Cyclic nucleotide signaling and pacemaker activity. (November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mika, Delphine; Fischmeister, Rodolphe
• Is Part Of: Progress in biophysics and molecular biology. Volume 166(2021)
• Page Start: 29
• Page End: 38
• Publication Date: 2021-11
• Subjects: Pacemaker -- Phosphodiesterases -- PDEs -- Cyclic nucleotides -- Heart rate; Biophysics -- Periodicals; Biochemistry -- Periodicals; Biophysics -- Periodicals; Molecular Biology -- Periodicals; Biophysique -- Périodiques; Biochimie -- Périodiques; 571.4
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2021.07.007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0079-6107

Abstract

Abstract: The sinoatrial node (SAN) is the natural pacemaker of the heart, producing the electrical impulse that initiates every heart beat. Its activity is tightly controlled by the autonomic nervous system, and by circulating and locally released factors. Neurohumoral regulation of heart rate plays a crucial role in the integration of vital functions and influences behavior and ability to respond to changing environmental conditions. At the cellular level, modulation of SAN activity occurs through intracellular signaling pathways involving cyclic nucleotides: cyclic AMP (cAMP) and cyclic GMP (cGMP). In this Review, dedicated to Professor Dario DiFrancesco and his accomplishements in the field of cardiac pacemaking, we summarize all findings on the role of cyclic nucleotides signaling in regulating the key actors of cardiac automatism, and we provide an up-to-date review on cAMP- and cGMP-phosphodiesterases (PDEs), compellingly involved in this modulation.