Adenylyl Cyclase Type 6 Overexpression Selectively Enhances ß-Adrenergic and Prostacyclin Receptor Mediated Inhibition of Rat Cardiac Fibroblast Function Due to Co-Localization in Lipid Rafts

Authors

Xiaoqiu Liu, University of Tennessee
Muthusamy Thangavel, University of Tennessee
Shu Qiang Sun, University of Tennessee
Joseph Kaminsky, University of Tennessee
Penden Mahautmr, University of Tennessee
Jeremiah Stitham, Dartmouth Medical School
John Hwa, Dartmouth Medical School
Rennolds S. Ostrom, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2008

Abstract

Cardiac fibroblasts produce and degrade extracellular matrix and are critical in regulating cardiac remodeling and hypertrophy. Fibroblasts are activated by factors such as transforming growth factor β and inhibited by agents that elevate 3′,5′-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) levels. cAMP signal generation and response is known to be compartmentalized in many cell types in part through the colocalization of receptors and specific adenylyl cyclase isoforms in lipid rafts and caveolae. The present study sought to define the localization of key G protein-coupled receptors with adenylyl cyclase type 6 (AC6) in lipid rafts of rat cardiac fibroblasts and to determine if this colocalization was functionally relevant. We found that cardiac fibroblasts produce cAMP in response to agonists for β-adrenergic (isoproterenol), prostaglandin EP2 (butaprost), adenosine (adenosine-5′-N-ethylcarboxamide, NECA), and prostacyclin (beraprost) receptors. Overexpression of AC6 increased cAMP production stimulated by isoproterenol and beraprost but not by butaprost or NECA. A key function of fibroblasts is the production of collagen. Isoproterenol- and beraprostmediated inhibition of collagen synthesis was also enhanced by AC6 overexpression, while inhibition by butaprost and NECA were unaltered. Lipid raft fractions from cardiac fibroblasts contain the preponderance of β-adrenergic receptors and AC6 but exclude EP2 receptors. While we could not determine the localization of native prostacyclin receptors, we were able to determine that epitope-tagged prostanoid IP receptors (IPR) expressed in COS7 cells did localize, in part, in lipid raft fractions. These findings indicate that IP receptors are expressed in lipid rafts and can activate raft-localized AC isoforms. AC6 is completely compartmentized in lipid raft domains where it is activated solely by coresident G protein-coupled receptors to regulate cardiac fibroblast function.

Comments

This article was originally published in Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, volume 377, issue 4-6, in 2008. DOI: 10.1007/s00210-007-0196-0

Recommended Citation

Xiaoqiu Liu, Muthusamy Thangavel, Shu Qiang Sun, Joseph Kaminsky, Penden Mahautmr, Jeremiah Stitham, John Hwa and Rennolds S Ostrom. Adenylyl cyclase type 6 overexpression selectively enhances ß-adrenergic and prostacyclin receptor mediated inhibition of rat cardiac fibroblast function due to co-localization in lipid rafts. Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol, 377(4-6):359-69, 2008.

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