PMID- 23418090 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130606 LR - 20211021 IS - 1522-1504 (Electronic) IS - 1040-0605 (Print) IS - 1040-0605 (Linking) VI - 304 IP - 8 DP - 2013 Apr 15 TI - Activation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells by endothelin-1. PG - L549-61 LID - 10.1152/ajplung.00081.2012 [doi] AB - Numerous cellular responses to hypoxia are mediated by the transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1). HIF-1 plays a central role in the pathogenesis of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. Under certain conditions, HIF-1 may utilize feedforward mechanisms to amplify its activity. Since hypoxia increases endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels in the lung, we hypothesized that during moderate, prolonged hypoxia ET-1 might contribute to HIF-1 signaling in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs). Primary cultures of rat PASMCs were treated with ET-1 or exposed to moderate, prolonged hypoxia (4% O(2) for 60 h). Levels of the oxygen-sensitive HIF-1alpha subunit and expression of HIF target genes were increased in both hypoxic cells and cells treated with ET-1. Both hypoxia and ET-1 also increased HIF-1alpha mRNA expression and decreased mRNA and protein expression of prolyl hydroxylase 2 (PHD2), which is the protein responsible for targeting HIF-1alpha for O(2)-dependent degradation. The induction of HIF-1alpha by moderate, prolonged hypoxia was blocked by BQ-123, an antagonist of ET-1 receptor subtype A. The effects of ET-1 were mediated by increased intracellular calcium, generation of reactive oxygen species, and ERK1/2 activation. Neither ET-1 nor moderate hypoxia induced the expression of HIF-1alpha or HIF target genes in aortic smooth muscle cells. These results suggest that ET-1 induces a PASMC-specific increase in HIF-1alpha levels by upregulation of HIF-1alpha synthesis and downregulation of PHD2-mediated degradation, thereby amplifying the induction of HIF-1alpha in PASMCs during moderate, prolonged hypoxia. FAU - Pisarcik, Sarah AU - Pisarcik S AD - Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. FAU - Maylor, Julie AU - Maylor J FAU - Lu, Wenju AU - Lu W FAU - Yun, Xin AU - Yun X FAU - Undem, Clark AU - Undem C FAU - Sylvester, J T AU - Sylvester JT FAU - Semenza, Gregg L AU - Semenza GL FAU - Shimoda, Larissa A AU - Shimoda LA LA - eng GR - HL67191/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - HL67919/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130215 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 (Endothelin A Receptor Antagonists) RN - 0 (Endothelin-1) RN - 0 (Hif1a protein, rat) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Peptides, Cyclic) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - EC 1.14.11.2 (Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase) RN - EC 1.14.11.29 (Egln1 protein, rat) RN - EC 1.14.11.29 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-Proline Dioxygenases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases) RN - S2A8YZM151 (cyclo(Trp-Asp-Pro-Val-Leu)) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Cell Hypoxia/genetics/physiology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Endothelin A Receptor Antagonists MH - Endothelin-1/*pharmacology MH - Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/metabolism MH - Gene Expression/drug effects MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/genetics/*metabolism MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-Proline Dioxygenases MH - Male MH - Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/drug effects/metabolism MH - Peptides, Cyclic/pharmacology MH - Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase/genetics/metabolism MH - Pulmonary Artery/cytology/*drug effects/*metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism PMC - PMC3625988 EDAT- 2013/02/19 06:00 MHDA- 2013/06/07 06:00 PMCR- 2014/04/15 CRDT- 2013/02/19 06:00 PHST- 2013/02/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/02/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/06/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/04/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ajplung.00081.2012 [pii] AID - L-00081-2012 [pii] AID - 10.1152/ajplung.00081.2012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2013 Apr 15;304(8):L549-61. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00081.2012. Epub 2013 Feb 15.