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Published on: August 2, 2018
Role of oxygen sensing and hypoxia-inducible factors in orchestrating innate immune responses
Jie Ting Low1,2, Youngjun Kim1,2, Mai Matsushita3,4
1Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Oxygen availability and fluctuation are common changes in tissues and organs undergoing infection and damage. While acute hypoxia can rapidly alter immune cell metabolism and activity, chronic hypoxia can induce long-lasting changes in immune responses via oxygen-guided adaptation in signaling cascades and epitranscriptomic programs. These adaptations are orchestrated mainly by oxygen-sensing hydroxylases and oxygen-sensing epigenetic modifiers that regulate downstream hypoxia-inducible factor pathways and epigenetic reprogramming. In this Review, we summarize how acute and chronic hypoxia influence innate immune cell function and metabolism, thereby tailoring immune cell behavior within the tissue microenvironment. We further highlight the dual roles of hypoxia in regulating innate immune cell function in different (patho)physiological contexts and evaluate therapeutic strategies that target oxygen-sensing pathways to restore immune competence and tissue homeostasis.
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