
Significance The cellular response to hypoxia is regulated by hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and -2α (HIF-1α and -2α). We have discovered that filamin A (FLNA), a large cytoskeletal actin-binding protein, physically interacts with HIF-1α (but not with HIF-2α) and promotes tumor growth and angiogenesis. Hypoxia induces a calpain-dependent cleavage of FLNA to generate a fragment that enhances nuclear accumulation of HIF-1α and is corecruited to HIF-1α target promoters, resulting in enhanced gene expression. This mechanism helps to explain why FLNA is upregulated in certain tumors and offers opportunities in targeting the hypoxia signaling pathway therapeutically.
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Neovascularization, Pathologic, Subcellular localization, Filamins, Mice, SCID, Signal transduction, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Cell Hypoxia, Fluorescence, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Mice, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, Animals, Heterografts, Immunoprecipitation, RNA Interference, Cancer
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Neovascularization, Pathologic, Subcellular localization, Filamins, Mice, SCID, Signal transduction, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Cell Hypoxia, Fluorescence, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Mice, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, Animals, Heterografts, Immunoprecipitation, RNA Interference, Cancer
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