ArticleCirculation2024
Essential Role of the RIα Subunit of cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase in Regulating Cardiac Contractility and Heart Failure Development.
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Abstract
backgroundThe heart expresses 2 main subtypes of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA; type I and II) that differ in their regulatory subunits, RIα and RIIα. Embryonic lethality of RIα knockout mice limits the current understanding of type I PKA function in the myocardium. The objective of this study was to test the role of RIα in adult heart contractility and pathological remodeling.
methodsWe measured PKA subunit expression in human heart and developed a conditional mouse model with cardiomyocyte-specific knockout of RIα (RIα-icKO). Myocardial structure and function were evaluated by echocardiography, histology, and ECG and in Langendorff-perfused hearts. PKA activity and cAMP levels were determined by immunoassay, and phosphorylation of PKA targets was assessed by Western blot. L-type Ca
resultsRIα protein was decreased by 50% in failing human heart with ischemic cardiomyopathy and by 75% in the ventricles and in VMs from RIα-icKO mice but not in atria or sinoatrial node. Basal PKA activity was increased ≈3-fold in RIα-icKO VMs. In young RIα-icKO mice, left ventricular ejection fraction was increased and the negative inotropic effect of propranolol was prevented, whereas heart rate and the negative chronotropic effect of propranolol were not modified. Phosphorylation of phospholamban, ryanodine receptor, troponin I, and cardiac myosin-binding protein C at PKA sites was increased in propranolol-treated RIα-icKO mice. Hearts from RIα-icKO mice were hypercontractile, associated with increased
conclusionsThese results identify RIα as a key negative regulator of cardiac contractile function, arrhythmia, and pathological remodeling.
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