Hypoxia-inducible factors and the response to hypoxic stress.
Oxygen (O(2)) is an essential nutrient that serves as a key substrate in cellular metabolism and bioenergetics. In a variety of physiological and pathological states, organisms encounter insufficient O(2) availability, or hypoxia. In order to cope with this stress, evolutionarily conserved responses are engaged. In mammals, the primary transcriptional response to hypoxic stress is mediated by the hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs). While canonically regulated by prolyl hydroxylase domain-containing enzymes (PHDs), the HIFα subunits are intricately responsive to numerous other factors, including factor-inhibiting HIF1α (FIH1), sirtuins, and metabolites. These transcription factors function in normal tissue homeostasis and impinge on critical aspects of disease progression and recovery. Insights from basic HIF biology are being translated into pharmaceuticals targeting the HIF pathway.
Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Amar J
AJ
Majmundar
Waihay J
WJ
Wong
M Celeste
MC
Simon
D000818:Animals; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015687:Cell Hypoxia / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D000099162:Endothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1
D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit; D000099162:Endothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1