PMID- 10025949 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990311 LR - 20190621 IS - 0014-5793 (Print) IS - 0014-5793 (Linking) VI - 443 IP - 3 DP - 1999 Jan 29 TI - AMP-activated protein kinase phosphorylation of endothelial NO synthase. PG - 285-9 AB - The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in rat skeletal and cardiac muscle is activated by vigorous exercise and ischaemic stress. Under these conditions AMPK phosphorylates and inhibits acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase causing increased oxidation of fatty acids. Here we show that AMPK co-immunoprecipitates with cardiac endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) and phosphorylates Ser-1177 in the presence of Ca2+-calmodulin (CaM) to activate eNOS both in vitro and during ischaemia in rat hearts. In the absence of Ca2+-calmodulin, AMPK also phosphorylates eNOS at Thr-495 in the CaM-binding sequence, resulting in inhibition of eNOS activity but Thr-495 phosphorylation is unchanged during ischaemia. Phosphorylation of eNOS by the AMPK in endothelial cells and myocytes provides a further regulatory link between metabolic stress and cardiovascular function. FAU - Chen, Z P AU - Chen ZP AD - St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, St. Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Vic., Australia. FAU - Mitchelhill, K I AU - Mitchelhill KI FAU - Michell, B J AU - Michell BJ FAU - Stapleton, D AU - Stapleton D FAU - Rodriguez-Crespo, I AU - Rodriguez-Crespo I FAU - Witters, L A AU - Witters LA FAU - Power, D A AU - Power DA FAU - Ortiz de Montellano, P R AU - Ortiz de Montellano PR FAU - Kemp, B E AU - Kemp BE LA - eng GR - DK35712/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - GM25515/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - England TA - FEBS Lett JT - FEBS letters JID - 0155157 RN - 0 (Calmodulin) RN - 0 (Multienzyme Complexes) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 2ZD004190S (Threonine) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nos3 protein, rat) RN - EC 2.7.- (Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.31 (AMP-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - AMP-Activated Protein Kinases MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Aorta MH - Calmodulin/metabolism MH - Cattle MH - Endothelium, Vascular/cytology/*enzymology MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Kinetics MH - Liver/enzymology MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Multienzyme Complexes/*metabolism MH - Myocardial Ischemia/enzymology MH - Myocardium/enzymology MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase/*metabolism MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III MH - Phosphorylation MH - Precipitin Tests MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - *Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases MH - Rats MH - Recombinant Proteins/metabolism MH - Serine/metabolism MH - Threonine/metabolism EDAT- 1999/02/20 00:00 MHDA- 1999/02/20 00:01 CRDT- 1999/02/20 00:00 PHST- 1999/02/20 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/02/20 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/02/20 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0014-5793(98)01705-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01705-0 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FEBS Lett. 1999 Jan 29;443(3):285-9. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01705-0.