Abstract
In heart failure, chronic catecholaminergic stimulation increases diastolic Ca2+ leak from ryanodine receptors (RyRs) of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), possibly due to the phosphorylation of RyRs through the activation of protein kinase A (PKA) or Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII). In the present study, we attempted to identify which activated kinase is responsible for the enhanced Ca2+ leak caused by β-adrenergic stimulation. Trabeculae obtained from the hearts of adult male C57BL/6J mice were treated with isoproterenol and then permeabilized with saponin. To examine SR functions, Ca2+ in SR was released with caffeine and measured with fluo-3. The Ca2+ leak in isoproterenol-treated preparations was significantly increased when the PKA-dependent phosphorylation of RyR was increased without the involvement of CaMKII-dependent phosphorylation. Both the increase in Ca2+ leak and the phosphorylation of RyR were blocked by a PKA inhibitor. Our results show that β-adrenergic stimulation increases Ca2+ leak from SR through PKA-dependent phosphorylation of RyR.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 87-92 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Volume | 390 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 4 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Source of Funding: This study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [ 18590789 to K.K., 19590833 to K.H., and 19500357 S.K.], the Uehara Memorial Foundation [to Y.K. and S.K.], the Takeda Science Foundation [to K.H.], the Vehicle Racing Commemorative Foundation [to K.H. and S.K.], a Japan Heart Foundation Young Investigator’s Research Grant [to J.O.-U.], the Japan Foundation of Cardiovascular Research [to J.O.-U.], the Kato Memorial Bioscience Foundation [to J.O.-U.], and The Jikei University Research Fund [to J.O.-U.].
Keywords
- Ca leak
- Ca/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II
- Protein kinase A
- Ryanodine receptor
- β-Adrenoceptor stimulation