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- Title
Hyperglycemia regulates hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha protein stability and function.
- Authors
Catrina, Sergiu-Bogdan; Okamoto, Kensaku; Pereira, Teresa; Brismar, Kerstin; Poellinger, Lorenz
- Abstract
Hyperglycemia and hypoxia are suggested to play essential pathophysiological roles in the complications of diabetes, which may result from a defective response of the tissues to low oxygen tension. In this study, we show that in primary dermal fibroblasts and endothelial cells, hyperglycemia interferes with the function of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), a transcription factor that is essential for adaptive responses of the cell to hypoxia. Experiments using proteasomal and prolyl hydroxylases inhibitors indicate that hyperglycemia inhibits hypoxia-induced stabilization of HIF-1alpha protein levels against degradation and suggest that mechanisms in addition to proline hydroxylation may be involved. This effect of hyperglycemia was dose dependent and correlates with a lower transcription activation potency of HIF-1alpha, as assessed by transient hypoxia-inducible reporter gene assay. Regulation of HIF-1alpha function by hyperglycemia could be mimicked by mannitol, suggesting hyperosmolarity as one critical parameter. The interference of hyperglycemia with hypoxia-dependent stabilization of HIF-1alpha protein levels was confirmed in vivo, where only very low levels of HIF-1alpha protein could be detected in diabetic wounds, as compared with chronic venous ulcers. In conclusion, our data demonstrate that hyperglycemia impairs hypoxia-dependent protection of HIF-1alpha against proteasomal degradation and suggest a mechanism by which diabetes interferes with cellular responses to hypoxia.
- Publication
Diabetes, 2004, Vol 53, Issue 12, p3226
- ISSN
0012-1797
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2337/diabetes.53.12.3226