PMID- 10559391 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19991202 LR - 20191023 IS - 1529-2401 (Electronic) IS - 0270-6474 (Print) IS - 0270-6474 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 22 DP - 1999 Nov 15 TI - Protection from oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in cortical neuronal cultures by iron chelators is associated with enhanced DNA binding of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 and ATF-1/CREB and increased expression of glycolytic enzymes, p21(waf1/cip1), and erythropoietin. PG - 9821-30 AB - Iron chelators are pluripotent neuronal antiapoptotic agents that have been shown to enhance metabolic recovery in cerebral ischemia models. The precise mechanism(s) by which these agents exert their effects remains unclear. Recent studies have demonstrated that iron chelators activate a hypoxia signal transduction pathway in non-neuronal cells that culminates in the stabilization of the transcriptional activator hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) and increased expression of gene products that mediate hypoxic adaptation. We examined the hypothesis that iron chelators prevent oxidative stress-induced death in cortical neuronal cultures by inducing expression of HIF-1 and its target genes. We report that the structurally distinct iron chelators deferoxamine mesylate and mimosine prevent apoptosis induced by glutathione depletion and oxidative stress in embryonic cortical neuronal cultures. The protective effects of iron chelators are correlated with their ability to enhance DNA binding of HIF-1 and activating transcription factor 1(ATF-1)/cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) to the hypoxia response element in cortical cultures and the H19-7 hippocampal neuronal cell line. We show that mRNA, protein, and/or activity levels for genes whose expression is known to be regulated by HIF-1, including glycolytic enzymes, p21(waf1/cip1), and erythropoietin, are increased in cortical neuronal cultures in response to iron chelator treatment. Finally, we demonstrate that cobalt chloride, which also activates HIF-1 and ATF-1/CREB in cortical cultures, also prevents oxidative stress-induced death in these cells. Altogether, these results suggest that iron chelators exert their neuroprotective effects, in part, by activating a signal transduction pathway leading to increased expression of genes known to compensate for hypoxic or oxidative stress. FAU - Zaman, K AU - Zaman K AD - Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. FAU - Ryu, H AU - Ryu H FAU - Hall, D AU - Hall D FAU - O'Donovan, K AU - O'Donovan K FAU - Lin, K I AU - Lin KI FAU - Miller, M P AU - Miller MP FAU - Marquis, J C AU - Marquis JC FAU - Baraban, J M AU - Baraban JM FAU - Semenza, G L AU - Semenza GL FAU - Ratan, R R AU - Ratan RR LA - eng GR - K08 NS01951/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS39170/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R29 NS34943/NS/NINDS 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 - United States TA - J Neurosci JT - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience JID - 8102140 RN - 0 (Activating Transcription Factor 1) RN - 0 (Cdkn1a protein, rat) RN - 0 (Chelating Agents) RN - 0 (Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein) RN - 0 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21) RN - 0 (Cyclins) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Hif1a protein, rat) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Neuroprotective Agents) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 11096-26-7 (Erythropoietin) RN - 3G0H8C9362 (Cobalt) RN - 500-44-7 (Mimosine) RN - EC 1.1.1.27 (L-Lactate Dehydrogenase) RN - EC 4.1.2.13 (Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase) RN - EVS87XF13W (cobaltous chloride) RN - GAN16C9B8O (Glutathione) RN - J06Y7MXW4D (Deferoxamine) SB - IM MH - Activating Transcription Factor 1 MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/drug effects/*physiology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cerebral Cortex/*cytology/*physiology MH - Chelating Agents/pharmacology MH - Cobalt/pharmacology MH - Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/*pharmacology MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21 MH - Cyclins/*genetics MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism MH - Deferoxamine/*pharmacology MH - Enzyme Induction/drug effects MH - Erythropoietin/*genetics MH - Fetus MH - Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase/biosynthesis/genetics MH - *Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Glutathione/metabolism MH - Glycolysis MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit MH - L-Lactate Dehydrogenase/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Mimosine/pharmacology MH - Neurons/*cytology/drug effects/*physiology MH - Neuroprotective Agents MH - Nuclear Proteins/*metabolism MH - Oxidative Stress/*physiology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Transcription Factors/*metabolism PMC - PMC6782985 EDAT- 1999/11/13 00:00 MHDA- 1999/11/13 00:01 PMCR- 2000/05/15 CRDT- 1999/11/13 00:00 PHST- 1999/11/13 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/11/13 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/11/13 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 2000/05/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 3618 [pii] AID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.19-22-09821.1999 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci. 1999 Nov 15;19(22):9821-30. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.19-22-09821.1999.