AKAP signaling islands: venues for precision pharmacology

MH Omar, JD Scott - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Regulatory enzymes often have different roles in distinct subcellular compartments. Yet,
most drugs indiscriminately saturate the cell. Thus, subcellular drug-delivery holds promise …

Physiological roles of mammalian transmembrane adenylyl cyclase isoforms

KF Ostrom, JE LaVigne, TF Brust… - Physiological …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Adenylyl cyclases (ACs) catalyze the conversion of ATP to the ubiquitous second
messenger cAMP. Mammals possess nine isoforms of transmembrane ACs, dubbed AC1–9 …

Nanodomain cAMP signalling in cardiac pathophysiology: potential for developing targeted therapeutic interventions.

M Zaccolo, D Kovanich - Physiological reviews, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
3', 5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) mediates the effects of sympathetic
stimulation on the rate and strength of cardiac contraction. Beyond this pivotal role, in …

Cardiac cAMP-PKA signaling compartmentalization in myocardial infarction

AS Colombe, G Pidoux - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Under physiological conditions, cAMP signaling plays a key role in the regulation of cardiac
function. Activation of this intracellular signaling pathway mirrors cardiomyocyte adaptation …

Structural basis of adenylyl cyclase 9 activation

C Qi, P Lavriha, V Mehta, B Khanppnavar… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Adenylyl cyclase 9 (AC9) is a membrane-bound enzyme that converts ATP into
cAMP. The enzyme is weakly activated by forskolin, fully activated by the G protein Gαs …

Artificial enzymes bringing together computational design and directed evolution

B de Pina Mariz, S Carvalho, IL Batalha… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Enzymes are proteins that catalyse chemical reactions and, as such, have been widely used
to facilitate a variety of natural and industrial processes, dating back to ancient times. In fact …

Compartmentalized cAMP signaling in cardiac ventricular myocytes

SR Agarwal, RT Sherpa, KS Moshal, RD Harvey - Cellular signalling, 2022 - Elsevier
Activation of different receptors that act by generating the common second messenger cyclic
adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) can elicit distinct functional responses in cardiac …

Compartmentalized cAMP signalling and control of cardiac rhythm

J Tomek, M Zaccolo - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In the last 30 years, the field of cyclic adenosine 3′, 5′-monophosphate (cAMP) signalling
has witnessed a transformative development with the realization that cAMP is …

Modulation of NOX2 causes obesity-mediated atrial fibrillation

A Sridhar, J DeSantiago, H Chen, MA Pavel, O Ly… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
Obesity is linked to an increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) via increased oxidative stress.
While NADPH oxidase 2 (NOX2), a major source of oxidative stress and reactive oxygen …

POPDC1 scaffolds a complex of adenylyl cyclase 9 and the potassium channel TREK‐1 in heart

TA Baldwin, Y Li, AN Marsden, S Rinné… - EMBO …, 2022 - embopress.org
The establishment of macromolecular complexes by scaffolding proteins is key to the local
production of cAMP by anchored adenylyl cyclase (AC) and the subsequent cAMP signaling …