Elsevier

Cytokine

Volume 17, Issue 1, January 2002, Pages 14-27
Cytokine

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STABILIZATION OF HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR-1α IS INVOLVED IN THE HYPOXIC STIMULI-INDUCED EXPRESSION OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR IN OSTEOBLASTIC CELLS

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Abstract

It has been suggested that blood vessel formation is an important event coupled to bone formation. The expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a potent angiogenic factor, has been shown to be greatly stimulated in osteoblasts by hypoxic stimuli such as deprivation of oxygen and treatment with cobalt. In other cell types, hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) that binds hypoxia-response element (HRE) has been shown to mediate gene expression induced by hypoxic stimuli. In this study, we investigated the effects of hypoxic stimuli on HIF-1, HRE, and VEGF in osteoblastic cell lines. Exposure of these cells to hypoxia or cobalt resulted in a great increase in the protein level of HIF-1α and the gene expression of VEGF. Transforming growth factor-β1, prostaglandin E2, dexamethasone, and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 that have been shown to regulate VEGF gene expression in osteoblasts had no effect on HIF-1α induction. Blocking the enzymatic activity of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, p38, MEK-1 did not have any effect on the cobalt-stimulated increase of HIF-1α in these cells. In contrast, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a scavenger of reactive oxygen species, abolished the cobalt induction of HIF-1α and that of the VEGF and a HRE-driven reporter genes. However, the hypoxia responses were not affected by NAC. These findings suggest that hypoxia and cobalt can induce VEGF gene expression in osteoblasts by increasing the level of HIF-1α protein through different mechanisms.

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    Correspondence to: Zang Hee Lee, D.D.S., Ph.D., Chosun University School of Dentistry, 375 Seosuk-Dong, Dong-Ku, Kwangju 501-759, Korea. Phone: 82-62-230-6872; Fax: 82-62-227-6589; E-mail: [email protected]

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