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Mdm2 regulates cardiac contractility by inhibiting GRK2-mediated desensitization of β-adrenergic receptor signaling.

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Jean-Charles, P-Y; Yu, SM-W; Abraham, D; Kommaddi, RP; Mao, L; Strachan, RT; Zhang, Z-S; Bowles, DE; Brian, L; Stiber, JA; Jones, SN; Koch, WJ ...
Published in: JCI Insight
September 7, 2017

The oncoprotein Mdm2 is a RING domain-containing E3 ubiquitin ligase that ubiquitinates G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2) and β-arrestin2, thereby regulating β-adrenergic receptor (βAR) signaling and endocytosis. Previous studies showed that cardiac Mdm2 expression is critical for controlling p53-dependent apoptosis during early embryonic development, but the role of Mdm2 in the developed adult heart is unknown. We aimed to identify if Mdm2 affects βAR signaling and cardiac function in adult mice. Using Mdm2/p53-KO mice, which survive for 9-12 months, we identified a critical and potentially novel role for Mdm2 in the adult mouse heart through its regulation of cardiac β1AR signaling. While baseline cardiac function was mostly similar in both Mdm2/p53-KO and wild-type (WT) mice, isoproterenol-induced cardiac contractility in Mdm2/p53-KO was significantly blunted compared with WT mice. Isoproterenol increased cAMP in left ventricles of WT but not of Mdm2/p53-KO mice. Additionally, while basal and forskolin-induced calcium handling in isolated Mdm2/p53-KO and WT cardiomyocytes were equivalent, isoproterenol-induced calcium handling in Mdm2/p53-KO was impaired. Mdm2/p53-KO hearts expressed 2-fold more GRK2 than WT. GRK2 polyubiquitination via lysine-48 linkages was significantly reduced in Mdm2/p53-KO hearts. Tamoxifen-inducible cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of Mdm2 in adult mice also led to a significant increase in GRK2, and resulted in severely impaired cardiac function, high mortality, and no detectable βAR responsiveness. Gene delivery of either Mdm2 or GRK2-CT in vivo using adeno-associated virus 9 (AAV9) effectively rescued β1AR-induced cardiac contractility in Mdm2/p53-KO. These findings reveal a critical p53-independent physiological role of Mdm2 in adult hearts, namely, regulation of GRK2-mediated desensitization of βAR signaling.

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JCI Insight

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2379-3708

Publication Date

September 7, 2017

Volume

2

Issue

17

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ubiquitination
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
  • Signal Transduction
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2
  • Phosphorylation
  • Myocytes, Cardiac
  • Myocardial Contraction
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Mice
 

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Jean-Charles, P.-Y., Yu, S.-W., Abraham, D., Kommaddi, R. P., Mao, L., Strachan, R. T., … Shenoy, S. K. (2017). Mdm2 regulates cardiac contractility by inhibiting GRK2-mediated desensitization of β-adrenergic receptor signaling. JCI Insight, 2(17). https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.95998
Jean-Charles, Pierre-Yves, Samuel Mon-Wei Yu, Dennis Abraham, Reddy Peera Kommaddi, Lan Mao, Ryan T. Strachan, Zhu-Shan Zhang, et al. “Mdm2 regulates cardiac contractility by inhibiting GRK2-mediated desensitization of β-adrenergic receptor signaling.JCI Insight 2, no. 17 (September 7, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.95998.
Jean-Charles P-Y, Yu SM-W, Abraham D, Kommaddi RP, Mao L, Strachan RT, et al. Mdm2 regulates cardiac contractility by inhibiting GRK2-mediated desensitization of β-adrenergic receptor signaling. JCI Insight. 2017 Sep 7;2(17).
Jean-Charles, Pierre-Yves, et al. “Mdm2 regulates cardiac contractility by inhibiting GRK2-mediated desensitization of β-adrenergic receptor signaling.JCI Insight, vol. 2, no. 17, Sept. 2017. Pubmed, doi:10.1172/jci.insight.95998.
Jean-Charles P-Y, Yu SM-W, Abraham D, Kommaddi RP, Mao L, Strachan RT, Zhang Z-S, Bowles DE, Brian L, Stiber JA, Jones SN, Koch WJ, Rockman HA, Shenoy SK. Mdm2 regulates cardiac contractility by inhibiting GRK2-mediated desensitization of β-adrenergic receptor signaling. JCI Insight. 2017 Sep 7;2(17).

Published In

JCI Insight

DOI

EISSN

2379-3708

Publication Date

September 7, 2017

Volume

2

Issue

17

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ubiquitination
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
  • Signal Transduction
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2
  • Phosphorylation
  • Myocytes, Cardiac
  • Myocardial Contraction
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Mice