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RECEPTORS AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION

Oligomycin inhibits HIF-1 expression in hypoxic tumor cells

Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Submitted 8 September 2004 ; accepted in final form 31 December 2004

Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a key regulator of cellular responses to reduced oxygen availability. The contribution of mitochondria in regulation of HIF-1 in hypoxic cells has received recent attention. We demonstrate that inhibition of electron transport complexes I, III, and IV diminished hypoxic HIF-1 accumulation in different tumor cell lines. Hypoxia-induced HIF-1 accumulation was not prevented by the antioxidants Trolox and N-acetyl-cysteine. Oligomycin, inhibitor of F₀F₁-ATPase, prevented hypoxia-induced HIF-1 protein accumulation and had no effect on HIF-1 induction by hypoxia-mimicking agents desferrioxamine or dimethyloxalylglycine. The inhibitory effect of mitochondrial respiratory chain inhibitors and oligomycin on hypoxic HIF-1 content was pronounced in cells exposed to hypoxia (1.5% O₂) but decreased markedly when cells were exposed to severe oxygen deprivation (anoxia). Taken together, these results do not support the role for mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in HIF-1 regulation, but rather suggest that inhibition of electron transport chain and impaired oxygen consumption affect HIF-1 accumulation in hypoxic cells indirectly via effects on prolyl hydroxylase function.

hypoxia-inducible factor 1; oxygen sensing

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