TY - JOUR
T1 - A full range of mouse sinoatrial node AP firing rates requires protein kinase A-dependent calcium signaling
AU - Liu, Jie
AU - Sirenko, Syevda
AU - Juhaszova, Magdalena
AU - Ziman, Bruce
AU - Shetty, Veena
AU - Rain, Silvia
AU - Shukla, Shweta
AU - Spurgeon, Harold A.
AU - Vinogradova, Tatiana M.
AU - Maltsev, Victor A.
AU - Lakatta, Edward G.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported entirely by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH, National Institute on Aging . A portion of that support was through a R&D contract with MedStar Research Institute.
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - Recent perspectives on sinoatrial nodal cell (SANC) * function indicate that spontaneous sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca 2+ cycling, i.e. an intracellular "Ca 2+ clock," driven by cAMP-mediated, PKA-dependent phosphorylation, interacts with an ensemble of surface membrane electrogenic molecules ("surface membrane clock") to drive SANC normal automaticity. The role of AC-cAMP-PKA-Ca 2+ signaling cascade in mouse, the species most often utilized for genetic manipulations, however, has not been systematically tested. Here we show that Ca 2+ cycling proteins (e.g. RyR2, NCX1, and SERCA2) are abundantly expressed in mouse SAN and that spontaneous, rhythmic SR generated local Ca 2+ releases (LCRs) occur in skinned mouse SANC, clamped at constant physiologic [Ca 2+]. Mouse SANC also exhibits a high basal level of phospholamban (PLB) phosphorylation at the PKA-dependent site, Serine16. Inhibition of intrinsic PKA activity or inhibition of PDE in SANC, respectively: reduces or increases PLB phosphorylation, and markedly prolongs or reduces the LCR period; and markedly reduces or accelerates SAN spontaneous firing rate. Additionally, the increase in AP firing rate by PKA-dependent phosphorylation by β-adrenergic receptor (β-AR) stimulation requires normal intracellular Ca 2+ cycling, because the β-AR chronotropic effect is markedly blunted when SR Ca 2+ cycling is disrupted. Thus, AC-cAMP-PKA-Ca 2+ signaling cascade is a major mechanism of normal automaticity in mouse SANC.
AB - Recent perspectives on sinoatrial nodal cell (SANC) * function indicate that spontaneous sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca 2+ cycling, i.e. an intracellular "Ca 2+ clock," driven by cAMP-mediated, PKA-dependent phosphorylation, interacts with an ensemble of surface membrane electrogenic molecules ("surface membrane clock") to drive SANC normal automaticity. The role of AC-cAMP-PKA-Ca 2+ signaling cascade in mouse, the species most often utilized for genetic manipulations, however, has not been systematically tested. Here we show that Ca 2+ cycling proteins (e.g. RyR2, NCX1, and SERCA2) are abundantly expressed in mouse SAN and that spontaneous, rhythmic SR generated local Ca 2+ releases (LCRs) occur in skinned mouse SANC, clamped at constant physiologic [Ca 2+]. Mouse SANC also exhibits a high basal level of phospholamban (PLB) phosphorylation at the PKA-dependent site, Serine16. Inhibition of intrinsic PKA activity or inhibition of PDE in SANC, respectively: reduces or increases PLB phosphorylation, and markedly prolongs or reduces the LCR period; and markedly reduces or accelerates SAN spontaneous firing rate. Additionally, the increase in AP firing rate by PKA-dependent phosphorylation by β-adrenergic receptor (β-AR) stimulation requires normal intracellular Ca 2+ cycling, because the β-AR chronotropic effect is markedly blunted when SR Ca 2+ cycling is disrupted. Thus, AC-cAMP-PKA-Ca 2+ signaling cascade is a major mechanism of normal automaticity in mouse SANC.
KW - Adenylyl cyclase-cyclic amp-protein kinase a-Ca Signaling Cascade
KW - Automaticity
KW - Ca cycling proteins
KW - Local Ca releases
KW - Phospholamban phosphorylation
KW - Sinoatrial node
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U2 - 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.07.028
DO - 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.07.028
M3 - Article
C2 - 21840316
AN - SCOPUS:80053248853
SN - 0022-2828
VL - 51
SP - 730
EP - 739
JO - Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
JF - Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
IS - 5
ER -