The HIF-1α pathway plays a critical role in salivary gland development in ex vivo organ cultures.

The transcription factor, hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α), has previously been shown to upregulate the expression of hypoxia-related genes, including erythropoietin (EPO). However, the role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in morphogenesis during salivary gland development is unclear. We investigated the function of HIF-1α in submandibular gland (SMG) organ cultures obtained from embryonic day 13.5 embryos from ICR female mice. Expression of HIF-1α, glucose transporter 1, and vascular endothelial growth factor was induced under hypoxia (5% O2 ). We further showed that BAY 87-2243-mediated inhibition of HIF-1α suppressed salivary gland development. Under severe hypoxia (1% O2 ), HIF-1α did not promote salivary gland development; this was due to suppression of cell proliferation and inhibition of the cell cycle and not because of autophagy and apoptosis. Additionally, using the inhibitor U0126, we verified that the ERK1/2 pathway is upstream of HIF-1α. Overall, we found that the HIF-1α signaling pathway plays a critical role in salivary gland development in ex vivo SMG organ cultures. © 2021 The Authors. FEBS Open Bio published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Federation of European Biochemical Societies.

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Tomomasa Kimura, Manabu Sakai, Nao Gojo, Mikio Watanabe, Narikazu Uzawa, Takayoshi Sakai. The HIF-1α pathway plays a critical role in salivary gland development in ex vivo organ cultures. FEBS open bio. 2022 Feb;12(2):460-469

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