Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-20-2012
Abstract
RATIONALE: Soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) generates cyclic guanosine monophophate (cGMP) upon activation by nitric oxide (NO). Cardiac NO-sGC-cGMP signaling blunts cardiac stress responses, including pressure-overload-induced hypertrophy. The latter itself depresses signaling through this pathway by reducing NO generation and enhancing cGMP hydrolysis.
OBJECTIVE: We tested the hypothesis that the sGC response to NO also declines with pressure-overload stress and assessed the role of heme-oxidation and altered intracellular compartmentation of sGC as potential mechanisms.
METHODS AND RESULTS: C57BL/6 mice subjected to transverse aortic constriction (TAC) developed cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction. NO-stimulated sGC activity was markedly depressed, whereas NO- and heme-independent sGC activation by BAY 60-2770 was preserved. Total sGCα(1) and β(1) expression were unchanged by TAC; however, sGCβ(1) subunits shifted out of caveolin-enriched microdomains. NO-stimulated sGC activity was 2- to 3-fold greater in Cav3-containing lipid raft versus nonlipid raft domains in control and 6-fold greater after TAC. In contrast, BAY 60-2770 responses were >10 fold higher in non-Cav3 domains with and without TAC, declining about 60% after TAC within each compartment. Mice genetically lacking Cav3 had reduced NO- and BAY-stimulated sGC activity in microdomains containing Cav3 for controls but no change within non-Cav3-enriched domains.
CONCLUSIONS: Pressure overload depresses NO/heme-dependent sGC activation in the heart, consistent with enhanced oxidation. The data reveal a novel additional mechanism for reduced NO-coupled sGC activity related to dynamic shifts in membrane microdomain localization, with Cav3-microdomains protecting sGC from heme-oxidation and facilitating NO responsiveness. Translocation of sGC out of this domain favors sGC oxidation and contributes to depressed NO-stimulated sGC activity.
Recommended Citation
Tsai, Emily J; Liu, Yuchuan; Koitabashi, Norimichi; Bedja, Djahida; Danner, Thomas; Jasmin, Jean-Francois; Lisanti, Michael P; Friebe, Andreas; Takimoto, Eiki; and Kass, David A, "Pressure-overload-induced subcellular relocalization/oxidation of soluble guanylyl cyclase in the heart modulates enzyme stimulation." (2012). Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Faculty Papers & Presentations. Paper 4.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/stem_regenerativefp/4
PubMed ID
22095726
Comments
This article is peer reviewed. It was originally published in Circulation Research, 2012 Jan 20;110(2):295-303. ©American Heart Association, Inc.