PMID- 15375008 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050428 LR - 20131121 IS - 1524-4571 (Electronic) IS - 0009-7330 (Linking) VI - 95 IP - 8 DP - 2004 Oct 15 TI - Sustained beta1-adrenergic stimulation modulates cardiac contractility by Ca2+/calmodulin kinase signaling pathway. PG - 798-806 AB - A tenet of beta1-adrenergic receptor (beta1AR) signaling is that stimulation of the receptor activates the adenylate cyclase-cAMP-protein kinase A (PKA) pathway, resulting in positive inotropic and relaxant effects in the heart. However, recent studies have suggested the involvement of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) in beta1AR-stimulated cardiac apoptosis. In this study, we determined roles of CaMKII and PKA in sustained versus short-term beta1AR modulation of excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling in cardiac myocytes. Short-term (10-minute) and sustained (24-hour) beta1AR stimulation with norepinephrine similarly enhanced cell contraction and Ca2+ transients, in contrast to anticipated receptor desensitization. More importantly, the sustained responses were largely PKA-independent, and were sensitive to specific CaMKII inhibitors or adenoviral expression of a dominant-negative CaMKII mutant. Biochemical assays revealed that a progressive and persistent CaMKII activation was associated with a rapid desensitization of the cAMP/PKA signaling. Concomitantly, phosphorylation of phospholamban, an SR Ca2+ cycling regulatory protein, was shifted from its PKA site (16Ser) to CaMKII site (17Thr). Thus, beta1AR stimulation activates dual signaling pathways mediated by cAMP/PKA and CaMKII, the former undergoing desensitization and the latter exhibiting sensitization. This finding may bear important etiological and therapeutical ramifications in understanding beta1AR signaling in chronic heart failure. FAU - Wang, Wang AU - Wang W AD - Laboratory of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. FAU - Zhu, Weizhong AU - Zhu W FAU - Wang, Shiqiang AU - Wang S FAU - Yang, Dongmei AU - Yang D FAU - Crow, Michael T AU - Crow MT FAU - Xiao, Rui-Ping AU - Xiao RP FAU - Cheng, Heping AU - Cheng H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. DEP - 20040916 PL - United States TA - Circ Res JT - Circulation research JID - 0047103 RN - 0 (Adrenergic alpha-Agonists) RN - 0 (Calcium-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 0 (phospholamban) RN - E0399OZS9N (Cyclic AMP) RN - EC 2.7.11.11 (Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases) RN - X4W3ENH1CV (Norepinephrine) RN - XM03YJ541D (Prazosin) SB - IM MH - Adrenergic alpha-Agonists/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Calcium Signaling/drug effects/*physiology MH - Calcium-Binding Proteins/metabolism MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2 MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*physiology MH - Cell Size/drug effects MH - Cells, Cultured/drug effects/physiology MH - Cyclic AMP/*physiology MH - Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - Myocardial Contraction/drug effects/*physiology MH - Myocytes, Cardiac/drug effects/physiology MH - Norepinephrine/pharmacology MH - Phosphorylation MH - Prazosin/pharmacology MH - Protein Processing, Post-Translational MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1/drug effects/*physiology MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/physiology MH - Second Messenger Systems/drug effects/*physiology EDAT- 2004/09/18 05:00 MHDA- 2005/04/29 09:00 CRDT- 2004/09/18 05:00 PHST- 2004/09/18 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/04/29 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/09/18 05:00 [entrez] AID - 01.RES.0000145361.50017.aa [pii] AID - 10.1161/01.RES.0000145361.50017.aa [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Circ Res. 2004 Oct 15;95(8):798-806. doi: 10.1161/01.RES.0000145361.50017.aa. Epub 2004 Sep 16.