title: Repression of heme oxygenase-1 by hypoxia in vascular endothelial cells.
abstract: Heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1), a rate-limiting enzyme in heme catabolism, has been reported to be induced by hypoxia. Unexpectedly, here we show that expression of HO-1 mRNA is repressed by hypoxia in primary cultures of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), but is increased by cobalt chloride (CoCl(2)) that is known to mimic hypoxia. Under the culture conditions used, the DNA-binding and transactivation activities of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 were increased in HUVECs by hypoxia or CoCl(2). Therefore, hypoxia and cobalt showed opposing effects on HO-1 mRNA expression, despite activation of hypoxia-inducible factor 1. The half-life of HO-1 mRNA was not changed by hypoxia, but was significantly prolonged by CoCl(2). Hypoxia also represses HO-1 mRNA expression in human coronary artery endothelial cells and astrocytes. The repression of HO-1 expression may represent the adaptation to hypoxia in certain cell types.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Applied Physiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitamuro
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasumoto
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Katayose
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shirato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii-Kuriyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shibahara
mesh_terms: D015687:Cell Hypoxia; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003035:Cobalt / Q000494:pharmacology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D003676:Deferoxamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1; D006801:Humans; D051793:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497442:HIF1A protein, human; D051793:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors; D003035:Cobalt; C496541:HMOX1 protein, human; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing); D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1; C018021:cobaltous chloride; D003676:Deferoxamine; D010100:Oxygen