Epidermal sensing of oxygen is essential for systemic hypoxic response

被引:142
作者
Boutin, Adam T. [1 ]
Weidemann, Alexander [1 ]
Fu, Zhenxing [5 ,6 ,7 ]
Mesropian, Lernik [1 ]
Gradin, Katarina [2 ]
Jamora, Colin [1 ]
Wiesener, Michael [3 ]
Eckardt, Kai-Uwe [3 ]
Koch, Cameron J. [4 ]
Ellies, Lesley G. [5 ,6 ,7 ]
Haddad, Gabriel [5 ,6 ,7 ]
Haase, Volker H. [4 ]
Simon, M. Celeste [4 ]
Poellinger, Lorenz [2 ]
Powell, Frank L. [5 ,6 ,7 ]
Johnson, Randall S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Mol Biol Sect, Div Biol Sci, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[2] Karolinska Inst, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
[3] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
[4] Univ Penn, Sch Med, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[5] Univ Calif San Diego, Sch Med, Dept Med, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[6] Univ Calif San Diego, Sch Med, Dept Pediat, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[7] Univ Calif San Diego, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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D O I
10.1016/j.cell.2008.02.038
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Skin plays an essential role, mediated in part by its remarkable vascular plasticity, in adaptation to environmental stimuli. Certain vertebrates, such as amphibians, respond to hypoxia in part through the skin; but it is unknown whether this tissue can influence mammalian systemic adaptation to low oxygen levels. We have found that epidermal deletion of the hypoxia-responsive transcription factor HIF-1 alpha inhibits renal erythropoietin (EPO) synthesis in response to hypoxia. Conversely, mice with an epidermal deletion of the vonHippel-Lindau (VHL) factor, a negative regulator of HIF, have increased EPO synthesis and polycythemia. We show that nitric oxide release induced by the HIF pathway acts on cutaneous vascular flow to increase systemic erythropoietin expression. These results demonstrate that in mice the skin is a critical mediator of systemic responses to environmental oxygen.
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