PMID- 23582235 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140120 LR - 20211021 IS - 1755-5949 (Electronic) IS - 1755-5930 (Print) IS - 1755-5930 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 7 DP - 2013 Jul TI - Zinc promotes the death of hypoxic astrocytes by upregulating hypoxia-induced hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha expression via poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1. PG - 511-20 LID - 10.1111/cns.12098 [doi] AB - AIM: Pathological release of excess zinc ions has been implicated in ischemic brain cell death. However, the underlying mechanisms remain to be elucidated. In stroke, ischemia-induced zinc release and hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) accumulation concurrently occur in the ischemic tissue. The present study tests the hypothesis that the presence of high intracellular zinc concentration is a major cause of modifications to PARP-1 and HIF-1alpha during hypoxia, which significantly contributes to cell death during ischemia. METHODS: Primary cortical astrocytes and C8-D1A cells were exposed to different concentrations of zinc chloride. Cell death rate and protein expression of HIF-1 and Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-1 were examined after 3-h hypoxic treatment. RESULTS: Although 3-h hypoxia or 100 muM of zinc alone did not induce noticeable cytotoxicity, their combination led to a dramatic increase in astrocytic cell death in a zinc-concentration-dependent manner. Exposure of astrocytes to hypoxia for 3 h remarkably increased the levels of intracellular zinc and HIF-1alpha protein, which was further augmented by added exogenous zinc. Notably, HIF-1alpha knockdown blocked zinc-induced astrocyte death. Moreover, knockdown of PARP-1, another important protein in the response of hypoxia, attenuated the overexpression of HIF-1alpha and reduced the cell death rate. CONCLUSIONS: Our studies show that zinc promotes hypoxic cell death through overexpression of the hypoxia response factor HIF-1alpha via the cell fate determine factor PARP-1 modification, which provides a novel mechanism for zinc-mediated ischemic brain injury. CI - (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Pan, Rong AU - Pan R AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA. FAU - Chen, Chen AU - Chen C FAU - Liu, Wen-Lan AU - Liu WL FAU - Liu, Ke-Jian AU - Liu KJ LA - eng GR - P20RR15636/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - P30GM103400/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01AG031725/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - P20 RR015636/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AG031725/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 ES021100/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 GM103400/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20130413 PL - England TA - CNS Neurosci Ther JT - CNS neuroscience & therapeutics JID - 101473265 RN - 0 (FluoZin-3) RN - 0 (Fluorescent Dyes) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Polycyclic Compounds) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - EC 2.4.2.30 (Parp1 protein, rat) RN - EC 2.4.2.30 (Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1) RN - EC 2.4.2.30 (Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases) RN - J41CSQ7QDS (Zinc) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Astrocytes/*drug effects MH - Blotting, Western MH - Cell Death/drug effects MH - Cell Hypoxia/*drug effects MH - Cell Line MH - Data Interpretation, Statistical MH - Fluorescent Dyes MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/*biosynthesis/genetics MH - Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1 MH - Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Polycyclic Compounds MH - RNA, Small Interfering/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Up-Regulation MH - Zinc/*pharmacology PMC - PMC3681853 MID - NIHMS453745 COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2013/04/16 06:00 MHDA- 2014/01/21 06:00 PMCR- 2013/04/13 CRDT- 2013/04/16 06:00 PHST- 2013/01/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/02/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/02/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/04/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/04/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/01/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/04/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - CNS12098 [pii] AID - 10.1111/cns.12098 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - CNS Neurosci Ther. 2013 Jul;19(7):511-20. doi: 10.1111/cns.12098. Epub 2013 Apr 13.