Abstract |
Erythropoiesis is critically dependent on erythropoietin (EPO), a glycoprotein hormone that is regulated by hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF). Hepatocytes are the primary source of extrarenal EPO in the adult and express HIF-1 and HIF-2, whose roles in the hypoxic induction of EPO remain controversial. In order to define the role of HIF-1 and HIF-2 in the regulation of hepatic EPO expression, we have generated mice with conditional inactivation of Hif-1alpha and/or Hif-2alpha (Epas1) in hepatocytes. We have previously shown that inactivation of the von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor pVHL, which targets both HIFs for proteasomal degradation, results in increased hepatic Epo production and polycythemia independent of Hif-1alpha. Here we show that conditional inactivation of Hif-2alpha in pVHL-deficient mice suppressed hepatic Epo and the development of polycythemia. Furthermore, we found that physiological Epo expression in infant livers required Hif-2alpha but not Hif-1alpha and that the hypoxic induction of liver Epo in anemic adults was Hif-2alpha dependent. Since other Hif target genes such phosphoglycerate kinase 1 (Pgk) were Hif-1alpha dependent, we provide genetic evidence that HIF-1 and HIF-2 have distinct roles in the regulation of hypoxia-inducible genes and that EPO is preferentially regulated by HIF-2 in the liver.
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Authors | Erinn B Rankin, Mangatt P Biju, Qingdu Liu, Travis L Unger, Jennifer Rha, Randall S Johnson, M Celeste Simon, Brian Keith, Volker H Haase |
Journal | The Journal of clinical investigation
(J Clin Invest)
Vol. 117
Issue 4
Pg. 1068-77
(Apr 2007)
ISSN: 0021-9738 [Print] United States |
PMID | 17404621
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
- Erythropoietin
- endothelial PAS domain-containing protein 1
- Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein
- VHL protein, mouse
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Topics |
- Animals
- Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
(physiology)
- Disease Models, Animal
- Erythropoietin
(genetics)
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Hepatocytes
(physiology)
- Liver
(physiology)
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Polycythemia Vera
(genetics)
- Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein
(genetics)
- von Hippel-Lindau Disease
(genetics)
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