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  • Title: Critical role for leukocyte hypoxia inducible factor-1alpha expression in post-myocardial infarction left ventricular remodeling.
    Author: Dong F, Khalil M, Kiedrowski M, O'Connor C, Petrovic E, Zhou X, Penn MS.
    Journal: Circ Res; 2010 Feb 19; 106(3):601-10. PubMed ID: 20035082.
    Abstract:
    RATIONALE: Hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1alpha is a transcription factor stabilized by hypoxia. It regulates cytokines involved in the inflammatory response after ischemia and affects white blood cell (WBCs) function. The effect of HIF-1alpha on WBC function and inflammation following myocardial infarction (MI) is unknown. OBJECTIVE: We assessed peritoneal and myocardial inflammation in the setting of low WBC HIF-1alpha expression through bone marrow transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells transfected with scramble or HIF-1alpha small interfering (si)RNA. METHODS AND RESULTS: Rosa hematopoietic stem cells (lin(-), cKit(+)) were transfected with a green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter lentivirus encoding a siRNA to HIF-1alpha or scramble. Irradiated 6- to 8-week-old C57/BL6J mice received 50 000 GFP(+) HIF-1alpha or scramble siRNA-transfected hematopoietic stem cells. Peritonitis or myocardial infarction via left anterior descending coronary artery ligation was induced 6 weeks after bone marrow transplantation. In the peritonitis model, HIF-1alpha siRNA group exhibited a significant decrease in neutrophil and monocyte entry to the peritoneum compared to scramble mice. Similarly neutrophil infiltration into the infarct zone was decreased in the HIF-1alpha siRNA group. No difference of myocardial infarct size was observed between groups. Interestingly, the ejection fraction were similar in both groups at baseline and 3 days post-MI but increased significantly in the HIF-1alpha siRNA group compared to control beginning 7 days after MI. Gene array studies demonstrated that downregulation of WBC HIF-1alpha was associated with decreased WBC CCR1, -2, and -4 expression. Chemotaxis assay results confirmed that decreased monocyte migration induced by downregulation of HIF-1alpha was partially reversed by overexpression of CCR2. CONCLUSIONS: Downregulation of leukocyte HIF-1alpha expression resulted in decreased recruitment of WBC to the sites of inflammation and improvement in cardiac function following MI. Downregulation of HIF-1alpha suppressed WBC cytokine receptors CCR1, -2, and -4, which are necessary for WBC mobilization and recruitment to inflammatory cytokines following MI. The effects of downregulation of leukocyte HIF-1alpha on WBC migration are attributable, at least in part, to the decreased CCR2 expression. These results demonstrate that WBC infiltration into the newly injured myocardium plays a significant role in left ventricular remodeling, but not infarct size.
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