From top to bottom: the two faces of HIPK2 for regulation of the hypoxic response

Marco A Calzado, Laureano De La Vega, Eduardo Munoz, M. Lienhard Schmitz (Lead / Corresponding author)

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    Abstract

    Oxygen deprivation (hypoxia) triggers a complex network of signaling pathways that result in changed gene expression patterns in order to cope with this challenge. Recent work has identified the serine/threonine kinase HIPK2 as a novel regulatory protein participating in hypoxic gene regulation. HIPK2 can affect apical as well as downstream events during the hypoxic response. Under normoxic conditions, HIPK2-mediated phosphorylation of the ubiquitin E3 ligase Siah2 weakens mutual binding and destabilizes the phosphorylated E3 ligase. Low oxygen levels result in strongly increased HIPK2/Siah2 interactions that lead to efficient polyubiquitylation and proteasomal degradation of the kinase. At the apical level, the Siah2 inhibiting phosphorylations are lost, thus allowing Siah2-dependent proteolysis of dioxygenases which in turn allows for activation of transcription factor HIF. Downstream events of the hypoxic response are affected by the proteasomal elimination of HIPK2 from gene repressing complexes, an event that allows for full induction of gene expression. Thus HIPK2 can regulate a subset of HIF-dependent and -independent genes during the hypoxic response.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1659-1664
    Number of pages6
    JournalCell Cycle
    Volume8
    Issue number11
    Early online date1 Jun 2009
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

    Keywords

    • Anoxia
    • Apoptosis
    • Carrier proteins
    • Gene expression regulation
    • Humans
    • Hypoxia-inducible factor 1
    • Nuclear proteins
    • Phosphorylation
    • Protein binding
    • Protein-serine-threonine kinases
    • Signal transduction
    • Ubiquitin-protein ligases
    • Ubiquitination

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