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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
卷 119, 期 5, 页码 1159-1166出版社
AMER SOC CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INC
DOI: 10.1172/JCI38499
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- Agence Nationale pour la Recherche and European Economic Community (EEC) Framework 6 [LSHM-CT-037296 Euroiron]
- Ministere de l'Education Nationale de la Recherche et de la Technologie
- EEC
HIF transcription factors (HIF-1 and HIF-2) are central mediators of cellular adaptation to hypoxia. Because the resting partial pressure of oxygen is low in the intestinal lumen, epithelial cells are believed to be mildly hypoxic. Having recently established a link between HIF and the iron-regulatory hormone hepcidin, we hypothesized that HIFs, stabilized in the hypoxic intestinal epithelium, may also play critical roles in regulating intestinal iron absorption. To explore this idea, we first established that the mouse duodenum, the site of iron absorption in the intestine, is hypoxic and generated conditional knockout mice that lacked either Hif1 alpha or Hif2 alpha specifically in the intestinal epithelium. Using these mice, we found that HIF-1 alpha was not necessary for iron absorption, whereas HIF-2 alpha played a crucial role in maintaining iron balance in the organism by directly regulating the transcription of the gene encoding divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1), the principal intestinal iron transporter. Specific deletion of Hif2 alpha led to a decrease in serum and liver iron levels and a marked decrease in liver hepcidin expression, indicating the involvement of an induced systemic response to counteract the iron deficiency. This finding may provide a basis for the development of new strategies, specifically in targeting HIF-2 alpha, to improve iron homeostasis in patients with iron disorders.
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