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Integral Relationship Between Vitamin B1 and Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1alpha

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Weekly Seminar | Not Open to the Public
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Researchers

Abstract

My primary research interests surround the pathophysiological implications of Vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency and supplementation. These research efforts have centered on how HIF1α impacts thiamine homeostasis and how changes in thiamine status can in turn regulate HIF1α. HIF1α is an essential adaptive stress response transcriptional factor that can contextually mediate either pro-survival or pro-death cellular responses. In hypoxic tumor microenvironments, HIF1α was found to be a direct transcriptional activator for the thiamine transporter SLC19A3. Furthermore, HIF1α upregulates thiamine pyrophosphokinase-1 (TPK1). Thus, HIF1α activation during hypoxic conditions attempts to upregulate thiamine homeostasis in a pro-survival capacity. In contrast, thiamine deficiency (TD) can activate HIF1α independent of low oxygen conditions. Reduced activity of thiamine dependent enzyme PDH during TD resulted in a buildup of pyruvate capable of activating HIF1α. Activation of HIF1α during TD mediated pro-apoptotic and amyloidogenic processes. Therefore, HIF1α may be a possible transcriptional mediator promoting neurological injury in TD associated neuropathologies.

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Publications

Hunter C Jonus, Bradley S Hanberry, Shivani Khatu, Jaeah Kim, Hendrik Luesch, Long H Dang, Michael G Bartlett, Jason A Zastre
The adaptive regulation of thiamine pyrophosphokinase-1 facilitates malignant growth during supplemental thiamine conditions
Oncotarget. 2018 Oct 23;9(83):35422-35438. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.26259.
Kristy Zera, Jason Zastre
Stabilization of the hypoxia-inducible transcription Factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) in thiamine deficiency is mediated by pyruvate accumulation
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2018 Sep 15;355:180-188. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2018.07.004. Epub 2018 Jul 6.
Kristy Zera, Jason Zastre
Thiamine deficiency activates hypoxia inducible factor-1α to facilitate pro-apoptotic responses in mouse primary astrocytes
PLoS One. 2017 Oct 18;12(10):e0186707. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186707. eCollection 2017.

When

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - 12:30pm

Where

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