PMID- 21926263 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120210 LR - 20220409 IS - 1522-1504 (Electronic) IS - 1040-0605 (Print) IS - 1040-0605 (Linking) VI - 301 IP - 6 DP - 2011 Dec TI - Activation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 protects airway epithelium against oxidant-induced barrier dysfunction. PG - L993-L1002 LID - 10.1152/ajplung.00250.2011 [doi] AB - The respiratory epithelium forms an important barrier against inhaled pollutants and microorganisms, and its barrier function is often compromised during inflammatory airway diseases. Epithelial activation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) represents one feature of airway inflammation, but the functional importance of HIF-1 within the respiratory epithelium is largely unknown. Using primary mouse tracheal epithelial (MTE) cells or immortalized human bronchial epithelial cells (16HBE14o-), we evaluated the impact of HIF-1 activation on loss of epithelial barrier function during oxidative stress. Exposure of either 16HBE14o- or MTE cells to H(2)O(2) resulted in significant loss of transepithelial electrical resistance and increased permeability to fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran (4 kDa), and this was attenuated significantly after prior activation of HIF-1 by preexposure to hypoxia (2% O(2); 6 h) or the hypoxia mimics CoCl(2) or dimethyloxalylglycine (DMOG). Oxidative barrier loss was associated with reduced levels of the tight junction protein occludin and with hyperoxidation of the antioxidant enzyme peroxiredoxin (Prx-SO(2)H), events that were also attenuated by prior activation of HIF-1. Involvement of HIF-1 in these protective effects was confirmed using the pharmacological inhibitor YC-1 and by short-hairpin RNA knockdown of HIF-1alpha. The protective effects of HIF-1 were associated with induction of sestrin-2, a hypoxia-inducible enzyme known to reduce oxidative stress and minimize Prx hyperoxidation. Together, our results suggest that loss of epithelial barrier integrity by oxidative stress is minimized by activation of HIF-1, in part by induction of sestrin-2. FAU - Olson, Nels AU - Olson N AD - Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, 05405-0068, USA. FAU - Hristova, Milena AU - Hristova M FAU - Heintz, Nicholas H AU - Heintz NH FAU - Lounsbury, Karen M AU - Lounsbury KM FAU - van der Vliet, Albert AU - van der Vliet A LA - eng GR - HL-068865/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - HL-074295/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - HL-085646/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 ES-007122/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20110916 PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology JID - 100901229 RN - 0 (Amino Acids, Dicarboxylic) RN - 0 (Dextrans) RN - 0 (Fluorescent Dyes) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (OCLN protein, human) RN - 0 (Occludin) RN - 0 (Ocln protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Oxidants) RN - 0 (SESN2 protein, human) RN - 0 (fluorescein isothiocyanate dextran) RN - 3G0H8C9362 (Cobalt) RN - BBX060AN9V (Hydrogen Peroxide) RN - EC 1.11.1.15 (Peroxiredoxins) RN - EC 1.14.11.2 (Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase) RN - EVS87XF13W (cobaltous chloride) RN - I223NX31W9 (Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate) RN - VVW38EB8YS (oxalylglycine) SB - IM MH - Amino Acids, Dicarboxylic/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Cell Hypoxia MH - Cell Line MH - Cobalt/pharmacology MH - Dextrans/pharmacokinetics MH - Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate/analogs & derivatives/pharmacokinetics MH - Fluorescent Dyes/pharmacokinetics MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Humans MH - Hydrogen Peroxide/*pharmacology MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Membrane Proteins/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Nuclear Proteins/metabolism MH - Occludin MH - Oxidants/*pharmacology MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Permeability MH - Peroxiredoxins/metabolism MH - Primary Cell Culture MH - Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase/antagonists & inhibitors MH - RNA Interference MH - Respiratory Mucosa/metabolism/*pathology MH - Trachea/pathology PMC - PMC3233830 EDAT- 2011/09/20 06:00 MHDA- 2012/02/11 06:00 PMCR- 2012/12/01 CRDT- 2011/09/20 06:00 PHST- 2011/09/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/09/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/02/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ajplung.00250.2011 [pii] AID - L-00250-2011 [pii] AID - 10.1152/ajplung.00250.2011 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2011 Dec;301(6):L993-L1002. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00250.2011. Epub 2011 Sep 16.