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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 257: C948-C956, 1989;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 257, Issue 5 C948-C956, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Hyperthyroid adult rat cardiomyocytes. I. Nucleotide content, beta- and alpha-adrenoreceptors, and cAMP production

C. M. Hohl, S. Wetzel, R. H. Fertel, D. K. Wimsatt, G. P. Brierley and R. A. Altschuld
Department of Physiological Chemistry, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus 43210.

Ventricular myocytes isolated from the hypertrophied hearts of thyrotoxic adult rats have an increase in mean protein content per myocyte (6.3 +/- 0.2 vs. 4.4 +/- 0.2 ng) compared with euthyroid cells. Viability and adenine nucleotide profiles are similar in both populations, but NAD content of the hyperthyroid myocytes is depressed (4.9 +/- 0.2 vs. 5.5 +/- 0.2 nmol/mg for controls) and UTP is higher (1.2 +/- 0.09 vs. 0.9 +/- 0.04 nmol/mg). Binding of (-)-[125I]iodocyanopindolol to intact hyperthyroid myocytes is increased by 42% compared with controls, with no change in the dissociation constant (Kd). This elevation in beta-receptor number is correlated to enhanced beta-agonist-induced adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) production. The half-maximal effective concentration (EC50) for the euthyroid isoproterenol dose-response curve is 2.14 x 10(-7) M but is decreased to 2.51 x 10(-8) M in hyperthyroid cardiac cells. Basal adenylate cyclase activity is apparently not affected by thyroid hormones, since basal cAMP levels for both groups are identical (5 pmol/mg) and both rise roughly twofold in the presence of a phosphodiesterase inhibitor. Forskolin-induced cAMP production and cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase activity are similar as well. In contrast to beta-adrenergic response, there are no significant differences in alpha 1-antagonist [3H]prazosin binding parameters between hyperthyroid and euthyroid cardiomyocytes.


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