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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2009

Activator of G protein signaling 8 (AGS8) is required for hypoxia-induced apoptosis of cardiomyocytes: role of G betagamma and connexin 43 (CX43).

Motohiko Sato, Qibin Jiao, Takashi Honda, Reiko Kurotani, Eiji Toyota, Satoshi Okumura, Tatsuo Takeya, Susumu Minamisawa, Stephen M Lanier, Yoshihiro Ishikawa

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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47citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Motohiko SatoCardiovascular Research Institute, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Fukuura, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan. motosato@yokohama-cu.ac.jp
Qibin Jiao
Takashi Honda
Reiko Kurotani
Eiji Toyota
Satoshi Okumura
Tatsuo Takeya
Susumu Minamisawa
Stephen M Lanier
Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Yokohama City University · JPKawasaki Medical School · JPMedical University of South Carolina · USNara Institute of Science and Technology · JPWaseda University · JP

Funding

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE ALPHA-2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTORR01NS024821 · NINDS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI LANIER, STEPHEN M. · 1994 to 2007
$2.4M
ACCESSORY PROTEINS AND G-PROTEIN SIGNALING MECHANISMSR01DA025896 · NIDA · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI LANIER, STEPHEN M. · 2008 to 2012
$1.6M
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE ALPHA2-ADRENERGIC RECEPTORR29NS024821 · NINDS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI LANIER, STEPHEN M. · 1987 to 1991
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NIDA NIH HHS DA025896NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA025896NINDS NIH HHS NS24821NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS024821
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ischemic injury of the heart is associated with activation of multiple signal transduction systems including the heterotrimeric G-protein system. Here, we report a role of the ischemia-inducible regulator of G betagamma subunit, AGS8, in survival of cardiomyocytes under hypoxia. Cultured rat neonatal cardiomyocytes (NCM) were exposed to hypoxia or hypoxia/reoxygenation following transfection of AGS8siRNA or pcDNA::AGS8. Hypoxia-induced apoptosis of NCM was completely blocked by AGS8siRNA, whereas overexpression of AGS8 increased apoptosis. AGS8 formed complexes with G-proteins and channel protein connexin 43 (CX43), which regulates the permeability of small molecules under hypoxic stress. AGS8 initiated CX43 phosphorylation in a G betagamma-dependent manner by providing a scaffold composed of G betagamma and CX43. AGS8siRNA blocked internalization of CX43 following exposure of NCM to repetitive hypoxia; however it did not influence epidermal growth factor-mediated internalization of CX43. The decreased dye flux through CX43 that occurred with hypoxic stress was also prevented by AGS8siRNA. Interestingly, the G betagamma inhibitor Gallein mimicked the effect of AGS8 knockdown on both the CX43 internalization and the changes in cell permeability elicited by hypoxic stress. These data indicate that AGS8 is required for hypoxia-induced apoptosis of NCM, and that AGS8-G betagamma signal input increased the sensitivity of cells to hypoxic stress by influencing CX43 regulation and associated cell permeability. Under hypoxic stress, this unrecognized response program plays a critical role in the fate of NCM.

Indexed as

ApoptosisSignal TransductionAnimalsCell HypoxiaCells, CulturedConnexin 43GTP-Binding Protein beta SubunitsGTP-Binding Protein gamma SubunitsHypoxiaIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMyocytes, CardiacProtein BindingRatsConnexin 43Fndc1 protein, ratGTP-Binding Protein beta SubunitsGTP-Binding Protein gamma SubunitsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins

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PMID19723622
PMCPMC2781539
OpenAlexW2043224021

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