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Hypoxic Reactive Oxygen Species Regulate the Integrated Stress Response and Cell Survival

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Liu, Liping, Wise, David R., Diehl, J. Alan, Simon, M. Celeste·2008·Journal of Biological Chemistry

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Under hypoxic conditions, cells suppress energy-intensive mRNA translation by modulating the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and pancreatic eIF2alpha kinase (PERK) pathways. Much is known about hypoxic inhibition of mTOR activity; however, the cellular processes activating PERK remain unclear. Since hypoxia is known to increase intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), we hypothesized that hypoxic ROS regulate mTOR and PERK to control mRNA translation and cell survival. Our data indicate that although exogenous ROS inhibit mTOR, eIF2alpha, and eEF2, mTOR and eEF2 were largely refractory to ROS generated under moderate hypoxia (0.5% O(2)). In direct contrast, the PERK/eIF2alpha/ATF4 integrated stress response (ISR) was activated by hypoxic ROS and contributed to global protein synthesis inhibition and adaptive ATF4-mediated gene expression. The ISR as well as exogenous growth factors were critical for cell viability during extended hypoxia, since ISR inhibition decreased the viability of cells deprived of O(2) and growth factors. Collectively, our data support an important role for ROS in hypoxic cell survival. Under conditions of moderate hypoxia, ROS induce the ISR, thereby promoting energy and redox homeostasis and enhancing cellular survival.

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  • PERK upregulates ATF4, which along with ATF6 and IRE1 pathways selectively regulates gene expression to assist the cell to tolerate hypoxia.

    “It also upregulates the transcription factor ATF4, which along with the ATF6 and IRE1 pathways selectively regulates gene expression to assist the cell to tolerate hypoxia (180, 343, 585).”

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  • UPR adaptations include increased amino acid transporter activity and enzyme expression to boost glutathione, stimulation of hematopoiesis, and upregulation of VEGF.

    “These adaptations include increased amino acid transporter activity and enzyme expression to boost the concentration of glutathione, the principal intracellular antioxidant, stimulation of hematopoiesis, and upregulation of the angiogenic growth factor VEGF.”

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Authors
Liu, L., Wise, D. R., Diehl, J. A., & Simon, M. C.
Affiliations
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
Corresponding author
Simon, M. Celeste
Venue
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-11
Volume
283
Issue
45
Pages
31153-31162
ISSN
0021-9258 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2084109336
Cited by
206
References
57
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FWCI
4.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Cancer Research Institute
  • National Institutes of Health (PO1 CA 104838)
  • National Cancer Institute (P01CA104838)
  • Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Redox biology and oxidative stress
Keywords
hypoxia, reactive oxygen species, integrated stress response, PERK, eIF2α, ATF4, mTOR, elongation factor 2, mRNA translation inhibition, cell survival, growth factor deprivation, redox homeostasis, energy homeostasis
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Survival, Gene Expression Regulation, Protein Kinases, Protein Biosynthesis, Cell Hypoxia, Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2, Reactive Oxygen Species, eIF-2 Kinase, Peptide Elongation Factor 2, Mice, Activating Transcription Factor 4, TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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