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A new HIF-1 alpha variant induced by zinc ion suppresses HIF-1-mediated hypoxic responses

¹ Department of Pharmacology and Heart Research Institute, BK21 Human Life Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-799, Korea
² Institute of Animal Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Suwon 441-744, Korea

*Author for correspondence (e-mail: parkjw{at}plaza.snu.ac.kr)

Accepted July 13, 2001

The expressions of hypoxia-inducible genes are upregulated by hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1), which is a heterodimer of HIF-1 and HIF-1ß/ARNT (aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear transporter). Under hypoxic conditions, HIF-1 becomes stabilized and both HIF-1 and ARNT are translocated into the nucleus and codimerized, binding to the HIF-1 consensus sequence and transactivating hypoxia-inducible genes. Other than hypoxia, cobalt and nickel, which can substitute for iron in the ferroprotein, induce the stabilization of HIF-1 and the activation of HIF-1. We found previously that, although zinc, another example of a metal substitute for iron, stabilized HIF-1, it suppressed the formation of HIF-1 by blocking the nuclear translocation of ARNT. Here, we identify a new spliced variant of human HIF-1 that is induced by zinc. The isoform lacks the 12th exon, which produced a frame-shift and gave a shorter form of HIF-1 (557 amino acids), designated HIF-1Z (HIF-1 induced by Zn). This moiety was found to inhibit HIF-1 activity and reduce mRNA expressions of the hypoxia-inducible genes. It blocked the nuclear translocation of ARNT but not that of endogenous HIF-1, and was associated with ARNT in the cytosol. These results suggest that HIF-1Z functions as a dominant-negative isoform of HIF-1 by sequestering ARNT in the cytosol. In addition, the generation of HIF-1Z seems to be responsible for the inhibitory effects of the zinc ion on HIF-1-mediated hypoxic responses, because the expressed HIF-1Z behaved in the same manner as zinc in terms of inhibited HIF-1 activity and ARNT translocation.

Key words: HIF-1, ARNT, Zinc ion, Dominant-negative isoform

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