Decreased adenylate cyclase activity and expression of Gs alpha in human myocardium after orthotopic cardiac transplantation.

We studied several aspects of guanine nucleotide-stimulated adenylate cyclase function in patients after orthotopic cardiac transplantation. In 28 patients, adenylate cyclase activity was measured in endomyocardial biopsy samples obtained just before and at monthly intervals after cardiac transplantation. In biopsies obtained > or = 6 months after transplantation, basal adenylate cyclase activity was decreased by 67% (n = 12; P < .05), GTP gamma S-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity was decreased by 78% (n = 12; P < .05), Mn+2+forskolin-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity was decreased by 80% (n = 8; P < .05), and Mn+2-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity (a measure of activity of the catalytic subunit of adenylate cyclase) was decreased by 83% (n = 8, P < .05). Western blot analysis demonstrated that 6 months after cardiac transplantation, the level of Gs alpha protein was decreased by 61 +/- 12% (n = 8; P < .001). There was no change in the level of Gi alpha as assessed by pertussis toxin-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation (n = 4; P = NS). With the use of the quantitative polymerase chain reaction, a 50 +/- 10% (n = 6; P < .001) reduction in the steady-state level of Gs alpha mRNA was observed. There was no change in the level of mRNA for Gi-3 alpha. Thus, after orthotopic cardiac transplantation in humans, guanine nucleotide-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity is decreased in parallel with decreased levels of Gs alpha protein and mRNA.

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