Hypoxia‐regulated phenylethanolamine N‐methyltransferase expression
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Abstract
Hypoxia is being used to identify mechanisms for stress‐induction of the epinephrine synthetic enzyme, phenylethanolamine N‐methyltransferase (PNMT). When PC12 cells transfected with a PNMT promoter‐luciferase reporter gene construct are exposed to hypoxia (5% oxygen), luciferase activity rapidly rises (6 hr) and is sustained for 72 hr. Signaling pathway inhibitor pre‐treatment prior to oxygen reduction abrogates induction and identifies two major signaling pathways, cAMP and phospholipase C (PLC). Downstream hypoxia inducible factor‐1α (HIF‐1α) and PNMT activators Egr‐1 and Sp1 are elevated. HIF‐1α co‐transfection or HIF‐1α activation by CoCl 2 and desferoxamine stimulate the PNMT promoter. While HIF‐1α is constitutively expressed, inclusion of the RNA synthesis inhibitor actinomycin D and protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide inhibit their induction. Hypoxia elevates Egr‐1 and Sp1 mRNA, protein and protein‐DNA binding complex formation as well. Stimulation is rapid but transient for Egr‐1 while sustained for Sp1 (24 hr). Egr‐1 binding site mutation in the PNMT promoter prevents activation by hypoxia. However, hypoxia generates long and short forms of PNMT mRNA, which produce inactive and active enzyme respectively. Thus, hypoxic stress transcriptionally activates PNMT but post‐transcriptional controls limit expression of functional enzyme.
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