PMID- 21382378 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110926 LR - 20131121 IS - 1095-8584 (Electronic) IS - 0022-2828 (Linking) VI - 50 IP - 6 DP - 2011 Jun TI - Hypoxia and HIF-1 suppress SERCA2a expression in embryonic cardiac myocytes through two interdependent hypoxia response elements. PG - 1008-16 LID - 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.02.017 [doi] AB - Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA2a) is an essential component of cardiomyocyte excitation-contraction (EC)-coupling. Suppression of SERCA2a expression induces contractile dysfunction and has been reported in various forms of ischemic cardiac disease as well as in hypobaric hypoxia. The present study investigated whether SERCA2a expression is regulated by hypoxia in embryonic mouse cardiomyocytes and explored the underlying mechanism. We show that in cultured embryonic cardiomyocytes hypoxia (1% O(2)) induce time-dependent downregulation of SERCA2a expression. This mechanism manifested as specific changes in cardiac myocyte calcium signals induced by reduced expression and activity of SERCA2a. Chemical activation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) by DFO or overexpression of normoxia-stabile HIF-1alpha (HIF-1alpha/VP16) suppressed endogenous SERCA2a expression as well as the activity of the SERCA2a-promoter-luciferase reporter. Analysis of the SERCA2a promoter found two putative HIF-1 binding HRE-sites. Site-specific promoter mutagenesis revealed that co-operative HIF-1 binding to both of these hypoxia response elements on the SERCA2a promoter is required for expressional suppression. This mechanism establishes a link between oxygen supply and calcium activity in embryonic cardiac myocytes that is exploited in cardiac development, and further may offer a possible explanation for the functional depression of SERCA2a seen in ischemic and hypoxic myocardium. CI - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Ronkainen, Veli-Pekka AU - Ronkainen VP AD - Department of Physiology, Institute of Biomedicine and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, FI-90014 Oulu, Finland. FAU - Skoumal, Reka AU - Skoumal R FAU - Tavi, Pasi AU - Tavi P LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110305 PL - England TA - J Mol Cell Cardiol JT - Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology JID - 0262322 RN - 0 (Herpes Simplex Virus Protein Vmw65) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1) RN - EC 3.6.3.8 (Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - Binding Sites/genetics MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Cell Hypoxia MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cytosol/metabolism MH - *Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental MH - Gene Order MH - Herpes Simplex Virus Protein Vmw65/genetics/metabolism MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Models, Biological MH - Myocytes, Cardiac/*enzymology MH - Oxygen/metabolism MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics MH - Protein Transport MH - Response Elements/genetics/*physiology MH - Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid EDAT- 2011/03/09 06:00 MHDA- 2011/09/29 06:00 CRDT- 2011/03/09 06:00 PHST- 2010/11/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/02/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2011/02/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/03/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/03/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/09/29 06:00 [medline] AID - S0022-2828(11)00094-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.02.017 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2011 Jun;50(6):1008-16. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.02.017. Epub 2011 Mar 5.