title: Caveolae-independent activation of protein kinase A in rat neonatal myocytes.
abstract: Cardiomyocytes express both beta(1)- and beta(2)-adrenergic receptors, and these receptors play a differential role in chronotropic and inotropic effects of the heart. Caveolae are known as an important regulator of G-protein-coupled receptor signaling. In the present report, we examined whether caveolae have a role in beta-adrenergic receptor-stimulated cAMP production and protein kinase A activation in neonatal myocytes. Isoproterenol-stimulated cAMP production was mediated by beta(1)- and beta(2)-subtypes, which depends on the receptor number of each subtype. However, protein kinase A activation was exclusively mediated by the beta(1)-subtype. Disruption of caveolae by methyl-beta-cyclodextrin treatment did not affect the relative contribution of subtypes to isoproterenol-stimulated cAMP production. beta(1)-Subtype-mediated protein kinase A activation was also not affected by the disruption of caveolae. These results suggest that beta(1)-adrenergic receptor-mediated protein kinase A activation is compartmentalized and independent of caveolae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan.
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukutomi
authors.forename: Motohiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurose
mesh_terms: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D021941:Caveolae / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018342:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D018342:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1; D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D007545:Isoproterenol