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ArticleNature cell biology2025

Epigenetic alterations facilitate transcriptional and translational programs in hypoxia.

Kathleen Watt, Bianca Dauber, Krzysztof J Szkop, Laura Lee, Predrag Jovanovic, Shan Chen, Ranveer Palia, Julia A Vassalakis, Tyler T Cooper, David Papadopoli and 8 more

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Article in Nature cell biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Alterations to the yeast chromatin landscape during hypoxia.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Kathleen Watt *Department of Oncology-Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Bianca Dauber *Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-6755-3840
Krzysztof J Szkop *Department of Oncology-Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Laura LeeDepartment of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Predrag JovanovicLady Davis Institute, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0090-0047
Shan ChenDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ranveer PaliaLady Davis Institute, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Julia A VassalakisDepartment of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Tyler T CooperDepartment of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
David PapadopoliLady Davis Institute, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Laìa MasvidalDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Michael JewerDepartment of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Kristofferson TandocLady Davis Institute, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Hannah PlummerDepartment of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Gilles A LajoieDepartment of Biochemistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Ivan TopisirovicLady Davis Institute, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5510-9762
Ola LarssonDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. ola.larsson@ki.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1412-1308
Lynne-Marie PostovitDepartment of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. l.postovit@queensu.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8088-4197

Funding

Cancerfonden (Swedish Cancer Society) 22 2186Cancer Research Society (Société de Recherche sur le Cancer) 1330551Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada) PJT-451236Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada) PS-148615Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada) PS-159541Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) 2020-01665Wellcome Trust 211222
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adaptation to cellular stresses entails an incompletely understood coordination of transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene expression programs. Here, by quantifying hypoxia-dependent transcriptomes, epigenomes and translatomes in T47D breast cancer cells and H9 human embryonic stem cells, we show pervasive changes in transcription start site (TSS) selection associated with nucleosome repositioning and alterations in H3K4me3 distribution. Notably, hypoxia-associated TSS switching was induced or reversed via pharmacological modulation of H3K4me3 in the absence of hypoxia, defining a role for H3K4me3 in TSS selection independent of HIF1-transcriptional programs. By remodelling 5'UTRs, TSS switching selectively alters protein synthesis, including enhanced translation of messenger RNAs encoding pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1, which is essential for metabolic adaptation to hypoxia. These results demonstrate a previously unappreciated mechanism of translational regulation during hypoxia driven by epigenetic reprogramming of the 5'UTRome.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticProtein BiosynthesisTranscription, Genetic5' Untranslated RegionsCell HypoxiaCell Line, TumorFemaleHistonesHumansHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitNucleosomesRNA, MessengerTranscription Initiation Site5' Untranslated RegionsHIF1A protein, humanhistone H3 trimethyl Lys4HistonesHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitNucleosomesRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID41102449
PMCPMC12611764

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