Type I PKA regulatory subunit alpha (RIα; encoded by the Prkar1a gene) serves as the predominant inhibitor protein of the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKAc). However, recent evidence suggests that PKA signaling can be initiated by cAMP-independent events, especially within the context of cellular oxidative stress such as ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. We determined whether RIα is actively involved in the regulation of PKA activity via Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) dependent mechanisms during I/R stress in the heart. Induction of global I/R injury in mouse hearts selectively down-regulated RIα protein expression, whereas RII subunit expression appears to remain unaltered. Cardiac myocyte cell culture models were used to determine that oxidant stimulus (i.e. HO) alone is sufficient to induce RIα protein down-regulation. Transient increase of RIα expression (via adenoviral overexpression) negatively affects cell survival and function upon oxidative stress as measured by increased induction of apoptosis and decreased mitochondrial respiration. Furthermore, analysis of mitochondrial subcellular fractions in heart tissue showed that PKA associated proteins are enriched in subsarcolemmal mitochondria (SSM) fractions, and that loss of RIα is most pronounced at SSM upon I/R injury. These data were supported via electron microscopy in AKAP1-KO mice, where loss of AKAP1 expression leads to aberrant mitochondrial morphology manifested in SSM but not interfibrillar mitochondria (IFM). Thus, we conclude that modification of RIα via ROS-dependent mechanisms induced by I/R injury has the potential to sensitize PKA signaling in the cell without the direct use of the canonical cAMP-dependent activation pathway.
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Name: American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology
ISSN: 1522-1539
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