RGD Reference Report - Hypoxia inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF-1 alpha) is induced during reperfusion after renal ischemia and is critical for proximal tubule cell survival. - Rat Genome Database

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Hypoxia inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF-1 alpha) is induced during reperfusion after renal ischemia and is critical for proximal tubule cell survival.

Authors: Conde, E  Alegre, L  Blanco-Sanchez, I  Saenz-Morales, D  Aguado-Fraile, E  Ponte, B  Ramos, E  Saiz, A  Jimenez, C  Ordonez, A  Lopez-Cabrera, M  Del Peso, L  De Landazuri, MO  Liano, F  Selgas, R  Sanchez-Tomero, JA  Garcia-Bermejo, ML 
Citation: Conde E, etal., PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e33258. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033258. Epub 2012 Mar 14.
RGD ID: 9068883
Pubmed: PMID:22432008   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC3303832   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0033258   (Journal Full-text)

Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) caused by ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) during renal transplantation delays allograft function. Identification of factors that mediate protection and/or epithelium recovery could help to improve graft outcome. We studied the expression, regulation and role of hypoxia inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF-1 alpha), using in vitro and in vivo experimental models of I/R as well as human post-transplant renal biopsies. We found that HIF-1 alpha is stabilized in proximal tubule cells during ischemia and unexpectedly in late reperfusion, when oxygen tension is normal. Both inductions lead to gene expression in vitro and in vivo. In vitro interference of HIF-1 alpha promoted cell death and in vivo interference exacerbated tissue damage and renal dysfunction. In pos-transplant human biopsies, HIF-1 alpha was expressed only in proximal tubules which exhibited normal renal structure with a significant negative correlation with ATN grade. In summary, using experimental models and human biopsies, we identified a novel HIF-1 alpha induction during reperfusion with a potential critical role in renal transplant.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Kidney Reperfusion Injury severityISOHif1a (Rattus norvegicus)9068883; 9068883 RGD 
Kidney Reperfusion Injury severityIMP 9068883 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Hif1a  (hypoxia inducible factor 1 subunit alpha)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Hif1a  (hypoxia inducible factor 1, alpha subunit)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
HIF1A  (hypoxia inducible factor 1 subunit alpha)


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