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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 279: H2889-H2897, 2000;
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Vol. 279, Issue 6, H2889-H2897, December 2000

Regulation of endothelial heme oxygenase activity during hypoxia is dependent on chelatable iron

Stefan W. Ryter1, Minliang Si2, Chen-Ching Lai2, and Ching-Yuan Su1,2

Departments of 1 Medicine and 2 Pharmacology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois 62794

The regulation of heme oxygenase (HO) activity and its dependence on iron was studied in bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAEC) subjected to hypoxia-reoxygenation (H/R). HO activity was induced by hypoxia (10 h) and continued to increase during the reoxygenation phase. HO-1 protein levels were strongly induced by hypoxia from undetectable levels and remained elevated at least 8 h postreoxygenation. Addition of the Fe3+ chelator desferrioxamine mesylate (DFO) or the Fe2+ chelator o-phenanthroline during hypoxia alone or during the entire H/R period inhibited the induction of HO activity and HO-1 protein levels. However, DFO had no effect and o-phenanthroline had a partial inhibitory effect on HO activity and protein levels when added only during reoxygenation. Loading of BAEC with Fe3+ enhanced the activation of the HO-1 gene by H/R, whereas loading with L-aminolevulinic acid, which stimulates heme synthesis, had little effect. These results suggest that chelatable iron participates in regulating HO expression during hypoxia.

carbon monoxide; endothelium; stress response




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