Role of hypoxia inducible factor-1 in remote limb ischemic preconditioning
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Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) has emerged as a feasible and attractive therapeutic procedure for heart protection against ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. However, its molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. Hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a transcription factor that plays a key role in the cellular adaptation to hypoxia and ischemia. This study's aim was to test whether RIPC-induced cardioprotection requires HIF-1 upregulation to be effective. In the first study, wild-type mice and mice heterozygous for HIF1a (gene encoding the HIF-1 protein) were subjected to RIPC immediately before myocardial infarction (MI). RIPC resulted in a robust HIF-1 activation in the limb and acute cardioprotection in wild-type mice. RIPC-induced cardioprotection was preserved in heterozygous mice, despite the low HIF-1 expression in their limbs. In the second study, the role of HIF-1 in RIPC was evaluated using cadmium (Cd), a pharmacological HIF-1 inhibitor. Rats were subjected to MI (MI group) or to RIPC immediately prior to MI (R-MI group). Cd was injected 180 min before RIPC (Cd-R-MI group). RIPC induced robust HIF-1 activation in rat limbs and significantly reduced infarct size (IS). Despite Cd's inhibition of HIF-1 activation, RIPC-induced cardioprotection was preserved in the Cd-R-MI group. RIPC applied immediately prior to MI increased HIF-1 expression and attenuated IS in rats and wild-type mice. However, RIPC-induced cardioprotection was preserved in partially HIF1a-deficient mice and in rats pretreated with Cd. When considered together, these results suggest that HIF-1 upregulation is unnecessary in acute RIPC.

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