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ArticleBlood2025

A bulge uridine in the HIF2α IRE allows IRP1 but not IRP2 to selectively regulate HIF2α expression and ensuing EPO levels.

De-Liang Zhang, Hayden Ollivierre, Chen-Feng Qi, Tracey A Rouault

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Article in Blood, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  4. Outline of Iron Metabolism, with Emphasis on Erythroid Cells.Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases · 2025
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  5. Cellular Iron Homeostasis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025
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De-Liang ZhangMolecular Medicine Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.ORCID 0000-0001-9478-5344
Hayden OllivierreMolecular Medicine Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Chen-Feng QiPathology Core, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Tracey A RouaultMolecular Medicine Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.ORCID 0000-0003-0062-0245

Funding

Regulation Of Intracellular Iron MetabolismZIAHD001602 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI ROUAULT, TRACEY A. · 2009 to 2025
$21.8M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA HD001602
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractIron regulatory proteins (IRP1 and IRP2) play a pivotal role in maintaining cellular iron homeostasis by binding to iron-responsive elements (IREs) of target messenger RNAs and regulating the expression of these iron-related genes. Mice and humans who lack functional IRP1 develop erythrocytosis due to erythropoietin (EPO) overproduction, whereas those who lack IRP2 develop microcytic anemia, believed to result from iron deficiency of erythroblasts. Here, we discovered that IRP2 deficiency reduced the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor 2α (HIF2α) and its transcriptional target, EPO, thereby compromising the stress erythropoiesis response to generate red blood cells upon anemia. The distinct consequences of IRP2 and IRP1 on EPO result from the higher binding affinity of the HIF2α IRE for IRP1 than IRP2. This difference in binding affinity arises from a bulge uridine in the upper stem of HIF2α IRE that impairs the ability of IRP2 to bind the IRE. These results reveal that IRP1 and IRP2 play distinct roles in erythropoiesis and unveil an unsuspected IRE binding preference that contributes to the divergent phenotypes observed in IRP1- and IRP2-deficient mammals.

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Basic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsErythropoietinGene Expression RegulationIron Regulatory Protein 1Iron Regulatory Protein 2AnimalsEndothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1ErythropoiesisHumansMiceMice, KnockoutBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsEndothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1Epo protein, mouseErythropoietinIron Regulatory Protein 1Iron Regulatory Protein 2

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PMID39316647
PMCPMC11826522

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