Cyclic AMP is a ubiquitous second messenger that coordinates diverse cellular functions. Current methods for measuring cAMP lack both temporal and spatial resolution, leading to the pervasive notion that, unlike Ca(2+), cAMP signals are simple and contain little information. Here we show the development of adenovirus-expressed cyclic nucleotide-gated channels as sensors for cAMP. Homomultimeric...

Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)-C receptor activation has been shown to inhibit adenylyl cyclase (AC) activity as well as to stimulate phospholipase C (PLC) signaling pathways. The present studies were undertaken to investigate whether ANP-C receptor-mediated decreased cAMP levels contribute to the activation of PLC signaling. C-ANP(4-23) [des(Gln(18),Ser(19), Glu(20),Leu(21),Gly(22))ANP(4-23)...

Li Y, Lappas G, Anand-Srivastava MB. Role of oxidative stress in angiotensin II-induced enhanced expression of Gi proteins and adenylyl cyclase signaling in A10 vascular smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 292: H1922–H1930, 2007. First published December 8, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01166.2006.—We have previously reported that angiotensin II (ANG II) treatment of A10 vascular ...

OBJECTIVE We have recently shown a decreased expression of Gialpha proteins and associated functions in aorta from short term (5 days) streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Since hyperglycemia is one of the underlying causes of diabetes-induced cardiovascular complications, it was of interest to examine if hyperglycemia may play a direct role in down regulating the expression of Gialpha in vasc...

The vertebrate olfactory bulb is a remarkably organized neuronal structure, in which hundreds of functionally different sensory inputs are organized into a highly stereotyped topographical map. How this wiring is achieved is not yet understood. Here, we show that the olfactory bulb topographical map is modified in adenylyl cyclase 3 (adenylate cyclase 3)-deficient mice. In these mutants, axonal...

BACKGROUND Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), a process routinely used during cardiac surgery, is a potent stimulant to the release of endogenous catecholamines. Hence, we tested the hypothesis that CPB results in myocardial beta-adrenergic receptor (beta AR) desensitization. METHODS AND RESULTS We obtained canine transmyocardial left ventricular biopsies before, during (155 minutes), and after CP...

The concept that a guanosine triphosphate (GTP) binding protein (or G protein) is a transducer of receptor-to-effector signal transduction was formulated in the 1970s for hormonedependent adenylyl cyclase. It has been shown that binding of the hormone to the receptor triggers exchange of guanosine diphosphate (GDP) for GTP on the G protein, thereby converting the G protein from the inactive con...

Both the cAMP and the phosphoinositide (PI) second messenger systems have been implicated in olfactory signal transduction. We have developed a primary culture system of mammalian olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs; Ronnett et al., 1991a) to permit analysis of odorant-induced second messenger system activation in the intact ORN. The ability of a series of odorants to stimulate PI turnover and ade...