PMID- 19374868 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090901 LR - 20131121 IS - 1879-0712 (Electronic) IS - 0014-2999 (Linking) VI - 606 IP - 1-3 DP - 2009 Mar 15 TI - The calcium channel blocker cilnidipine selectively suppresses hypoxia-inducible factor 1 activity in vascular cells. PG - 130-6 LID - 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.01.012 [doi] AB - Calcium ion is one of the most important second messengers of cellular signal transduction including hypoxia-elicited signals. In this study, we investigated the effects of the L-type calcium channel blockers such as nifedipine, efonidipine cilnidipine, diltiazem, and verapamil, on the activity of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), a key transcription factor in control of hypoxia-induced gene expression. Using the lung carcinoma cell line A549 cells, human aortic smooth muscle cells, and human umbilical vein endothelial cells, we demonstrated that cilnidipine exclusively suppressed HIF-1 activity and the expressions of downstream genes in a cell-type specific manner. We also demonstrated that cilnidipine blocked the synthesis of the HIF-1alpha protein not by affecting activity of the intracellular hypoxia-sensing element prolyl hydroxylases but inhibiting activity of Akt and mitogen-activated protein kinase and that the inhibition is not dependent on the effect on calcium homeostasis. FAU - Oda, Seiko AU - Oda S AD - Department of Anesthesia, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Oda, Tomoyuki AU - Oda T FAU - Takabuchi, Satoshi AU - Takabuchi S FAU - Nishi, Kenichiro AU - Nishi K FAU - Wakamatsu, Takuhiko AU - Wakamatsu T FAU - Tanaka, Tomoharu AU - Tanaka T FAU - Adachi, Takehiko AU - Adachi T FAU - Fukuda, Kazuhiko AU - Fukuda K FAU - Nohara, Ryuji AU - Nohara R FAU - Hirota, Kiichi AU - Hirota K LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20090121 PL - Netherlands TA - Eur J Pharmacol JT - European journal of pharmacology JID - 1254354 RN - 0 (Calcium Channel Blockers) RN - 0 (Dihydropyridines) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1) RN - 97T5AZ1JIP (cilnidipine) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Calcium Channel Blockers/*pharmacology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Dihydropyridines/*pharmacology MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1/*antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Intracellular Space/drug effects/metabolism MH - Oxygen/metabolism MH - Stress, Physiological/drug effects EDAT- 2009/04/21 09:00 MHDA- 2009/09/02 06:00 CRDT- 2009/04/21 09:00 PHST- 2008/08/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2008/12/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/01/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/04/21 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/04/21 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/09/02 06:00 [medline] AID - S0014-2999(09)00063-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.01.012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Pharmacol. 2009 Mar 15;606(1-3):130-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.01.012. Epub 2009 Jan 21.