PMID- 26679613 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161213 LR - 20161230 IS - 1522-1601 (Electronic) IS - 0161-7567 (Linking) VI - 120 IP - 4 DP - 2016 Feb 15 TI - Endothelin-1 mediates intermittent hypoxia-induced inflammatory vascular remodeling through HIF-1 activation. PG - 437-43 LID - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00641.2015 [doi] AB - Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular mortality, and apnea-induced intermittent hypoxia (IH) is known to promote various cardiovascular alterations such as vascular remodeling. However, the mechanisms that underlie IH remain incompletely investigated. We previously demonstrated that the hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) are involved in arterial hypertension and myocardial susceptibility to infarction induced by IH. Thus the objective of the present study was to investigate whether both ET-1 and HIF-1 were also involved in the vascular inflammatory remodeling induced by IH. Mice partially deficient for the Hif1alpha gene (HIF-1alpha(+/-)) and their wild-type equivalents, as well as C57BL/6J mice, treated or not with bosentan, a dual endothelin receptor antagonist, were exposed to IH or normoxia for 2 wk, 8 h/day. Splenocyte proliferative and secretory capacities, aortic nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and HIF-1 activities, and expression of cytokines and intima-media thickness (IMT) were measured. IH induced a systemic and aortic inflammation characterized by an increase in splenocyte proliferative and secretory capacities, aortic NF-kappaB activity, and cytokine expression in the aortic wall. This was accompanied by an increase in IMT. These modifications were prevented in HIF-1alpha(+/-) and bosentan-treated mice. The results of this study suggest that ET-1 is a major contributor to the vascular inflammatory remodeling induced by OSA-related IH, probably through HIF-1-dependent activation of NF-kappaB. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 the American Physiological Society. FAU - Gras, Emmanuelle AU - Gras E AD - Universite Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire HP2, Grenoble, France; INSERM, U1042, Grenoble, France; and. FAU - Belaidi, Elise AU - Belaidi E AD - Universite Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire HP2, Grenoble, France; INSERM, U1042, Grenoble, France; and. FAU - Briancon-Marjollet, Anne AU - Briancon-Marjollet A AD - Universite Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire HP2, Grenoble, France; INSERM, U1042, Grenoble, France; and. FAU - Pepin, Jean-Louis AU - Pepin JL AD - Universite Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire HP2, Grenoble, France; INSERM, U1042, Grenoble, France; and CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble, France. FAU - Arnaud, Claire AU - Arnaud C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0964-9423 AD - Universite Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire HP2, Grenoble, France; INSERM, U1042, Grenoble, France; and. FAU - Godin-Ribuot, Diane AU - Godin-Ribuot D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7589-932X AD - Universite Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire HP2, Grenoble, France; INSERM, U1042, Grenoble, France; and diane.ribuot@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20151217 PL - United States TA - J Appl Physiol (1985) JT - Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) JID - 8502536 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Endothelin-1) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Aorta/metabolism/physiopathology MH - Carotid Intima-Media Thickness MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Endothelin-1/*metabolism MH - Hypertension/metabolism/physiopathology MH - Hypoxia/metabolism/*physiopathology MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/*metabolism MH - Inflammation/*metabolism/*physiopathology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Sleep Apnea, Obstructive/metabolism/physiopathology MH - Vascular Remodeling/*physiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - endothelin-1 OT - hypoxia inducible factor-1 OT - inflammation OT - intermittent hypoxia OT - nuclear factor-kappaB OT - vascular remodeling EDAT- 2015/12/19 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2015/12/19 06:00 PHST- 2015/07/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/12/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/12/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/12/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/15 06:00 [medline] AID - japplphysiol.00641.2015 [pii] AID - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00641.2015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Appl Physiol (1985). 2016 Feb 15;120(4):437-43. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00641.2015. Epub 2015 Dec 17.