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SUBMITTER: Deygas M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6208388 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Deygas Mathieu M Gadet Rudy R Gillet Germain G Rimokh Ruth R Gonzalo Philippe P Mikaelian Ivan I
Nature communications 20181031 1
Aerotaxis or chemotaxis to oxygen was described in bacteria 130 years ago. In eukaryotes, the main adaptation to hypoxia currently described relies on HIF transcription factors. To investigate whether aerotaxis is conserved in higher eukaryotes, an approach based on the self-generation of hypoxia after cell confinement was developed. We show that epithelial cells from various tissues migrate with an extreme directionality towards oxygen to escape hypoxia, independently of the HIF pathway. We pro ...[more]