title: 14-3-3 proteins regulate glycogen synthase 3beta phosphorylation and inhibit cardiomyocyte hypertrophy.
abstract: 14-3-3 proteins are dimeric phophoserine-binding molecules that participate in important cellular processes such as cell proliferation, cell-cycle control and the stress response. In this work, we report that several isoforms of 14-3-3s are expressed in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. To understand their function, we utilized a general 14-3-3 peptide inhibitor, R18, to disrupt 14-3-3 functions in cardiomyocytes. Cardiomyocytes infected with adenovirus-expressing YFP-R18 (AdR18) exhibited markedly increased protein synthesis and atrial natriuretic peptide production and potentiated the responses to norepinephrine stimulation. This response was blocked by the pretreatment with LY294002, a phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor. Consistent with a role of PI3K in the R18 effect, R18 induced phosphorylation of a protein cloned from the vakt oncogene of retrovirus AKT8 (Akt - also called protein kinase B, PKB) at Ser473 and glycogen synthase 3beta (GSK3beta) at Ser9, but not extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2). AdR18-induced PKB and GSK3beta phosphorylation was completely blocked by LY294002. In addition, a member of the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) family, NFAT3, was converted into faster mobility forms and translocated into the nucleus upon the treatment of AdR18. These results suggest that 14-3-3s inhibits cardiomyocytes hypertrophy through regulation of the PI3K/PKB/GSK3beta and NFAT pathway.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Vascular Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, PR China.
authors.forename: Wenqiang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Shuyi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chide
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Youyi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D021581:Active Transport, Cell Nucleus; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 / Q000378:metabolism*; D000071679:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta; D008954:Models, Biological; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D010766:Phosphorylation; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D048948:14-3-3 Proteins; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3; D000071679:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D014157:Transcription Factors; C494920:Akt1 protein, rat; C000605508:Gsk3b protein, rat