| First Author | Heinick A | Year | 2015 |
| Journal | FASEB J | Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 9 | Pages | 3773-87 |
| PubMed ID | 26023182 | Mgi Jnum | J:225532 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:5693475 | Doi | 10.1096/fj.14-269837 |
| Citation | Heinick A, et al. (2015) Annexin A4 is a novel direct regulator of adenylyl cyclase type 5. FASEB J 29(9):3773-87 |
| abstractText | Annexin A4 (AnxA4), a Ca(2+)- and phospholipid-binding protein, is up-regulated in the human failing heart. In this study, we examined the impact of AnxA4 on beta-adrenoceptor (beta-AR)/cAMP-dependent signal transduction. Expression of murine AnxA4 in human embryonic kidney (HEK)293 cells dose-dependently inhibited cAMP levels after direct stimulation of adenylyl cyclases (ACs) with forskolin (FSK), as determined with an exchange protein activated by cAMP-Forster resonance energy transfer (EPAC-FRET) sensor and an ELISA (control vs. +AnxA4: 1956 +/- 162 vs. 1304 +/- 185 fmol/microg protein; n = 8). Disruption of the anxA4 gene led to a consistent increase in intracellular cAMP levels in isolated adult mouse cardiomyocytes, with heart-directed expression of the EPAC-FRET sensor, stimulated with FSK, and as determined by ELISA, also in mouse cardiomyocytes stimulated with the beta-AR agonist isoproterenol (ISO) (anxA4a(+/+) vs. anxA4a(-/-): 5.1 +/- 0.3 vs. 6.7 +/- 0.6 fmol/microg protein) or FSK (anxA4a(+/+) vs. anxA4a(-/-): 1891 +/- 238 vs. 2796 +/- 343 fmol/microg protein; n = 9-10). Coimmunoprecipitation experiments in HEK293 cells revealed a direct interaction of murine AnxA4 with human membrane-bound AC type 5 (AC5). As a functional consequence of AnxA4-mediated AC inhibition, AnxA4 inhibited the FSK-induced transcriptional activation mediated by the cAMP response element (CRE) in reporter gene studies (10-fold vs. control; n = 4 transfections) and reduced the FSK-induced phosphorylation of the CRE-binding protein (CREB) measured on Western blots (control vs. +AnxA4: 150 +/- 17% vs. 105 +/- 10%; n = 6) and by the use of the indicator of CREB activation caused by phosphorylation (ICAP)-FRET sensor, indicating CREB phosphorylation. Inactivation of AnxA4 in anxA4a(-/-) mice was associated with an increased cardiac response to beta-AR stimulation. Together, these results suggest that AnxA4 is a novel direct negative regulator of AC5, adding a new facet to the functions of annexins.-Heinick, A., Husser, X., Himmler, K., Kirchhefer, U., Nunes, F., Schulte, J. S., Seidl, M. D., Rolfes, C., Dedman, J. R., Kaetzel, M. A., Gerke, V., Schmitz, W., Muller, F. U. Annexin A4 is a novel direct regulator of adenylyl cyclase type 5. |
