Age-dependent increase of prolyl-4-hydroxylase domain (PHD) 3 expression in human and mouse heart
- 1 May 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Biogerontology
- Vol. 6 (3), 165-171
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10522-005-7950-9
Abstract
The hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1 is a master transcriptional activator of oxygen-regulated genes involved in energy metabolism, angiogenesis, and erythropoiesis. HIF-1 is composed of the two subunits HIF-1α and HIF-1β (also called ARNT). The destruction of HIF-1α in the presence of oxygen is initiated by prolyl-4-hydroxylation. In human cells three closely related prolyl hydroxylases (PHDs) have been identified. An age-dependent decrease in HIF-1α expression was reported previously in brain, liver and kidney, which may be associated with a reduced adaptation to hypoxia as found in aged animals and humans. We have determined the expression of HIF-1α and the PHDs in human atrial trabeculae under normoxic and hypoxic conditions, in samples of human left ventricles as well as in heart extracts from female mice of different age (5 up to 16 months). With increasing age we found a decreased expression of HIF-1α, which correlated to an increased PHD3 expression in mouse and human heart. PHD3 was the most prominent HIF modifying hydroxylase found in human heart samples. Additionally, we found a strong ischemia/hypoxia-inducibility of PHD3 compared to PHD1 and PHD2 in atrial trabeculae. These data may explain the previously reported reduction of HIF-1α and HIF-1 target genes such as the vascular endothelial growth factor in ageing tissue.Keywords
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