Distinct APE1 Activities Affect the Regulation of VEGF Transcription Under Hypoxic Conditions

Autor: Dong Wang, Mengxia Li, Zhaoyang Zhong, Nan Dai
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
DNA damage
DNA polymerase
DNA repair
APE1
Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease

lcsh:Biotechnology
VEGF
Vascular endothelial growth factor

OGG1
DNA Oxoguanine glycosylase 1

Biophysics
Egr-1
Early growth response protein-1

HUVEC
Human umbilical vein endothelial cells

Biochemistry
Pol β
DNA Polymerase β

AP endonuclease
Redox
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
Structural Biology
Transcription (biology)
HRE
Hypoxic response element

lcsh:TP248.13-248.65
AP sites
Apurinic/apyrimidinic sites

EMSA
Electrophoretic mobility-shift assay

Genetics
AP site
Hypoxia
qPCR
Quantitative PCR

030304 developmental biology
0303 health sciences
biology
Co-IP
Coimmunoprecipitation

HIF-1
NF-κB
Nuclear factor-kappa B

Promoter
HIF-1
Hypoxia-induced factor-1

Fapy
Formamidopyrimidine

Computer Science Applications
Cell biology
Vascular endothelial growth factor
chemistry
APE1
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
BER
Base excision repair

biology.protein
Research Article
Biotechnology
Zdroj: Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, Vol 17, Iss, Pp 324-332 (2019)
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
ISSN: 2001-0370
DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2019.02.007
Popis: Angiogenesis is essential for tumor growth. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a crucial factor in tumor angiogenesis, has been reported to be transcriptionally regulated by hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1). An 8-oxo-G or apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) site, which is frequently associated with DNA damage, has been identified in the promoter region of VEGF. However, the detailed molecular mechanisms by which AP sites regulate VEGF gene transcription are largely unknown. The dual functional protein apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) is both the key enzyme in DNA base excision repair and the redox factor shown to regulate HIF-1 DNA-binding activity. In the present study, we tested the involvement of both the AP endonuclease and redox activity of APE1 in regulating HIF-1 DNA binding and VEGF transcription in HUVECs. By employing two APE1 activity-specific inhibitors and AP-site-containing reporter constructs, we confirmed that both activities of APE1 were involved in regulating VEGF expression under hypoxic conditions. Furthermore, we found that the interaction between APE1 and its downstream repair enzyme, DNA polymerase β, was compromised when the N-terminal structure of APE1 was distorted under oxidative conditions. Our data suggest that the DNA repair and redox activity of APE1 can play a collaborative role in regulating the transcriptional initiation of the AP-site-containing promoter. Keywords: Hypoxia, HIF-1, APE1, Redox, AP site
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