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Low-dose radiation exposure induces a HIF-1-mediated adaptive and protective metabolic response.

ABSTRACT: Because of insufficient understanding of the molecular effects of low levels of radiation exposure, there is a great uncertainty regarding its health risks. We report here that treatment of normal human cells with low-dose radiation induces a metabolic shift from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis resulting in increased radiation resistance. This metabolic change is highlighted by upregulation of genes encoding glucose transporters and enzymes of glycolysis and the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway, concomitant with downregulation of mitochondrial genes, with corresponding changes in metabolic flux through these pathways. Mechanistically, the metabolic reprogramming depends on HIF1?, which is induced specifically by low-dose irradiation linking the metabolic pathway with cellular radiation dose response. Increased glucose flux and radiation resistance from low-dose irradiation are also observed systemically in mice. This highly sensitive metabolic response to low-dose radiation has important implications in understanding and assessing the health risks of radiation exposure.

SUBMITTER: Lall R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3978308 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Low-dose radiation exposure induces a HIF-1-mediated adaptive and protective metabolic response.

Lall R R Ganapathy S S Yang M M Xiao S S Xu T T Su H H Shadfan M M Asara J M JM Ha C S CS Ben-Sahra I I Manning B D BD Little J B JB Yuan Z-M ZM

Cell death and differentiation 20140228 5

Because of insufficient understanding of the molecular effects of low levels of radiation exposure, there is a great uncertainty regarding its health risks. We report here that treatment of normal human cells with low-dose radiation induces a metabolic shift from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis resulting in increased radiation resistance. This metabolic change is highlighted by upregulation of genes encoding glucose transporters and enzymes of glycolysis and the oxidative pentose ...[more]

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