PMID- 27263528 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180502 LR - 20220317 IS - 2045-2322 (Electronic) IS - 2045-2322 (Linking) VI - 6 DP - 2016 Jun 6 TI - Docetaxel induced-JNK2/PHD1 signaling pathway increases degradation of HIF-1alpha and causes cancer cell death under hypoxia. PG - 27382 LID - 10.1038/srep27382 [doi] LID - 27382 AB - HIF-1 (hypoxia-inducible factor-1) regulates the expression of more than 70 genes involved in angiogenesis, tumor growth, metastasis, chemoresistance, and radioresistance. Thus, there is growing interest in using HIF-1 inhibitors as anticancer drugs. Docetaxel, a Food and Drug Administration-approved anticancer drug, is reported to enhance HIF-1alpha degradation. Here, we investigated the molecular mechanism underlying docetaxel-induced HIF-1alpha degradation and cancer cell death under hypoxic conditions. Docetaxel pretreatment enhanced the polyubiquitination and proteasome-mediated degradation of HIF-1alpha, and increased cancer cell death under hypoxic conditions. Docetaxel also activated the prolyl hydroxylase, PHD1, in hypoxia, and pharmacological inhibition or siRNA-mediated knockdown of PHD1 prevented docetaxel-induced HIF-1alpha degradation and cancer cell death. Additionally, siRNA-mediated JNK2 knockdown blocked docetaxel-induced HIF-1alpha degradation and cancer cell death by inhibiting PHD1 activation. A luciferase reporter assay revealed that inhibition of the JNK2/PHD1 signaling pathway significantly increased the transcriptional activity of HIF-1 in docetaxel-treated cancer cells under hypoxia. Consistent with these results, docetaxel-treated JNK2-knockdown tumors grew much faster than control tumors through inhibition of docetaxel-induced PHD1 activation and degradation of HIF-1alpha. Our results collectively show that, under hypoxic conditions, docetaxel induces apoptotic cell death through JNK2/PHD1 signaling-mediated HIF-1alpha degradation. FAU - Oh, Eun-Taex AU - Oh ET AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea. AD - Hypoxia-related Disease Research Center, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Chan Woo AU - Kim CW AD - Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Soo Jung AU - Kim SJ AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea. FAU - Lee, Jae-Seon AU - Lee JS AD - Hypoxia-related Disease Research Center, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea. AD - Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea. FAU - Hong, Soon-Sun AU - Hong SS AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea. AD - Hypoxia-related Disease Research Center, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea. FAU - Park, Heon Joo AU - Park HJ AD - Hypoxia-related Disease Research Center, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea. AD - Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160606 PL - England TA - Sci Rep JT - Scientific reports JID - 101563288 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic) RN - 0 (HIF1A protein, human) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Taxoids) RN - 15H5577CQD (Docetaxel) RN - EC 1.14.11.29 (EGLN2 protein, human) RN - EC 1.14.11.29 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-Proline Dioxygenases) RN - EC 2.7.1.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 9) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/*pharmacology MH - Cell Death/*drug effects MH - *Cell Hypoxia MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Docetaxel MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/*metabolism MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-Proline Dioxygenases/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 9/genetics/*metabolism MH - Neoplasms/enzymology/metabolism/*pathology MH - Proteolysis MH - Signal Transduction/*drug effects MH - Taxoids/*pharmacology MH - Ubiquitination PMC - PMC4893693 EDAT- 2016/06/07 06:00 MHDA- 2018/05/03 06:00 PMCR- 2016/06/06 CRDT- 2016/06/07 06:00 PHST- 2016/01/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/05/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/06/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/06/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/05/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/06/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - srep27382 [pii] AID - 10.1038/srep27382 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Rep. 2016 Jun 6;6:27382. doi: 10.1038/srep27382.