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Hypoxia Regulates Xanthine Dehydrogenase Activity at Pre- and Posttranslational Levels

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Abstract

Hypoxia increases the activity of xanthine oxidase (XO) and its precursor, xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH), but the mechanism of regulation is unclear. In hypoxic Swiss 3T3 cells, an early (0–24 h) cycloheximide-insensitive increase in XO-XDH activity, coupled with a lack of increase inde novoXO-XDH synthesis (immunoprecipitation) or mRNA levels (quantitative RT-PCR), demonstrated a posttranslational effect of hypoxia. Similarly, hyperoxia decreased XO-XDH activity faster than could be accounted for by cessation of XO-XDH protein synthesis. In further support of a posttranslational effect, cells transfected with a constitutively driven XDH construct displayed an exaggerated increase in activity in hypoxia but no increase in activity in hyperoxia. However, more prolonged exposure to hypoxia (24–48 h) induced an increase in XO-XDH mRNA levels andde novoXO-XDH protein synthesis, suggesting an additional pretranslational effect. Finally, hypoxic induction of XO-XDH activity was found to be cell-type-restricted. We conclude that control of XO-XDH levels by oxygen tension is a complex process which involves several points of regulation.

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