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The effect of hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha on hypoxia-induced apoptosis in primary neonatal rat ventricular myocytes.

Authors: Zhou, YF  Zheng, XW  Zhang, GH  Zong, ZH  Qi, GX 
Citation: Zhou YF, etal., Cardiovasc J Afr. 2010 Jan-Feb;21(1):37-41.
RGD ID: 5147882
Pubmed: PMID:20224844   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC3721275   (View Article at PubMed Central)

AIM: To study the role of hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF-1alpha) on hypoxia-induced apoptosis in primary neonatal rat ventricular myocytes. METHODS: Primary neonatal rat ventricular myocytes were exposed to hypoxia for 24 hours. HIF-1alpha activity was suppressed by treating the cells with 3-(5'-hydroxymethyl-2'- furyl)-1-benzyl indazole (YC-1). The degree of cell apoptosis was assessed by Hoechst 33258 DNA staining. The levels of HIF-1alpha and the pro-apoptotic proteins Bnip3, Bax and Bad were measured with western blotting. RESULTS: On exposure to hypoxia, there was an increase in the expression levels of HIF-1alpha, and the pro-apoptotic protein Bnip3 was upregulated. Suppression of HIF-1alpha activity by YC-1 treatment was followed by blockade of hypoxia-induced apoptosis and Bnip3 expression; however, the changes in the levels of Bax and Bad expression were unclear. CONCLUSION: Acute hypoxia enhanced primary neonatal rat ventricular myocyte apoptosis through the activation of HIF-1alpha and a mechanism that perhaps involved Bnip3. Targeting HIF-1alpha may be a new strategy for reducing the degree of hypoxia-induced apoptosis in ventricular myocytes.

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Biological Process
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
positive regulation of apoptotic process  IMP 5147882 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Hif1a  (hypoxia inducible factor 1 subunit alpha)


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