Apoptosis in hypoxic human pancreatic islets correlates with HIF-1alpha expression

FASEB Journal : Official Publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Wolfgang MoritzMarkus Weber

Abstract

To become insulin independent, patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus require transplantation of at least two donor pancreata because of massive beta-cell loss in the early post-transplantation period. Many studies describing the introduction of new immunosuppressive protocols have shown that this loss is due to not only immunological events but also nonimmunological factors. To test to what extent hypoxia may contribute to early graft loss, we analyzed the occurrence of apoptotic events and the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1), a heterodimeric transcription factor consisting of an oxygen-dependent alpha subunit and a constitutive beta subunit. Histological analysis of human and rat islets revealed nuclear pyknosis as early as 6 h after hypoxic exposure (1% O2). Moreover, immunoreactivity to activated caspase-3 was observed in the core region of isolated human islets. Of note, both of these markers of apoptosis topographically overlap with HIF-1alpha immunoreactivity. HIF-1alpha mRNA was detected in islets from human and rat as well as in several murine beta-cell lines. When exposed to hypoxia, mouse insulinoma cells (MIN6) had an increased HIF-1alpha protein level, whereas its mRNA level did not alter. In concl...Continue Reading

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