Shirai Y, Suwa T, Kobayashi M, Koyasu S, Harada H. DDX5 enhances HIF-1 activity by promoting the interaction of HIF-1α with HIF-1β and recruiting the resulting heterodimer to its target gene loci.
Biol Cell 2024;
116:e2300077. [PMID:
38031929 DOI:
10.1111/boc.202300077]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Cancer cells acquire malignant characteristics and therapy resistance by employing the hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1)-dependent adaptive response to hypoxic microenvironment in solid tumors. Since the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear, difficulties are associated with establishing effective therapeutic strategies.
RESULTS
We herein identified DEAD-box helicase 5 (DDX5) as a novel activator of HIF-1 and found that it enhanced the heterodimer formation of HIF-1α and HIF-1β and facilitated the recruitment of the resulting HIF-1 to its recognition sequence, hypoxia-response element (HRE), leading to the expression of a subset of cancer-related genes under hypoxia.
CONCLUSIONS
This study reveals that the regulation of HIF-1 recruitment to HRE is an important regulatory step in the control of HIF-1 activity.
SIGNIFICANCE
The present study provides novel insights for the development of strategies to inhibit the HIF-1-dependent expression of cancer-related genes.
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