期刊
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
卷 116, 期 7, 页码 875-884出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00605.2013
关键词
hypoxia-inducible factor; EPAS1; EGLN1; evolution; Tibetan; adaptation
资金
- Wellcome Trust [089457/Z/09/Z]
- National Institute for Health Research [CL-2013-13-003] Funding Source: researchfish
- Wellcome Trust [089457/Z/09/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
The Tibetan Plateau is one of the highest regions on Earth. Tibetan highlanders are adapted to life and reproduction in a hypoxic environment and possess a suite of distinctive physiological traits. Recent studies have identified genomic loci that have undergone natural selection in Tibetans. Two of these loci, EGLN1 and EPAS1, encode major components of the hypoxia-inducible factor transcriptional system, which has a central role in oxygen sensing and coordinating an organism's response to hypoxia, as evidenced by studies in humans and mice. An association between genetic variants within these genes and hemoglobin concentration in Tibetans at high altitude was demonstrated in some of the studies (8, 80, 96). Nevertheless, the functional variants within these genes and the underlying mechanisms of action are still not known. Furthermore, there are a number of other possible phenotypic traits, besides hemoglobin concentration, upon which natural selection may have acted. Integration of studies at the genomic level with functional molecular studies and studies in systems physiology has the potential to provide further understanding of human evolution in response to high-altitude hypoxia. The Tibetan paradigm provides further insight on the role of the hypoxia-inducible factor system in humans in relation to oxygen homeostasis.
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