Abstract:
:Placentas from women with preeclampsia overexpress the hypoxia-inducible transcription factor proteins, HIF-1alpha and -2alpha (Rajakumar 2001, Biol Reprod 64; p499-506 and p1019-1020). As a first step in evaluating whether HIF-alpha overexpressed in preeclamptic placentae is capable of transactivation, we tested its ability to bind to the DNA hypoxia response element (HRE). Six pairs of normal and preeclamptic placentae obtained by cesarean section were investigated. Three biopsy sites per placenta were analyzed. We first confirmed HIF-1alpha protein overexpression in the preeclamptic placentae using Western analysis. The ratios of the arbitrary densitometry units for HIF-1alpha protein from the preeclamptic and normal placentae (PE/NP) in the three biopsy sites were: 1.9 +/- 0.3, 1.7 +/- 0.2 and 1.8 +/- 0.2, each p < 0.05 vs 1.0. (A ratio of >1.0 indicates that HIF-1alpha protein expression in placentas of women with PE exceeds that in placentas of NP women.) Conventional methods for extracting nuclear proteins and subsequent analysis by electrophoretic mobility shift assay were not suited for the frozen, archived samples (data not shown). Therefore, we employed DNA affinity chromatography using a biotinylated oligonucleotide representing the HRE of the erythropoietin gene coupled to streptavidin-coated Dynabeads. The HRE-bound proteins were then characterized by Western blot analysis. The PE/NP ratios of HRE-bound HIF-1alpha in the three biopsy sites from the six pairs of normal and preeclamptic placentae were 1.7 +/- 0.2, 2.1 +/- 0.4 and 2.4 +/- 0.5, each p < 0.05 vs 1.0. Having established DNA-binding potential at least in vitro, we subsequently analyzed three proteins that have been shown to be regulated by HIF-alpha as downstream, molecular markers of HIF-1alpha activity in vivo. VEGF receptor Flt-1 and Flk-1 play key roles in angiogenesis. Tyrosine hydroxylase is the rate-limiting enzyme in catecholamine synthesis. All three genes contain functional HRE in their promoter sequences. Total proteins were extracted from the same biopsy samples that were used for total and HRE-bound HIF-1alpha. Using specific antibodies we performed Western analysis and the levels of these three proteins were quantitated. The Flt-1 and tyrosine hydroxylase proteins were significantly higher, and Flk-1 significantly lower in placentae from preeclamptic compared to normal pregnancies. In summary, HIF-1alpha protein overexpressed in preeclamptic placentae is capable of binding to its DNA recognition sequence in vitro, and modulates gene expression in vivo.
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Rajakumar A,Brandon HM,Daftary A,Ness R,Conrad KPdoi
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