Author:
Townley Ian K.,Babin Courtney H.,Murphy Taylor E.,Summa Christopher M.,Rees Bernard B.
Abstract
AbstractAs aquatic hypoxia worsens on a global scale, fishes will become increasingly challenged by low oxygen, and understanding the molecular basis of their response to hypoxia may help to better define the capacity of fishes to cope with this challenge. The hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) plays a critical role in the molecular response to hypoxia by activating the transcription of genes that serve to improve oxygen delivery to the tissues or enhance the capacity of tissues to function at low oxygen. The current study examines the molecular evolution of genes encoding the oxygen-dependent HIFα subunit (HIFA) in the ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii). Genomic analyses demonstrate that several lineages retain four paralogs ofHIFApredicted from two rounds of genome duplication at the base of vertebrate evolution, broaden the known distribution of teleost-specificHIFAparalogs, and provide evidence for salmonid-specificHIFAduplicates. Evolution of theHIFAgene family is characterized by widespread episodic positive selection at amino acid sites that potentially mediate protein stability, protein–protein interactions, and transcriptional regulation.HIFAtranscript abundance depends upon paralog, tissue, and fish lineage. A phylogenetically-informed gene nomenclature is proposed along with avenues for future research on this critical family of transcription factors.
Funder
Greater New Orleans Foundation
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Cited by
11 articles.
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