TY - JOUR
T1 - Hypoxia increases group IIA phospholipase A2 expression under inflammatory conditions in rat renal mesangial cells
AU - Petry, Claudia
AU - Huwiler, Andrea
AU - Eberhardt, Wolfgang
AU - Kaszkin, Marietta
AU - Pfeilschifter, Josef
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Hypoxia evokes a common mechanism of oxygen sensing mediated by hypoxia-inducible transcription factors (HIF) in many mammalian cells. This study investigated the effect of hypoxia on group-IIA secretory phospholipase A(2) (sPLA(2)-IIA) expression in renal mesangial cells. Stimulation of cells with IL-1beta under normoxic conditions (21 O(2)) is known to induce expression and secretion of the group sPLA(2)-IIA. This induction is further enhanced by constantly reducing the O(2) concentration to 1 O(2), and is accompanied by increased sPLA(2) activity. To see whether hypoxia potentiates IL-1beta-induced sPLA(2)-IIA gene expression, a 2.67-kb fragment of the rat sPLA(2)-IIA promoter was fused to a luciferase reporter construct and used to transfect mesangial cells. Hypoxia alone is not able to activate the sPLA(2) promoter, whereas it significantly enhances IL-1beta-stimulated promoter activity. A deletion mutant of the promoter that lacks the two putative hypoxia responsive elements (HRE) is devoid of the potentiating effect of hypoxia. Moreover, site-directed mutagenesis of either of the two HRE is sufficient to abolish the potentiating effect of hypoxia. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays show that HIF-2alpha, which is the only HIF subtype expressed in mesangial cells, binds to both HRE in the sPLA(2)-IIA promoter. In summary, the data show that in an inflammatory setting hypoxia is able to potentiate sPLA(2)-IIA expression and activity in renal mesangial cells, and thereby may critically contribute to enhanced formation of inflammatory lipid mediators seen in a diverse range of kidney diseases.
AB - Hypoxia evokes a common mechanism of oxygen sensing mediated by hypoxia-inducible transcription factors (HIF) in many mammalian cells. This study investigated the effect of hypoxia on group-IIA secretory phospholipase A(2) (sPLA(2)-IIA) expression in renal mesangial cells. Stimulation of cells with IL-1beta under normoxic conditions (21 O(2)) is known to induce expression and secretion of the group sPLA(2)-IIA. This induction is further enhanced by constantly reducing the O(2) concentration to 1 O(2), and is accompanied by increased sPLA(2) activity. To see whether hypoxia potentiates IL-1beta-induced sPLA(2)-IIA gene expression, a 2.67-kb fragment of the rat sPLA(2)-IIA promoter was fused to a luciferase reporter construct and used to transfect mesangial cells. Hypoxia alone is not able to activate the sPLA(2) promoter, whereas it significantly enhances IL-1beta-stimulated promoter activity. A deletion mutant of the promoter that lacks the two putative hypoxia responsive elements (HRE) is devoid of the potentiating effect of hypoxia. Moreover, site-directed mutagenesis of either of the two HRE is sufficient to abolish the potentiating effect of hypoxia. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays show that HIF-2alpha, which is the only HIF subtype expressed in mesangial cells, binds to both HRE in the sPLA(2)-IIA promoter. In summary, the data show that in an inflammatory setting hypoxia is able to potentiate sPLA(2)-IIA expression and activity in renal mesangial cells, and thereby may critically contribute to enhanced formation of inflammatory lipid mediators seen in a diverse range of kidney diseases.
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16135775
U2 - 10.1681/ASN.2004121051
DO - 10.1681/ASN.2004121051
M3 - Article
SN - 1046-6673
VL - 16
SP - 2897
EP - 2905
JO - Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
JF - Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
IS - 10
ER -