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Adrenoceptors (ARs), members of the G proteincoupledreceptor superfamily, form the interface between the sympatheticnervous system and the cardiovascular system, with integralroles in the rapid regulation of myocardial function. However,in heart failure, chronic catecholamine stimulation of adrenoceptorshas been linked to pathologic cardiac remodeling, includingmyocyte apoptosis and hypertrophy. In cardiac myocytes, activationof AR subtypes results in coupling to different G proteins andinduction of specific signaling pathways, which is partly regulatedby the subtype-specific distribution of receptors in plasmamembrane compartments containing distinct complexes of signalingmolecules. The Connections Maps of the Adrenergic and MyocyteAdrenergic Signaling Pathways bring into focus the specificsignaling pathways of individual AR subtypes and their relevantfunctions in vivo.
Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed: kobilka{at}stanford.edu
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