Cell Signaling Technology

Product Pathways - Translational Control

HIF-1α Antibody #3716

Applications Reactivity Sensitivity MW (kDa) Source
W H Endogenous 120 Rabbit

Applications Key:  W=Western Blotting
Reactivity Key:  H=Human
Species cross-reactivity is determined by western blot. Species enclosed in parentheses are predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology.

Protocols

Specificity / Sensitivity

HIF-1α Antibody detects endogenous levels of total HIF-1α protein. The antibody does not cross-react with other family members at physiological conditions, and does not detect significant levels of hydroxylated HIF-1α.

Source / Purification

Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Ser653 of human HIF-1α. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.

Western Blotting

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from Raji and Jurkat cells, untreated or treated with cobalt chloride (0.1 mM for 4 hours), using HIF-1α Antibody.

Background

Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF1) is a heterodimeric transcription factor that plays a critical role in the cellular response to hypoxia (1). The HIF1 complex consists of two subunits, HIF-1α and HIF-1β, which are basic helix-loop-helix proteins of the PAS (Per, ARNT, Sim) family (2). HIF1 regulates the transcription of a broad range of genes that facilitate responses to the hypoxic environment, including genes regulating angiogenesis, erythropoiesis, cell cycle, metabolism and apoptosis. The widely expressed HIF-1α is typically degraded rapidly in normoxic cells by the ubiquitin/proteasomal pathway. Under normoxic conditions, HIF-1α is proline hydroxylated leading to a conformational change that promotes binding to the von Hippel Lindau protein (VLH) E3 ligase complex; ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation follows (3,4). Both hypoxic conditions and chemical hydroxylase inhibitors (such as desferrioxamine and cobalt) inhibit HIF-1α degradation and lead to its stabilization. In addition, HIF-1α can be induced in an oxygen-independent manner by various cytokines through the PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway (5-7).HIF-1β is also known as AhR nuclear translocator (ARNT) due to its ability to partner with the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) to form a heterodimeric transcription factor complex (8). Together with AhR, HIF-1β plays an important role in xenobiotics metabolism (8). In addition, a chromosomal translocation leading to a TEL-ARNT fusion protein is associated with acute myeloblastic leukemia (9). Studies also found that ARNT/HIF-1β expression levels decrease significantly in pancreatic islets from patients with type 2 diabetes, suggesting that HIF-1β plays an important role in pancreatic β-cell function (10).

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  2. Wang, G.L. et al. (1995) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 92, 5510-4.
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  4. Maxwell, P.H. et al. (1999) Nature 399, 271-5.
  5. Fukuda, R. et al. (2002) J Biol Chem 277, 38205-11.
  6. Jiang, B.H. et al. (2001) Cell Growth Differ 12, 363-9.
  7. Laughner, E. et al. (2001) Mol Cell Biol 21, 3995-4004.
  8. Walisser, J.A. et al. (2004) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101, 16677-82.
  9. Salomon-Nguyen, F. et al. (2000) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97, 6757-62.
  10. Gunton, J.E. et al. (2005) Cell 122, 337-49.

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