TY  - JOUR
A1  - Abdel Malik, Randa
A1  - Zippel, Nina
A1  - Frömel, Timo
A1  - Heidler, Juliana
A1  - Zukunft, Sven
A1  - Walzog, Barbara
A1  - Ansari, Nariman
A1  - Pampaloni, Francesco
A1  - Wingert, Susanne
A1  - Rieger, Michael A.
A1  - Wittig, Ilka
A1  - Fißlthaler, Beate
A1  - Fleming, Ingrid
T1  - AMP-activated protein kinase α2 in neutrophils regulates vascular repair via hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and a network of proteins affecting metabolism and apoptosis
T2  - Circulation research
N2  - Rationale: The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is stimulated by hypoxia, and although the AMPKα1 catalytic subunit has been implicated in angiogenesis, little is known about the role played by the AMPKα2 subunit in vascular repair.
Objective: To determine the role of the AMPKα2 subunit in vascular repair.
Methods and Results: Recovery of blood flow after femoral artery ligation was impaired (>80%) in AMPKα2-/- versus wild-type mice, a phenotype reproduced in mice lacking AMPKα2 in myeloid cells (AMPKα2ΔMC). Three days after ligation, neutrophil infiltration into ischemic limbs of AMPKα2ΔMC mice was lower than that in wild-type mice despite being higher after 24 hours. Neutrophil survival in ischemic tissue is required to attract monocytes that contribute to the angiogenic response. Indeed, apoptosis was increased in hypoxic neutrophils from AMPKα2ΔMC mice, fewer monocytes were recruited, and gene array analysis revealed attenuated expression of proangiogenic proteins in ischemic AMPKα2ΔMC hindlimbs. Many angiogenic growth factors are regulated by hypoxia-inducible factor, and hypoxia-inducible factor-1α induction was attenuated in AMPKα2-deficient cells and accompanied by its enhanced hydroxylation. Also, fewer proteins were regulated by hypoxia in neutrophils from AMPKα2ΔMC mice. Mechanistically, isocitrate dehydrogenase expression and the production of α-ketoglutarate, which negatively regulate hypoxia-inducible factor-1α stability, were attenuated in neutrophils from wild-type mice but remained elevated in cells from AMPKα2ΔMC mice.
Conclusions: AMPKα2 regulates α-ketoglutarate generation, hypoxia-inducible factor-1α stability, and neutrophil survival, which in turn determine further myeloid cell recruitment and repair potential. The activation of AMPKα2 in neutrophils is a decisive event in the initiation of vascular repair after ischemia.
KW  - diabetes mellitus
KW  - ischemia
KW  - metabolomics
KW  - proteomics
KW  - vascular remodeling
Y1  - 2017
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/33571
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-335712
SN  - 1524-4571
SN  - 0009-7330
N1  - © 2016 The Authors. Circulation Research is published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial-NoDervis License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited, the use is noncommercial, and no modifications or adaptations are made.
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
SP  - 99
EP  - 109
PB  - American Heart Association
CY  - New York, NY
ER  -