Hypoxic Up-Regulation of Erythroid 5-Aminolevulinate Synthase
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2003
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2002-03-0773
Abstract
The erythroid-specific isoform of 5-aminolevulinate synthase (ALAS2) catalyzes the rate-limiting step in heme biosynthesis. The hypoxia-inducible factor–1 (HIF-1) transcriptionally up-regulates erythropoietin, transferrin, and transferrin receptor, leading to increased erythropoiesis and hematopoietic iron supply. To test the hypothesis that ALAS2 expression might be regulated by a similar mechanism, we exposed murine erythroleukemia cells to hypoxia (1% O2) and found an up to 3-fold up-regulation of ALAS2 mRNA levels and an increase in cellular heme content. A fragment of the ALAS2 promoter ranging from −716 to +1 conveyed hypoxia responsiveness to a heterologous luciferase reporter gene construct in transiently transfected HeLa cells. In contrast, iron depletion, known to induce HIF-1 activity but inhibit ALAS2 translation, did not increase ALAS2 promoter activity. Mutation of a previously predicted HIF-1–binding site (−323/−318) within this promoter fragment and DNA-binding assays revealed that hypoxic up-regulation is independent of this putative HIF-1 DNA-binding site.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Blood, v. 101, issue 1, p. 348-350
Scholar Commons Citation
Hofer, Thomas; Wenger, Roland H.; Kramer, Marianne F.; Ferreira, Gloria C.; and Gassmann, Max, "Hypoxic Up-Regulation of Erythroid 5-Aminolevulinate Synthase" (2003). Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications. 76.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mme_facpub/76
