HIF‐1α and HIF‐2α play a central role in stretch‐induced but not shear‐stress‐induced angiogenesis in rat skeletal muscle
- 30 August 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal Of Physiology-London
- Vol. 583 (2), 753-766
- https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2007.136325
Abstract
Angiogenesis, which is essential for the physiological adaptation of skeletal muscle to exercise, occurs in response to the mechanical forces of elevated capillary shear stress and cell stretch. Increased production of VEGF is a characteristic of endothelial cells undergoing either stretch- or shear-stress-induced angiogenesis. Because VEGF production is regulated by hypoxia inducible factors (HIFs), we examined whether HIFs play a significant role in the angiogenic process initiated by these mechanical forces. Rat extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles were overloaded to induce stretch, or exposed to the dilator prazosin to elevate capillary shear stress, and capillaries from these muscles were isolated by laser capture microdissection for RNA analysis. HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha transcript levels increased after 4 and 7 days of stretch, whereas a transient early induction of HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha transcripts was detected in capillaries from prazosin-treated muscles. Skeletal muscle microvascular endothelial cells exposed to 10% stretch in vitro showed an elevation in HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha mRNA, which was preceded by increases in HIF-binding activity. Conversely, HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha mRNA were reduced significantly, and HIF-alpha proteins were undetectable, after 24 h exposure to elevated shear stress (16 dyn cm(-2) (16 x10(-5) N cm(-2)). Given the disparate regulation of HIFs in response to these mechanical stimuli, we tested the requirement of HIF-alpha proteins in stretch- and shear-stress-induced angiogenesis by impeding HIF accumulation through use of the geldanamycin derivative 17-DMAG. Treatment with 17-DMAG significantly impaired stretch-induced, but not shear-stress-induced, angiogenesis. Together, these results illustrate that activation of HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha contributes significantly to stretch- but not to shear-stress-induced capillary growth.This publication has 78 references indexed in Scilit:
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