title: [Hypoxia involvement in erythropoiesis regulation--a new insight].
abstract: Oxygen, carried mainly by erythrocytes, plays a crucial role in human organisms--as the terminal electron acceptor enables mitochondria functioning and energy production. Oxygen excess may be a cause of the damage of basic structural organism components--proteins, lipids and nucleinic acids. Thus, from the biological point of view, regulation of oxygen supply with its detection mechanisms is a critical process. Erythrocyte content optima-lization, in means of "benefit-loss" is a compromise between the necessity of anaerobic metabolism transit (in case of too low erythrocyte count), excessive increase in blood viscosity and non-productive, increased red blood cell turn-over with increased erythrocyte level. It is in fact a process of adaptation to changeable environmental conditions, life style and possible pathological processes. The study is a review of knowledge on the oxygen sensor and its connection to erythropoiesis regulation.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Farmakodynamiki Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku. sebastianp@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pawlak
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pawlak
authors.forename: Włodzimierz
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Buczko
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004920:Erythropoiesis / Q000502:physiology*; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051793:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497442:HIF1A protein, human; D051793:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004921:Erythropoietin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D010100:Oxygen