Histone deacetylase inhibitors induce VHL and ubiquitin-independent proteasomal degradation of hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha.

Adaptation to hypoxic microenvironment is critical for tumor survival and metastatic spread. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha) plays a key role in this adaptation by stimulating the production of proangiogenic factors and inducing enzymes necessary for anaerobic metabolism. Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) produce a marked inhibition of HIF-1alpha expression and are ...
currently in clinical trials partly based on their potent antiangiogenic effects. Although it has been postulated that HDACIs affect HIF-1alpha expression by enhancing its interactions with VHL (von Hippel Lindau), thus promoting its ubiquitination and degradation, the actual mechanisms by which HDACIs decrease HIF-1alpha levels are not clear. Here, we present data indicating that HDACIs induce the proteasomal degradation of HIF-1alpha by a mechanism that is independent of VHL and p53 and does not require the ubiquitin system. This degradation pathway involves the enhanced interaction of HIF-1alpha with HSP70 and is secondary to a disruption of the HSP70/HSP90 axis function that appears mediated by the activity of HDAC-6.
Mesh Terms:
Cell Hypoxia, Enzyme Inhibitors, HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, Histone Deacetylases, Humans, Hydroxamic Acids, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, Ubiquitin, Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein
Mol. Cell. Biol.
Date: Mar. 01, 2006
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