Hypoxia stimulates via separate pathways ERK phosphorylation and NF-kappa B activation in skeletal muscle cells in primary culture

Osorio-Fuentealba, C; Valdes, JA; Riquelme, D.; Hidalgo J.; Hidalgo C.; Carrasco MA

Abstract

Mammalian cells sense oxygen levels and respond to hypoxic conditions through the regulation of multiple signaling pathways and transcription factors. Here, we investigated the effects of hypoxia on the activity of two transcriptional regulators, ERK1/2 and NF-?B, in skeletal muscle cells in primary culture. We found that hypoxia significantly enhanced ERK1/2 phosphorylation and that it stimulated NF-?B-dependent gene transcription as well as nuclear translocation of a green fluorescent protein-labeled p65 NF-?B isoform. Phosphorylation of ERK1/2- and NF-?B-dependent transcription by hypoxia required calcium entry through L-type calcium channels. Calcium release from ryanodine-sensitive stores was also necessary for ERK1/2 activation but not for NF-?B-dependent-transcription. N-acetylcysteine, a general scavenger of reactive oxygen species, blocked hypoxia-induced ROS generation but did not affect the stimulation of ERK1/2 phosphorylation induced by hypoxia. In contrast, NF-?B activation was significantly inhibited by N-acetylcysteine and did not depend on ERK1/2 stimulation, as shown by the lack of effect of the upstream ERK inhibitor U-0126. These separate pathways of activation of ERK1/2 and NF-?B by hypoxia may contribute to muscle adaptation in response to hypoxic conditions. Copyright © 2009 the American Physiological Society.

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Título según WOS: Hypoxia stimulates via separate pathways ERK phosphorylation and NF-kappa B activation in skeletal muscle cells in primary culture
Título según SCOPUS: Hypoxia stimulates via separate pathways ERK phosphorylation and NF-?B activation in skeletal muscle cells in primary culture
Título de la Revista: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
Volumen: 106
Número: 4
Editorial: AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
Fecha de publicación: 2009
Página de inicio: 1301
Página final: 1310
Idioma: English
URL: http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/doi/10.1152/japplphysiol.91224.2008
DOI:

10.1152/japplphysiol.91224.2008

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS