Journal
HYPERTENSION
Volume 49, Issue 1, Pages 178-184Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000251360.40838.0f
Keywords
prolyl hydroxylase domain 2 protein; hypoxia-inducible factor; vascular endothelial growth factor; vascular endothelial cells and cell proliferation
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- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [P01HL070694] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NHLBI NIH HHS [5P01HL70694] Funding Source: Medline
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Prolyl hydroxylase domain 2 protein (PHD2) signals the degradation of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1 alpha by hydroxylating specific prolyl residues located within oxygen-dependent degradation domains. As expected, endothelial cells (ECs) overexpressing PHD2 had reduced HIF-1 alpha and vascular endothelial growth factor-A expression and failed to accelerate their proliferation in response to hypoxia. Surprisingly, although these cells displayed further reductions in HIF-1 alpha and vascular endothelial growth factor-A expression when cultured under normoxia, there was no further reduction in EC proliferation. Thus, there seemed to be no consistent correlation between PHD2 hydroxylase-mediated suppression of HIF-1 alpha expression and inhibition of EC growth. Indeed, overexpression of a mutant PHD2 lacking hydroxylase activity also greatly diminished EC response to hypoxia-induced increase in proliferation, in spite of the fact that hypoxia-induced HIF-1 alpha accumulation was not affected by mutant PHD2. These data strongly suggest the existence of a hydroxylase-independent mechanism for PHD2-mediated inhibition of EC proliferation under hypoxia. In support of a physiological relevance of PHD2 overexpression, we found that endogenous PHD2 expression was significantly upregulated by hypoxia and that silencing of the Phd2 gene by RNA interference significantly enhanced hypoxia-induced EC proliferation. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that PHD2 may act as a negative feedback regulator to antagonize hypoxia-induced EC proliferation.
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