In line, NOX4 protein levels were also elevated by hypoxia peaking at 4–8 h (Figure 1C). Loading of equal amounts of RNA was confirmed by ethidium bromide staining of 18S. Djordjevic T., BelAiba R. S., Bonello S., Pfeilschifter J., Hess J., Gorlach A. 2, 30 November 2015 | Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 10, No. (A–C) Pulmonary artery smooth-muscle cells (PASMCs) were transfected with vectors coding for HIF-1α or with vectors coding for shRNA against HIF-1α (siH1I, siH1II) or for control shRNA (siCtr) and exposed to hypoxia for 4 h. (A) Western blot analyses were performed using antibodies against NOX4 or HIF-1α. 142, No. Mice were exposed to normoxia (Ctr) or hypoxia (10% oxygen, Hyp) for 1 d, and lung tissue was obtained. Finally, to analyze whether ROS mediate NOX4-dependent proliferation under conditions of elevated HIF-1α levels, PASMCs were pretreated with vitamin C which can act as an antioxidant. MOX-1. The mice were killed, and lungs were dissected and either snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen or inflated and Formalin-fixed. Data represent % change of NOX4 protein levels versus normoxic control (100%; n = 5, *p < 0.05 vs. control). Chromatin was then precipitated with an antibody against HIF-1α (Novus) overnight at 4°C. Interestingly, these responses were not confined to PASMCs, because similar results were obtained in HEK293 cells (Figure 7, A and B). 27, No. 125, No. In this study, we showed that the NADPH oxidase subunit NOX4 is up-regulated by hypoxia at the mRNA and protein levels in several cell types including PASMCs and HEK293 cells, but also in human microvascular endothelial cells, as well as in human A549 lung carcinoma cells (data not shown) within 4 h of exposure, indicating that NOX4 expression is sensitive to oxygen availability independently of the cell type. The number of migrated cells into the wound was counted. 67, 3 December 2013 | International Journal of Molecular Medicine, Vol. HIF-1α binding to chromatin was revealed after background subtraction as relative amount of the input used. However, when NOX4 was depleted from HIF-1α–overexpressing cells, the HIF-1α–induced increase in ROS levels was abolished, indicating that induction of NOX4 by HIF-1α elevates ROS levels in PASMCs (Figure 5A). 3, Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Vol. The NADPH oxidase enzyme system is the main source of superoxide anions in phagocytic and vascular cells. In vitro studies have found that the NADPH oxidase inhibitors apocynin and diphenyleneiodonium, along with the antioxidants N-acetyl-cysteine and resveratrol, depolymerized the actin, broke the adhesions, and allowed foam cells to migrate out of the intima.[12][13]. 18, No. In contrast to our findings of an immediate effect of hypoxia on NOX4 expression, however, the effect of chronic hypoxia on NOX4 expression may not be a direct one, but may be due to secondary effects mediated by growth factors, vasoactive peptides, or cytokines induced by chronic hypoxia as has been suggested earlier (Ismail et al., 2009). However, overexpression of NOX4 could restore ROS levels after short-term hypoxia to normoxic values, suggesting that NOX4 could be involved in ROS generation after hypoxia. 31, Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, Vol. Moreover, NOX4 itself can also be up-regulated by ROS (Djordjevic et al., 2005a). Blots were scanned and analyzed using GelDoc software (Bio-Rad, Munich, Germany). Diebold I., Flügel D., Becht S., Belaiba R. S., Bonello S., Hess J., Kietzmann T., Görlach A. 284, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Vol. 3, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Vol. 4, 21 November 2011 | Oncogene, Vol. Furthermore, we could show that NOX4 is also responsible for the adaptation of ROS levels after hypoxia because depletion of NOX4 prevented the restoration of ROS generation after 4 h of hypoxia, and a similar response was observed when HIF-1α was depleted or when cells were treated with vitamin C. On the other hand, the decreased ROS levels observed after brief hypoxia, when adaptive NOX4 expression was not yet completed, were restored when NOX4 was overexpressed, mimicking the situation after longer hypoxia when NOX4 levels were up-regulated. ROS levels were evaluated by DHE fluorescence. 31, No. 1, 20 February 2015 | Clinical Science, Vol. 30, No. This indicates that HIF-1α–dependent up-regulation of NOX4 under hypoxic conditions mediates the increased generation of ROS that is observed after prolonged exposure to hypoxia and that this pathway also contributes to the enhanced proliferation of PASMCs in response to hypoxia. 10, 11 March 2015 | The Journal of Physiology, Vol. 19, No. Untreated cells (Ctr) were set to 100% (n = 3; *p < 0.05 vs. control, #p <0.05 vs. hypoxic control). 7, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Vol. 288, No. Quantification was performed by ΔCT calculation. 1, 7 May 2015 | Journal of Drug Targeting, Vol. 37, No. Apocynin acts by preventing the assembly of the NADPH oxidase subunits. Areas of infected cells are common, granulomas. 6, No. 65, 22 April 2013 | Brain Sciences, Vol. 31, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, Vol. The membranes were blocked in TBS containing 5% milk and 0.3% Tween20 (TBS-T) and were incubated with antibodies against HIF-1α (Novus Biologicals, Littleton, CO) diluted at 1:500 in TBS-T or ARNT diluted at 1:1000 (Abcam, Cambridge, United Kingdom). ROS mediate proliferation by hypoxia, NOX4, and HIF-1α. A 2355-base pair fragment from the NOX4 gene (gene Id: 50507) upstream from the start codon was amplified by PCR using primers with appropriate restriction sites (forward: 5′-GTA AAG CAA CAT AAA CAG ATC TCA GTC CCC TC-3′; reverse: 5′-ACA GCC ATG GCG CCG GCC C-3′) and digested with KpnI to reveal a 968-base pair fragment containing 730 base pairs of the NOX4 promoter and 238 base pairs of the first exon. Molecular Biology of the Cell is published by the American Society for Cell Biology. 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Hypoxia upregulates the synthesis of TGF-beta 1 by human dermal fibroblasts, Signal transduction by reactive oxygen species in non-phagocytic cells. However, depletion of NOX4 by shRNA from HIF-1α–overexpressing cells not only reduced the levels of NOX4 (Figure 6C), but also the proliferative activity to control levels (Figure 6, A and B). (C) PASMCs were transfected with plasmids coding for either shRNA against NOX4 (siN4I), HIF-1α (siH1I), or control shRNA (siCtr). 6, No. 14, American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol. Briefly, 10 μg of isolated proteins was separated by 8% SDS-PAGE and transferred to nitrocellulose membranes. C5BL/6 female mice (3 wk old, 20–25 g; Charles River, Sulzfeld, Germany) were exposed to normobaric hypoxia (10% O2) in a ventilated chamber (Ing. In fact, we could previously show that HIF-1α and HIF-2α as well as NOX4 contribute to proliferative activity of PASMCs in response to thrombin or urotensin-II (Djordjevic et al., 2005a; Diebold et al., 2008, 2010b). 3, Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, Vol. 20, No. The antibodies were diluted at 1:500 in 5% BSA. Martyn K. D., Frederick L. M., von Loehneysen K., Dinauer M. C., Knaus U. G. Functional analysis of Nox4 reveals unique characteristics compared to other NADPH oxidases, Hypoxia-dependent regulation of nonphagocytic NADPH oxidase subunit NOX4 in the pulmonary vasculature. Data are shown as relative change to normoxic control (100%; n = 3, *p < 0.05 vs. control; #p < 0.05 vs. HIF-1α–transfected or hypoxia-stimulated control). Expression of vectors encoding two different shRNAs against NOX4 decreased not only NOX4 induction by hypoxia (Figure 6C), but also the proliferative activity of PASMCs under these conditions (Figure 6, A and B), suggesting that HIF-1α–dependent NOX4 induction was important for the proliferative activity of PASMCs in response to hypoxia. Interestingly, a putative HRE was found at base pairs −387 to −391. A similar disorder called neutrophil immunodeficiency syndrome is linked to a mutation in the RAC2, also a part of the complex. 49, No. All animal procedures were approved by the local legislation on protection of animals (Regierung von Oberbayern, Munich, Germany). In this regard, we could demonstrate that NOX4 is involved in the up-regulation of HIF-1α (Bonello et al., 2007). In fact, we could show that NOX4 promoter activity was enhanced under hypoxic conditions, and also our findings that actinomycin D prevented up-regulation of NOX4 by hypoxia pointed to a transcriptional mechanism underlying NOX4 regulation by hypoxia. The phagocyte NADPH oxidase flavocytochrome b558 is a membrane-bound heterodimer comprised of a glycosylated subunit, gp91 (phox), and a nonglycosylated subunit, p22 (phox). Results were compared by ANOVA for repeated measurements followed by Student-Newman-Keuls t test. On the other hand, a link between HIF-1α and NOX4 levels has not been established. Cells were incubated in the dark with DHE (50 μM) for 5 min at 37°C. (C) Protein was isolated and Western blot analysis was performed with antibodies against NOX4 or HIF-1α. 5, 10 May 2019 | Antioxidants, Vol. 234, No. Figure 6. Human isoforms of the catalytic component of the complex include NOX1, NOX2, NOX3, NOX4, NOX5, DUOX1, and DUOX2.[1]. Mutations in the NADPH oxidase subunit genes cause several Chronic Granulomatous Diseases (CGD), characterized by extreme susceptibility to infection. Compared with NOX2, the other family members, which are often coexpressed in the same cells, differ in their subunit requirements and subcellular localization (Lambeth et al., 2007; Ushio-Fukai, 2009). Abstract. 9-10, 23 February 2016 | Diabetes, Vol. 342, No. 10, Folia Pharmacologica Japonica, Vol. Consequently, under-activity can lead to an increased susceptibility to organisms such as catalase-positive microbes, and over-activity can lead to oxidative stress and cell damage. Interestingly, depletion of HIF-2α also decreased NOX4 protein levels (data not shown), suggesting that NOX4 may be, in addition to HIF-1, also regulated by HIF-2, although further studies that are beyond the scope of this manuscript are required to delineate the specific role of HIF-2 versus HIF-1 in the regulation of NOX4. In fact, NOX4 has been shown to be induced, for example, by urotensin-II (Djordjevic et al., 2005a), transforming growth factor-β1 (TGFβ1; Cucoranu et al., 2005; Sturrock et al., 2006), angiotensin-II (Wingler et al., 2001; Gorin et al., 2003), and TNF-α (Moe et al., 2006). This response was dependent on the hypoxia-inducible transcription factor HIF-1α because overexpression of HIF-1α increased NOX4 expression, whereas HIF-1α depletion prevented this response. ROS in gastrointestinal inflammation: Rescue Or Sabotage? It may also inactivate critical metabolic enzymes, initiate lipid peroxidation, damage iron-sulphur clusters,[3] and liberate redox-active iron, which allows the generation of indiscriminate oxidants such as the hydroxyl radical. NOX4 and PAI-1 mRNA levels were normalized to actin levels. 14, 4 February 2013 | Clinical Science, Vol. 6, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Vol. During this process O2 is transported from the extracellular space to the cell interior and the H+ is exported[citation needed]. DNA synthesis was assessed by 5-bromo-2′deoxyuridine (BrdU) labeling (Roche) as described previously (Djordjevic et al., 2005b) after exposure to hypoxia for 4 h. Similarly, total cell numbers were evaluated after stimulation by hypoxia for 4 h by cell counting in a standard hemocytometer (Paul Marienfeld, Lauda-Königshofen, Germany). Thereby, the family of NADPH oxidases represents the only known enzyme system whose primary biological function is to produce ROS (Babior, 1999). 10, 15 October 2017 | International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol. The activated NADPH oxidase generates superoxide which has roles in animal immune response and plant signalling. [7], More advanced NADPH oxidase inhibitors include GKT-831 (Formerly GKT137831), a dual Inhibitor of isoforms NOX4 and NOX1[17] which was patented in 2007. 9, No. NADPH 50, No. 56, No. It is the key extracellular superoxide-producing … 33, No. The prototypical NAD(P)H oxidase is that found in neutrophils and has five subunits: p47phox (“phox” stands for phagocyte oxidase), p67phox, p40phox, p22phox, and the catalytic subunit gp91phox (also termed “Nox2”) (32,33). The p47 phox subunit of the NADPH oxidase system is a critical determinant of the Ang II-mediated oxidative stress in the cardiovascular system. 1, 10 October 2018 | Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Vol. 7, 7 February 2011 | PLoS ONE, Vol. Western blot analyses were performed with antibodies against NOX4 and GFP. In both cases, more than 50% reduction of protein levels was observed. (A and B) RNA was isolated from normoxic and hypoxic lung tissue. THE NADPH OXIDASEis a multi-subunit enzyme that cat- alyzes the reduction of molecular oxygen and oxidation of NADPH to generate superoxide radicals (O 2 ¥) (5, 53). RT-PCR (A) or real-time PCR (B) were performed using specific primers for NOX4 or 18S. NOX4 has been reported to be the predominant homolog in human airways and pulmonary artery smooth-muscle cells (PASMCs; Djordjevic et al., 2005a; Sturrock et al., 2006; Mittal et al., 2007). 1, 28 November 2011 | PLoS ONE, Vol. DHE fluorescence was standardized to the number of viable cells using the AlamarBlue test according to the manufacturer's instructions (Biosource, Nivelles, Belgium) as described (Djordjevic et al., 2005b). 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In contrast, our findings that NOX4 is rapidly up-regulated by hypoxia in vitro and in vivo clearly point to a direct regulatory mechanism responsible for these effects. Again, in both cases, NOX4 protein levels were significantly reduced, further indicating that the antibody used detected NOX4 protein, and that expression of shRNA against NOX4 effectively decreased endogenous NOX4 protein levels. Figure 1. Confluent HepG2 cells were grown in T75 flasks to confluency and exposed to hypoxia (1% oxygen) for 3 h. Cells were fixed with formaldehyde, lysed, and sonicated to obtain DNA fragments in a size from 500 to 1000 base pairs. Superoxides are crucial in killing foreign bacteria in the human body. It is a multicomponent enzyme comprising a membrane-bound flavocytochrome (cytochrome b558) and at least four cytosolic components: p47PHOX, p67PHOX, p40PHOX, and Rac, a small GTPase. Actin served as loading control. (A and B) Pulmonary artery smooth-muscle cells (PASMCs) were treated with actinomycin D (Act, 5 μM) or DMSO (Ctr) for 1 h and exposed to hypoxia for 4 h. (A) Northern blot analyses were performed using a specific probe for NOX4, 18S staining served as loading control. 1, 22 July 2015 | Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol. 12, 11 October 2017 | International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol. 174, No. The plasmid encoding GFP-NOX4 was previously described (Petry et al., 2006). 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NO donor drugs (nitrovasodilators) have therefore been used for more than a century to treat coronary artery disease, hypertension, and heart failure by preventing excess superoxide from deteriorating healthy vascular cells. Petry A., Djordjevic T., Weitnauer M., Kietzmann T., Hess J., Gorlach A. NOX2 and NOX4 mediate proliferative response in endothelial cells. Rhoades R. A., Packer C. S., Roepke D. A., Jin N., Meiss R. A. Reactive oxygen species alter contractile properties of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle, Nonhypoxic pathway mediates the induction of hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha in vascular smooth muscle cells. © 2010 by The American Society for Cell Biology. Mutation of a putative hypoxia-responsive element in the NOX4 promoter abolished hypoxic and HIF-1α–induced activation of the NOX4 promoter. 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To investigate whether hypoxia regulates NOX4 expression, PASMCs were exposed to 1% oxygen for increasing time periods. However, after prolonged hypoxia, adaptive processes take place, among them the HIF-1α–dependent up-regulation of NOX4, which then allows restoration and even elevated ROS production immediately after reoxygenation. Within this complex, the cytochrome b-245 alpha chain has a beta chain partner (produced from the CYBB gene). Wingler K., Wunsch S., Kreutz R., Rothermund L., Paul M., Schmidt H. H. 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In fact, vitamin C decreased ROS production following 4 h of hypoxia, and prevented induction of ROS levels by NOX4 or HIF-1α (Figure 8, A and B). 31, No. 124, No. 10, 22 August 2015 | Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Vol. 21, No. Figure 2. 52, No. 174, No. 7, No. The active enzyme is assembled from a membrane-bound flavocytochrome B, a heterodimer composed of gp91phox and p22phox subunits, and cytosolic regulatory components, including p47phox, p67phox, p40phox, and Rac GTPase. Western blot analyses for HIF-1α or aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (ARNT) were performed with 50 μg of protein, separated by 8% SDS-PAGE, and transferred to nitrocellulose membranes. Thus, these findings clearly show that activation of HIF-1 by hypoxia results in up-regulation of NOX4, which contributes to adaptation of ROS levels and proliferation and migration of PASMCs. 47, No. All reagents were from Sigma (Taufkirchen, Germany) unless otherwise stated. Figure 3. 14, 23 July 2015 | Free Radical Research, Vol. In fact, Northern blot and Western blot analyses showed that, compared with control cells, the induction of NOX4 mRNA and protein by hypoxia was diminished in HIF-1α–deficient PASMCs (Figure 4, A and B). In this study we cloned the human NOX4 promoter and evaluated the role of HIF-1α in the regulation of NOX4 expression under hypoxic conditions. 5, 24 August 2012 | Nature Reviews Cancer, Vol. Does Oxidative Stress Link NMDA and GABA Hypotheses of Schizophrenia? Thus, changes in NOX4-dependent oxidase activity appear to be directly related to NOX4 abundance. Toll-like receptor signalling in liver disease: ER stress the missing link? 16, No. Actin levels served as loading control. These findings show that NOX4 is a new target gene of HIF-1α involved in the response to hypoxia. 23, No. 90, No. [5] These include: In these diseases, cells have a low capacity for phagocytosis, and persistent bacterial infections occur. [8] Moreover, in white blood cells, superoxide has been found to transfer electrons across the membrane to extracellular oxygen, while in vascular cells, the radical anion appears to be released mainly intracellularly.[9][10]. ROS levels of cells transfected with control vectors were set to 100% (n = 3; *p < 0.05 vs. control, #p < 0.05 vs. HIF-1α). As background control, chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) without antibody was performed. Images were taken with a 40x objective. 108, Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, Vol. 18, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Vol. Mitochondrial complex III: An essential component of universal oxygen sensing machinery? The enzyme is dormant in resting cells but becomes rapidly activated by several stimuli, including bacterial products and cytokines. In fact, our study may explain some of the controversial findings indicating either high or low levels of ROS after hypoxia. 5, Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, Vol. RNA was extracted from human PASMCs or mouse tissue or from cells using RNeasy Midi or Mini Kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) according to the manufacturer's instructions. (C) mRNA levels for NOX4 and PAI-1 were determined in HIF-1α–overexpressing cells by real-time PCR using primers specifically amplifying NOX4, PAI-1, or actin fragments. Thus, our findings that NOX4 is a novel target gene of HIF-1 and is up-regulated by hypoxia together with previous findings that NOX4 is redox-sensitive and is contributing to the up-regulation of HIF-α proteins under normoxic conditions implicate an important role of the HIF-NOX4 axis in various disorders associated with ROS generation and proliferation under hypoxia as well as under normoxia. 23, No. Statistical analysis was performed using a standard curve of the input. 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Interestingly, the induction of NOX4 mRNA by hypoxia showed a similar kinetics than that of PAI-1 mRNA (Figure 1B), which is known to be regulated by hypoxia through the hypoxia-inducible transcription factors of the HIF family (Kietzmann et al., 1999). Additional vectors encoding for shRNA against HIF-1α (siH1II) with the sequence 5′-GCC ACC ACT GAT GAA TTA A-3′ or shRNA against NOX4 (siN4II) with the sequence 5′-GGG ACA AGA TTT GAA TAC A-3′ were generated using the pSTRIKE-U6 vector system (Promega). Apocynin decreases influenza-induced lung inflammation in mice in vivo and so may have clinical benefits in the treatment of influenza. lipopolysaccharide-induced activation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 by downregulating NADPH oxidase 4 in human gingival fibroblasts, Trichostatin A, a histone deacetylase inhibitor suppresses 100 % but becomes rapidly activated by several stimuli, including bacterial products cytokines. 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