Regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor 2alpha signaling by the stress-responsive deacetylase sirtuin 1 - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2009 Jun 5;324(5932):1289-93.

doi: 10.1126/science.1169956.

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Regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor 2alpha signaling by the stress-responsive deacetylase sirtuin 1

Elhadji M Dioum et al. Science. 2009.

Abstract

To survive in hostile environments, organisms activate stress-responsive transcriptional regulators that coordinately increase production of protective factors. Hypoxia changes cellular metabolism and thus activates redox-sensitive as well as oxygen-dependent signal transducers. We demonstrate that Sirtuin 1 (Sirt1), a redox-sensing deacetylase, selectively stimulates activity of the transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor 2 alpha (HIF-2alpha) during hypoxia. The effect of Sirt1 on HIF-2alpha required direct interaction of the proteins and intact deacetylase activity of Sirt1. Select lysine residues in HIF-2alpha that are acetylated during hypoxia confer repression of Sirt1 augmentation by small-molecule inhibitors. In cultured cells and mice, decreasing or increasing Sirt1 activity or levels affected expression of the HIF-2alpha target gene erythropoietin accordingly. Thus, Sirt1 promotes HIF-2 signaling during hypoxia and likely other environmental stresses.

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