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ArticleEMBO reports2019

Inherent DNA-binding specificities of the HIF-1α and HIF-2α transcription factors in chromatin.

James A Smythies, Min Sun, Norma Masson, Rafik Salama, Peter D Simpson, Elizabeth Murray, Viviana Neumann, Matthew E Cockman, Hani Choudhry, Peter J Ratcliffe and 1 more

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Article in EMBO reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 133 papers.

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133citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

133 citing papers in PubMed, 196 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

James A SmythiesNDM Research Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Min SunNDM Research Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Norma MassonNDM Research Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Rafik SalamaNDM Research Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Peter D SimpsonNDM Research Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Elizabeth MurrayNDM Research Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Viviana NeumannNDM Research Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Matthew E CockmanThe Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3310-4821
Hani ChoudhryDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Center of Innovation in Personalized Medicine, King Fahd Center for Medical Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Peter J RatcliffeNDM Research Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK peter.ratcliffe@ndm.ox.ac.uk david.mole@ndm.ox.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-2853-806X
David R MoleNDM Research Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK peter.ratcliffe@ndm.ox.ac.uk david.mole@ndm.ox.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-0984-300X
University of Oxford · GBThe Francis Crick Institute · GBKing Abdulaziz University · SA

Funding

British Heart Foundation RG/11/1/28684Cancer Research UK 16016Cancer Research UK A416016Department of Health RP-2015-06-004Wellcome Trust 078333/Z/05/ZWellcome Trust 088182/Z/09/ZWellcome Trust 203141/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust FC001501Wellcome Trust WT091857MA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) is the major transcriptional regulator of cellular responses to hypoxia. The two principal HIF-α isoforms, HIF-1α and HIF-2α, are progressively stabilized in response to hypoxia and form heterodimers with HIF-1β to activate a broad range of transcriptional responses. Here, we report on the pan-genomic distribution of isoform-specific HIF binding in response to hypoxia of varying severity and duration, and in response to genetic ablation of each HIF-α isoform. Our findings reveal that, despite an identical consensus recognition sequence in DNA, each HIF heterodimer loads progressively at a distinct repertoire of cell-type-specific sites across the genome, with little evidence of redistribution under any of the conditions examined. Marked biases towards promoter-proximal binding of HIF-1 and promoter-distant binding of HIF-2 were observed under all conditions and were consistent in multiple cell type. The findings imply that each HIF isoform has an inherent property that determines its binding distribution across the genome, which might be exploited to therapeutically target the specific transcriptional output of each isoform independently.

Indexed as

Transcription, GeneticBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsCell HypoxiaCell LineChromatinDNADNA-Binding ProteinsEndothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1EpigenomicsGene Expression RegulationHumansHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein IsoformsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsChromatinDNADNA-Binding ProteinsEndothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1HIF1A protein, humanHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitProtein IsoformsDNA bindingHIFhypoxiatranscription

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PMID30429208
PMCPMC6322389
OpenAlexW2901273371

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