title: Altered metabolic responses to intermittent hypoxia in mice with partial deficiency of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha.
abstract: We have previously shown that exposure of C57BL/6J mice to intermittent hypoxia (IH) leads to 1) hypertriglyceridemia due to upregulation of pathways of lipid biosynthesis, including sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP)-1 and stearoyl CoA desaturase (SCD)-1; and 2) hypercholesterolemia due to impaired cholesterol uptake. The goal of the present study was to examine whether hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1 is implicated in changes in lipid metabolism induced by IH. Lean HIF-1alpha (Hif1a)(+/-) mice, which are heterozygous for a null allele at the locus encoding the HIF-1alpha subunit, and their wild-type (WT) Hif1a(+/+) littermates were exposed to IH or control conditions for 5 days. IH increased fasting blood glucose, serum total cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, phospholipids, triglycerides (TG), and leptin in mice of both genotypes, whereas serum insulin and interleukin-6 were elevated only in WT mice. The impact of IH on serum TG levels in WT mice was significantly greater than that in Hif1a(+/-) mice (95 +/- 9 vs. 66 +/- 6 mg/dl, P < 0.05), whereas cholesterol and glucose levels were affected independently of genotype. Under hypoxic conditions, mRNA and protein levels of SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP) and SCD-1 and protein levels of nuclear isoform of SREBP-1 in the liver were induced to significantly higher levels in WT mice than in Hif1a(+/-) mice. We conclude that 1) the effect of IH on serum TG levels is mediated through HIF-1, 2) HIF-1 may impact on posttranscriptional regulation of SREBP-1, and 3) the effect of IH on serum cholesterol levels was not altered by partial HIF-1alpha deficiency.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Jianguo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bosch-Marce
authors.forename: Ashika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nanayakkara
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Savransky
authors.forename: Susan K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Fried
authors.forename: Gregg L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Semenza
authors.forename: Vsevolod Y
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Polotsky
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit / Q000235:genetics; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D013230:Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: C497443:Hif1a protein, mouse; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit; D007328:Insulin; D015850:Interleukin-6; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C102196:SREBP cleavage-activating protein; C497388:Srebf1 protein, mouse; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1; D014280:Triglycerides; D012313:RNA; C490333:Scd1 protein, mouse; D013230:Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase