Retinoic Acid Receptor-related Orphan Receptor RORα Regulates Differentiation and Survival of Keratinocytes During Hypoxia

Overview

Journal J Cell Physiol

Specialties Cell Biology
Physiology

Date 2017 Mar 24

PMID 28332183

Citations 15

Authors

Hongyu Li

Longjian Zhou

Jun Dai

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Abstract

Low O pressures present in the microenvironment of epidermis control keratinocyte differentiation and epidermal barrier function through hypoxia inducible factors (HIFs) dependent gene expression. This study focuses on investigating relations of the retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor alpha (RORα) to HIF-1α in keratinocytes under hypoxic conditions. The expression level of RORα is significantly elevated under hypoxia in both human and murine keratinocytes. Gene silencing of RORA attenuates hypoxia-stimulated expression of genes related to late differentiation and epidermal barrier function, and leads to an enhanced apoptotic response. While the hypoxic induction of RORα is dependent on HIF-1α, RORα is in turn critical for nuclear accumulation of HIF-1α and activation of HIF transcriptional activity. These results collectively suggest that RORα functions as an important mediator of HIF-1α activities in regulating keratinocyte differentiation/survival and epidermal barrier function during the oxygen sensing stage.

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