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Hypoxia Protects Human Lung Microvascular Endothelial and Epithelial-like Cells against Oxygen Toxicity

Role of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase

Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Medical and Research Center; and Developmental Lung Biology Laboratory, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado.

Address correspondence to: Carl W. White, M.D., 1400 Jackson Street, Room B109, Denver, CO 80206. E-mail: whitec{at}njc.org

Hypoxic preconditioning is protective against oxidant-related damage in various organs, such as the heart. We previously showed that rats exposed to hypoxia also exhibit resistance to lethal pulmonary oxygen toxicity. The underlying mechanism and whether similar preconditioning is applicable to cellular models is unknown. In the present study, it was found that hypoxic pre-exposure induces a significant protective effect against hyperoxia-induced cell death in human lung microvascular endothelial cells (HLMVECs) and epithelial type II-like A549 cells. This effect of hypoxia is mediated by the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-K) signaling pathway because the presence of the PI3-K inhibitors, LY294002 and wortmannin, during pre-exposure to hypoxia completely blocks subsequent protection. Further, the hypoxia-dependent protection from hyperoxia was found to be associated with a 2-fold increase in PI3-K activity in hypoxia. Transient overexpression of a catalytically active class IA PI3-K p110 isoform also enhanced survival of A549 cells 2-fold compared with the empty vector control. These results indicate that hypoxia-induced activation of PI3-K is an important event in the acquisition of resistance against subsequent hyperoxic toxicity.

Abbreviations: bronchopulmonary dysplasia, BPD • green fluorescent protein, GFP • hexokinase, HK-II • human lung microvascular endothelial cells, HLMVECs • 5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT • phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, PI3-K • phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate, PI3-P

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