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Restriction of rRNA synthesis by VHL maintains energy equilibrium under hypoxia

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CELL CYCLE
卷 5, 期 20, 页码 2401-2413

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/cc.5.20.3387

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pH; acidosis; hypoxia; ribosome; rDNA; IGS; VHL; HIF; nucleolus; FRAP

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Biological evolution abides by an unbending rule obligating organisms to maintain energy equilibrium. Hypoxia reduces cellular energy supply and is thus thought to be deleterious. We report that cells have evolved pH-sensitive mechanisms to maintain energy equilibrium by lowering energy demand. We found that fermentation-induced acidosis allows hypoxic cells to maintain energy equilibrium and viability under hypoxia by restricting ribosomal biogenesis, the most energy-demanding cellular process. Acidosis triggers nucleolar condensation, decreases precursor rRNA synthesis, reduces the dynamic profile of the RNA polymerase I preinitiation factor UBF1 and its interaction with the promoter of rRNA genes (rDNA). These changes require the pH-dependent interaction of the statically detained von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor protein (VHL) with rDNA. This phenomenon is promoted by, but does not require, activation of the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), a transcription factor implicated in extracellular acidification, energy production and oxygen homeostasis. Abrogating this program by silencing VHL expression, competing rDNA-VHL interaction or preventing environmental acidification triggers energy starvation and cell death under hypoxia. Our data suggest that oxygen-starved cells maintain energy equilibrium by gauging the environmental concentration of H+ to statically detain VHL to nucleolar rDNA and restrict ribosome production. These findings also provide an explanation for the protective effect of acidosis in ischemic settings such as development, stroke and cancer.

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