A validated hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) signature across tissue compartments predicts clinical outcome in human lung fibrosis
Zhou, Y.; Ewing, R.; Davies, D. E.; Wang, Y.; Jones, M.
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We previously reported that oxidative stress drives pseudohypoxic hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) pathway activation to promote pathogenetic collagen structure-function in human lung fibrosis (Brereton et al., 2022). Here, through bioinformatic studies we investigate HIF pathway activation status in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and whether this has prognostic significance. Applying a well-established HIF gene expression signature, we classified publicly available datasets into HIF score-high and score-low groups across multiple tissue compartments. The HIF scores in lung tissue, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were increased in IPF patients and significantly correlated with an oxidative stress signature consistent with pseudohypoxic HIF pathway activation. A high HIF score in BAL and in PBMC was a strong independent predictor of mortality in multivariate analysis. Thus, a validated HIF gene signature predicts survival across tissue compartments in IPF and merits prospective study as a non-invasive biomarker of lung fibrosis progression.
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