The working mechanism of adrenergic receptor

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as I know the second messenger of adrenergic β receptor is the "Gs system"which cause adenylate cyclase activated, cAMP up
my question is that:
β1 receptor on the heart has the effect of muscle contraction
but
β2 receptor on the vessel of skeletal muscle will cause vessel dilation(by relaxing smooth muscle),and bronchodilation(smooth muscle relaxing)

both β receptor are working through the Gs but β1 receptor will make the muscle contraction and β2 receptor will cause the muscle relaxing, what's the mechanism makes the different effect on muscle?
 
as I know the second messenger of adrenergic β receptor is the "Gs system"which cause adenylate cyclase activated, cAMP up
my question is that:
β1 receptor on the heart has the effect of muscle contraction
but
β2 receptor on the vessel of skeletal muscle will cause vessel dilation(by relaxing smooth muscle),and bronchodilation(smooth muscle relaxing)

both β receptor are working through the Gs but β1 receptor will make the muscle contraction and β2 receptor will cause the muscle relaxing, what's the mechanism makes the different effect on muscle?

Think about the cell type that is expressing the receptors. Not all muscle is created equal and activation of PKA does different things in different places. 😉
 
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It's interesting that we are taught all this reductive pharmacological theory, yet no one has ever given a convincing explanation of why beta blockers work in heart failure.
 
To ucladoc2b:thank you for your answering, it helps me a lot🙂
To Asp:I was curiosity to that issue too, would you have good explain for it?