Calcineurin feedback inhibition of agonist-evoked cAMP formation.
F A Antoni, R J Barnard, M J Shipston, S M Smith, J Simpson, J M Paterson
Index: J. Biol. Chem. 270 , 28055-28061, (1995)
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Abstract
The effects of immunosuppressant blockers of calcineurin (protein phosphatase 2B) on cAMP formation and hormone release were investigated in mouse pituitary tumor (AtT20) cells. Immunosuppressants enhanced corticotropin-releasing factor- and isoproterenol-evoked cAMP production in proportion with their potency to block calcineurin. Further analysis of cAMP production revealed that intracellular Ca2+ derived through voltage-regulated calcium channels reduces cAMP formation induced by corticotropin releasing-factor or beta 2-adrenergic stimulation and that this effect of Ca2+ is inhibited by blockers of calcineurin. AtT20 cells were found to express at least three species of adenylyl cyclase mRNA-encoding types 1 and 6 as well as a novel isotype, which appeared to be the predominant species. In two cell lines expressing very low or undetectable levels of the novel cyclase mRNA (NCB20 and HEK293 cells respectively), corticotropin-releasing factor-induced cAMP formation was not altered upon blockage of calcineurin activity. These data identify calcineurin as a Ca2+ sensor that mediates the negative feedback effect of intracellular Ca2+ on receptor-stimulated cAMP production. Furthermore, the effect of calcineurin on cAMP synthesis appears to be associated with the expression of a novel adenylyl cyclase isotype, which is highly abundant in AtT20 cells.
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