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Real-time monitoring of the PDE2 activity of live cells: hormone-stimulated cAMP hydrolysis is faster than hormone-stimulated cAMP synthesis

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J Biol Chem, 280 (3): 1716-9 (January 2005)Nikolaev, Viacheslav O Gambaryan, Stepan Engelhardt, Stefan Walter, Ulrich Lohse, Martin J Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't United States The Journal of biological chemistry J Biol Chem. 2005 Jan 21;280(3):1716-9. Epub 2004 Nov 22..

Abstract

Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) are the enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of cAMP and cGMP, thereby restricting the activity of these second messengers in cells. A unique ability to shape gradients of cyclic nucleotides and compartmentalize their signaling implies a high potency and a rapid action of PDEs. However, it has not been demonstrated how fast PDEs can hydrolyze cAMP in a living system. Here we perform a real-time monitoring of PDE2 activity in aldosterone-producing adrenal cells using a recently developed genetically encoded, fluorescent cAMP sensor, which reveals enormously rapid kinetics of cAMP degradation. Activation of PDE2 results in a rapid decrease of intracellular cAMP from high micromolar to the sub-micromolar range within a few seconds. Moreover, the kinetics of atrial natriuretic peptide-stimulated PDE2 activity (measured as decline of cAMP) are much faster than the speed of ACTH and isoprenaline-induced cAMP-synthesis (measured as cAMP accumulation) in the cells, revealing high catalytic activity and fast action of PDEs in regulating cAMP signaling in a physiological system.

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