title: External messengers and erythropoietin production.
abstract: We have presented a model for the role of external messenger substances in hypoxic stimulation of kidney production of erythropoietin. These autacoids probably act in concert to activate the adenylate cyclase system to enhance production and/or secretion of erythropoietin. The phosphoproteins generated in this system could act at the level of transcription and translation of erythropoietin as well as at the level of release of erythropoietin from the cell. Even though eicosanoids and beta-2-adrenergic agonists may be involved in mild to moderate hypoxia, it seems more likely that adenosine is more involved in erythropoietin production with increasing severity of hypoxia. Adenosine may play a very early role in hypoxia following the decrease in ATP to trigger erythropoietin production, and hydrogen peroxide may be generated from hypoxanthine, a metabolite of adenosine, during reoxygenation and regional changes in blood flow in the normal kidney and perhaps in certain renal and hepatic tumors. Further work is necessary in vivo to completely clarify the role of adenosine and oxygen free radicals in regulating kidney production of erythropoietin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueno
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005949:Glucose Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D019271:Hypoxanthine; D007042:Hypoxanthines / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014969:Xanthine Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D014970:Xanthines / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007042:Hypoxanthines; D014970:Xanthines; D013481:Superoxides; D004921:Erythropoietin; D019271:Hypoxanthine; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D005949:Glucose Oxidase; D002374:Catalase; D014969:Xanthine Oxidase; D000241:Adenosine