Abstract |
Increased catalytic activity of CBS ( cystathionine β-synthase) was recently shown to mediate vasodilation of the cerebral microcirculation, which is initiated within minutes of the onset of acute hypoxia. To test whether chronic hypoxia was a stimulus for increased CBS expression, U87-MG human glioblastoma and PC12 rat phaeochromocytoma cells were exposed to 1% or 20% O2 for 24-72 h. CBS mRNA and protein expression were increased in hypoxic cells. Hypoxic induction of CBS expression was abrogated in cells transfected with vector encoding shRNA targeting HIF ( hypoxia-inducible factor) 1α or 2α. Exposure of rats to hypobaric hypoxia (0.35 atm; 1 atm=101.325 kPa) for 3 days induced increased CBS mRNA, protein and catalytic activity in the cerebral cortex and cerebellum, which was blocked by administration of the HIF inhibitor digoxin. HIF-binding sites, located 0.8 and 1.2 kb 5' to the transcription start site of the human CBS and rat Cbs genes respectively, were identified by ChIP assays. A 49-bp human sequence, which encompassed an inverted repeat of the core HIF-binding site, functioned as a hypoxia-response element in luciferase reporter transcription assays. Thus HIFs mediate tissue-specific CBS expression, which may augment cerebral vasodilation as an adaptive response to chronic hypoxia.
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Authors | Naoharu Takano, Ying-Jie Peng, Ganesh K Kumar, Weibo Luo, Hongxia Hu, Larissa A Shimoda, Makoto Suematsu, Nanduri R Prabhakar, Gregg L Semenza |
Journal | The Biochemical journal
(Biochem J)
Vol. 458
Issue 2
Pg. 203-11
(Mar 01 2014)
ISSN: 1470-8728 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 24328859
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1
- Cystathionine beta-Synthase
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Topics |
- Animals
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
(physiology)
- Brain
(blood supply)
- Cells, Cultured
- Cystathionine beta-Synthase
(biosynthesis, genetics)
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- HEK293 Cells
- Humans
- Hypoxia, Brain
(enzymology, genetics, pathology)
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1
(physiology)
- Male
- PC12 Cells
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Rats, Wistar
- Tissue Distribution
(genetics)
- Vasodilation
(genetics)
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