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DNA‐dependent protein kinase is involved in heat shock protein‐mediated accumulation of hypoxia‐inducible factor‐1α in hypoxic preconditioned HepG2 cells
Author(s) -
Kang Moon Jung,
Jung Sun Min,
Kim Mi Ju,
Bae Jae Ho,
Kim Hak Bong,
Kim Joo Young,
Park Soo Jung,
Song Hye Soon,
Kim Dong Wan,
Kang Chi Dug,
Kim Sun Hee
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the febs journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.981
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1742-4658
pISSN - 1742-464X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06725.x
Subject(s) - hsf1 , hsp70 , downregulation and upregulation , protein kinase a , ku70 , dna damage , heat shock protein , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , heat shock factor , dna repair , hsp90 , hypoxia inducible factors , kinase , chemistry , dna , biochemistry , gene
Hypoxic preconditioning may afford protection against subsequent lethal hypoxia. As hypoxic tolerance induces changes in the expression of genes involved in DNA damage and repair response pathways, we investigated whether DNA‐dependent protein kinase (DNA‐PK), one of the DNA double‐strand break repair proteins, could be involved in hypoxic preconditioning‐induced protective signaling cascades. We showed that induction of hypoxia‐inducible factor‐1α expression during hypoxic preconditioning by repeated hypoxic exposure was associated with increased mRNA and protein levels of DNA‐PK catalytic subunit (DNA‐PKcs) and Ku70/Ku80, the DNA‐PK components, in human hepatoma HepG2 cells, followed by upregulation of Hsp70/Hsp90 and Bcl‐2 and concurrent downregulation of Bax. Additionally, loss of DNA‐PKcs led to attenuated expression of Hsp70/Hsp90, accelerated hypoxia‐inducible factor‐1α degradation, and increased susceptibility to hypoxia‐induced cell death. We also found that the mRNA and protein levels of heat shock factor‐1 (HSF1) were progressively increased with DNA‐PK activation during hypoxic preconditioning, and inhibition of HSF1 function by KNK437 resulted in a significant decrease in the level of protein kinase Akt as well as of DNA‐PKcs, with downregulation of Hsp70/Hsp90 and HIF‐1α. Our results suggest the possibility that DNA‐PK‐mediated signaling pathway is required for the increase in HIF‐1α expression through activation of HSF1 and subsequent upregulation of heat shock proteins after hypoxic reconditioning.