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The zinc transporter ZIP12 regulates the pulmonary vascular response to chronic hypoxia.

Authors: Zhao, L  Oliver, E  Maratou, K  Atanur, SS  Dubois, OD  Cotroneo, E  Chen, CN  Wang, L  Arce, C  Chabosseau, PL  Ponsa-Cobas, J  Frid, MG  Moyon, B  Webster, Z  Aldashev, A  Ferrer, J  Rutter, GA  Stenmark, KR  Aitman, TJ  Wilkins, MR 
Citation: Zhao L, etal., Nature. 2015 Aug 20;524(7565):356-60. doi: 10.1038/nature14620. Epub 2015 Aug 10.
RGD ID: 10401832
Pubmed: PMID:26258299   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC6091855   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1038/nature14620   (Journal Full-text)

The typical response of the adult mammalian pulmonary circulation to a low oxygen environment is vasoconstriction and structural remodelling of pulmonary arterioles, leading to chronic elevation of pulmonary artery pressure (pulmonary hypertension) and right ventricular hypertrophy. Some mammals, however, exhibit genetic resistance to hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. We used a congenic breeding program and comparative genomics to exploit this variation in the rat and identified the gene Slc39a12 as a major regulator of hypoxia-induced pulmonary vascular remodelling. Slc39a12 encodes the zinc transporter ZIP12. Here we report that ZIP12 expression is increased in many cell types, including endothelial, smooth muscle and interstitial cells, in the remodelled pulmonary arterioles of rats, cows and humans susceptible to hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. We show that ZIP12 expression in pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells is hypoxia dependent and that targeted inhibition of ZIP12 inhibits the rise in intracellular labile zinc in hypoxia-exposed pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells and their proliferation in culture. We demonstrate that genetic disruption of ZIP12 expression attenuates the development of pulmonary hypertension in rats housed in a hypoxic atmosphere. This new and unexpected insight into the fundamental role of a zinc transporter in mammalian pulmonary vascular homeostasis suggests a new drug target for the pharmacological management of pulmonary hypertension.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Hyperplasia  IDA 10401832 RGD 
Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypoxia-Induced  IDA 10401832 RGD 
Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypoxia-Induced inducedIAGPcontrolled air oxygen content10401832; 10401832; 10401832 RGD 
Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypoxia-Induced  ISOSlc39a12 (Rattus norvegicus)10401832; 10401832 RGD 
Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypoxia-Induced severityISOSlc39a12 (Rattus norvegicus)10401832; 10401832 RGD 
Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypoxia-Induced severityIMPcontrolled air oxygen content10401832; 10401832; 10401832 RGD 
Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypoxia-Induced  IMP 10401832; 10401832 RGD 
Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypoxia-Induced inducedIMPcontrolled air oxygen content10401832 RGD 
Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypoxia-Induced severityIAGPcontrolled air oxygen content10401832; 10401832compared to WKY/CrukRGD 
Right Ventricular Hypertrophy  IDA 10401832 RGD 
Right Ventricular Hypertrophy inducedIAGPcontrolled air oxygen content10401832; 10401832; 10401832 RGD 
Right Ventricular Hypertrophy severityISOSlc39a12 (Rattus norvegicus)10401832; 10401832 RGD 
Right Ventricular Hypertrophy  ISOSlc39a12 (Rattus norvegicus)10401832; 10401832 RGD 
Right Ventricular Hypertrophy severityIMPcontrolled air oxygen content10401832; 10401832; 10401832 RGD 
Right Ventricular Hypertrophy  IMP 10401832; 10401832 RGD 
Right Ventricular Hypertrophy inducedIMPcontrolled air oxygen content10401832 RGD 
Right Ventricular Hypertrophy severityIAGPcontrolled air oxygen content10401832; 10401832compared to WKY/Cruk and similar to F344/NHsdRGD 

Gene Ontology Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View

Biological Process
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
positive regulation of sprouting angiogenesis  IMP 10401832 RGD 
response to decreased oxygen levels  IEP 10401832 RGD 

Phenotype Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View

Mammalian Phenotype

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Slc39a12  (solute carrier family 39 member 12)
Slc39a12em77Tja  (solute carrier family 39 (zinc transporter), member 12; zinc finger nuclease induced mutant 77, Timothy J. Aitman)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Slc39a12  (solute carrier family 39 (zinc transporter), member 12)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
SLC39A12  (solute carrier family 39 member 12)

QTLs
Cm15  (Cardiac mass QTL 15)

Strains
F344/NHsd  (F344/NHsd)
WKY-Slc39a12em77Tja+/-  (WKY-Slc39a12em77Tja+/WKY-Slc39a12em77Tja-)
WKY-Slc39a12em77Tja-/-  (WKY-Slc39a12em77Tja-/WKY-Slc39a12em77Tja-)
WKY.F344-(D17Got91-D17Rat47)/Tja  (NA)
WKY.F344-(D17Got91-D17Rat51)/Tja  (NA)
WKY.F344-(D17Rat131-D17Rat51)/Tja  (NA)
WKY.F344-(D17Rat47-D17Rat51)/Tja  (NA)

Objects referenced in this article
Strain WKY-Slc39a12em77Tja null Rattus norvegicus

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