Bmx, a member of the Tec family of nonreceptor tyrosine kinases, is a novel participant in pharmacological cardioprotection |
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Authors: | Zhang Jun Ping Peipei Wang Guang-Wu Lu Ming Pantaleon Dawn Tang Xian-Liang Bolli Roberto Vondriska Thomas M |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, Suite 1619 MRL Bldg., 675 Charles E. Young Dr., David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. |
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Abstract: | Previous studies have indicated that PKC-epsilon is a central regulator of protective signal transduction in the heart. However, the signaling modules through which PKC-epsilon exerts its protective effects have only begun to be understood. We have identified a novel participant in the PKC-epsilon signaling system in cardioprotection, the nonreceptor tyrosine kinase Bmx. Functional proteomic analyses of PKC-epsilon signaling complexes identified Bmx as a member of these complexes. Subsequent studies in rabbits have indicated that Bmx is activated by nitric oxide (NO) in the heart, concomitant with the late phase of NO donor-induced protection, and provide the first analysis of Bmx expression/distribution in the setting of cardioprotection. In addition, increased expression of Bmx induced by NO donors was blocked by the same mechanism that blocked cardioprotection: inhibition of PKC with chelerythrine. These findings indicate that a novel type of PKC-tyrosine kinase module (involving Bmx) is formed in the heart and may be involved in pharmacological cardioprotection by NO donors. |
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