PMID- 24451260 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141104 LR - 20211021 IS - 1939-4586 (Electronic) IS - 1059-1524 (Print) IS - 1059-1524 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 6 DP - 2014 Mar TI - Transcriptional repression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) by the protein arginine methyltransferase PRMT1. PG - 925-35 LID - 10.1091/mbc.E13-07-0423 [doi] AB - Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIF-1 and HIF-2) are essential mediators for the adaptive transcriptional response of cells and tissues to low-oxygen conditions. Under hypoxia or when cells are treated with various nonhypoxic stimuli, the active HIF-alpha subunits are mainly regulated through increased protein stabilization. For HIF-1alpha, it is clear that further transcriptional, translational, and posttranslational regulations are important for complete HIF-1 activity. Novel evidence links hypoxia and HIF-1 to arginine methylation, an important protein modification. These studies suggest that arginine methyltransferases may be important for hypoxic responses. Protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1), the predominant arginine methyltransferase, can act as a transcriptional activator or repressor by modifying a diverse set of substrates. In this work, we show that PRMT1 is a repressor of both HIF-1 and HIF-2. The cellular depletion of PRMT1 by small interference RNA targeting leads to increased HIF transcriptional activity. This activation is the result of enhanced HIF-alpha subunit transcription, which allows increased HIF-alpha subunit availability. We provide evidence that PRMT1-dependent HIF-1alpha regulation is mediated through the activities of both specificity protein 1 (Sp1) and Sp3, two transcription factors known to control HIF-1alpha expression. This study therefore identifies PRMT1 as a novel regulator of HIF-1- and HIF-2-mediated responses. FAU - Lafleur, Veronique N AU - Lafleur VN AD - Centre de Recherche du CHU de Quebec, L'Hotel-Dieu de Quebec, and Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology, Universite Laval, Quebec, QC G1R 2J6, Canada Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, and Departments of Oncology and Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada. FAU - Richard, Stephane AU - Richard S FAU - Richard, Darren E AU - Richard DE LA - eng GR - MOP-102760/Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada GR - MOP-93811/Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140122 PL - United States TA - Mol Biol Cell JT - Molecular biology of the cell JID - 9201390 RN - 0 (Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (HIF1A protein, human) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (Repressor Proteins) RN - 0 (SP3 protein, human) RN - 0 (Sp1 Transcription Factor) RN - 148710-94-5 (Sp3 Transcription Factor) RN - 1B37H0967P (endothelial PAS domain-containing protein 1) RN - 94ZLA3W45F (Arginine) RN - EC 1.13.12.- (Luciferases) RN - EC 2.1.1.319 (PRMT1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.1.1.319 (Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases) SB - IM MH - Arginine/metabolism MH - Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Hypoxia/genetics MH - *Gene Expression Regulation MH - Genes, Reporter MH - HEK293 Cells MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/genetics/*metabolism MH - Luciferases/genetics/metabolism MH - Methylation MH - *Protein Processing, Post-Translational MH - Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - RNA, Small Interfering/genetics/metabolism MH - Repressor Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Sp1 Transcription Factor/genetics/metabolism MH - Sp3 Transcription Factor/genetics/metabolism MH - *Transcription, Genetic PMC - PMC3952860 EDAT- 2014/01/24 06:00 MHDA- 2014/11/05 06:00 PMCR- 2014/05/30 CRDT- 2014/01/24 06:00 PHST- 2014/01/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/01/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/11/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/05/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - mbc.E13-07-0423 [pii] AID - E13-07-0423 [pii] AID - 10.1091/mbc.E13-07-0423 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Biol Cell. 2014 Mar;25(6):925-35. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E13-07-0423. Epub 2014 Jan 22.