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. 2005 Nov 21;525(1-3):18-23.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.09.057. Epub 2005 Nov 17.

Okadaic acid increases the phosphorylation state of alpha1A-adrenoceptors and induces receptor desensitization

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Okadaic acid increases the phosphorylation state of alpha1A-adrenoceptors and induces receptor desensitization

Rocío Alcántara-Hernández et al. Eur J Pharmacol. .

Abstract

Okadaic acid, a protein phosphatase inhibitor, and phorbol myristate acetate, an activator of protein kinase C, increased the phosphorylation state of alpha1A-adrenergic receptors. The effects of these agents were of similar magnitude but that of okadaic acid developed more slowly. Wortmannin (inhibitor of phosphoinositide 3-kinase), but not staurosporine (inhibitor of protein kinase C), abolished the effect of okadaic acid on the alpha1A-adrenoceptor phosphorylation state. The effect of phorbol myristate acetate on this parameter was blocked by staurosporine and only partially inhibited by wortmannin. Okadaic acid markedly increased the co-immunoprecipitation of both the catalytic and regulatory subunits of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and of Akt/protein kinase B with the adrenoceptor and only marginally increases receptor association with protein kinase C epsilon. Okadaic acid induced desensitization of alpha1A-adrenoceptors as evidenced by a decreased ability of noradrenaline to increase intracellular calcium. Such desensitization was fully reverted by wortmannin. Our data indicate that inhibition of serine/threonine protein phosphatases increases the phosphorylation state of alpha1A-adrenergic receptor and alters the adrenoceptor function.

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