PMID- 29263117 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180718 LR - 20210109 IS - 2051-817X (Electronic) IS - 2051-817X (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 24 DP - 2017 Dec TI - Stabilization of hypoxia inducible factor by cobalt chloride can alter renal epithelial transport. LID - 10.14814/phy2.13531 [doi] LID - e13531 AB - Given the importance of the transcriptional regulator hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) for adaptive hypoxia responses, we examined the effect of stabilized HIF-1alpha on renal epithelial permeability and directed sodium transport. This study was motivated by histological analysis of cystic kidneys showing increased expression levels of HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha We hypothesize that compression induced localized ischemia-hypoxia of normal epithelia near a cyst leads to local stabilization of HIF-1alpha, leading to altered transepithelial transport that encourages cyst expansion. We found that stabilized HIF-1alpha alters both transcellular and paracellular transport through renal epithelial monolayers in a manner consistent with secretory behavior, indicating localized ischemia-hypoxia may lead to altered salt and water transport through kidney epithelial monolayers. A quantity of 100 mumol/L Cobalt chloride (CoCl(2)) was used acutely to stabilize HIF-1alpha in confluent cultures of mouse renal epithelia. We measured increased transepithelial permeability and decreased transepithelial resistance (TER) when HIF-1alpha was stabilized. Most interestingly, we measured a change in the direction of sodium current, most likely corresponding to abnormal secretory function, supporting our positive-feedback hypothesis. CI - (c) 2017 The Authors. Physiological Reports published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of The Physiological Society and the American Physiological Society. FAU - Nag, Subhra AU - Nag S AD - Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. FAU - Resnick, Andrew AU - Resnick A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7526-6394 AD - Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio a.resnick@csuohio.edu. AD - Department of Physics Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. AD - Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Physiol Rep JT - Physiological reports JID - 101607800 RN - 0 (Hif1a protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 3G0H8C9362 (Cobalt) RN - 9NEZ333N27 (Sodium) RN - EVS87XF13W (cobaltous chloride) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biological Transport MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cobalt/*pharmacology MH - Epithelial Cells/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/*metabolism MH - Kidney Diseases, Cystic/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Sodium/metabolism PMC - PMC5742700 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cyst OT - electrophysiology OT - hypoxia OT - ischemia OT - kidney epithelia EDAT- 2017/12/22 06:00 MHDA- 2018/07/19 06:00 PMCR- 2017/12/21 CRDT- 2017/12/22 06:00 PHST- 2017/05/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/10/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/10/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/12/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/12/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/07/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/12/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 5/24/e13531 [pii] AID - PHY213531 [pii] AID - 10.14814/phy2.13531 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Physiol Rep. 2017 Dec;5(24):e13531. doi: 10.14814/phy2.13531.