PMID: 8594894Dec 1, 1995Paper

Differential regulation of G protein expression in rat hearts exposed to chronic hypoxia

The American Journal of Physiology
R KacimiB Crozatier

Abstract

Chronic hypoxia impairs adrenergic responsiveness. A modulation of Gs and/or G1 protein alpha-subunits may be associated with the downregulation of the beta-adrenergic receptors previously found in chronic hypoxia. G protein gene expression and protein level and function in rat hearts exposed to a 30-day hypobaric chronic hypoxia were compared with control rat hearts. No change was observed in G alpha s mRNA levels in either right or left ventricles. In right ventricles, mRNA levels of G alpha i-2 increased by 40% (P < 0.05), but not in left ventricles. In both left and right ventricles, chronic hypoxia did not modify G alpha i-2 and G alpha s protein amounts, but significantly decreased functional activity of G alpha s. In conclusion, gene expression, protein levels of G alpha s and G alpha i-2, and activity of G alpha s do not change in parallel fashion with chronic hypoxia. In chronic hypoxic right ventricles, although the mRNA level of G alpha i-2 is increased, the protein level is unchanged. One potential mechanism of desensitization to catecholamines in chronic hypoxia appears to involve a decreased functional activity of G alpha s in spite of normal mRNA and protein levels.

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