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Appukuttan A, Flacke JP, Flacke H, Posadowsky A, Reusch HP, Ladilov Y. Inhibition of soluble adenylyl cyclase increases the radiosensitivity of prostate cancer cells. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2014; 1842:2656-63. [PMID: 25257405 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2014.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2014] [Revised: 09/15/2014] [Accepted: 09/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pharmacological modulation of tumor radiosensitivity is a promising strategy for enhancing the outcome of radiotherapy. cAMP signaling plays an essential role in modulating the proliferation and apoptosis of different cell types, including cancer cells. Until now, the regulation of this pathway was restricted to the transmembrane class of adenylyl cyclases. In the present study, the role of an alternative source of cAMP, the intracellular localized soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC), in the radiosensitivity of prostate cancer cells was investigated. Pharmacological inhibition of sAC activity led to marked suppression of proliferation, lactate dehydrogenase release, and induction of apoptosis. The combination of ionizing radiation with partial suppression of sAC activity (~50%) immediately after irradiation synergistically inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis. Overexpression of sAC in normal prostate epithelial PNT2 cells increased the cAMP content and accelerated cell proliferation under control conditions. The effects of radiation were significantly reduced in transformed PNT2 cells compared with control cells. Analysis of the underlying cellular mechanisms of sAC-induced radioresistance revealed the sAC-dependent activation of B-Raf/ERK1/2 signaling. In agreement with this finding, inhibition of ERK1/2 in prostate cancer cells enhanced the cytotoxic effect of irradiation. In conclusion, the present study suggests that sAC-dependent signaling plays an important role in the radioresistance of prostate cancer cells. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: The role of soluble adenylyl cyclase in health and disease.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany; Center for Cardiovascular Research, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Lefkimmiatis K, Zaccolo M. cAMP signaling in subcellular compartments. Pharmacol Ther 2014; 143:295-304. [PMID: 24704321 PMCID: PMC4117810 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2014.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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In the complex microcosm of a cell, information security and its faithful transmission are critical for maintaining internal stability. To achieve a coordinated response of all its parts to any stimulus the cell must protect the information received from potentially confounding signals. Physical segregation of the information transmission chain ensures that only the entities able to perform the encoded task have access to the relevant information. The cAMP intracellular signaling pathway is an important system for signal transmission responsible for the ancestral 'flight or fight' response and involved in the control of critical functions including frequency and strength of heart contraction, energy metabolism and gene transcription. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the cAMP signaling pathway uses compartmentalization as a strategy for coordinating the large number of key cellular functions under its control. Spatial confinement allows the formation of cAMP signaling "hot spots" at discrete subcellular domains in response to specific stimuli, bringing the information in proximity to the relevant effectors and their recipients, thus achieving specificity of action. In this report we discuss how the different constituents of the cAMP pathway are targeted and participate in the formation of cAMP compartmentalized signaling events. We illustrate a few examples of localized cAMP signaling, with a particular focus on the nucleus, the sarcoplasmic reticulum and the mitochondria. Finally, we discuss the therapeutic potential of interventions designed to perturb specific cAMP cascades locally.
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- Department Of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford, UK.
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Role of soluble adenylyl cyclase in cell death and growth. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2014; 1842:2646-55. [PMID: 25010002 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2014.06.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Revised: 06/26/2014] [Accepted: 06/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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cAMP signaling is an evolutionarily conserved intracellular communication system controlling numerous cellular functions. Until recently, transmembrane adenylyl cyclase (tmAC) was considered the major source for cAMP in the cell, and the role of cAMP signaling was therefore attributed exclusively to the activity of this family of enzymes. However, increasing evidence demonstrates the role of an alternative, intracellular source of cAMP produced by type 10 soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC). In contrast to tmAC, sAC produces cAMP in various intracellular microdomains close to specific cAMP targets, e.g., in nucleus and mitochondria. Ongoing research demonstrates involvement of sAC in diverse physiological and pathological processes. The present review is focused on the role of cAMP signaling, particularly that of sAC, in cell death and growth. Although the contributions of sAC to the regulation of these cellular functions have only recently been discovered, current data suggest that sAC plays key roles in mitochondrial bioenergetics and the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway, as well as cell proliferation and development. Furthermore, recent reports suggest the importance of sAC in several pathologies associated with apoptosis as well as in oncogenesis. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: The role of soluble adenylyl cyclase in health and disease.
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Suppression of soluble adenylyl cyclase protects smooth muscle cells against oxidative stress-induced apoptosis. Apoptosis 2014; 19:1069-79. [DOI: 10.1007/s10495-014-0989-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Chang JC, Oude-Elferink RPJ. Role of the bicarbonate-responsive soluble adenylyl cyclase in pH sensing and metabolic regulation. Front Physiol 2014; 5:42. [PMID: 24575049 PMCID: PMC3918592 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The evolutionarily conserved soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC, adcy10) was recently identified as a unique source of cAMP in the cytoplasm and the nucleus. Its activity is regulated by bicarbonate and fine-tuned by calcium. As such, and in conjunction with carbonic anhydrase (CA), sAC constitutes an HCO(-) 3/CO(-) 2/pH sensor. In both alpha-intercalated cells of the collecting duct and the clear cells of the epididymis, sAC is expressed at significant level and involved in pH homeostasis via apical recruitment of vacuolar H(+)-ATPase (VHA) in a PKA-dependent manner. In addition to maintenance of pH homeostasis, sAC is also involved in metabolic regulation such as coupling of Krebs cycle to oxidative phosphorylation via bicarbonate/CO2 sensing. Additionally, sAC also regulates CFTR channel and plays an important role in regulation of barrier function and apoptosis. These observations suggest that sAC, via bicarbonate-sensing, plays an important role in maintaining homeostatic status of cells against fluctuations in their microenvironment.
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- Jung-Chin Chang
- Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Obiako B, Calchary W, Xu N, Kunstadt R, Richardson B, Nix J, Sayner SL. Bicarbonate disruption of the pulmonary endothelial barrier via activation of endogenous soluble adenylyl cyclase, isoform 10. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2013; 305:L185-92. [PMID: 23686854 PMCID: PMC3726949 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00392.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2012] [Accepted: 05/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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It is becoming increasingly apparent that cAMP signals within the pulmonary endothelium are highly compartmentalized, and this compartmentalization is critical to maintaining endothelial barrier integrity. Studies demonstrate that the exogenous soluble bacterial toxin, ExoY, and heterologous expression of the forskolin-stimulated soluble mammalian adenylyl cyclase (AC) chimera, sACI/II, elevate cytosolic cAMP and disrupt the pulmonary microvascular endothelial barrier. The barrier-disruptive effects of cytosolic cAMP generated by exogenous soluble ACs are in contrast to the barrier-protective effects of subplasma membrane cAMP generated by transmembrane AC, which strengthens endothelial barrier integrity. Endogenous soluble AC isoform 10 (AC10 or commonly known as sAC) lacks transmembrane domains and localizes within the cytosolic compartment. AC10 is uniquely activated by bicarbonate to generate cytosolic cAMP, yet its role in regulation of endothelial barrier integrity has not been addressed. Here we demonstrate that, within the pulmonary circulation, AC10 is expressed in pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (PMVECs) and pulmonary artery endothelial cells (PAECs), yet expression in PAECs is lower. Furthermore, pulmonary endothelial cells selectively express bicarbonate cotransporters. While extracellular bicarbonate generates a phosphodiesterase 4-sensitive cAMP pool in PMVECs, no such cAMP response is detected in PAECs. Finally, addition of extracellular bicarbonate decreases resistance across the PMVEC monolayer and increases the filtration coefficient in the isolated perfused lung above osmolality controls. Collectively, these findings suggest that PMVECs have a bicarbonate-sensitive cytosolic cAMP pool that disrupts endothelial barrier integrity. These studies could provide an alternative mechanism for the controversial effects of bicarbonate correction of acidosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome patients.
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- Boniface Obiako
- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA
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Uribe KB, Etxebarria A, Martín C, Ostolaza H. Calpain-Mediated Processing of Adenylate Cyclase Toxin Generates a Cytosolic Soluble Catalytically Active N-Terminal Domain. PLoS One 2013; 8:e67648. [PMID: 23840759 PMCID: PMC3694075 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2012] [Accepted: 05/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Bordetella pertussis, the whooping cough pathogen, secretes several virulence factors among which adenylate cyclase toxin (ACT) is essential for establishment of the disease in the respiratory tract. ACT weakens host defenses by suppressing important bactericidal activities of the phagocytic cells. Up to now, it was believed that cell intoxication by ACT was a consequence of the accumulation of abnormally high levels of cAMP, generated exclusively beneath the host plasma membrane by the toxin N-terminal catalytic adenylate cyclase (AC) domain, upon its direct translocation across the lipid bilayer. Here we show that host calpain, a calcium-dependent Cys-protease, is activated into the phagocytes by a toxin-triggered calcium rise, resulting in the proteolytic cleavage of the toxin N-terminal domain that releases a catalytically active "soluble AC". The calpain-mediated ACT processing allows trafficking of the "soluble AC" domain into subcellular organella. At least two strategic advantages arise from this singular toxin cleavage, enhancing the specificity of action, and simultaneously preventing an indiscriminate activation of cAMP effectors throughout the cell. The present study provides novel insights into the toxin mechanism of action, as the calpain-mediated toxin processing would confer ACT the capacity for a space- and time-coordinated production of different cAMP "pools", which would play different roles in the cell pathophysiology.
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- Kepa B Uribe
- Unidad de Biofísica (CSIC, UPV/EHU) and Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain
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Appukuttan A, Kasseckert SA, Kumar S, Reusch HP, Ladilov Y. Oxysterol-induced apoptosis of smooth muscle cells is under the control of a soluble adenylyl cyclase. Cardiovasc Res 2013; 99:734-42. [PMID: 23729662 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvt137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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AIMS Apoptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) in advanced atherosclerotic plaques is an important cause of plaque instability. Oxysterols have been suggested as important inducers of apoptosis in VSMC, but the precise mechanism is still poorly understood. Here we aimed to analyse the role of the soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC). METHODS AND RESULTS VSMC derived from rat aorta were treated with either 25-hydroxycholesterol or 7-ketocholesterol for 24 h. Apoptosis was detected by TUNEL staining and caspases cleavage. Oxysterols treatment led to the activation of the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis (cytochrome c release and caspase-9 cleavage) and mitochondrial ROS formation, which were suppressed by the pharmacological inhibition or knockdown of sAC. Scavenging ROS with N-acetyl-l-cysteine prevented oxysterol-induced apoptosis. Analyses of the downstream pathway suggest that protein kinase A (PKA)-dependent phosphorylation and the mitochondrial translocation of the pro-apoptotic protein Bax is a key link between sAC and oxysterol-induced ROS formation and apoptosis. To distinguish between intra-mitochondrial and extra-mitochondrial/cytosolic sAC pools, sAC was overexpressed in mitochondria or in the cytosol. sAC expression in the cytosol, but not in mitochondria, significantly promoted apoptosis and ROS formation during oxysterol treatment. CONCLUSION These results suggest that the sAC/PKA axis plays a key role in the oxysterol-induced apoptosis of VSMC by controlling mitochondrial Bax translocation and ROS formation and that cytosolic sAC, rather than the mitochondrial pool, is involved in the apoptotic mechanism.
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Phosphorylation of mitochondrial proteins has emerged as a major regulatory mechanism for metabolic adaptation. cAMP signaling and PKA phosphorylation of mitochondrial proteins have just started to be investigated, and the presence of cAMP-generating enzymes and PKA inside mitochondria is still controversial. Here, we discuss the role of cAMP in regulating mitochondrial bioenergetics through protein phosphorylation and the evidence for soluble adenylyl cyclase as the source of cAMP inside mitochondria.
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- Federica Valsecchi
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA
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Flacke JP, Flacke H, Appukuttan A, Palisaar RJ, Noldus J, Robinson BD, Reusch HP, Zippin JH, Ladilov Y. Type 10 soluble adenylyl cyclase is overexpressed in prostate carcinoma and controls proliferation of prostate cancer cells. J Biol Chem 2012; 288:3126-35. [PMID: 23255611 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.403279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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cAMP signaling plays an essential role in modulating the proliferation of different cell types, including cancer cells. Until now, the regulation of this pathway was restricted to the transmembrane class of adenylyl cyclases. In this study, significant overexpression of soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC), an alternative source of cAMP, was found in human prostate carcinoma, and therefore, the contribution of this cyclase was investigated in the prostate carcinoma cell lines LNCaP and PC3. Suppression of sAC activity by treatment with the sAC-specific inhibitor KH7 or by sAC-specific knockdown mediated by siRNA or shRNA transfection prevented the proliferation of prostate carcinoma cells, led to lactate dehydrogenase release, and induced apoptosis. Cell cycle analysis revealed a significant rise in the G(2) phase population 12 h after sAC inhibition, which was accompanied by the down-regulation of cyclin B(1) and CDK1. sAC-dependent regulation of proliferation involves the EPAC/Rap1/B-Raf signaling pathway. In contrast, protein kinase A does not play a role. In conclusion, this study suggests a novel sAC-dependent signaling pathway that controls the proliferation of prostate carcinoma cells.
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- Jan-Paul Flacke
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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Soluble adenylyl cyclase activity is necessary for retinal ganglion cell survival and axon growth. J Neurosci 2012; 32:7734-44. [PMID: 22649251 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5288-11.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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cAMP is a critical second messenger mediating activity-dependent neuronal survival and neurite growth. We investigated the expression and function of the soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC, ADCY10) in CNS retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). We found sAC protein expressed in multiple RGC compartments including the nucleus, cytoplasm and axons. sAC activation increased cAMP above the level seen with transmembrane adenylate cyclase (tmAC) activation. Electrical activity and bicarbonate, both physiologic sAC activators, significantly increased survival and axon growth, whereas pharmacologic or siRNA-mediated sAC inhibition dramatically decreased RGC survival and axon growth in vitro, and survival in vivo. Conversely, RGC survival and axon growth were unaltered in RGCs from AC1/AC8 double knock-out mice or after specifically inhibiting tmACs. These data identify a novel sAC-mediated cAMP signaling pathway regulating RGC survival and axon growth, and suggest new neuroprotective or regenerative strategies based on sAC modulation.
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Ladilov Y. Preconditioning with hypercapnic acidosis: hope for the ischemic brain. Neurosci Lett 2012; 523:1-2. [PMID: 22743297 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Accepted: 06/01/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Acidosis is an important stress factor triggering cell death under ischemic stress. Accordingly, short acidic pretreatment, i.e. acidic preconditioning, has been used to protect heart and liver. Now the beneficial effect of pretreatment with hypercapnic acidosis against ischemia/reperfusion-induced cell death has also been shown for the brain. The possible underlying cellular mechanisms of the protection as well as role of acidic and hypercapnic sensing are briefly discussed.
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- Yury Ladilov
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
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Davis RE, Williams M. Mitochondrial function and dysfunction: an update. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2012; 342:598-607. [PMID: 22700430 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.112.192104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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With the current explosion of knowledge on the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in the genesis of various human disease states, there is an increased interest in targeting mitochondrial processes, pathways, and proteins for drug discovery efforts in cancer and cardiovascular, metabolic, and central nervous system diseases, the latter including autism and neurodegenerative diseases. We provide an update on understanding the central role of the mitochondrion in ATP and reactive oxygen species production and in controlling cell death pathways.
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- Robert E Davis
- Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Buck J, Levin LR. Physiological sensing of carbon dioxide/bicarbonate/pH via cyclic nucleotide signaling. SENSORS 2012; 11:2112-28. [PMID: 21544217 PMCID: PMC3085406 DOI: 10.3390/s110202112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) is produced by living organisms as a byproduct of metabolism. In physiological systems, CO2 is unequivocally linked with bicarbonate (HCO3−) and pH via a ubiquitous family of carbonic anhydrases, and numerous biological processes are dependent upon a mechanism for sensing the level of CO2, HCO3, and/or pH. The discovery that soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC) is directly regulated by bicarbonate provided a link between CO2/HCO3/pH chemosensing and signaling via the widely used second messenger cyclic AMP. This review summarizes the evidence that bicarbonate-regulated sAC, and additional, subsequently identified bicarbonate-regulate nucleotidyl cyclases, function as evolutionarily conserved CO2/HCO3/pH chemosensors in a wide variety of physiological systems.
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- Jochen Buck
- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Inhibition of acid-sensing ion channels by amiloride protects rat articular chondrocytes from acid-induced apoptosis via a mitochondrial-mediated pathway. Cell Biol Int 2012; 36:635-41. [DOI: 10.1042/cbi20110432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Chen H, Guo JH, Lu YC, Ding GL, Yu MK, Tsang LL, Fok KL, Liu XM, Zhang XH, Chung YW, Huang P, Huang H, Chan HC. Impaired CFTR-dependent amplification of FSH-stimulated estrogen production in cystic fibrosis and PCOS. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2012; 97:923-32. [PMID: 22170719 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-1363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTEXT Estrogens play important roles in a wide range of physiological and pathological processes, and their biosynthesis is profoundly influenced by FSH that regulates the rate-limiting enzyme aromatase-converting estrogens from androgens. Abnormal estrogen levels are often seen in diseases such as ovarian disorders in polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), an endocrine disorder affecting 5-10% of women of reproductive age, and cystic fibrosis (CF), a common genetic disease caused by mutations of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). OBJECTIVES We undertook the present study to investigate the mechanism underlying these ovarian disorders, which is not well understood. RESULTS FSH-stimulated cAMP-responsive element binding protein phosphorylation, aromatase expression, and estradiol production are found to be enhanced by HCO3- and a HCO3- sensor, the soluble adenylyl cyclase, which could be significantly reduced by CFTR inhibition or in ovaries or granulosa cells of cftr knockout/ΔF508 mutant mice. CFTR expression is found positively correlated with aromatase expression in human granulosa cells, supporting its role in regulating estrogen production in humans. Reduced CFTR and aromatase expression is also found in PCOS rodent models and human patients. CONCLUSIONS CFTR regulates ovarian estrogen biosynthesis by amplifying the FSH-stimulated signal via the nuclear soluble adenylyl cyclase. The present findings suggest that defective CFTR-dependent regulation of estrogen production may underlie the ovarian disorders seen in CF and PCOS.
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- Hui Chen
- Epithelial Cell Biology Research Center, Room 408 Basic Medical Sciences Building, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
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Chen CH, Hsieh TJ, Lin KD, Lin HY, Lee MY, Hung WW, Hsiao PJ, Shin SJ. Increased unbound retinol-binding protein 4 concentration induces apoptosis through receptor-mediated signaling. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:9694-9707. [PMID: 22308028 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.301721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The increase of apo-/holo-retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) concentrations has been found in subjects with renal dysfunction and even in diabetic patients with microalbuminuria. Holo-RBP4 is recognized to possess cytoprotective function. Therefore, we supposed that the relative increase in apo-RBP4 might induce cell damage. In this study, we investigated the signal transduction that activated apoptosis in response to the increase of apo-/holo-RBP4 concentration. We found that increase of apo-/holo-RBP4 concentration ratio delayed the displacement of RBP4 with "stimulated by retinoic acid 6" (STRA6), enhanced Janus kinase 2 (JAK2)/STAT5 cascade, up-regulated adenylate cyclase 6 (AC6), increased cAMP, enhanced JNK1/p38 cascade, suppressed CRBP-I/RARα (cellular retinol-binding protein/retinoic acid receptor α) expression, and led to apoptosis in HK-2 and human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Furthermore, STRA6, JAK2, STAT5, JNK1, or p38 siRNA and cAMP-PKA inhibitor reversed the repression of CRBP-I/RARα and apoptosis in apo-RBP4 stimulation. In conclusion, this study indicates that the increase of apo-/holo-RBP4 concentration may influence STRA6 signaling, finally causing apoptosis.
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- Chao-Hung Chen
- Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.
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Insel PA, Zhang L, Murray F, Yokouchi H, Zambon AC. Cyclic AMP is both a pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic second messenger. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2012; 204:277-87. [PMID: 21385327 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2011.02273.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The second messenger cyclic AMP (cAMP) can either stimulate or inhibit programmed cell death (apoptosis). Here, we review examples of cell types that show pro-apoptotic or anti-apoptotic responses to increases in cAMP. We also show that cells can have both such responses, although predominantly having one or the other. Protein kinase A (PKA)-promoted changes in phosphorylation and gene expression can mediate pro-apoptotic responses, such as in murine S49 lymphoma cells, based on evidence that mutants lacking PKA fail to undergo cAMP-promoted, mitochondria-dependent apoptosis. Mechanisms for the anti-apoptotic response to cAMP likely involve Epac (Exchange protein activated by cAMP), a cAMP-regulated effector that is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for the low molecular weight G-protein, Rap1. Therapeutic approaches that activate PKA-mediated pro-apoptosis or block Epac-mediated anti-apoptotisis may provide a means to enhance cell killing, such as in certain cancers. In contrast, efforts to block PKA or stimulate Epac have the potential to be useful in diseases settings (such as heart failure) associated with cAMP-promoted apoptosis.
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- P A Insel
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0636, USA.
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Appukuttan A, Kasseckert SA, Micoogullari M, Flacke JP, Kumar S, Woste A, Abdallah Y, Pott L, Reusch HP, Ladilov Y. Type 10 adenylyl cyclase mediates mitochondrial Bax translocation and apoptosis of adult rat cardiomyocytes under simulated ischaemia/reperfusion. Cardiovasc Res 2011; 93:340-9. [PMID: 22106416 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvr306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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AIMS Apoptosis of cardiomyocytes significantly contributes to the development of post-ischaemic cardiomyopathy. Although mitochondria have been suggested to play a crucial role in this process, the precise mechanisms controlling the mitochondria-dependent apoptosis in cardiomyocytes under ischaemia/reperfusion are still poorly understood. Here we aimed to analyse the role of the soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC). METHODS AND RESULTS Adult rat cardiomyocytes were subjected to simulated in vitro ischaemia (SI) consisting of glucose-free anoxia at pH 6.4. Apoptosis was detected by DNA laddering, chromatin condensation, and caspases cleavage. SI led to the translocation of sAC to the mitochondria and mitochondrial depolarization followed by cytochrome c release, caspase-9/-3 cleavage and apoptosis during simulated reperfusion (SR). Pharmacological inhibition of sAC during SI, but not during SR, significantly reduced the SI/SR-induced mitochondrial injury and apoptosis. Similarly, sAC knock-down mediated by an adenovirus coding for shRNA targeting sAC prevented the activation of the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis. Analysis of the link between sAC and apoptosis revealed a sAC and protein kinase A-dependent Bax phosphorylation at Thr(167) and its translocation to mitochondria during SI, which subsequently caused mitochondrial oxygen radical formation followed by cytochrome c release and caspase-9 cleavage during SR. CONCLUSION These results suggest a key role of sAC in SI-induced mitochondrial Bax translocation and activation of the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis in adult cardiomyocytes.
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- Avinash Appukuttan
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, Bochum 44801, Germany
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This review discusses the potential place of soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC) in the framework of signaling in the cardiovascular system. cAMP has been studied as a critical and pleiotropic second messenger in cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells, and smooth muscle vascular cells for many years. It is involved in the transduction of signaling by catecholamines, prostaglandins, adenosine, and glucagon, just to name a few. These hormones can act via cAMP by binding to a G protein-coupled receptor on the plasma membrane with subsequent activation of a heterotrimeric G protein and its downstream effector, transmembrane adenylyl cyclase. This has long been the canonical standard for cAMP production in a cell. However, the relatively recent discovery of a unique source of cAMP, sAC, creates the potential for a shift in this signaling paradigm. In fact, sAC has been shown to play a role in apoptosis in coronary endothelial cells and cardiomyocytes. Additionally, it links nutrient utilization with ATP production in the liver and brain, which suggests one of many potential roles for sAC in cardiac function. The possibility of producing cAMP from a source distal to the plasma membrane provides a critical new building block for reconstructing the cellular signaling infrastructure.
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- Jonathan Chen
- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Acin-Perez R, Russwurm M, Günnewig K, Gertz M, Zoidl G, Ramos L, Buck J, Levin LR, Rassow J, Manfredi G, Steegborn C. A phosphodiesterase 2A isoform localized to mitochondria regulates respiration. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:30423-30432. [PMID: 21724846 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.266379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mitochondria are central organelles in cellular energy metabolism, apoptosis, and aging processes. A signaling network regulating these functions was recently shown to include soluble adenylyl cyclase as a local source of the second messenger cAMP in the mitochondrial matrix. However, a mitochondrial cAMP-degrading phosphodiesterase (PDE) necessary for switching off this cAMP signal has not yet been identified. Here, we describe the identification and characterization of a PDE2A isoform in mitochondria from rodent liver and brain. We find that mitochondrial PDE2A is located in the matrix and that the unique N terminus of PDE2A isoform 2 specifically leads to mitochondrial localization of this isoform. Functional assays show that mitochondrial PDE2A forms a local signaling system with soluble adenylyl cyclase in the matrix, which regulates the activity of the respiratory chain. Our findings complete a cAMP signaling cascade in mitochondria and have implications for understanding the regulation of mitochondrial processes and for their pharmacological modulation.
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- Rebeca Acin-Perez
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10065
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- the Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Physiological Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Physiological Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany; Department of Biochemistry, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Neuroanatomy and Molecular Brain Research, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021
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- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021
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- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021
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- Physiological Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10065
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- Physiological Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany; Department of Biochemistry, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany.
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Tresguerres M, Levin LR, Buck J. Intracellular cAMP signaling by soluble adenylyl cyclase. Kidney Int 2011; 79:1277-88. [PMID: 21490586 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2011.95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC) is a recently identified source of the ubiquitous second messenger cyclic adenosine 3',5' monophosphate (cAMP). sAC is distinct from the more widely studied source of cAMP, the transmembrane adenylyl cyclases (tmACs); its activity is uniquely regulated by bicarbonate anions, and it is distributed throughout the cytoplasm and in cellular organelles. Due to its unique localization and regulation, sAC has various functions in a variety of physiological systems that are distinct from tmACs. In this review, we detail the known functions of sAC, and we reassess commonly held views of cAMP signaling inside cells.
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- Martin Tresguerres
- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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D'Atri LP, Etulain J, Romaniuk MA, Torres O, Negrotto S, Schattner M. The low viability of human CD34+ cells under acidic conditions is improved by exposure to thrombopoietin, stem cell factor, interleukin-3, or increased cyclic adenosine monophosphate levels. Transfusion 2011; 51:1784-95. [PMID: 21332728 DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.03051.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Transplanted hematopoietic progenitor cells (CD34+) have shown great promise in regenerative medicine. However, the therapeutic potential of transplanted cells is limited by their poor viability. It is well known that the microenvironment in which progenitors reside substantially affects their behavior. Because extracellular acidosis is a common feature of injured tissues or the tumor microenvironment and is a critical regulator of cell survival and activation, we evaluated the impact of acidosis on CD34+ cell biology. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Apoptosis was evaluated by fluorescence microscopy and binding of annexin V, hypodiploid cells, Bcl-xL expression, active caspase-3, and mitochondrial membrane potential was determined by flow cytometry. Colony-forming units were studied by clonogenic assays, and cell cycle was evaluated by flow cytometry. RESULTS Exposure of CD34+ cells to low pH (7.0-6.5) caused intracellular acidification, decreased cell proliferation, and triggered apoptosis via the mitochondrial pathway. Whereas exposure to thrombopoietin (TPO), stem cell factor (SCF), interleukin (IL)-3 or increases in cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) levels prevented CD34+ cell death induced by acidic conditions, granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating factor, FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3-ligand, erythropoietin, and vascular endothelial growth factor had no effect. Despite their cytoprotective effect, CD34+ cell expansion triggered by TPO, SCF, or IL-3 was significantly impaired at low pH. However, a cocktail of these three cytokines synergistically supported proliferation, cell cycle progression, and colony formation. DISCUSSION Our findings indicate that an acidic milieu is deleterious for CD34+ cells and that a combination of certain cytokines and cAMP donors may improve cell viability and function. These data may be useful to develop new therapeutic strategies or to optimize protocols for regenerative medicine.
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- Lina Paola D'Atri
- Thrombosis I Laboratory, Hematological Research Institute Mariano R. Castex, National Academy of Medicine, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Li S, Allen KT, Bonanno JA. Soluble adenylyl cyclase mediates bicarbonate-dependent corneal endothelial cell protection. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2010; 300:C368-74. [PMID: 21123735 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00314.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Cyclic AMP produced from membrane receptor complex bound adenylyl cyclases is protective in corneal endothelial cells (CEC). CEC also express soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC), which is localized throughout the cytoplasm. When activated by HCO(3)(-), cAMP concentration ([cAMP]) increases by ∼50%. Here we ask if cAMP produced from sAC is also protective. We examined the effects of HCO(3)(-), pH, phosphodiesterase 4 inhibition by rolipram, sAC inhibition by 2HE (2-hydroxyestradiol), and sAC small interfering RNA (siRNA) knockdown on basal and staurosporine-mediated apoptosis. HCO(3)(-) (40 mM) or 50 μM rolipram raised [cAMP] to similar levels and protected endothelial cells by 50% relative to a HCO(3)(-)-free control, whereas 2HE, which decreased [cAMP] by 40%, and H89 (PKA inhibitor) doubled the apoptotic rate. sAC expression was reduced by two-thirds in the absence of HCO(3)(-) and was reduced to 15% of control by sAC siRNA. Protection by HCO(3)(-) was eliminated in siRNA-treated cells. Similarly, caspase-3 activity and cytochrome c release were reduced by HCO(3)(-) and enhanced by 2HE or siRNA. Analysis of percent annexin V+ cells as a function of [cAMP] revealed an inverse, nonlinear relation, suggesting a protective threshold [cAMP] of 10 pmol/mg protein. Relative levels of phosphorylated cAMP response element binding protein and phosphorylated Bcl-2 were decreased in CEC treated with 2HE or siRNA, suggesting that HCO(3)(-)-dependent endogenous sAC activity can mobilize antiapoptotic signal transduction. Overall, our data suggest a new role for sAC in endogenous cellular protection.
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- Shimin Li
- School of Optometry, Indiana University, 800 E. Atwater Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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Zippin JH, Chadwick PA, Levin LR, Buck J, Magro CM. Soluble adenylyl cyclase defines a nuclear cAMP microdomain in keratinocyte hyperproliferative skin diseases. J Invest Dermatol 2010; 130:1279-87. [PMID: 20130594 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) is a nearly ubiquitous signaling molecule important for numerous signaling pathways in human skin. We studied a novel class of mammalian adenylyl cyclase, the soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC). We examined sAC localization in normal human skin and found it to be present in keratinocytes, melanocytes, mononuclear cells, eccrine ducts, and nerves. In normal skin, sAC keratinocyte staining was evenly distributed throughout the cell. However, in certain hyperproliferative disorders of the skin, including psoriasis, verruca vulgaris, and SCCIS on sun-damaged skin, sAC keratinocyte staining was predominantly nuclear. In contrast, in other hyperproliferative disorders, such as basal cell carcinoma, sAC staining was similar to normal human skin. Using a model of epithelial differentiation, we established that sAC migrates into the nucleus when differentiated cells are induced to reenter the cell cycle. Previous work had determined that nuclear sAC activates the cAMP-response-element-binding (CREB) transcription factor, and we found that in psoriasis lesions, nuclear sAC occurs concomitantly with activation of CREB. Hence, sAC may play a role in the pathogenesis of certain hyperproliferative skin disorders via modulation of gene expression.
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- Jonathan H Zippin
- Department of Dermatology, NYPH-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
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