β2-Adrenergic receptor signaling in the cardiac myocyte is modulated by interactions with CXCR4

J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2010 Nov;56(5):548-59. doi: 10.1097/FJC.0b013e3181f713fe.

Abstract

Chemokines are small secreted proteins with chemoattractant properties that play a key role in inflammation, metastasis, and embryonic development. We previously demonstrated a nonchemotactic role for one such chemokine pair, stromal cell-derived factor-1α and its G-protein coupled receptor, CXCR4. Stromal cell-derived factor-1/CXCR4 are expressed on cardiac myocytes and have direct consequences on cardiac myocyte physiology by inhibiting contractility in response to the nonselective β-adrenergic receptor (βAR) agonist, isoproterenol. As a result of the importance of β-adrenergic signaling in heart failure pathophysiology, we investigated the underlying mechanism involved in CXCR4 modulation of βAR signaling. Our studies demonstrate activation of CXCR4 by stromal cell-derived factor-1 leads to a decrease in βAR-induced PKA activity as assessed by cAMP accumulation and PKA-dependent phosphorylation of phospholamban, an inhibitor of SERCA2a. We determined CXCR4 regulation of βAR downstream targets is β2AR-dependent. We demonstrated a physical interaction between CXCR4 and β2AR as determined by coimmunoprecipitation, confocal microscopy, and BRET techniques. The CXCR4-β2AR interaction leads to G-protein signal modulation and suggests the interaction is a novel mechanism for regulating cardiac myocyte contractility. Chemokines are physiologically and developmentally relevant to myocardial biology and represent a novel receptor class of cardiac modulators. The CXCR4-β2AR complex could represent a hitherto unknown target for therapeutic intervention.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adrenergic beta-Agonists / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Cyclic AMP / physiology
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Isoproterenol / pharmacology
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / metabolism*
  • Phosphorylation
  • Rats
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / physiology*
  • Receptors, CXCR4 / metabolism*
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-Agonists
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2
  • Receptors, CXCR4
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
  • Cyclic AMP
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
  • Isoproterenol