfunction plays a central role in heart failure. Here, we provide evidence that adenylyl cyclase type VI restores sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum 2a (SERCA2a) affinity for calcium and maximum velocity of cardiac calcium uptake by sarcoplasmic reticulum in murine dilated cardiomyopathy. Restoration of normal SERCA2a affinity for calcium is associated not only with decreased phospholamban protein expression but also with increased phospholamban phosphorylation by PKA activation. The ratio of phosphorylated ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2) to RyR2 protein was increased, but the amount of phosphorylated RyR2 was unaffected. These data provide a possible mechanism by which adenylyl cyclase type VI (in contrast to other signaling elements associated with increased cAMP generation) has a salutary effect in the failing heart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, 111A, VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Dr., San Diego, CA 92161, USA.
authors.forename: Tong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Mei Hua
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: H Kirk
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Hammond
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / Q000378:metabolism; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D000099211:Phospholamban
chemical_list: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D002118:Calcium; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D000099211:Phospholamban; C121100:adenylyl cyclase 6