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Mechanisms of the cyclic nucleotide cross-talk signaling network in cardiac L-type calcium channel regulation

Journal

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY
Volume 106, Issue -, Pages 29-44

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2017.01.013

Keywords

Phosphodiesterases; Cyclic nucleotides; Signaling network; L-type calcium channel; Cardiac myocytes; Computational model

Funding

  1. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada [CGS M-377616-2009, PGSD3-405041-2011]
  2. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the USA [R01 HL105239]

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Regulation of L-type Calcium (Ca2+) Channel (LCC) gating is critical to shaping the cardiac action potential (AP) and triggering the initiation of excitation-contraction (EC) coupling in cardiac myocytes. The cyclic nucleotide (cN) cross-talk signaling network, which encompasses the beta-adrenergic and the Nitric Oxide (NO)/cGMP/Protein Kinase G (PKG) pathways and their interaction (cross-talk) through distinctively-regulated phosphodiesterase isoenzymes (PDEs), regulates LCC current via Protein Kinase A- (PKA) and PKG-mediated phosphorylation. Due to the tightly-coupled and intertwined biochemical reactions involved, it remains to be clarified how LCC gating is regulated by the signaling network from receptor to end target In addition, the large number of EC coupling-related phosphorylation targets of PICA and PKG makes it difficult to quantify and isolate changes in L-type Ca2+ current (I-CaL) responses regulated by the signaling network. We have developed a multi-scale, biophysically-detailed computational model of LCC regulation by the cN signaling network that is supported by experimental data. LCCs are modeled with functionally distinct PICA- and PKG-phosphorylation dependent gating modes. The model exhibits experimentally observed single channel characteristics, as well as whole-cell LCC currents upon activation of the cross-talk signaling network. Simulations show 1) redistribution of LCC gating modes explains changes in whole-cell current under various stimulation scenarios of the cN cross-talk network; 2) NO regulation occurs via potentiation of a gating mode characterized by prolonged closed times; and 3) due to compensatory actions of cross-talk and antagonizing functions of PKA- and PKG-mediated phosphorylation of LCCs, the effects of individual inhibitions of PDEs 2, 3, and 4 on I-caL are most pronounced at low levels of beta-adrenergic stimulation. Simulations also delineate the contribution of the following two mechanisms to overall LCC regulation, which have otherwise been challenging to distinguish: 1) regulation of PICA and PKG activation via cN cross-talk (Mechanism 1); and 2) LCC interaction with activated PICA and PKG (Mechanism 2). These results provide insights into how cN signals transduced via the cN cross-talk signaling network are integrated via LCC regulation in the heart. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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