PMID- 11424089 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20010809 LR - 20171116 IS - 0021-9541 (Print) IS - 0021-9541 (Linking) VI - 188 IP - 2 DP - 2001 Aug TI - Role of protein kinase Cdelta in transmitting hypoxia signal to HSF and HIF-1. PG - 223-35 AB - An hypoxic microenvironment is an important modulator of gene expression in many pathophysiological conditions. In this study, we show a coordinate activation of heat shock transcription factor (HSF) and hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) in RIF tumor cells by hypoxia. Since heat shock protein (hsp) and angiogenic factor genes that are regulated by HSF and HIF-1 are thought to contribute to the malignant progression of hypoxic tumor cells, it was of our major interest to identify the components that are responsible for the activation of both HSF and HIF-1. Our finding that a bioflavonoid quercetin (QCT), a well known inhibitor of hsp gene expression, significantly inhibited the transcriptional activation of HSF and HIF-1 strongly suggests that QCT-sensitive molecule(s) is involved in the transcriptional activation of HSF and HIF-1 by hypoxia. Our results revealed that PCKalpha, delta and epsilon isoforms are expressed in RIF cells, but only PKCdelta was specifically translocated to the membrane by hypoxia. Our results also revealed that the translocation of PKCdelta was completely abrogated by QCT. Moreover, inhibiting the PKCdelta activation, either pharmacologically with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate or with bisindolymaleimide II or genetically by transient transfection of a dominant negative PKCdelta, significantly inhibited the transcriptional activation of HSF and HIF-1 by hypoxia. These results strongly substantiate a view that the PKCdelta isozyme is the QCT-sensitive molecule that plays an important role in transmitting hypoxia signals to both HSF and HIF-1. Here we show that the membrane translocation of PKCdelta is dependent on the activation of phosphoinositol 3-kinase (PI3K). Treatment with PI3K inhibitor, wortmannin or LY294002, abrogated not only PKCdelta translocation but the subsequent transcriptional activation of HSF and HIF-1 by hypoxia. Together, our study shows that the PKCdelta isozyme acts as a shared component in transmitting hypoxia-induced signals to both HSF and HIF-1, and that the upstream regulator of PKCdelta is PI3K. CI - Copyright 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc. FAU - Baek, S H AU - Baek SH AD - Department of Biology, University of Incheon, Korea. FAU - Lee, U Y AU - Lee UY FAU - Park, E M AU - Park EM FAU - Han, M Y AU - Han MY FAU - Lee, Y S AU - Lee YS FAU - Park, Y M AU - Park YM LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Cell Physiol JT - Journal of cellular physiology JID - 0050222 RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (HIF1A protein, human) RN - 0 (Heat Shock Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Isoenzymes) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 9IKM0I5T1E (Quercetin) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (PRKCD protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C-delta) SB - IM MH - Cell Hypoxia/physiology MH - Cell Membrane/enzymology MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Fibrosarcoma MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Heat Shock Transcription Factors MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia/*metabolism MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit MH - Isoenzymes/genetics/*metabolism MH - Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced MH - Nuclear Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - Protein Kinase C/genetics/*metabolism MH - Protein Kinase C-delta MH - Quercetin/pharmacology MH - RNA, Messenger/analysis MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects/*physiology MH - *Transcription Factors MH - Transcriptional Activation/drug effects/physiology MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured EDAT- 2001/06/26 10:00 MHDA- 2001/08/10 10:01 CRDT- 2001/06/26 10:00 PHST- 2001/06/26 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/08/10 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/06/26 10:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jcp.1117 [pii] AID - 10.1002/jcp.1117 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Physiol. 2001 Aug;188(2):223-35. doi: 10.1002/jcp.1117.