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Activating Injury-Responsive Genes with Hypoxia Enhances Axon Regeneration through Neuronal HIF-1α.

Yongcheol Cho, Jung Eun Shin, Eric Edward Ewan, Young Mi Oh, Wolfgang Pita-Thomas, Valeria Cavalli

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Article in Neuron, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers.

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92 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Yongcheol ChoDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Jung Eun ShinDepartment of Developmental Biology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Eric Edward EwanDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Young Mi OhDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Wolfgang Pita-ThomasDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Valeria CavalliDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Electronic address: cavalli@pcg.wustl.edu.

Funding

TSC2 AND ERK SIGNALING IN MTOR-DEPENDENT REGENERATION AND NEUROPATHIC PAINR01DE022000 · NIDCR · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CAVALLI, VALERIA · 2011 to 2015
$2.8M
MICROTUBULE POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS IN AXON REGENERATIONR01NS082446 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CAVALLI, VALERIA · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
NIDCR NIH HHS DE022000NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE022000NINDS NIH HHS NS082446NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS082446
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Injured peripheral neurons successfully activate a proregenerative transcriptional program to enable axon regeneration and functional recovery. How transcriptional regulators coordinate the expression of such program remains unclear. Here we show that hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) controls multiple injury-induced genes in sensory neurons and contribute to the preconditioning lesion effect. Knockdown of HIF-1α in vitro or conditional knock out in vivo impairs sensory axon regeneration. The HIF-1α target gene Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A (VEGFA) is expressed in injured neurons and contributes to stimulate axon regeneration. Induction of HIF-1α using hypoxia enhances axon regeneration in vitro and in vivo in sensory neurons. Hypoxia also stimulates motor neuron regeneration and accelerates neuromuscular junction re-innervation. This study demonstrates that HIF-1α represents a critical transcriptional regulator in regenerating neurons and suggests hypoxia as a tool to stimulate axon regeneration.

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Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsAxonsCells, CulturedGanglia, SpinalGene Knockdown TechniquesHypoxiaHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitIn Vitro TechniquesMiceMotor NeuronsNerve RegenerationNeuromuscular JunctionPeripheral Nerve InjuriesSciatic NerveSensory Receptor CellsHif1a protein, mouseHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Avascular endothelial growth factor A, mouse

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PMID26526390
PMCPMC4655162

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