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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-20
pubmed:abstractText
Targeting the oxygen-sensing mechanisms of the hypoxiainducible factor (HIF) pathway provides pharmacological ways of manipulating the HIF response. Because HIF-1alpha-specific prolyl-4 hydroxylases (PHDs) prime degradation of HIF-1alpha, we have made an effort to find a small molecule capable of up-regulating the HIF pathway by inhibiting prolyl hydroxylation. Through an in vitro high-throughput screen, we have discovered a PHD2 inhibitor baicalein, which is also found to abrogate asparaginyl hydroxylation of HIF-1alpha. Such inhibitory effects are reversed by the addition of excess 2-oxoglutarate and iron(II), suggesting the involvement of baicalein's binding at the enzyme active sites, which has also been corroborated by spectroscopic binding assays between baicalein and enzyme. In addition, baicalein suppresses ubiquitination of HIF-1alpha, which works in concert with the inhibition of the HIF-specific hydroxylases to increase the HIF-1alpha content, leading to induction of HIF-1-mediated reporter gene activity and target gene transcription in tissue culture cells, whereas it induces HIF-independent activation of other genes. Furthermore, in vivo organ models based on the chick chorioallantoic membrane assay demonstrate that baicalein promotes new blood vessel formation. Together, our results indicate that baicalein possesses a proangiogenic potential and thus might have the therapeutic utility in the treatment of ischemic diseases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1521-0111
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
70-81
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18426858-3T3-L1 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Chorioallantoic Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Enzyme Induction, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Flavanones, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Formazans, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Neovascularization, Physiologic, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Neuroblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Tetrazolium Salts, pubmed-meshheading:18426858-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Baicalein induces functional hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha and angiogenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Life Sciences Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 39-1 Hawolgok-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-791, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't