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J. Cell Biol. 183 (2): 297-311

Copyright © 2008 by the Rockefeller University Press.

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Selective coupling of type 6 adenylyl cyclase with type 2 IP3 receptors mediates direct sensitization of IP3 receptors by cAMP

Stephen C. Tovey, Skarlatos G. Dedos, Emily J.A. Taylor, Jarrod E. Church, , and Colin W. Taylor

Department of Pharmacology, Univesrsity of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PD, England, UK

Correspondence to Colin W. Taylor: cwt1000{at}cam.ac.uk

Abstract: Interactions between cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and Ca2+ are widespread, and for both intracellular messengers, their spatial organization is important. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) stimulates formation of cAMP and sensitizes inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3R) to IP3. We show that PTH communicates with IP3R via "cAMP junctions" that allow local delivery of a supramaximal concentration of cAMP to IP3R, directly increasing their sensitivity to IP3. These junctions are robust binary switches that are digitally recruited by increasing concentrations of PTH. Human embryonic kidney cells express several isoforms of adenylyl cyclase (AC) and IP3R, but IP3R2 and AC6 are specifically associated, and inhibition of AC6 or IP3R2 expression by small interfering RNA selectively attenuates potentiation of Ca2+ signals by PTH. We define two modes of cAMP signaling: binary, where cAMP passes directly from AC6 to IP3R2; and analogue, where local gradients of cAMP concentration regulate cAMP effectors more remote from AC. Binary signaling requires localized delivery of cAMP, whereas analogue signaling is more dependent on localized cAMP degradation.

S.C. Tovey, S.G. Dedos, and E.J.A. Taylor contributed equally to this paper.

Abbreviations used in this paper: AC, adenylyl cyclase; AKAP, A kinase–anchoring protein; CCh, carbachol; CNGC, cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channel; DDA, 2',5'-dideoxyadenosine; epac, exchange protein activated by cAMP; FK, forskolin; HBS, Hepes-buffered saline; HEK, human embryonic kidney; HEK-PR1, HEK cells stably expressing human type I PTH receptors; IBMX, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine; IP, immunoprecipitation; IP3, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate; IP3R, IP3 receptor; PDE, phosphodiesterase; PGE1, prostaglandin E1; PKA, protein kinase A; PTH, parathyroid hormone; QPCR, quantitative PCR; RpcAMPS, adenosine 3',5'-cyclic phosphorothioate-Rp; SERCA, SR/ER Ca2+-ATPase; SQ 22536, 9-(tetrahydro-2'-furyl)adenine; SR, sarcoplasmic reticulum; WB, Western blot.

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