Activation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 via prolyl-4 hydoxylase-2 gene silencing attenuates acute inflammatory responses in postischemic myocardium

2007 ◽  
Vol 293 (3) ◽  
pp. H1571-H1580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramesh Natarajan ◽  
Fadi N. Salloum ◽  
Bernard J. Fisher ◽  
Evan D. Ownby ◽  
Rakesh C. Kukreja ◽  
...  

Emerging research suggests that oxidant-driven transcription of key cytokine/chemokine networks within the myocardium plays a crucial role in producing ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. We recently showed that activation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) attenuated cardiac I/R injury. Diminished injury in these prior studies was associated with significant reductions in circulating interleukin-8 levels, suggesting that HIF-1 may play an important role in modulating postischemic cardiac inflammation. In the current study, we examined the role of HIF-1 activation in modulating proinflammatory chemokine [macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-2, cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant factor (KC), and lipopolysaccharide-induced CXC chemokine (LIX)] and adhesion molecule [intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1] expression in murine cardiomyocytes in vitro (HL-1 cell line) and in intact murine hearts following in vivo I/R injury. Our results show that HIF-1 activation induced both pharmacologically by the prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor dimethyloxallyl glycine and via small-interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated prolyl-4 hydroxylase-2 (P4HA2) gene silencing significantly attenuated tumor necrosis factor-α-induced chemokine (KC and LIX) and ICAM-1 expression in cardiomyocytes. In vivo, postischemic hearts obtained from animals receiving the P4HA2 siRNA (HIF-1 activation) exhibited significantly reduced CXC chemokine (MIP-2, KC, and LIX), CC chemokine (monocyte chemoattractant protein-1), and ICAM-1 expression when compared with postischemic hearts from either saline I/R controls or postischemic hearts from animals receiving a nontargeting control siRNA (no HIF-1 activation). Diminished chemokine and adhesion molecule expression in HIF-1-activated postischemic hearts was associated with significantly reduced polymorphonuclear leukocyte infiltration and myocardial infarct size (>60% reduction P4HA2 siRNA I/R vs. saline I/R, P < 0.001, n = 6). In conclusion, these results demonstrate for the first time that HIF-1 activation following infusion of siRNA to P4HA2 plays a key role in modulating I/R-associated cardiac inflammatory responses.

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Wen ◽  
Yan-Fang Zou ◽  
Yao-Hui Gao ◽  
Qian Zhao ◽  
Yin-Yin Xie ◽  
...  

In this study, rat models of acute kidney injury (AKI) induced by renal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) and HK-2 cell models of hypoxia-reoxygenation (H/R) were established to investigate the expression of inhibitor of DNA binding 1 (ID1) in AKI, and the regulation relationship between ID1 and hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1α). Through western blot, quantitative real-time PCR, immunohistochemistry, and other experiment methods, the induction of ID1 after renal I/R in vivo was observed, which was expressed mainly in renal tubular epithelial cells (TECs). ID1 expression was upregulated in in vitro H/R models at both the protein and mRNA levels. Via RNAi, it was found that ID1 induction was inhibited with silencing of HIF-1α. Moreover, the suppression of ID1 mRNA expression could lead to decreased expression and transcription of HIF-1αduring hypoxia and reoxygenation. In addition, it was demonstrated that both ID1 and HIF-1αcan regulate the transcription of twist. This study demonstrated that ID1 is induced in renal TECs during I/R and can regulate the transcription and expression of HIF-1α.


2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 172-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angana Gupta Rajapakse ◽  
Xiu-Fen Ming ◽  
João M. Carvas ◽  
Zhihong Yang

Elevated cellular levels of proteinO-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) through hexosamine biosynthesis pathway (HBP) are suggested to contribute to cardiovascular adverse effects under chronic hyperglycemic condition associated with oxidative stress and inflammation. Conversely, enhancingO-GlcNAc levels have also been demonstrated being protective against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. We recently demonstrated that hyperglycemia increases oxidative stress and HBP flux in endothelial cells and enhances endothelial expression of vascular adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in response to tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα) through oxidative stress rather than HBP pathway. Here we present further complementary data showing that enhancingO-GlcNAc levels by glucosamine does not mimic hyperglycemia's effect on TNFα-induced endothelial VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 expression. Glucosamine however inhibits ICAM-1 (not VCAM-1) expression and induces superoxide generation in the cells. The results further suggest that increasedO-GlcNAc levels do not mediate the enhancing effect of hyperglycemia on the endothelial inflammatory responses to TNFα. In contrast, it exerts certain anti-inflammatory effects accompanied by pro-oxidative properties. Further work should delineate the exact role of HPB pathway in different aspects of cardiovascular functions, especially those of diabetic cardiovascular complications.


1999 ◽  
Vol 276 (5) ◽  
pp. H1647-H1654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoharu Mori ◽  
Yoshinori Horie ◽  
Mary E. Gerritsen ◽  
D. Neil Granger

The objective of this study was to determine whether the microvascular responses to ischemia and reperfusion (I/R) are altered in an animal model of atherosclerosis, the low-density lipoprotein-receptor knockout (LDLr −/−) mouse. Intravital video microscopy was used to monitor venular wall shear rate, leukocytes rolling velocity, the number of rolling, adherent and emigrated leukocytes, and albumin leakage in cremasteric postcapillary venules of wild-type (B6129) and LDLr −/− mice exposed to 60 min of ischemia and 60 min of reperfusion. The postcapillary venules of LDLr −/− mice exhibited two- to threefold larger increments in the number of adherent leukocytes and a more profound albumin leakage response to I/R than venules in wild-type mice. The exaggerated inflammatory responses noted in LDLr −/− mice placed on a normal diet were not exacerbated by a high-cholesterol diet. Treatment of LDLr −/− mice with either a platelet-activating factor (PAF) receptor antagonist (WEB-2086) or a monoclonal antibody (YN-1) against the endothelial cell adhesion molecule, intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), markedly attenuated the I/R-induced leukocyte adherence and albumin leakage. These findings indicate that atherogenic mice are more vulnerable to the deleterious microvascular effects of I/R and that PAF-mediated, ICAM-1-dependent leukocyte adhesion contributes to this exaggerated response to I/R.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Lee Martin ◽  
Sabena Michelle Conley ◽  
Regine Simone Harris ◽  
Corshe Devon Stanley ◽  
Jean-Marie Vianney Niyitegeka ◽  
...  

Meprin metalloproteases play a role in the pathology of ischemia/reperfusion- (IR-) induced renal injury. The endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein, osteosarcoma-9 (OS-9), has been shown to interact with the carboxyl-terminal tail of meprinβ. More importantly, OS-9 interacts with the hypoxia inducible factor-1α(HIF-1α) and the prolyl-hydroxylase, proteins which mediate the cell’s response to hypoxia. To determine if OS-9 is a meprin substrate, kidney proteins from meprinαβknockout mice (αβKO) (which lack endogenous meprins) and purified human OS-9 were incubated with activated forms of meprin A and meprin B, and Western blot analysis was used to evaluate proteolytic processing of OS-9. Fragmentation of OS-9 was observed in reactions with meprin B, but not meprin A. To determine whether meprin B cleaves OS-9in vivo, wild-type (WT) and meprinαβKO mice were subjected to IR-induced renal injury. Fragmentation of OS-9 was observed in kidney proteins from WT mice subjected to IR, but not in meprinαβKO counterparts. Transfection of kidney cells (MDCK and HEK293) with meprinβcDNA prevented accumulation of OS-9 following exposure to the hypoxia mimic, CoCl2. These data suggest that meprinβinteraction with OS-9 plays a role in the hypoxia response associated with IR-induced renal injury.


2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy E B Packard ◽  
Jason C Hedges ◽  
Frances R Bahjat ◽  
Susan L Stevens ◽  
Michael J Conlin ◽  
...  

Preconditioning induces ischemic tolerance, which confers robust protection against ischemic damage. We show marked protection with polyinosinic polycytidylic acid (poly-IC) preconditioning in three models of murine ischemia-reperfusion injury. Poly-IC preconditioning induced protection against ischemia modeled in vitro in brain cortical cells and in vivo in models of brain ischemia and renal ischemia. Further, unlike other Toll-like receptor (TLR) ligands, which generally induce significant inflammatory responses, poly-IC elicits only modest systemic inflammation. Results show that poly-IC is a new powerful prophylactic treatment that offers promise as a clinical therapeutic strategy to minimize damage in patient populations at risk of ischemic injury.


2019 ◽  
Vol 133 (11) ◽  
pp. 1215-1228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Sun ◽  
Juan Guan ◽  
Yunfeng Hou ◽  
Fei Xue ◽  
Wei Huang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Although junctional adhesion molecule-like protein (JAML) has recently been implicated in leukocyte recruitment during inflammation and wound repair, its role in atherosclerosis remains to be elucidated. Methods and results: First, we showed that JAML was strongly expressed in atherosclerotic plaques of cardiovascular patients. Similar results were obtained with atherosclerotic plaques of ApoE−/− mice. Co-immunofluorescence staining showed that JAML was mainly expressed in macrophages. Enhanced expression of JAML in cultured macrophages was observed following exposure of the cells to oxLDL. The functional role of JAML in atherosclerosis and macrophages function was assessed by interference of JAML with shRNA in vivo and siRNA in vitro. Silencing of JAML in mice significantly attenuated atherosclerotic lesion formation, reduced necrotic core area, increased plaque fibrous cap thickness, decreased macrophages content and inflammation. In addition, histological staining showed that JAML deficiency promoted plaques to stable phenotype. In vitro, JAML siRNA treatment lowered the expression of inflammatory cytokines in macrophages treated with oxLDL. The mechanism by which JAML mediated the inflammatory responses may be related to the ERK/NF-κB activation. Conclusions: Our results demonstrated that therapeutic drugs which antagonize the function of JAML may be a potentially effective approach to attenuate atherogenesis and enhance plaque stability.


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