PMID- 23362200 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130904 LR - 20161125 IS - 1437-4315 (Electronic) IS - 1431-6730 (Linking) VI - 394 IP - 4 DP - 2013 Apr TI - Role of hypoxia inducible factor-1alpha for interferon synthesis in mouse dendritic cells. PG - 495-505 LID - 10.1515/hsz-2012-0320 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are an important link between innate and adaptive immunity. DCs get activated in inflamed tissues where oxygen tension is usually low, which requires the transcription factor hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1 for cellular adaptation. To investigate whether the HIF-1 transcriptional complex plays a pivotal role in the function of DCs, we compared the effects of exogenous inflammatory stimuli and hypoxia on HIF-1alpha in bone marrow-derived DCs from wild type and myeloid-specific HIF-1alpha knock-out mice. We showed that the Toll-like receptor ligands lipopolysaccharides and cytosine-phosphatidyl-guanines significantly induce HIF-1alpha mRNA and protein, leading to elevated HIF-1 target gene expression of vascular endothelial growth factor. In contrast, polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid did not show comparable effects. Furthermore the potential to up-regulate inflammatory cytokines critically influences DC function. Our data demonstrate that HIF-1alpha protein is needed for adequate production of interferon-alpha and -beta. In co-cultures of DCs and cytotoxic T cells, we observed that DCs lacking active HIF-1alpha protein induce significantly less CD278 and granzyme B mRNA in T cells. We conclude that HIF-1alpha plays a crucial role in DC interferon production and T cell activation, linking the innate and adaptive immune system. FAU - Wobben, Regina AU - Wobben R AD - Institut fur Physiologie, Universitat Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany. FAU - Husecken, Yvonne AU - Husecken Y FAU - Lodewick, Claudia AU - Lodewick C FAU - Gibbert, Kathrin AU - Gibbert K FAU - Fandrey, Joachim AU - Fandrey J FAU - Winning, Sandra AU - Winning S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - Germany TA - Biol Chem JT - Biological chemistry JID - 9700112 RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Interferon Type I) RN - 9008-11-1 (Interferons) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dendritic Cells/*metabolism MH - Hypoxia/genetics/metabolism MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/genetics/*metabolism MH - Interferon Type I/biosynthesis MH - Interferons/*biosynthesis MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction EDAT- 2013/01/31 06:00 MHDA- 2013/09/05 06:00 CRDT- 2013/01/31 06:00 PHST- 2012/11/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/01/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/01/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/01/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/09/05 06:00 [medline] AID - /j/bchm.just-accepted/hsz-2012-0320/hsz-2012-0320.xml [pii] AID - 10.1515/hsz-2012-0320 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biol Chem. 2013 Apr;394(4):495-505. doi: 10.1515/hsz-2012-0320.