PMID- 27432037 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170505 LR - 20211204 IS - 1538-2990 (Electronic) IS - 0002-9629 (Print) IS - 0002-9629 (Linking) VI - 352 IP - 1 DP - 2016 Jul TI - Time-dependent PPARgamma Modulation of HIF-1alpha Signaling in Hypoxic Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells. PG - 71-9 LID - S0002-9629(15)41038-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.amjms.2016.03.019 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension is complex and involves activation of the transcription factor, hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) that shifts cellular metabolism from aerobic respiration to glycolysis, in part, by increasing the expression of its downstream target pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase-1 (PDK-1), thereby promoting a proliferative, apoptosis-resistant phenotype in pulmonary vascular cells. Activation of the nuclear hormone transcription factor, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma), attenuates pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell (PASMC) proliferation. In the current study, we determined whether PPARgamma inhibits HIF-1alpha and PDK-1 expression in human PASMCs. METHODS: HPASMCs were exposed to normoxia (21% O2) or hypoxia (1% O2) for 2-72 hours +/- treatment with the PPARgamma-ligand, rosiglitazone (RSG, 10muM). RESULTS: Compared to normoxia, HIF-1alpha mRNA levels were elevated in HPASMC at 2 hours hypoxia and reduced to baseline levels by 24-72 hours. HIF-1alpha protein levels increased following 4 and 8 hours of hypoxia and returned to baseline levels by 24 and 72 hours. PDK-1 protein levels increased following 24 hours hypoxia and remained elevated by 72 hours. RSG treatment at the onset of hypoxia attenuated HIF-1alpha protein and PDK-1 mRNA and protein levels at 4, 8 and 24 hours of hypoxia, respectively. However, RSG treatment during final 24 hours of 72-hour hypoxia, an intervention that inhibits HPASMC proliferation, failed to prevent hypoxia-induced PDK-1 expression. CONCLUSION: Hypoxia causes transient activation of HPASMC HIF-1alpha that is attenuated by RSG treatment initiated at hypoxia onset. These findings provide novel evidence that PPARgamma modulates fundamental and acute cellular responses to hypoxia through both HIF-1-dependent and HIF-1-independent mechanisms. CI - Published by Elsevier Inc. FAU - Blum, Justine I AU - Blum JI AD - Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. FAU - Bijli, Kaiser M AU - Bijli KM AD - Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Emory Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia. FAU - Murphy, Tamara C AU - Murphy TC AD - Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Emory Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia. FAU - Kleinhenz, Jennifer M AU - Kleinhenz JM AD - Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Emory Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia. FAU - Hart, C Michael AU - Hart CM AD - Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Emory Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia. Electronic address: Michael.hart3@va.gov. LA - eng GR - I01 BX001910/BX/BLRD VA/United States GR - R01 HL102167/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160404 PL - United States TA - Am J Med Sci JT - The American journal of the medical sciences JID - 0370506 RN - 0 (HIF1A protein, human) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (PPAR gamma) RN - 0 (Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Acetyl-Transferring Kinase) RN - 0 (Thiazolidinediones) RN - 05V02F2KDG (Rosiglitazone) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia/physiopathology MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/*genetics/metabolism MH - Ligands MH - Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/physiology MH - PPAR gamma/*genetics/metabolism MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/metabolism MH - Pulmonary Artery/physiopathology MH - Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Acetyl-Transferring Kinase MH - Rosiglitazone MH - *Signal Transduction MH - Thiazolidinediones/*pharmacology PMC - PMC5483378 MID - NIHMS867878 OTO - NOTNLM OT - HIF-1alpha OT - PDK-1 OT - PPARgamma OT - Pulmonary hypertension OT - Vascular smooth muscle cell COIS- The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. EDAT- 2016/07/20 06:00 MHDA- 2017/05/06 06:00 PMCR- 2017/06/25 CRDT- 2016/07/20 06:00 PHST- 2015/11/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/03/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/03/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/07/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/07/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/05/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/06/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0002-9629(15)41038-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.amjms.2016.03.019 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Med Sci. 2016 Jul;352(1):71-9. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2016.03.019. Epub 2016 Apr 4.