期刊
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
卷 130, 期 -, 页码 278-287出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.10.441
关键词
Nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide; Gene regulation; Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF); Cytokine
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada [RGPIN06583]
- Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar award
The production of nitric oxide (NO) by inducible NO synthase (iNOS) and the regulation of gene expression by hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are important for many aspects of human cell biology. However, little is known about whether iNOS expression is controlled by HIFs in human cells. Stimulation of A549 human lung epithelial cells with cytokines (TNF, IL-1 and IFN gamma) increased the nuclear accumulation of HIF-1 in normoxic conditions. Activation of HIF-1 by hypoxia or CoCl2 was not sufficient to induce iNOS expression. However, pharmacological inhibition of HIF-1 reduced the induction of iNOS expression in A549 cells and primary human astrocytes. Moreover, elimination of HIF-1 alpha expression and activity by CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing significantly reduced the induction of human iNOS gene promoter, mRNA and protein expression by cytokine stimulation. Three putative hypoxia response elements (HRE) are present within the human iNOS gene promoter and elimination of an HRE at -4981 bp reduced the induction of human iNOS promoter activity in response to cytokine stimulation. These findings establish an important role for HIF-1 alpha in the induction of human iNOS gene expression in response to cytokine stimulation.
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