title: Hypoxia up-regulates glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in mouse brain capillary endothelial cells: involvement of Na+/Ca2+ exchanger.
abstract: The molecular regulatory mechanisms and the characterization of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) in hypoxia were studied in a mouse brain capillary endothelial cell line, MBEC4. Activation of GAPDH gene expression by hypoxia was suppressed by an intracellular Ca(2+) chelator and inhibited by a non-selective cation channel blocker or a Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX) blocker. Sequencing of reverse transcription-PCR products demonstrated that MBEC4 expressed an mRNA encoding NCX3, which functions even under cellular ATP-depleted conditions, in addition to mRNAs encoding NCX1 and NCX2. The inhibition of Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases or c-Jun/AP-1 activation caused a significant decrease in the activation of GAPDH mRNA by hypoxia. These results suggest that hypoxia stimulates Ca(2+) influx through non-selective cation channels and causes the reverse operation of the three NCX isoforms, and consequently, increased intracellular Ca(2+) up-regulates GAPDH gene expression through an AP-1-dependent pathway. Furthermore, subcellular fractionation experiments showed that hypoxia increased GAPDH proteins not only in the cytosolic fraction, but also in the nuclear and particulate fractions, in which GAPDH should play no roles in glycolysis. However, the GAPDH activity did not rise in proportion to the increase of GAPDH protein by hypoxia even in the cytosolic fraction. These results suggest that not all hypoxia-induced GAPDH molecules contribute to glycolysis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, 5998531, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryoichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamaji
authors.forename: Kayoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Saeko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoneda
authors.forename: Kaori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Mikihiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuruo
authors.forename: Kazutaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyatake
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inui
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001596:Benzylamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D002196:Capillaries / Q000201:enzymology; D015687:Cell Hypoxia; D002460:Cell Line; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D003474:Curcumin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D019831:Sodium-Calcium Exchanger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D015854:Up-Regulation; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides
chemical_list: D001596:Benzylamines; D015220:Calcium Channels; D002614:Chelating Agents; D003474:Curcumin; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019831:Sodium-Calcium Exchanger; D013449:Sulfonamides; C072105:KN 93; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides; C070379:1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid acetoxymethyl ester