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SCIENCE SIGNALING
Volume 3, Issue 125, Pages -Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2000769
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- American Heart Association-American Stroke Association [0825499E] Funding Source: Medline
- NHLBI NIH HHS [P01 HL075443-06A1, HL56687, R01 HL056687, HL75443, P01 HL075443, R01 HL056687-13] Funding Source: Medline
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beta-Arrestins, which were originally characterized as terminators of heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G protein)-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling, also act as important signal transducers. An emerging concept in GPCR signaling is beta-arrestin-biased agonism, in which specific ligand-activated GPCR conformational states selectively signal through beta-arrestins, rather than through G proteins. Here, we show that mechanical stretch induced beta-arrestin-biased signaling downstream of angiotensin II type I receptors (AT1Rs) in the absence of ligand or G protein activation. Mechanical stretch triggered an AT1R-mediated conformational change in beta-arrestin similar to that induced by a beta-arrestin-biased ligand to selectively stimulate receptor signaling in the absence of detectable G protein activation. Hearts from mice lacking beta-arrestin or AT1Rs failed to induce responses to mechanical stretch, as shown by blunted extracellular signal-regulated kinase and Akt activation, impaired transactivation of the epidermal growth factor receptor, and enhanced myocyte apoptosis. These data show that the heart responds to acute increases in mechanical stress by activating beta-arrestin-mediated cell survival signals.
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