PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gregg L Semenza
TI  - Targeting hypoxia-inducible factor 1 to stimulate tissue vascularization
AID  - 10.1097/JIM.0000000000000206
DP  - 2016 Feb 01
TA  - Journal of Investigative Medicine
PG  - 361--363
VI  - 64
IP  - 2
4099  - http://hw-f5-jim.highwire.org/content/64/2/361.short
4100  - http://hw-f5-jim.highwire.org/content/64/2/361.full
SO  - J Investig Med2016 Feb 01; 64
AB  - When tissue perfusion is impaired, the resulting reduction in O2 availability activates hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1), which mediates increased transcription of genes encoding multiple angiogenic factors including vascular endothelial growth factor, stromal-derived factor 1, placental growth factor, and angiopoietins, leading to the mobilization of bone marrow-derived angiogenic cells, increased angiogenesis, and arterial remodeling. These HIF- 1-dependent responses are impaired by aging or loss of function mutations at the locus encoding the HIF-1α subunit. in mouse models of limb ischemia and lung transplant rejection, the augmentation of HIF-1 activity by gene therapy or chemical inducers was associated with maintenance of tissue perfusion that prevented limb amputation and allograft rejection, respectively. Thus, targeting HIF-1 may be of therapeutic benefit in these clinical contexts and others in which impaired tissue perfusion plays a role in disease pathogenesis.