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- Title
Multiple organ pathology, metabolic abnormalities and impaired homeostasis of reactive oxygen species in Epas1<sup>-/-</sup> mice.
- Authors
Scortegagna, Marzia; Kan Ding, Marzia; Oktay, Yavuz; Gaur, Arti; Thurmond, Frederick; Liang-Jun Yan; Marck, Brett T.; Matsumoto, Alvin M.; Shelton, John M.; Richardson, James A.; Bennett, Michael J.; Garcia, Joseph A.
- Abstract
Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) transcription factors respond to multiple environmental stressors, including hypoxia and hypoglycemia. We report that mice lacking the HIF family member HIF-2a (encoded by Epas1) have a syndrome of multiple-organ pathology, biochemical abnormalities and altered gene expression patterns. Histological and ultrastructural analyses showed retinopathy, hepatic steatosis, cardiac hypertrophy, skeletal myopathy, hypocellular bone marrow, azoospermia and mitochondrial abnormalities in these mice. Serum and urine metabolite studies showed hypoglycemia, lactic acidosis, altered Krebs cycle function and dysregulated fatty acid oxidation. Biochemical assays showed enhanced generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), whereas molecular analyses indicated reduced expression of genes encoding the primary antioxidant enzymes (AOEs). Transfection analyses showed that HIF-2a could efficiently transactivate the promoters of the primary AOEs. Prenatal or postnatal treatment of Epas1-/- mice with a superoxide dismutase (SOD) mimetic reversed several aspects of the null phenotype. We propose a rheostat role for HIF-2a that allows for the maintenance of ROS as well as mitochondrial homeostasis.
- Subjects
TRANSCRIPTION factors; METABOLIC disorders; ACTIVE oxygen in the body; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MULTIPLE organ failure; LABORATORY mice; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Nature Genetics, 2003, Vol 35, Issue 4, p331
- ISSN
1061-4036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ng1266