title: Inhibitors of mitochondrial complex I attenuate the accumulation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 during hypoxia in Hep3B cells.
abstract: Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) is a heterodimeric transcription factor that regulates transcriptional activation of several genes that are responsive to oxygen lack, including erythropoietin, vascular endothelial growth factor, various glycolytic enzymes and the GLUT-1 glucose transporter. Because mitochondria have been postulated to be involved in the regulation of HIF-1, we tested the effects of mitochondrial electron transport chain complex I inhibitors, rotenone and 1-methyl-4-phenylpiridinium (MPP(+)), on hypoxic-induced accumulation of HIF-1 alpha, the regulated component of the dimer. We found, consistent with our previous observations in Cath.a and PC12 cells, that rotenone and MPP(+) attenuated the HIF-1 alpha hypoxic response. Thus, it can be concluded that an intact, functional mitochondrial respiratory chain is required for HIF-1 alpha accumulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106-4938, USA.
authors.forename: Faton H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Agani
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pichiule
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carlos Chavez
authors.forename: Joseph C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: LaManna
mesh_terms: D015655:1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004579:Electron Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D012402:Rotenone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014475:Uncoupling Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C497442:HIF1A protein, human; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014475:Uncoupling Agents; D012402:Rotenone; D015655:1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium; D010100:Oxygen