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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2011

Elevated CO(2) levels cause mitochondrial dysfunction and impair cell proliferation.

Christine U Vohwinkel, Emilia Lecuona, Haying Sun, Natascha Sommer, István Vadász, Navdeep S Chandel, Jacob I Sznajder

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers.

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105 citing papers in PubMed, 173 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Christine U VohwinkelDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
Emilia Lecuona
Haying Sun
Natascha Sommer
István Vadász
Navdeep S Chandel
Jacob I Sznajder
Northwestern University · USUniversity of Giessen · DE

Funding

The injurious effects of hypercapnia on the alveolar epitheliumR01HL085534 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI SZNAJDER, JACOB I · 2006 to 2018
$4.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL-85534NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL085534
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elevated CO(2) concentrations (hypercapnia) occur in patients with severe lung diseases. Here, we provide evidence that high CO(2) levels decrease O(2) consumption and ATP production and impair cell proliferation independently of acidosis and hypoxia in fibroblasts (N12) and alveolar epithelial cells (A549). Cells exposed to elevated CO(2) died in galactose medium as well as when glucose-6-phosphate isomerase was knocked down, suggesting mitochondrial dysfunction. High CO(2) levels led to increased levels of microRNA-183 (miR-183), which in turn decreased expression of IDH2 (isocitrate dehydrogenase 2). The high CO(2)-induced decrease in cell proliferation was rescued by α-ketoglutarate and overexpression of IDH2, whereas proliferation decreased in normocapnic cells transfected with siRNA for IDH2. Also, overexpression of miR-183 decreased IDH2 (mRNA and protein) as well as cell proliferation under normocapnic conditions, whereas inhibition of miR-183 rescued the normal proliferation phenotype in cells exposed to elevated levels of CO(2). Accordingly, we provide evidence that high CO(2) induces miR-183, which down-regulates IDH2, thus impairing mitochondrial function and cell proliferation. These results are of relevance to patients with hypercapnia such as those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, cystic fibrosis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and muscular dystrophies.

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Carbon DioxideCell LineCell ProliferationHumansHypercapniaIsocitrate DehydrogenaseKetoglutaric AcidsLung DiseasesMicroRNAsMitochondriaMuscular DystrophiesUp-RegulationCarbon DioxideIDH2 protein, humanIsocitrate DehydrogenaseKetoglutaric AcidsMicroRNAsMIRN183 microRNA, human

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PMID21903582
PMCPMC3199454
OpenAlexW2065691491

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