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Agonist-Induced Sensitization of β-Adrenoceptor Signaling in Neonatal Rat Heart: Expression and Catalytic Activity of Adenylyl Cyclase

J. L. Zeiders, F. J. Seidler and T. A. Slotkin
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics November 1999, 291 (2) 503-510;
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Agonist stimulation of neonatal cardiac β-adrenoceptors produces heterologous sensitization of adenylyl cyclase (AC) signaling, rather than desensitization, as seen in adults. We examined the ontogenetic patterns of AC expression and activity, and evaluated isoproterenol effects on this pattern. [3H]Forskolin binding showed an increase in AC concentration across the period (birth to 25 days of age) in which agonist-induced sensitization is replaced by desensitization; binding affinity also increased, suggesting a shift in conformation and/or isoform. Indeed, catalytic properties of AC changed substantially with development, as evaluated by AC responses to forskolin versus Mn2+. In contrast, there were only minor changes in the levels of mRNAs encoding the two major isoforms. Neonates given repeated isoproterenol treatment showed an enhancement of [3H]forskolin binding Bmaxand a precocious shift to the mature affinity state and corresponding catalytic properties. Although isoproterenol caused significant increases in AC mRNAs, the effects were small and showed no isoform preference. Thus, a primary mode for ontogenetic increases in cardiac cellular responsiveness to adrenergic stimulation is the increase in AC activity attendant upon an absolute increase in the membrane concentration of AC molecules, along with changes in the catalytic properties of AC. The lack of correlation between mRNA and AC protein suggests that the primary regulatory events are post-transcriptional. The induction of AC by β-adrenoceptor stimulation in the fetus and neonate accounts for heterologous, agonist-induced sensitization, a phenomenon that preserves cellular responses during the period of the perinatal transition.

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  • Send reprint requests to: Dr. T. A. Slotkin, Box 3813 DUMC, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710. E-mail: t.slotkin{at}duke.edu

  • ↵1 This research was supported by U.S. Public Health Service Grant HD-09713 and by a fellowship from the American Heart Association.

  • Abbreviations:
    AC
    adenylyl cyclase
    6-OHDA
    6-hydroxydopamine
    PN
    postnatal
    • Received May 3, 1999.
    • Accepted July 6, 1999.
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Agonist-Induced Sensitization of β-Adrenoceptor Signaling in Neonatal Rat Heart: Expression and Catalytic Activity of Adenylyl Cyclase

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Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics November 1, 1999, 291 (2) 503-510;

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Agonist-Induced Sensitization of β-Adrenoceptor Signaling in Neonatal Rat Heart: Expression and Catalytic Activity of Adenylyl Cyclase

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Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics November 1, 1999, 291 (2) 503-510;
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