Prolonged heterologous β2-adrenoceptor desensitization promotes proasthmatic airway smooth muscle function via PKA/ERK1/2-mediated phosphodiesterase-4 induction

Autor: Judith S. Grunstein, Michael M. Grunstein, Sumbul Fatma, Aihua Hu, Gustavo Nino
Rok vydání: 2008
Předmět:
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Cell signaling
Physiology
G protein
Muscle Relaxation
Biology
Dinoprostone
Receptors
G-Protein-Coupled

chemistry.chemical_compound
Downregulation and upregulation
Physiology (medical)
Internal medicine
Nitriles
Butadienes
Cyclic AMP
medicine
Animals
Humans
Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein
Receptor
Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists
Cells
Cultured

Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1
Sulfonamides
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3
Forskolin
Colforsin
Phosphodiesterase
Cell Biology
respiratory system
Isoquinolines
musculoskeletal system
Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
Asthma
Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases
Type 4

Cell biology
Trachea
Endocrinology
Muscle relaxation
Pertussis Toxin
chemistry
Enzyme Induction
Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitors
Rabbits
Signal transduction
Rolipram
Muscle Contraction
Signal Transduction
Zdroj: American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 294:L1055-L1067
ISSN: 1522-1504
1040-0605
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00021.2008
Popis: β2-Adrenergic receptor (β2AR) agonists acutely relieve bronchoconstriction via cAMP-mediated relaxation of airway smooth muscle (ASM). Airway constrictor responsiveness may be significantly heightened, however, following protracted exposure to these agents, presumably reflecting the effects of β2AR desensitization in ASM accompanying prolonged cAMP signaling. Because cAMP phosphodiesterase (PDE) activity can significantly modulate ASM contractility, we investigated the mechanism regulating PDE expression and its potential role in mediating changes in agonist-induced constrictor and relaxation responsiveness in ASM following its heterologous β2AR desensitization by prolonged exposure to cAMP-elevating agents. Isolated rabbit ASM tissues and cultured human ASM cells treated for 24 h with the receptor- or nonreceptor-coupled cAMP-stimulating agent, prostaglandin E2(PGE2) or forskolin, respectively, exhibited constrictor hyperresponsiveness to acetylcholine and impaired β2AR-mediated relaxation and cAMP accumulation. These proasthmatic-like changes in ASM function were associated with upregulated PDE4 activity, reflective of increased transcription of the PDE4D5 isoform, and were prevented by pretreatment of the ASM with a PDE4 inhibitor. Extended studies using gene silencing and pharmacological approaches to inhibit specific intracellular signaling molecules demonstrated that the mechanism underlying PGE2-induced transcriptional upregulation of PDE4D5 involves PKA-dependent activation of Giprotein signaling via the βγ-subunits, the latter eliciting downstream activation of ERK1/2 and its consequent induction of PDE4D5 transcription. Collectively, these findings identify that β2AR desensitization in ASM following prolonged exposure to cAMP-elevating agents is associated with proasthmatic-like changes in ASM responsiveness that are mediated by upregulated PDE4 expression induced by activated cross talk between the PKA and ERK1/2 signaling pathways.
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