HIF- and non-HIF-Regulated Hypoxic Responses Require the Estrogen-Related Receptor in Drosophila
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ABSTRACT: Low-oxygen tolerance is supported by an adaptive response that includes a coordinate shift in metabolism and the activation of a transcriptional program that is driven by the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) pathway. The precise contribution of HIF-1 in the adaptive response, however, has not been determined. Here we investigate how HIF-1 influences hypoxic adaptation throughout Drosophila development. We find that hypoxic-induced transcriptional changes are comprised of HIF-dependent and HIF-independent pathways that are distinct and separable. We show that normoxic set-points of carbohydrate metabolites are significantly altered in dHIF mutants and that these animals are unable to mobilize glycogen in hypoxia. Furthermore, we find that the estrogen-related receptor (dERR), which is a global regulator of aerobic glycolysis in larvae, is required for a competent hypoxic response. dERR binds to dHIF and participates in the HIF-dependent transcriptional program in hypoxia. In addition, dERR acts in the absence of dHIF in hypoxia and a significant portion of HIF-independent transcriptional responses can be attributed to dERR actions, including upregulation of glycolytic transcripts. These results indicate that competent hypoxic responses arise from complex interactions between HIF-dependent and -independent mechanisms, and that dERR plays a central role in both of these programs. Fly eggs were collected onto egg caps with yeast paste . The caps were replaced after overnight incubation periods and kept at 25M-BM-:C, until mid-L2. At mid-L2, larvae were transferred to a fresh egg cap with blue yeast paste (0.3% bromophenol blue), and allowed to develop until achieving the partial clear gut L3 stage (-10 to -4 hrs prior to metamorphic onset). Appropriately staged animals were moved to fresh agar plates and allowed to age an additional 6 hours at 25M-BM-:C (normoxic treatment). Alternatively, animals were placed in an airtight Modular Incubator Chamber for 6 hours at 25M-BM-:C after a gas mixture containing 4% oxygen balanced with nitrogen was flashed into the chamber (hypoxic treatment). Mutant larvae were sorted for the absence of GFP expression using dissecting stereoscope with fluorescence at mid-L2. Microarray analyses were performed on at least three biological replicates of w1118, dHIF mutants, or dERR mutants at the partial clear gut third instar larval stage and were treated for 6 hours in normoxia or 4% O2. For each biological replicate, at least 10 larvae were collected and washed with 1M-CM-^WPBS. Larvae were placed in TRIzol (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) and homogenized using VWR disposable pellet mixer. Total RNA was isolated using a TRIzol/RQ1 DNase (Promega, Madison, WI) hybrid extraction protocol. Template labelings were performed using the GeneChip 3' IVT Express Kit according to the manufacturerM-bM-^@M-^Ys specifications (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA). Hybridizations to Affymetrix GeneChip Drosophila Genome 2.0 arrays were performed using the manufacturers recommendations. Every chip was scanned at a high resolution by the Affymetrix GeneChipM-BM-. Scanner 3000 according to the GeneChip Expression Analysis Technical Manual procedures (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA).
ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster
SUBMITTER: Keith Baker
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-33100 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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