Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of the AT1 receptor is a viable strategy for studying angiotensin II signal transduction and hypertrophic growth in cardiac myocytes.
Establishes adenoviral AT1 overexpression as a tool for myocyte signaling studies; leaves open translation to human disease models.
Low levels of AT1 receptor can make studying the growth-related signal transduction events mediated by this angiotensin II receptor in cardiac myocytes technically difficult. The purpose of the present study was to establish whether an adenovirus expression system could be used to increase the number of plasma membrane AT1 receptors in neonatal rat ventricular myocytes, thereby amplifying the signaling pathways activated by this receptor. Cardiac myocytes infected with adenovirus expressing the AT1 receptor exhibited increased ligand binding. The overexpressed receptor appeared to function like the endogenous receptor, in regard to agonist-induced internalization, as well as coupling to MAPK activation and protein tyrosine phosphorylation events. In addition, adenovirus-mediated overexpression of the AT1 receptor resulted in the amplification of angiotensin II intracellular signaling. In conclusion, adenovirus-mediated overexpression of angiotensin II receptors appears to be a useful strategy for studying the signal transduction events activated by this hormone in cardiac myocytes and for unraveling the molecular means by which this receptor type couples to a hypertrophic pattern of growth and gene expression.
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