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JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 211, Issue 2, Pages 439-447Publisher
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20951
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Hypoxia results in adaptationally appropriate alterations of gene expression through the activation of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1 to overcome any shortage of oxygen. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells may be exposed to low oxygen tensions for different times as they migrate between blood and various tissues. We and others have previously shown that T-cell adaptation to hypoxia is characterized by a modulation of cytokine expression and an inhibition of T-cell activation. We have recently demonstrated that the adaptor protein p66Shc negatively regulates T-cell activation and survival. We here show that hypoxia enhances HIF-1 alpha accumulation and vascular endothelial growth factor production in T cells. Hypoxic T cells expressed high levels of p21(WAF1/CIP1), of the pro-apoptotic molecules BNIP3, a classic HIF target gene, and BAX, as well as low levels of the anti-apoptotic molecule BCLxl, associated with an induction of cell death. We found out that hypoxic T cells expressed p66Shc. Furthermore, using T-cell transfectants expressing p66Shc, as well as T cells derived from mice p66Shc-/-,we defined a role of p66Shc in T-cell responses to hypoxia. Of interest, hypoxic p66Shc-positive transfectants expressed higher level of HIF-1 alpha than negative controls. Thus, p66Shc may play an important role in downstream hypoxic signaling, involving HIF-1 alpha protein accumulation and cell death in T lymphocytes.
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