PMID- 15489957 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20041201 LR - 20240314 IS - 0021-9738 (Print) IS - 0021-9738 (Linking) VI - 114 IP - 8 DP - 2004 Oct TI - Epithelial hypoxia-inducible factor-1 is protective in murine experimental colitis. PG - 1098-106 AB - Mucosal epithelial cells are uniquely equipped to maintain barrier function even under adverse conditions. Previous studies have implicated hypoxia in mucosal tissue damage resulting from both acute and chronic inflammation. Given the importance of the transcriptional regulator hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) for adaptive hypoxia responses, we hypothesized that HIF-1 may serve as a barrier-protective element during mucosal inflammation. Initial studies of hapten-based murine colitis revealed extensive mucosal hypoxia and concomitant HIF-1 activation during colitis. To study this in more detail, we generated 2 mouse lines with intestinal epithelium-targeted expression of either mutant Hif1a (inability to form HIF-1) or mutant von Hippel-Lindau gene (Vhlh; constitutively active HIF-1). Studies of colitis in these mice revealed that decreased HIF-1 expression correlated with more severe clinical symptoms (mortality, weight loss, colon length), while increased HIF levels were protective in these parameters. Furthermore, colons with constitutive activation of HIF displayed increased expression levels of HIF-1-regulated barrier-protective genes (multidrug resistance gene-1, intestinal trefoil factor, CD73), resulting in attenuated loss of barrier during colitis in vivo. Taken together, these studies provide insight into tissue microenvironmental changes during model inflammatory bowel disease and identify HIF-1 as a critical factor for barrier protection during mucosal insult. FAU - Karhausen, Jorn AU - Karhausen J AD - Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. FAU - Furuta, Glenn T AU - Furuta GT FAU - Tomaszewski, John E AU - Tomaszewski JE FAU - Johnson, Randall S AU - Johnson RS FAU - Colgan, Sean P AU - Colgan SP FAU - Haase, Volker H AU - Haase VH LA - eng GR - P01 DE13499/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States GR - K08 DK002668-05/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL060569/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DK050189/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R03 DK062060/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK062060/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK02668/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 DE013499/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States GR - R29 DK050189/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 DK050189/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK50189/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - HL60569/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - K08 DK002668/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R03 DK062060-01/DK/NIDDK 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 Clin Invest JT - The Journal of clinical investigation JID - 7802877 RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (HIF1A protein, human) RN - 0 (Hif1a protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Carrier Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Hypoxia MH - Colitis/chemically induced/*metabolism/pathology/physiopathology MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Gene Deletion MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Genes, Reporter MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit MH - Intestinal Mucosa/cytology/*metabolism/*pathology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred Strains MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Nuclear Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Recombination, Genetic MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC522241 EDAT- 2004/10/19 09:00 MHDA- 2004/12/16 09:00 PMCR- 2004/10/15 CRDT- 2004/10/19 09:00 PHST- 2004/01/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2004/08/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2004/10/19 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/12/16 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/10/19 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2004/10/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - JCI200421086 [pii] AID - 21086 [pii] AID - 10.1172/JCI21086 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Invest. 2004 Oct;114(8):1098-106. doi: 10.1172/JCI21086.