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Real-time Monitoring of the PDE2 Activity of Live Cells

2004; Elsevier BV; Volume: 280; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1074/jbc.c400505200

1083-351X

Viacheslav O. Nikolaev, Stepan Gambaryan, Stefan Engelhardt, Ulrich Walter, Martin J. Lohse,

Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling

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.