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HIF-1 regulates hypoxic induction of NHE1 expression and alkalinization of intracellular pH in pulmonary arterial myocytes

¹Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; ²Institute for Cell Engineering, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, and Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, Oncology, and Radiation Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Submitted 15 December 2005 ; accepted in final form 5 June 2006

Vascular remodeling resulting from altered pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cell (PASMC) growth is a contributing factor to the pathogenesis of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. PASMC growth requires an alkaline shift in intracellular pH (pH_i) and we previously showed that PASMCs isolated from mice exposed to chronic hypoxia exhibited increased Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger (NHE) expression and activity, which resulted in increased pH_i. However, the mechanism by which hypoxia caused these changes was unknown. In this study we tested the hypothesis that hypoxia-induced changes in PASMC pH homeostasis are mediated by the transcriptional regulator hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1). Consistent with previous results, increased NHE isoform 1 (NHE1) mRNA and protein, enhanced NHE activity, and an alkaline shift in pH_i were observed in PASMCs isolated from wild-type mice exposed to chronic hypoxia (3 wk at 10% O₂). In contrast, these changes were absent in PASMCs isolated from chronically hypoxic mice with partial deficiency for HIF-1. Exposure of PASMCs to hypoxia ex vivo (48 h at 4% O₂) or overexpression of HIF-1 in the absence of hypoxia also increased NHE1 mRNA and protein expression. Our results indicate that full expression of HIF-1 is essential for hypoxic induction of NHE1 expression and changes in PASMC pH homeostasis and suggest a novel mechanism by which HIF-1 mediates pulmonary vascular remodeling during the pathogenesis of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension.

hypoxia-inducible factor 1; pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cell

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