Hif-2α programmes oxygen chemosensitivity in chromaffin cells

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Title:	Hif-2α programmes oxygen chemosensitivity in chromaffin cells
Creators Name:	Prange-Barczynska, M., Jones, H.A., Sugimoto, Y., Cheng, X., Lima, J.D., Ratnayaka, I., Douglas, G., Buckler, K.J., Ratcliffe, P.J., Keeley, T.P. and Bishop, T.
Abstract:	The study of transcription factors that determine specialised neuronal functions has provided invaluable insights into the physiology of the nervous system. Peripheral chemoreceptors are neurone-like electro-physiologically excitable cells that link the oxygen content of arterial blood to the neuronal control of breathing. In the adult, this oxygen chemosensitivity is exemplified by the Type I cells of the carotid body and recent work has revealed one isoform of the transcription factor HIF, HIF-2α, to have a non-redundant role in the development and function of that organ. Here we show that the activation of HIF-2α, including isolated overexpression alone, is sufficient to induce oxygen chemosensitivity in the otherwise unresponsive adult adrenal medulla. This phenotypic change in the adrenal medulla was associated with retention of extra-adrenal paraganglioma-like tissues that resemble the foetal organ of Zuckerkandl and also manifest oxygen chemosensitivity. Acquisition of chemosensitivity was associated with changes in the adrenal medullary expression of classes of genes that are ordinarily characteristic of the carotid body, including G-protein regulators and atypical subunits of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase. Overall, the findings suggest that, at least in certain tissues, HIF-2α acts as a phenotypic driver for cells that display oxygen chemosensitivity, thus linking two major oxygen sensing systems.
Keywords:	Animals, Mice
Source:	Journal of Clinical Investigation
ISSN:	0021-9738
Publisher:	American Society for Clinical Investigation
Date:	6 August 2024
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI174661
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