TY - JOUR
T1 - Intermittent hypoxia degrades HIF-2α via calpains resulting in oxidative stress
T2 - Implications for recurrent apnea-induced morbidities
AU - Nanduri, Jayasri
AU - Wang, Ning
AU - Yuan, Guoxiang
AU - Khan, Shakil A.
AU - Souvannakitti, Dangjai
AU - Peng, Ying Jie
AU - Kumar, Ganesh K.
AU - Garcia, Joseph A.
AU - Prabhakar, Nanduri R.
PY - 2009/1/27
Y1 - 2009/1/27
N2 - Intermittent hypoxia (IH) occurs in many pathological conditions including recurrent apneas. Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) 1 and 2 mediate transcriptional responses to low O2. A previous study showed that HIF-1 mediates some of the IH-evoked physiological responses. Because HIF-2α is an orthologue of HIF-1α, we examined the effects of IH on HIF-2α, the O2-regulated subunit expression, in pheochromocytoma 12 cell cultures. In contrast to the up-regulation of HIF-1α, HIF-2α was down-regulated by IH. Similar down-regulation of HIF-2α was also seen in carotid bodies and adrenal medullae from IH-exposed rats. Inhibitors of calpain proteases (ALLM, ALLN) prevented IH-evoked degradation of HIF-2α whereas inhibitors of prolyl hydroxylases or proteosome were ineffective. IH activated calpain proteases and down-regulated the endogenous calpain inhibitor calpastatin. IH-evoked HIF-2α degradation led to inhibition of SOD2 transcription, resulting in oxidative stress. Over-expression of transcriptionally active HIF-2α prevented IH-evoked oxidative stress and restored SOD2 activity. Systemic treatment of IH-exposed rats with ALLM rescued HIF-2α degradation and restored SOD2 activity, thereby preventing oxidative stress and hypertension. These observations demonstrate that, unlike continuous hypoxia, IH leads to down-regulation of HIF-2α via a calpain-dependent signaling pathway and results in oxidative stress as well as autonomic morbidities.
AB - Intermittent hypoxia (IH) occurs in many pathological conditions including recurrent apneas. Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) 1 and 2 mediate transcriptional responses to low O2. A previous study showed that HIF-1 mediates some of the IH-evoked physiological responses. Because HIF-2α is an orthologue of HIF-1α, we examined the effects of IH on HIF-2α, the O2-regulated subunit expression, in pheochromocytoma 12 cell cultures. In contrast to the up-regulation of HIF-1α, HIF-2α was down-regulated by IH. Similar down-regulation of HIF-2α was also seen in carotid bodies and adrenal medullae from IH-exposed rats. Inhibitors of calpain proteases (ALLM, ALLN) prevented IH-evoked degradation of HIF-2α whereas inhibitors of prolyl hydroxylases or proteosome were ineffective. IH activated calpain proteases and down-regulated the endogenous calpain inhibitor calpastatin. IH-evoked HIF-2α degradation led to inhibition of SOD2 transcription, resulting in oxidative stress. Over-expression of transcriptionally active HIF-2α prevented IH-evoked oxidative stress and restored SOD2 activity. Systemic treatment of IH-exposed rats with ALLM rescued HIF-2α degradation and restored SOD2 activity, thereby preventing oxidative stress and hypertension. These observations demonstrate that, unlike continuous hypoxia, IH leads to down-regulation of HIF-2α via a calpain-dependent signaling pathway and results in oxidative stress as well as autonomic morbidities.
KW - Calcium signaling
KW - Hypoxia inducible factors
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.0811018106
DO - 10.1073/pnas.0811018106
M3 - Article
C2 - 19147445
AN - SCOPUS:59049086571
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 106
SP - 1199
EP - 1204
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 4
ER -