Casein kinase 1 regulates human hypoxia-inducible factor HIF-1.

Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1), a transcriptional activator that mediates cellular response to hypoxia and a promising target of anticancer therapy, is essential for adaptation to low oxygen conditions, embryogenesis and tumor progression. HIF-1 is a heterodimer of HIF-1alpha, expression of which is controlled by oxygen levels as well as by ...
various oxygen-independent mechanisms, and HIF-1beta (or ARNT), which is constitutively expressed. In this work, we investigate the phosphorylation of the N-terminal heterodimerization (PAS) domain of HIF-1alpha and identify Ser247 as a major site of in vitro modification by casein kinase 1delta (CK1delta). Mutation of this site to alanine, surprisingly, enhanced the transcriptional activity of HIF-1alpha, a result phenocopied by inhibition or small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated silencing of CK1delta under hypoxic conditions. Conversely, overexpression of CK1delta or phosphomimetic mutation of Ser247 to aspartate inhibited HIF-1alpha activity without affecting its stability or nuclear accumulation. Immunoprecipitation and in vitro binding experiments suggest that CK1-dependent phosphorylation of HIF-1alpha at Ser247 impairs its association with ARNT, a notion also supported by modeling the structure of the complex between HIF-1alpha and ARNT PAS-B domains. We suggest that modification of HIF-1alpha by CK1 represents a novel mechanism that controls the activity of HIF-1 during hypoxia by regulating the interaction between its two subunits.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Casein Kinase Idelta, Cell Hypoxia, HEK293 Cells, HeLa Cells, Humans, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Nuclear Proteins, Phosphorylation, Transcription Factors, Transcriptional Activation
J. Cell. Sci.
Date: Sep. 01, 2010
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