期刊
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
卷 42, 期 8, 页码 1246-1257出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.01.026
关键词
ascorbate; chromium(VI); nickel(II); HIF-1 alpha; HIF-dependent transcription; free radicals
资金
- Intramural NIH HHS [Z01 BC004582-32] Funding Source: Medline
- NCI NIH HHS [N01-CO-12400] Funding Source: Medline
Molecular oxygen is involved in hydroxylation and subsequent degradation of HIF-1 alpha, a subunit of HIF-1 transcription factor; therefore oxygen shortage (hypoxia) stabilizes this protein. However, HIF-1 alpha can also be stabilized by transition metal ions in the presence of oxygen, suggesting that a different mechanism is involved in metal-induced hypoxic stress. Recently, we showed that the depletion of intracellular ascorbate by metals may lead to the inhibition of hydroxylases. Because nickel(II) has similarity to iron(II), an alternative hypothesis suggests that iron substitution for nickel in the enzyme inhibits hydroxylase activity. Here we investigated the induction of HIF-1 by another metal, chromium, which cannot replace iron in the enzyme. We show that chromium(VI), but not chromium(III), can oxidize ascorbate both in cells and in a cell-free system. In agreement with these data chromium(VI) stabilizes HIF-1 alpha protein in cells only until it is reduced to chromium(III). In contrast, nickel (II) was found to be a catalyst, which facilitated continuous oxidation of ascorbate by ambient oxygen. These data correlate with extended stabilization of HIF-1 alpha after acute exposur to nickel(II). The HIF-1-dependent reporter assays revealed that 20-24 h was required to fully develop the HIF-1 transcriptional response, and the acute exposure to nickel(II), but not chromium(VI), meets this requirement. However, repeated (chronic) exposure to chromium(VI) can also lead to extended stabilization of HIF-1 alpha. Thus, the obtained data emphasize the important role of ascorbate in regulation of HIF-1 transcriptional activity in metal-exposed human lung cells. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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