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Soluble Adenylyl Cyclase as an Evolutionarily Conserved Bicarbonate Sensor
Yanqiu Chen,*Martin J. Cann,*Tatiana N. Litvin,Vadim Iourgenko,Meeghan L. Sinclair,Lonny R. Levin,Jochen Buck
Spermatozoa undergo a poorly understood activation
process induced by bicarbonate and mediated by cyclic adenosine
3',5'-monophosphate(cAMP). It has been assumed that bicarbonate
mediates its effectsthrough changes in intracellular pH or membrane
potential; however,we demonstrate here that bicarbonate directly
stimulates mammaliansoluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC) activity in vivo
and in vitro ina pH-independent manner. sAC is most similar to
adenylyl cyclasesfrom cyanobacteria, and bicarbonate regulation of
cyclase activityis conserved in these early forms of life. sAC is also
expressedin other bicarbonate-responsive tissues, which suggests that
bicarbonateregulation of cAMP signaling plays a fundamental role in
manybiological systems.
Department of Pharmacology, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical
College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.
*
These authors contributed equally to this work.
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