The interaction of estrogen receptor α and caveolin-3 regulates connexin43 phosphorylation in metabolic inhibition-treated rat cardiomyocytes |
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Authors: | Tun-Hui Chung Seu-Mei Wang Jyun-Yan Liang Shih-Hung Yang Jiahn-Chun Wu |
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Institution: | aDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 1-1 Jen-Ai Road, Taipei 10051, Taiwan;bDepartment of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospitals, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 10002, Taiwan |
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Abstract: | Caveolin-3, the major caveolin isoform in cardiomyocytes, plays an important role in the rapid signaling pathways initiated by stimulation of the membrane-associated molecules. To examine the role of caveolin-3 in regulating estrogen receptor α in cardiomyocytes, we investigate whether the membrane estrogen receptor α associates with caveolin-3 and whether this association is linked to the 17β-estradiol-mediated signals. In control cardiomyocytes, following discontinuous sucrose gradient centrifugation, caveolin-3 was found predominantly in the lipid raft buoyant fractions, whereas it was distributed to both the buoyant and non-lipid raft heavy fractions following metabolic inhibition treatment. Confocal microscopy showed that estrogen receptor α co-localized with caveolin-3 on the plasma membrane of neonatal and adult rat cardiomyocytes. This membrane labeling of estrogen receptor α was not seen following treatment with the cholesterol-depleting agent methyl-β-cyclodextrin (5 mM), whereas metabolic inhibition had little effect on the membrane distribution of estrogen receptor α. Metabolic inhibition induced tyrosine phosphorylation of caveolin-3 and decreased its association with estrogen receptor α, both effects being mediated via a Src activation mechanism, since they were inhibited by the selective tyrosine kinase inhibitor PP2. Metabolic inhibition also induced tyrosine phosphorylation of connexin43 and increased its association with c-Src, both effects being prevented by 17β-estradiol (200 nM). The effect of 17β-estradiol on metabolic inhibition-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of connexin43 was inhibited by the specific estrogen receptor antagonist ICI182780. These data identify cardiac caveolin-3 as juxtamembrane scaffolding for estrogen receptor α docking at caveolae, which provide a unique compartment for conveying 17β-estradiol-elicited, rapid signaling to regulate connexin43 phosphorylation during ischemia. |
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Keywords: | Caveolin-3 Lipid raft 17β -estradiol Connexin43 c-Src |
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