Effect of HIF-1αon proliferation of pathological scar fibroblasts and its mechanism / 中国生化药物杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the effect of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α(HIF-1α)in pathological scar and its specific mechanism,and the therapy target of pathological scar.Methods Real time PCR and Western blot was used to test the expression of HIF-1αin normal tissue and pathological scar,meanwhile to detect the effect of hypoxic environment on the expression of HIF-1α.Fibroblasts activity in pathological scar and normal tissue under different oxygen concentration(20%,10%,5%,2% and 1%)was determined by MTT method.Determine the different expression of HIF-1αmRNA and protein in normal environment(20% oxygen) and hypoxic environment(5%oxygen).The changes of the number of fibroblasts after the silence of HIF-1αby HIF-1αshRNA virus using flow cytometer.Results The Real time PCR and Western blot results showed that the expressions of HIF-1αmRNA and protein in fibroblasts of pathological scar was significantly higher than that in normal tissue(P<0.05),and the activity of the keloid fibroblasts in hypoxia environment(5%,2% and 1%)was also higher than that in normal tissue(P<0.05).The expressions of HIF-1αmRNA and protein in keloid fiber cells were higher in hypoxia environment(5% oxygen)than those in normal environment(20% oxygen),but when silence the expression of HIF-1αin keloid fibroblasts,the apoptosis of fibroblast in hypoxia environment(5%oxygen)were significantly higher than control group[(0.021 ±0.001)%vs.(3.739 ± 0.039)%,P<0.05].Conclusion HIF-1αincreases significantly in the pathological keloid fibroblasts and could promote the proliferation of fibroblasts and its vitality,which could accelerate the formation of pathological scar.