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Wang S, Li H, Liu X, Yin T, Li T, Zheng M, Liu M, Meng X, Zhou J, Wang Y, Chen Y. VHL suppresses UBE3B-mediated breast tumor growth and metastasis. Cell Death Dis 2024; 15:446. [PMID: 38914543 PMCID: PMC11196597 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-024-06844-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2024] [Revised: 06/15/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
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Protein homeostasis is predominantly governed through post-translational modification (PTM). UBE3B, identified as an oncoprotein, exhibits elevated protein levels in breast cancer. However, the impact of PTM on UBE3B remains unexplored. In this study, we show that VHL is a bona fide E3 ligase for UBE3B. Mechanistically, VHL directly binds to UBE3B, facilitating its lysine 48 (K48)-linked polyubiquitination at K286 and K427 in a prolyl hydroxylase (PHD)-independent manner. Consequently, this promotes the proteasomal degradation of UBE3B. The K286/427R mutation of UBE3B dramatically abolishes the inhibitory effect of VHL on breast tumor growth and lung metastasis. Additionally, the protein levels of UBE3B and VHL exhibit a negative correlation in breast cancer tissues. These findings delineate an important layer of UBE3B regulation by VHL.
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- Shuo Wang
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cell Biology in Universities of Shandong, Center for Cell Structure and Function, Institute of Biomedical Science, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cell Biology in Universities of Shandong, Center for Cell Structure and Function, Institute of Biomedical Science, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China
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- School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cell Biology in Universities of Shandong, Center for Cell Structure and Function, Institute of Biomedical Science, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cell Biology in Universities of Shandong, Center for Cell Structure and Function, Institute of Biomedical Science, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cell Biology in Universities of Shandong, Center for Cell Structure and Function, Institute of Biomedical Science, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cell Biology in Universities of Shandong, Center for Cell Structure and Function, Institute of Biomedical Science, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cell Biology in Universities of Shandong, Center for Cell Structure and Function, Institute of Biomedical Science, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cell Biology in Universities of Shandong, Center for Cell Structure and Function, Institute of Biomedical Science, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cell Biology in Universities of Shandong, Center for Cell Structure and Function, Institute of Biomedical Science, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China.
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cell Biology in Universities of Shandong, Center for Cell Structure and Function, Institute of Biomedical Science, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China.
- School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China.
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Kanno H, Matsumoto S, Yoshizumi T, Nakahara K, Kubo A, Murata H, Shuin T, U HS. Role of SOCS and VHL Proteins in Neuronal Differentiation and Development. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043880. [PMID: 36835292 PMCID: PMC9960776 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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The basic helix-loop-helix factors play a central role in neuronal differentiation and nervous system development, which involve the Notch and signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)/small mother against decapentaplegic signaling pathways. Neural stem cells differentiate into three nervous system lineages, and the suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) and von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) proteins are involved in this neuronal differentiation. The SOCS and VHL proteins both contain homologous structures comprising the BC-box motif. SOCSs recruit Elongin C, Elongin B, Cullin5(Cul5), and Rbx2, whereas VHL recruits Elongin C, Elongin B, Cul2, and Rbx1. SOCSs form SBC-Cul5/E3 complexes, and VHL forms a VBC-Cul2/E3 complex. These complexes degrade the target protein and suppress its downstream transduction pathway by acting as E3 ligases via the ubiquitin-proteasome system. The Janus kinase (JAK) is the main target protein of the E3 ligase SBC-Cul5, whereas hypoxia-inducible factor is the primary target protein of the E3 ligase VBC-Cul2; nonetheless, VBC-Cul2 also targets the JAK. SOCSs not only act on the ubiquitin-proteasome system but also act directly on JAKs to suppress the Janus kinase-signal transduction and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) pathway. Both SOCS and VHL are expressed in the nervous system, predominantly in brain neurons in the embryonic stage. Both SOCS and VHL induce neuronal differentiation. SOCS is involved in differentiation into neurons, whereas VHL is involved in differentiation into neurons and oligodendrocytes; both proteins promote neurite outgrowth. It has also been suggested that the inactivation of these proteins may lead to the development of nervous system malignancies and that these proteins may function as tumor suppressors. The mechanism of action of SOCS and VHL involved in neuronal differentiation and nervous system development is thought to be mediated through the inhibition of downstream signaling pathways, JAK-STAT, and hypoxia-inducible factor-vascular endothelial growth factor pathways. In addition, because SOCS and VHL promote nerve regeneration, they are expected to be applied in neuronal regenerative medicine for traumatic brain injury and stroke.
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- Hiroshi Kanno
- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama 232-0024, Japan
- Department of Neurosurgery, Asahi Hospital, Tokyo 121-0078, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama 232-0024, Japan
- Department of Neurosurgery, Asahi Hospital, Tokyo 121-0078, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, St. Mariannna Medical University, Kawasaki 216-8511, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, International University of Health and Welfare, Atami 413-0012, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, St. Mariannna Medical University, Kawasaki 216-8511, Japan
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- Kochi Medical School Hospital, Nangoku 783-0043, Japan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
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Extraneuraxial Hemangioblastoma: Clinicopathologic Features and Review of the Literature. Adv Anat Pathol 2018; 25:197-215. [PMID: 29189208 DOI: 10.1097/pap.0000000000000176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Extraneuraxial hemangioblastoma occurs in nervous paraneuraxial structures, somatic tissues, and visceral organs, as part of von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHLD) or in sporadic cases. The VHL gene plausibly plays a key role in the initiation and tumorigenesis of both central nervous system and extraneuraxial hemangioblastoma, therefore, the underlying molecular and genetic mechanisms of the tumor growth are initially reviewed. The clinical criteria for the diagnosis of VHLD are summarized, with emphasis on the distinction of sporadic hemangioblastoma from the form fruste of VHLD (eg, hemangioblastoma-only VHLD). The world literature on the topic of extraneuraxial hemangioblastomas has been comprehensively reviewed with ∼200 cases reported to date: up to 140 paraneuraxial, mostly of proximal spinal nerve roots, and 65 peripheral, 15 of soft tissue, 6 peripheral nerve, 5 bone, and 39 of internal viscera, including 26 renal and 13 nonrenal. A handful of possible yet uncertain cases from older literature are not included in this review. The clinicopathologic features of extraneuraxial hemangioblastoma are selectively presented by anatomic site of origin, and the differential diagnosis is emphasized in these subsets. Reference is made also to 10 of the authors' personal cases of extraneuraxial hemangioblastomas, which include 4 paraneuraxial and 6 peripheral (2 soft tissue hemangioblastoma and 4 renal).
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Hasegawa H, Kusumi Y, Asakawa T, Maeda M, Oinuma T, Furusaka T, Oshima T, Esumi M. Expression of von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor protein (pVHL) characteristic of tongue cancer and proliferative lesions in tongue epithelium. BMC Cancer 2017; 17:381. [PMID: 28549422 PMCID: PMC5446680 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-017-3364-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Patients with tongue cancer frequently show loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of the von Hippel–Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene. However, expression of VHL protein (pVHL) in tongue cancer has rarely been investigated and remains largely unknown. We performed immunohistochemical staining of pVHL in tongue tissues and dysplasia, and examined the association with LOH and its clinical significance. Methods Immunohistochemical staining of pVHL in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections of cancerous and other tissues from 19 tongue cancer patients showed positivity for LOH of VHL in four samples, negativity in four samples, and was non-informative in 11 samples. The staining pattern of pVHL was also compared with those of cytokeratin (CK) 13 and CK17. Results In normal tongue tissues, pVHL staining was localized to the cytoplasm of cells in the basal layer and the area of the spinous layer adjacent to the basal layer of stratified squamous epithelium. Positive staining for pVHL was observed in the cytoplasm of cancer cells from all 19 tongue cancer patients. No differences as a result of the presence or absence of LOH were found. Notably, cytoplasm of poorly differentiated invasive cancer cells was less intensely stained than that of well and moderately differentiated invasive cancer cells. pVHL staining was also evident in epithelial dysplasia lesions with pVHL-positive cells expanding from the basal layer to the middle of the spinous layer. However, no CK13 staining was noted in regions of the epithelium, which were positive for pVHL. In contrast, regions with positive staining for CK17 closely coincided with those positive for pVHL. Conclusions Positive staining for pVHL was observed in cancerous areas but not in normal tissues. pVHL expression was also detected in lesions of epithelial dysplasia. These findings suggest that pVHL may be a useful marker for proliferative lesions. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12885-017-3364-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Hisashi Hasegawa
- Deparment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Ohyaguchikami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Ohyaguchikami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan
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- Deparment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Ohyaguchikami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan
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- Deparment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Ohyaguchikami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Ohyaguchikami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan
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- Deparment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Ohyaguchikami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan
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- Deparment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Ohyaguchikami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Ohyaguchikami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan.
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Low VHL mRNA expression is associated with more aggressive tumor features of papillary thyroid carcinoma. PLoS One 2014; 9:e114511. [PMID: 25490036 PMCID: PMC4260854 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Alterations of the von Hippel–Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene can cause different hereditary tumors associated with VHL syndrome, but the potential role of the VHL gene in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has not been characterized. This study set out to investigate the relationship of VHL expression level with clinicopathological features of PTC in an ethnically and geographically homogenous group of 264 patients from Serbia, for the first time. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed a strong correlation between low level of VHL expression and advanced clinical stage (OR = 5.78, 95% CI 3.17–10.53, P<0.0001), classical papillary morphology of the tumor (OR = 2.92, 95% CI 1.33–6.44, P = 0.008) and multifocality (OR = 1.96, 95% CI 1.06–3.62, P = 0.031). In disease-free survival analysis, low VHL expression had marginal significance (P = 0.0502 by the log-rank test) but did not appear to be an independent predictor of the risk for chance of faster recurrence in a proportion hazards model. No somatic mutations or evidence of VHL downregulation via promoter hypermethylation in PTC were found. The results indicate that the decrease of VHL expression associates with tumor progression but the mechanism of downregulation remains to be elucidated.
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Pathological and Clinical Features and Management of Central Nervous System Hemangioblastomas in von Hippel-Lindau Disease. J Kidney Cancer VHL 2014; 1:46-55. [PMID: 28326249 PMCID: PMC5345529 DOI: 10.15586/jkcvhl.2014.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 07/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Central nervous system (CNS) hemangioblastoma is the most common manifestation of von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease. It is found in 70-80% of VHL patients. Hemangioblastoma is a rare form of benign vascular tumor of the CNS, accounting for 2.0% of CNS tumors. It can occur sporadically or as a familial syndrome. CNS hemangioblastomas are typically located in the posterior fossa and the spinal cord. VHL patients usually develop a CNS hemangioblastoma at an early age. Therefore, they require a special routine for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. The surgical management of symptomatic tumors depend on many factors such as symptom, location, multiplicity, and progression of the tumor. The management of asymptomatic tumors in VHL patients are controversial since CNS hemangioblastomas grow with intermittent quiescent and rapid-growth phases. Preoperative embolization of large solid hemangioblastomas prevents perioperative hemorrhage but is not necessary in every case. Radiotherapy should be reserved for inoperable tumors. Because of complexities of VHL, a better understanding of the pathological and clinical features of hemangioblastoma in VHL is essential for its proper management.
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Wang J, Zhang W, Ji W, Liu X, Ouyang G, Xiao W. The von hippel-lindau protein suppresses androgen receptor activity. Mol Endocrinol 2014; 28:239-48. [PMID: 24422631 DOI: 10.1210/me.2013-1258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The androgen receptor (AR) plays a pivotal role in prostate homeostasis and prostate cancer development. To understand the mechanism underlying the regulation of the AR holds a promise for developing novel therapeutic approaches for prostate cancer. Here, we show that the Von Hippel-Lindau gene product, pVHL, physically interacts with AR and inhibits AR transcription activity but does not induce AR turnover. Moreover, pVHL also suppresses androgen-induced cell proliferation, implicating a physiological role of pVHL in androgen-induced signaling pathway. In addition, we provide evidence to show that pVHL actually enhanced AR de-ubiquitination instead of inducing AR ubiquitination, uncovering a noncanonical role of pVHL in the ubiquitin proteasome pathway. Our data reveal a novel function of pVHL in the regulation of AR transcription activity, which may expand the scope of pVHL in tumor suppression and provide mechanistic insight into prostate cancer initiation and progression.
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- Jing Wang
- The Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, People's Republic of China
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Li X, You J, Zhou Q. [Advances of hypoxia and lung cancer]. ZHONGGUO FEI AI ZA ZHI = CHINESE JOURNAL OF LUNG CANCER 2013; 16:216-20. [PMID: 23601303 PMCID: PMC6000590 DOI: 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2013.04.08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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肺癌是我国发病率和死亡率增长最快, 对人群健康和生命威胁最大的恶性肿瘤, 其发生发展机制尚未完全清楚。肿瘤的低氧微环境发现于1955年, 而肺癌组织低氧直至2006年才被成功检测到。随着研究的深入, 低氧对肺癌的影响不仅限于对放疗的抵抗作用, 而且还会通过一个重要的促癌分子低氧诱导因子(hypoxia inducible factor, HIF)以及其调节蛋白脯氨酸羟化酶(prolyl hydroxylase domain, PHD)和希佩尔•林道病基因产物(product of von Hippel-Lindau gene, pVHL)对肺癌的发生发展、侵袭转移、化疗耐药以及预后等产生重要的调节作用。因此, 低氧、HIF、PHD和pVHL必将成为十分有潜力的肺癌治疗靶点。
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- Xuebing Li
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Cancer Metastasis and Tumor Microenvironment, Tianjin Lung Cancer Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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Low Frequency of HIF-1α Overexpression in Germ Cell Tumors of the Testis. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2013; 21:165-9. [DOI: 10.1097/pai.0b013e31825e00b7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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von Teichman A, Storz M, Dettwiler S, Moch H, Schraml P. Whole genome and transcriptome amplification: practicable tools for sustainable tissue biobanking? Virchows Arch 2012; 461:571-80. [PMID: 23007645 DOI: 10.1007/s00428-012-1315-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2012] [Revised: 08/24/2012] [Accepted: 09/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The use of whole genome amplification (WGA) and whole transcriptome amplification (WTA) techniques enables the enrichment of DNA and RNA from very small amounts of tissue. Here, we tested the suitability of WGA and WTA for tumor tissue biobanking. DNA and RNA from 13 standardized and seven non-standardized frozen and 12 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) clear cell renal cell carcinoma specimens (>9 years old) served to test the robustness of the WGA and WTA products by reidentifying von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene mutations known to exist in these samples. The enrichment of DNA and RNA from frozen tissue was up to 1,291-fold and 423-fold, respectively. The sizes and yields (10- to 73-fold) of the amplified DNA obtained from the 12 FFPE samples were generally lower. The quality of the RNA from the FFPE samples was too low to reliably perform WTA. Our results demonstrate that frozen tumor tissue is very suitable for WGA and WTA. All 20 VHL mutations were verified with WGA. Notably, we were able to show that 18 of the 20 (90 %) VHL mutations are also transcribed. In FFPE tumor tissue, 8 of 12 cases (67 %) showed the expected mutations after the first WGA. Accurate WTA with FFPE material is sophisticated and strongly depends on the modification and degradation status of the fixed tissue. We conclude that for sustainable tissue biobanking, the use of WGA and WTA is a unique opportunity to provide researchers with sufficient amounts of nucleic acids, preferably from limited frozen tissue material.
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- Adriana von Teichman
- Institute of Surgical Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Schmelzbergstrasse 12, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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Knockdown of von Hippel-Lindau protein decreases lung cancer cell proliferation and colonization. FEBS Lett 2012; 586:1510-5. [PMID: 22673518 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2012] [Revised: 03/19/2012] [Accepted: 04/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Although von Hippel-Lindau protein (pVHL) is known as a tumor suppressor in kidney and other organs, it remains unclear whether pVHL plays a role in lung cancer development. We investigated the role of pVHL in lung cancer cell proliferation, migration, and colonization using stable A549 cells with knockdown of pVHL. We found that knockdown of pVHL promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in lung cancer cells. Knockdown of pVHL decreased tumor colonization in a tail-vein injection model and decreased cell proliferation, whereas overexpression of constitutive active HIF increased tumor colonization, suggesting a HIF-independent function of pVHL in lung. Knockdown of pVHL decreased phosphorylation of FAK and expression of integrin, suggesting that pVHL regulates lung cancer development via integrin/FAK signaling pathway.
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Expression of VHL and HIF-1α and Their Clinicopathologic Significance in Benign and Malignant Lesions of the Gallbladder. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2011; 19:534-9. [DOI: 10.1097/pai.0b013e318212f001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Vranic S, Frkovic-Grazio S, Bilalovic N, Gatalica Z. Angiogenesis in triple-negative adenoid cystic carcinomas of the breast. Virchows Arch 2011; 459:377-82. [DOI: 10.1007/s00428-011-1144-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2011] [Revised: 08/19/2011] [Accepted: 08/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pascal LE, Ai J, Rigatti LH, Lipton AK, Xiao W, Gnarra JR, Wang Z. EAF2 loss enhances angiogenic effects of Von Hippel-Lindau heterozygosity on the murine liver and prostate. Angiogenesis 2011; 14:331-43. [PMID: 21638067 PMCID: PMC3155049 DOI: 10.1007/s10456-011-9217-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2011] [Accepted: 05/10/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease results from the inactivation of the VHL gene and is characterized by highly vascular tumors. A consequence of VHL loss is the stabilization of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) alpha subunits and increased expression of HIF target genes, which include pro-angiogenic growth factors such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). In mice, homozygous deletion of VHL is embryonic lethal due to vascular abnormalities in the placenta; and, VHL+/− mice develop proliferative vascular lesions in several major organs, most prominently the liver. Loss of ELL-associated factor (EAF2) in murine models has also been shown to induce increased vascular density in the liver as well as the prostate. Previously, EAF2 was determined to be a binding partner of VHL and loss of EAF2 induced a reduction in pVHL levels and an increase in hypoxia induced factor 1α (HIF1α) levels in vitro. Here we characterized the cooperative effects of VHL- and EAF2-deficiency on angiogenesis in the liver and prostate of male mice. VHL deficiency consistently increased the incidence of hepatic vascular lesions across three mouse strains. These vascular lesions where characterized by an increase in microvessel density, and staining intensity of VHL target proteins HIF1α and VEGF. EAF2−/−VHL+/− mice had increased incidence of proliferative hepatic vascular lesions (4/4) compared to VHL+/− (10/18) and EAF2−/− (0/5) mice. Prostates of EAF2−/−VHL+/− mice also displayed an increase in microvessel density, as well as stromal inflammation and prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia. These results suggest that cooperation of VHL and EAF2 may be critical for angiogenic regulation of the liver and prostate, and concurrent loss of these two tumor suppressors may result in a pro-angiogenic phenotype.
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15232, USA.
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The autosomal dominantly inherited disorder von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is caused by germline mutations in the VHL tumour suppressor gene (TSG). VHL mutations predispose to the development of a variety of tumours (most commonly retinal and central nervous system haemangioblastomas, clear cell renal carcinoma and phaeochromocytomas). Here, we review the clinical and genetic features of VHL disease, briefly review the molecular pathogenesis and outline clinical management and tumour surveillance strategies.
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Nagi FM, Omar AAM, Mostafa MG, Mohammed EA, Abd-Elwahed Hussein MR. The expression pattern of Von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor protein, MET proto-oncogene, and TFE3 transcription factor oncoprotein in renal cell carcinoma in Upper Egypt. Ultrastruct Pathol 2011; 35:79-86. [PMID: 21299348 DOI: 10.3109/01913123.2010.544844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Genetic alterations in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) involve tumor suppressor genes such as Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL); proto-oncogenes such as MET and transcription factors such as TFE3 oncoprotein. AIM To examine the clinicopathologic features and the expression of some oncogenic molecules in various RCCs in patients from Upper Egypt. MATERIALS AND METHODS The authors examined the expression pattern of pVHL; MET; and TFE3 proteins in 59 RCC using immunoperoxidase staining methods. The study group consisted of clear cell RCCs (CRCC); papillary RCCs type 1 (PRCC1); papillary RCCs type 2 (PRCC2); Xp11-2 translocation RCCs (XP11.2RCC); chromophobe RCCs (ChRCC); and sarcomatoid RCCs (SRCC). RESULTS Variations were found in the expression of these molecules in the different types of RCCs. The mean age of RCCs among Egyptians was 52.70 ± 1.73 years; with male sex predominance. Mass lesion; pain; and hematuria were the main presenting features. Metastatic disease was more frequent with CRCC variant. pVHL expression was strong in PCRCC2; Xp11.2RCC; and ChRCC; moderate in CRCC; and weak in both PRCC1 and sarcomatoid RCC. MET protein expression was moderate in Xp11.2RCC; PRCC1; PRCC2; and sarcomatoid RCC. TFE3 protein expression was strong in Xp11.2RCC and PRCC2 variants. The expression was moderate in PRCC1; CRCC; ChRCC; and sarcomatoid RCC. Positive correlation was found in the expression of the different proteins (pVHL; MET; and TFE3) and some histological features (tumor grade; inflammation; necrosis and metastasis) and the presence of metastasis and some histological features (inflammation and/or necrosis). CONCLUSIONS This study provides the first indication about the clinicopathologic features of RCCs in Upper Egypt. The variable expression of these molecules in the different variants of RCC suggests that several oncogenic pathways are operational in their development.
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- Fayed Mohamad Nagi
- Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt
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Seagroves TN, Peacock DL, Liao D, Schwab LP, Krueger R, Handorf CR, Haase VH, Johnson RS. VHL deletion impairs mammary alveologenesis but is not sufficient for mammary tumorigenesis. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2010; 176:2269-82. [PMID: 20382704 PMCID: PMC2861092 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2010.090310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/19/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Overexpression of hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1)alpha, which is common in most solid tumors, correlates with poor prognosis and high metastatic risk in breast cancer patients. Because HIF-1alpha protein stability is tightly controlled by the tumor suppressor von Hippel-Lindau (VHL), deletion of VHL results in constitutive HIF-1alpha expression. To determine whether VHL plays a role in normal mammary gland development, and if HIF-1alpha overexpression is sufficient to initiate breast cancer, Vhl was conditionally deleted in the mammary epithelium using the Cre/loxP system. During first pregnancy, loss of Vhl resulted in decreased mammary epithelial cell proliferation and impaired alveolar differentiation; despite these phenotypes, lactation was sufficient to support pup growth. In contrast, in multiparous dams, Vhl(-/-) mammary glands exhibited a progressive loss of alveolar epithelium, culminating in lactation failure. Deletion of Vhl in the epithelium also impacted the mammary stroma, as there was increased microvessel density accompanied by hemorrhage and increased immune cell infiltration. However, deletion of Vhl was not sufficient to induce mammary tumorigenesis in dams bred continuously for up to 24 months of age. Moreover, co-deletion of Hif1a could not rescue the Vhl(-/-)-dependent phenotype as dams were unable to successfully lactate during the first lactation. These results suggest that additional VHL-regulated genes besides HIF1A function to maintain the proliferative and regenerative potential of the breast epithelium.
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- Tiffany N Seagroves
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Center for Cancer Research, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
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Diagnostic Utility of S100P and von Hippel-Lindau Gene Product (pVHL) in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma—With Implication of Their Roles in Early Tumorigenesis. Am J Surg Pathol 2008; 32:78-91. [DOI: 10.1097/pas.0b013e31815701d1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- William G. Kaelin
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815;
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The physiologic response to changes in cellular oxygen tension is ultimately governed by a heterodimeric transcription factor called hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), which, in adaptation to compromised oxygen availability, transactivates a myriad of genes, including those responsible for de novo vascularization, production of oxygen-carrying red blood cells, and anaerobic metabolism. Accumulation of HIF is observed in most types of solid tumors and is frequently associated with poor prognosis and disease progression, underscoring the importance and relevance of HIF in cancer. The protein stability and, thereby, the activity of HIF are principally regulated by the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor-containing E3 ubiquitin ligase complex (ECV) that targets the catalytic subunit HIFalpha for oxygen-dependent ubiquitin-mediated destruction. Individuals who inherit germline VHL mutation develop VHL disease, which is characterized by the development of hypervascular tumors in multiple yet specific organs. This review will examine recent progress in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms governing the function of ECV and the significance of consequential regulation of HIF in oncogenesis.
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- Michael Ohh
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Maynard MA, Evans AJ, Hosomi T, Hara S, Jewett MAS, Ohh M. Human HIF-3alpha4 is a dominant-negative regulator of HIF-1 and is down-regulated in renal cell carcinoma. FASEB J 2006; 19:1396-406. [PMID: 16126907 DOI: 10.1096/fj.05-3788com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A universal response to changes in cellular oxygen tension is governed by a family of heterodimeric transcription factors called hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF). Tumor hypoxia, as well as various cancer-causing mutations, has been shown to elevate the level of HIF-1alpha, signifying a critical role of the HIF pathway in cancer development. The recently identified third member of the human HIF-alpha family, HIF-3alpha, produces multiple splice variants that contain extra DNA binding elements and protein-protein interaction motifs not found in HIF-1alpha or HIF-2alpha. Here we report the molecular cloning of the alternatively spliced human HIF-3alpha variant HIF-3alpha4 and show that it attenuates the ability of HIF-1 to bind hypoxia-responsive elements located within the enhancer/promoter of HIF target genes. The overexpression of HIF-3alpha4 suppresses the transcriptional activity of HIF-1 and siRNA-mediated knockdown of the endogenous HIF-3alpha4 increases transcription by hypoxia-inducible genes. HIF-3alpha4 itself is oxygen-regulated, suggesting a novel feedback mechanism of controlling HIF-1 activity. Furthermore, the expression of HIF-3alpha4 is dramatically down-regulated in the majority of primary renal carcinomas. These results demonstrate an important dominant-negative regulation of HIF-1-mediated gene transcription by HIF-3alpha4 in vivo and underscore its potential significance in renal epithelial oncogenesis.
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- Mindy A Maynard
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Mekhail K, Khacho M, Carrigan A, Hache RRJ, Gunaratnam L, Lee S. Regulation of ubiquitin ligase dynamics by the nucleolus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 170:733-44. [PMID: 16129783 PMCID: PMC2171338 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200506030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Cellular pathways relay information through dynamic protein interactions. We have assessed the kinetic properties of the murine double minute protein (MDM2) and von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) ubiquitin ligases in living cells under physiological conditions that alter the stability of their respective p53 and hypoxia-inducible factor substrates. Photobleaching experiments reveal that MDM2 and VHL are highly mobile proteins in settings where their substrates are efficiently degraded. The nucleolar architecture converts MDM2 and VHL to a static state in response to regulatory cues that are associated with substrate stability. After signal termination, the nucleolus is able to rapidly release these proteins from static detention, thereby restoring their high mobility profiles. A protein surface region of VHL's β-sheet domain was identified as a discrete [H+]-responsive nucleolar detention signal that targets the VHL/Cullin-2 ubiquitin ligase complex to nucleoli in response to physiological fluctuations in environmental pH. Data shown here provide the first evidence that cells have evolved a mechanism to regulate molecular networks by reversibly switching proteins between a mobile and static state.
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- Karim Mekhail
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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Yang XJ, Tan MH, Kim HL, Ditlev JA, Betten MW, Png CE, Kort EJ, Futami K, Furge KA, Takahashi M, Kanayama HO, Tan PH, Teh BS, Luan C, Wang K, Pins M, Tretiakova M, Anema J, Kahnoski R, Nicol T, Stadler W, Vogelzang NG, Amato R, Seligson D, Figlin R, Belldegrun A, Rogers CG, Teh BT. A Molecular Classification of Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma. Cancer Res 2005; 65:5628-37. [PMID: 15994935 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-0533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Despite the moderate incidence of papillary renal cell carcinoma (PRCC), there is a disproportionately limited understanding of its underlying genetic programs. There is no effective therapy for metastatic PRCC, and patients are often excluded from kidney cancer trials. A morphologic classification of PRCC into type 1 and 2 tumors has been recently proposed, but its biological relevance remains uncertain. We studied the gene expression profiles of 34 cases of PRCC using Affymetrix HGU133 Plus 2.0 arrays (54,675 probe sets) using both unsupervised and supervised analyses. Comparative genomic microarray analysis was used to infer cytogenetic aberrations, and pathways were ranked with a curated database. Expression of selected genes was validated by immunohistochemistry in 34 samples with 15 independent tumors. We identified two highly distinct molecular PRCC subclasses with morphologic correlation. The first class, with excellent survival, corresponded to three histologic subtypes: type 1, low-grade type 2, and mixed type 1/low-grade type 2 tumors. The second class, with poor survival, corresponded to high-grade type 2 tumors (n = 11). Dysregulation of G1-S and G2-M checkpoint genes were found in class 1 and 2 tumors, respectively, alongside characteristic chromosomal aberrations. We identified a seven-transcript predictor that classified samples on cross-validation with 97% accuracy. Immunohistochemistry confirmed high expression of cytokeratin 7 in class 1 tumors and of topoisomerase IIalpha in class 2 tumors. We report two molecular subclasses of PRCC, which are biologically and clinically distinct and may be readily distinguished in a clinical setting.
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- Ximing J Yang
- Department of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA
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RCC represents a group of clinically and genetically diverse diseases. Familial RCC syndromes, although rare, provide an invaluable model to study the molecular mechanisms of renal carcinogenesis. Many causative oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes have been identified and it is now possible to identify the affected individuals and carriers by genetic testing. Understanding of the molecular pathways of these genes will have a significant impact on the diagnosis and treatment of familial and sporadic RCC.
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- David Cohen
- The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Maruya SI, Kim HW, Weber RS, Lee JJ, Kies M, Luna MA, Batsakis JG, El-Naggar AK. Gene expression screening of salivary gland neoplasms: molecular markers of potential histogenetic and clinical significance. J Mol Diagn 2005; 6:180-90. [PMID: 15269293 PMCID: PMC1867638 DOI: 10.1016/s1525-1578(10)60508-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Salivary gland neoplasms comprise phenotypically and biologically diverse lesions of uncertain histogenesis. The molecular events associated with their development and clinicopathological heterogeneity remain unknown. To reveal these events, we performed microarray expression analysis using a nylon-filter membrane platform on 18 primary lesions representing the most common benign and malignant types. Our study identified a small set of genes that are differentially altered between normal salivary gland tissues and benign and malignant tumors. Of the 5000 genes arrayed, 136 genes were differentially expressed by normal tissue, benign tumors, and various malignant neoplasms. Hierarchical clustering analysis differentiated between adenoid cystic carcinomas (ACCs) and other malignant subtypes. Non-ACC specimens manifested overlapping patterns of gene expression within and between tumors. Most of the differentially expressed genes share functional similarities with members of the adhesion, proliferation, and signal transduction pathways. Our study identified: 1) a set of genes that differentiate normal tissue from tumor specimens, 2) genes that differentiate pleomorphic adenoma and ACCs from other malignant salivary gland neoplasms, and 3) different patterns of expression between ACCs arising from major and minor salivary gland sites. The differentially expressed genes provide new information on potential genetic events of biological significance in future studies of salivary gland tumorigenesis.
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- Shin-Ichiro Maruya
- The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, Unit 85, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Kaelin WG. The von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor protein: roles in cancer and oxygen sensing. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2005; 70:159-66. [PMID: 16869749 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2005.70.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Biallelic inactivation of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene is a common event in hereditary (von Hippel- Lindau disease) and sporadic hemangioblastomas and clear-cell renal carcinomas. Germ-line VHL mutations are also linked to some hereditary pheochromocytoma families. The VHL gene product, pVHL, interacts with a number of cellular proteins and is implicated in the control of angiogenesis, extracellular matrix formation, cell metabolism, and mitogenesis. The best understood function of pVHL relates to its role as the substrate recognition unit of an E3 ligase that targets the heterodimeric transcription factor HIF (hypoxia-inducible factor) for destruction in the presence of oxygen. Down-regulation of HIF appears to be both necessary and sufficient for renal tumor suppression by pVHL, and HIF is strongly suspected of contributing to hemangioblastoma development as well. Recent work suggests that pVHL's role in pheochromocytoma is not related to HIF but rather to the ability of pVHL to regulate neuronal apoptosis, which is mediated by c-Jun, when growth factors such as NGF become limiting. Loss of pVHL leads to up-regulation of JunB, which antagonizes c-Jun and blunts apoptosis.
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- W G Kaelin
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dana-Farber and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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The von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor gene (VHL), which resides on chromosome 3p25, is mutated or silenced in >50% of sporadic clear cell renal cell carcinomas. Germ-line VHL mutations give rise to VHL disease, which is characterized by an increased risk of blood vessel tumors (hemangioblastomas) and renal cell carcinomas. In this setting, VHL inactivation gives rise to premalignant renal cysts. Additional genetic alterations are presumably required for conversion of these cysts to renal cell carcinomas. Restoration of VHL function in VHL-/- renal cell carcinomas is sufficient to inhibit tumorigenesis in vivo. On the basis of these and other data, VHL appears to be a critical gatekeeper with respect to the development of renal cell carcinoma. The VHL gene product, pVHL, is the substrate recognition module of an E3 ubiquitin ligase that targets the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) for destruction in the presence of oxygen. Hypoxic cells, or cells lacking pVHL, accumulate high levels of HIF, which activates the transcription of a variety of genes, including vascular endothelial growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor B, and transforming growth factor alpha. We have demonstrated that inhibition of HIF is necessary and sufficient for tumor suppression by pVHL in renal cell carcinoma nude mouse xenograft assays. This provides a rationale for treating VHL-/- renal cell carcinoma with inhibitors of HIF or its downstream targets. Genotype-phenotype correlations in VHL disease suggest, however, that pVHL has targets in addition to HIF. Elucidating these targets should provide a more complete picture of how pVHL suppresses tumor growth.
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- William G Kaelin
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Gallou C, Chauveau D, Richard S, Joly D, Giraud S, Olschwang S, Martin N, Saquet C, Chrétien Y, Méjean A, Correas JM, Benoît G, Colombeau P, Grünfeld JP, Junien C, Béroud C. Genotype-phenotype correlation in von Hippel-Lindau families with renal lesions. Hum Mutat 2004; 24:215-24. [PMID: 15300849 DOI: 10.1002/humu.20082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease arises from mutations in the VHL gene and predisposes patients to develop a variety of tumors in different organs. In the kidney, single or multiple cysts and renal cell carcinomas (RCC) may occur. Both inter- and intrafamilial heterogeneity in clinical expression are well recognized. To identify VHL-dependent genetic factors, we investigated the renal phenotype in 274 individuals from 126 unrelated VHL families in whom 92 different VHL mutations were characterized. The incidence of renal involvement was increased in families with mutations leading to truncated protein (MLTP) or large rearrangement, as compared to families with missense changes (81 vs. 63%, respectively; P=0.03). In the latter group, we identified two mutation cluster regions (MCRs) associated with a high risk of harboring renal lesions: MCR-1 (codons 74-90) and MCR-2 (codons 130-136). In addition, the incidence of RCC was higher in families with MLTP than in families with missense changes (75 vs. 57%; P=0.04). Furthermore, mutations within MCR-1 but not MCR-2 conferred genetic susceptibility to develop RCC. Overall, our data argued for a substantial contribution of the genetic change in the VHL gene to susceptibility to renal phenotype in VHL patients.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell/epidemiology
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell/genetics
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell/pathology
- Codon
- Codon, Nonsense
- Codon, Terminator
- Exons/genetics
- Female
- France/epidemiology
- Genotype
- Humans
- Incidence
- Kidney Diseases, Cystic/epidemiology
- Kidney Diseases, Cystic/genetics
- Kidney Diseases, Cystic/pathology
- Kidney Neoplasms/epidemiology
- Kidney Neoplasms/genetics
- Kidney Neoplasms/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation, Missense
- Phenotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Risk
- Sequence Deletion
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/chemistry
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/genetics
- Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/chemistry
- Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics
- Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein
- von Hippel-Lindau Disease/genetics
- von Hippel-Lindau Disease/pathology
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Sufan RI, Jewett MAS, Ohh M. The role of von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor protein and hypoxia in renal clear cell carcinoma. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2004; 287:F1-6. [PMID: 15180922 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00424.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The majority of kidney cancers are caused by the mutation of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene. VHL protein (pVHL) is part of an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex called VEC that is composed of elongin B, elongin C, cullin 2, NEDD8, and Rbx1. VEC targets a hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) transcription factor for ubiquitin-mediated destruction selectively in the presence of oxygen. In the absence of wild-type pVHL, as in VHL patients or in the majority of sporadic clear cell renal cell carcinomas, HIF-responsive genes are inappropriately activated even under normoxia. Recent insights into the molecular mechanisms regulating the function of pVHL, and thereby HIF, in the context of kidney cancer are the focus of this review.
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- Roxana I Sufan
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 1A8
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Alexakis N, Connor S, Ghaneh P, Lombard M, Smart HL, Evans J, Hughes M, Garvey CJ, Vora J, Vinjamuri S, Sutton R, Neoptolemos JP. Hereditary pancreatic endocrine tumours. Pancreatology 2004; 4:417-33; discussion 434-5. [PMID: 15249710 DOI: 10.1159/000079616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The two main types of hereditary pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours are found in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1) and von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL), but also in the rarer disorders of neurofibromatosis type 1 and tuberous sclerosis. This review considers the major advances that have been made in genetic diagnosis, tumour localization, medical and surgical treatment and palliation with systemic chemotherapy and radionuclides. With the exception of the insulinoma syndrome, all of the various hormone excess syndromes of MEN-1 can be treated medically. The role of surgery however remains controversial ranging from no intervention (except enucleation for insulinoma), intervening for tumours diagnosed only by biochemical criteria, intervening in those tumours only detected radiologically (1-2 cm in diameter) or intervening only if the tumour diameter is > 3 cm in diameter. The extent of surgery is also controversial, although radical lymphadenectomy is generally recommended. Pancreatic tumours associated with VHL are usually non-functioning and tumours of at least 2 cm in diameter should be resected. Practice guidelines recommend that screening in patients with MEN-1 should commence at the age of 5 years for insulinoma and at the age of 20 years for other pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours and variously at 10-20 years of age for pancreatic tumours in patients with VHL. The evidence is increasing that the life span of patients may be significantly improved with surgical intervention, mandating the widespread use of tumour surveillance and multidisciplinary team management.
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- N Alexakis
- Department of Surgery, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
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Shiao YH, Forsti A, Egevad L, Anderson LM, Lindblad P, Hemminki K. VHL down-regulation and differential localization as mechanisms in tumorigenesis. Kidney Int 2004; 64:1671-4. [PMID: 14531799 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00257.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene has been widely analyzed in many tumors. Early studies in animal tumors suggest that changes in VHL protein level and localization may be also important in tumorigenesis. In this study, we determined the role of VHL protein in human renal cell carcinomas. METHODS Seventy-five human renal cell carcinomas, predominantly of clear cell type (60 of 75), were examined for VHL protein by immunohistochemistry. The level and pattern of protein expression were then compared to VHL mutations and tumor characteristics. RESULTS An apparent decline of VHL level (positive in <50% of tumor cells) was observed in 49 (65%) tumors, a change more frequent than VHL mutations (28 of 75) (37%). In tumors, VHL was localized to the cytoplasm and/or the cell membrane. The occurrence of a predominantly membranous signal was significantly associated with missense mutations (9 of 14 tumors with missense mutations versus 14 of 61 tumors with no or nonmissense mutations, P = 0.0025) and tumor stage (23 of 60 tumors with stage TI versus 0 of 15 tumors with TII and TIII, P = 0.0034). CONCLUSION This study provides the first evidence of the role of VHL protein level and intracellular localization in tumorigenesis in humans.
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- Yih-Horng Shiao
- Laboratory of Comparative Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA.
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Mekhail K, Gunaratnam L, Bonicalzi ME, Lee S. HIF activation by pH-dependent nucleolar sequestration of VHL. Nat Cell Biol 2004; 6:642-7. [PMID: 15181450 DOI: 10.1038/ncb1144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2004] [Accepted: 05/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hypoxia and acidosis occur in a wide variety of physiological and pathological settings that include muscle stress, tumour development and ischaemic disorders. A central element in the adaptive response to cellular hypoxia is HIF (hypoxia-inducible factor), a transcription factor that activates an array of genes implicated in oxygen homeostasis, tumour vascularization and ischaemic preconditioning. HIF is activated by hypoxia, but undergoes degradation by the VHL (von Hippel-Lindau) tumour suppressor protein in the presence of oxygen. Here, we demonstrate that hypoxia induction or normoxic acidosis can neutralize the function of VHL by triggering its nucleolar sequestration, a regulatory mechanism of protein function that is observed rarely. VHL is confined to nucleoli until neutral pH conditions are reinstated. Nucleolar sequestration of VHL enables HIF to evade destruction in the presence of oxygen and activate its target genes. Our findings suggest that an increase in hydrogen ions elicits a transient and reversible loss of VHL function by promoting its nucleolar sequestration.
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- Karim Mekhail
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8M5, Canada
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Maynard MA, Ohh M. Von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor protein and hypoxia-inducible factor in kidney cancer. Am J Nephrol 2004; 24:1-13. [PMID: 14654728 DOI: 10.1159/000075346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2003] [Accepted: 10/20/2003] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The development of hereditary von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease and the majority of sporadic kidney cancers are due to the functional inactivation of the VHL gene. The product of the VHL gene, pVHL, in association with elongins B and C, cullin 2, and Rbx1 form an E3 ubiquitin-ligase complex VEC that targets the alpha subunits of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) for ubiquitination. Ubiquitin-tagged HIF-alpha proteins are subsequently degraded by the common 26S proteasome. pVHL functions as the substrate-docking interface that specifically recognizes prolyl-hydroxylated HIF-alpha. This hydroxylation occurs only in the presence of oxygen or normoxia. Thus, under hypoxia, HIF-alpha subunits are no longer subjected to degradation and are thereby able to dimerize with the common and constitutively stable beta subunits. The heterodimeric HIFs upregulate a myriad of hypoxia-inducible genes, triggering our physiologic response to hypoxia. Inappropriate accumulations of HIF-alpha in VHL disease are believed to contribute to the pathogenesis via the upregulation of several of these HIF target genes. Our current molecular understanding of the roles of HIF and pVHL in the development of VHL-associated clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (CC-RCC) is the focus of this review.
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- Mindy A Maynard
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada
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ABSTRACT. Recent studies of a relatively rare hereditary cancer syndrome, von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease, have shed new light on the molecular pathogenesis of kidney cancer and, perhaps more important, on how mammalian cells sense and respond to changes in oxygen availability. This knowledge is already translating into new therapeutic targets for kidney cancer as well as for multiple conditions, such as myocardial infarction and stroke, in which ischemia plays a pathogenic role. This review summarizes the current knowledge of the molecular pathogenesis of von Hippel-Lindau disease and the role of the VHL gene product (pVHL) in kidney cancer and the mammalian oxygen sensing pathway. E-mail: william_kaelin@dfci.harvard.edu
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- William G Kaelin
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Relevance of nuclear and cytoplasmic von hippel lindau protein expression for renal carcinoma progression. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2003; 163:1013-20. [PMID: 12937142 PMCID: PMC1868278 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)63461-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Alterations of the von Hippel-Lindau tumor-suppressor gene (VHL) on 3p25-p26 are frequent in clear-cell renal-cell carcinoma (RCC). The VHL protein (pVHL) is implicated in cell-cycle control and gene regulation, and requires transcription-dependent nuclear-cytoplasmic trafficking for its function. There are two biologically active VHL protein isoforms: pVHL(30) and pVHL(19). To study prevalence, subcellular expression and biological significance of pVHL in renal tumors, tissue microarrays with renal-cell carcinomas were immunohistochemically examined for pVHL expression. Antibodies against both protein isoforms (anti-pVHL(30)/pVHL(19)) and against pVHL(30) (anti-pVHL(30); Ig33) were used. The anti-pVHL(30)/pVHL(19) antibody showed nuclear and cytoplasmic pVHL expression, whereas the anti-pVHL(30) antibody (Ig33) detected cytoplasmic pVHL expression, suggesting that the distribution of VHL protein isoforms varies in the nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments of renal tumors. There were 175 of 398 primary clear-cell RCCs (44%) with both nuclear and cytoplasmic pVHL expression. Seventy-seven clear-cell RCCs (19%) showed only nuclear, 22 (6%) showed only cytoplasmic, and 124 tumors (31%) showed no pVHL expression. Notably, combined nuclear and cytoplasmic pVHL expression was associated with low histological grade (P < 0.0001), early tumor stage (P < 0.01), and better prognosis (P < 0.01). These results imply that alteration of subcellular pVHL trafficking is of potential relevance for the biological behavior of clear-cell RCC.
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Hughson MD, He Z, Liu S, Coleman J, Shingleton WB. Expression of HIF-1 and ubiquitin in conventional renal cell carcinoma: relationship to mutations of the von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor gene. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2003; 143:145-53. [PMID: 12781449 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(02)00856-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Conventional clear cell renal cell carcinomas (cRCC) have mutations of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene at 3p25 in approximately 50% of cases. The VHL gene normally regulates ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis of hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha); in cell lines, VHL inactivation blocks HIF-1alpha proteolysis, resulting in increased HIF-1 expression. This study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between VHL mutations and the expression of ubiquitin and HIF-1alpha in cRCC. Eleven cRCC were studied with microsatellite analysis for 3p deletions and with sequencing for VHL mutations. Immunohistochemistry was performed for HIF-1alpha and ubiquitin. Deletions at 3p25 were found in 10 tumors, and VHL mutations were identified in 6 of these cases. There was staining for ubiquitin and HIF-1alpha in all tumors with VHL mutations. Among the five cases without VHL mutations, staining for ubiquitin or HIF-1alpha was not present in three cases but was present in two tumors, both of which had 3p deletions. The findings support a role for VHL mutations promoting cRCC development by an impairment of HIF-1alpha proteolysis. The findings also suggest that a 3p tumor suppressor gene other than VHL may also influence HIF-1alpha degradation and that there is an additional tumorigenic pathway for cRCC that does not involve VHL or HIF-1.
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- Michael D Hughson
- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
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Galbán S, Fan J, Martindale JL, Cheadle C, Hoffman B, Woods MP, Temeles G, Brieger J, Decker J, Gorospe M. von Hippel-Lindau protein-mediated repression of tumor necrosis factor alpha translation revealed through use of cDNA arrays. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:2316-28. [PMID: 12640117 PMCID: PMC150743 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.7.2316-2328.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2002] [Revised: 12/10/2002] [Accepted: 01/10/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Based on evidence that the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor protein is associated with polysomes and interacts with translation regulatory factors, we set out to investigate the potential influence of pVHL on protein translation. To this end, renal cell carcinoma (RCC) cells that either lacked pVHL or expressed pVHL through stable transfection were used to prepare RNA from cytosolic (unbound) and polysome-bound fractions. Hybridization of cDNA arrays using RNA from each fraction revealed a subset of transcripts whose abundance in polysomes decreased when pVHL function was restored. The tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) mRNA was identified as one of the transcripts that preferentially associated with polysomes in pVHL-deficient cells. Additional evidence that the TNF-alpha mRNA was a target of translational repression by pVHL was obtained from reporter gene assays, which further revealed that pVHL's inhibitory influence on protein synthesis occurred through the TNF-alpha 3'-untranslated region. Our findings uncover a novel function for the pVHL tumor suppressor protein as regulator of protein translation.
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- Stefanie Galbán
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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Miyakis S, Liloglou T, Kearney S, Xinarianos G, Spandidos DA, Field JK. Absence of mutations in the VHL gene but frequent loss of heterozygosity at 3p25-26 in non-small cell lung carcinomas. Lung Cancer 2003; 39:273-7. [PMID: 12609565 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(02)00506-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In this study we have examined 79 primary non-small cell lung tumours for the presence of mutations of the VHL gene as well as for allelic imbalance at the gene surrounding loci. While allelic imbalance was found in 83% of specimens, frequently affecting the whole 3p25-p26 region, no mutations were detected in the VHL coding region. The fractional regional loss (FRL) was significantly higher in squamous cell carcinomas (0.746) than adenocarcinomas (0.493) (Wilcoxon P=0.002). This is the first investigation of the VHL gene mutational status in primary lung tumours. Our results indicate that mutation is not a common means of VHL inactivation in NSCLC.
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- S Miyakis
- Roy Castle International Centre for Lung Cancer Research, Liverpool, L3 9TA, UK
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Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is an uncommon, autosomal dominant hereditary multitumor syndrome caused by germline alterations of the VHL gene, which has been cloned recently and identified as a tumor suppressor gene. The major lesions in VHL disease include hemangioblastomas in the central nervous system and retina, clear cell renal cell carcinomas, pheochromocytomas, pancreatic tumors, epididymal cystadenomas, endolymphatic sac tumors, carcinoid tumors, and multiple cysts of the kidney, pancreas, and epididymis. Compared with sporadic ones, the tumors in VHL disease develop at an earlier age and often multifocally. Histologic features of VHL tumors are characterized by their high degree of vascularization and the presence of a clear cell component. Hypervascularization is induced by overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and because the principal function of VHL protein is the negative regulation of hypoxia-inducible mRNAs including VEGF mRNA, inactivation of VHL gene plays critical roles in angiogenesis of the VHL tumors. In addition, since VHL protein is also required for the down-regulation of transcription activity of certain genes for the cell growth and cell cycle, inactivation of VHL gene may contribute to tumorigenesis of the VHL tumors. A significant difference in the frequency of types of VHL gene mutation has been noted among the affected families, known as the genotype-phenotype correlations.
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- Toshiaki Sano
- Department of Pathology, University of Tokushima School of Medicine, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan.
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Hergovich A, Lisztwan J, Barry R, Ballschmieter P, Krek W. Regulation of microtubule stability by the von Hippel-Lindau tumour suppressor protein pVHL. Nat Cell Biol 2003; 5:64-70. [PMID: 12510195 DOI: 10.1038/ncb899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 265] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2002] [Revised: 10/07/2002] [Accepted: 11/13/2002] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumour suppressor gene inactivation is linked to the development of haemangioblastomas in the central nervous system and retina, often in association with other tumours, such as clear-cell carcinomas of the kidney and phaeochromocytomas. Here we show that the VHL protein (pVHL) is a microtubule-associated protein that can protect microtubules from depolymerization in vivo. Both the microtubule binding and stabilization functions of pVHL depend on amino acids 95-123 of pVHL, a mutational 'hot-spot' in VHL disease. From analysis of naturally occurring pVHL mutants, it seems that only point mutations such as pVHL(Y98H) and pVHL(Y112H) (that predispose to haemangioblastoma and phaeochromocytoma, but not to renal cell carcinoma) disrupt pVHL's microtubule-stabilizing function. Our data identify a role for pVHL in the regulation of microtubule dynamics and potentially provide a link between this function of pVHL and the pathogenesis of haemangioblastoma and phaeochromocytoma in the context of VHL disease.
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Osipov V, Keating JT, Faul PN, Loda M, Datta MW. Expression of p27 and VHL in renal tumors. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2002; 10:344-50. [PMID: 12607603 DOI: 10.1097/00129039-200212000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Renal tumors, in particular clear cell renal cell carcinomas, have an unclear prognosis and metastatic potential. Cell cycle regulators play a key role in cellular proliferation and have been implicated in neoplasia. The cell cycle inhibitor p27 has been associated with prognosis in various tumor types. Recently a reported association between p27 and Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene function has also been noted. We have examined p27 and VHL expression by immunohistochemistry in a panel of kidney tumors and have noted specific and unique patterns of p27 expression in various tumor types. In addition, we have analyzed p27 expression in clear cell type renal cell carcinomas and have noted a significant association between decreasing p27 expression and increasing tumor size, suggesting a relation between renal cell proliferation and loss of p27 function. These findings suggest a role for p27 in the development of various types of renal tumors.
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- Vladimir Osipov
- Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
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Bagby SP, LeBard LS, Luo Z, Ogden BE, Corless C, McPherson ED, Speth RC. ANG II AT(1) and AT(2) receptors in developing kidney of normal microswine. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2002; 283:F755-64. [PMID: 12217867 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00313.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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To identify an appropriate model of human renin-angiotensin system (RAS) involvement in fetal origins of adult disease, we quantitated renal ANG II AT(1) and AT(2) receptors (AT1R and AT2R, respectively) in fetal (90-day gestation, n = 14), neonatal (3-wk, n = 5), and adult (6-mo, n = 8) microswine by autoradiography ((125)I-labeled [Sar(1)Ile(8)]ANG II+cold CGP-42112 for AT1R, (125)I-CGP-42112 for AT2R) and by whole kidney radioligand binding. The developmental pattern of renal AT1R in microswine, like many species, exhibited a 10-fold increase postnatally (P < 0.001), with maximal postnatal density in glomeruli and lower density AT1R in extraglomerular cortical and outer medullary sites. With aging, postnatal AT1R glomerular profiles increased in size (P < 0.001) and fractional area occupied (P < 0.04), with no change in the number per unit area. Cortical levels of AT2R by autoradiography fell with age from congruent with 5,000 fmol/g in fetal kidneys to congruent with 60 and 20% of fetal levels in neonatal and adult cortex, respectively (P < 0.0001). The pattern of AT2R binding in postnatal pig kidney mimicked that described in human and simian, but not rodent, species: dense AT2R confined to discrete cortical structures, including pre- and juxtaglomerular, but not intraglomerular, vasculature. Our results provide a quantitative assessment of ANG II receptors in developing pig kidney and document the concordance of pigs and primates in developmental regulation of renal AT1R and AT2R.
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- Susan P Bagby
- Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, and Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 97201-2940, USA.
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The von Hippel-Lindau hereditary cancer syndrome was first described about 100 years ago. The unusual clinical features of this disorder predicted a role for the von Hippel-Lindau gene (VHL) in the oxygen-sensing pathway. Indeed, recent studies of this gene have helped to decipher how cells sense changes in oxygen availability, and have revealed a previously unappreciated role of prolyl hydroxylation in intracellular signalling. These studies, in turn, are laying the foundation for the treatment of a diverse set of disorders, including cancer, myocardial infarction and stroke.
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- William G Kaelin
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Bagby SP, LeBard LS, Luo Z, Speth RC, Ogden BE, Corless CL. Angiotensin II type 1 and 2 receptors in conduit arteries of normal developing microswine. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2002; 22:1113-21. [PMID: 12117725 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000022382.61262.3e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To identify vascular cells capable of responding to angiotensin II (Ang II) generated in conduit arteries, we examined the Ang II type 1 receptor (AT1R) and Ang II type 2 receptor (AT2R) in the thoracic aorta (TA) and abdominal aorta (AA) and branches in 90-day fetal, 3-week postnatal, and 6-month adult microswine. METHODS AND RESULTS By autoradiography ((125)I-[Sar(1)Ile(8)]-Ang II with or without AT1R- or AT2R-selective analogues or (125)I-CGP 42112), there were striking rostrocaudal differences in (1) AT2R binding at all ages (prominent in AA wall and branches, sparse in TA wall and branches) and (2) a non-AT2R binding site for CGP 42112 (consistently evident in postnatal TA and branches but absent in AA and branches). Furthermore, patterns of AT2R distribution in infradiaphragmatic arteries were developmentally distinct. In fetal AAs, high-density AT2Rs occupied the inner 60% of the medial-endothelial wall. In postnatal AAs, AT2Rs were sparse in the medial-endothelial wall but prominent in a circumferential smooth muscle alpha-actin-negative cell layer at the medial-adventitial border, occupying approximately 20% to 25% of the AA cross-sectional area. AT1R density in the TA and AA medial-endothelial wall increased with age, whereas AT2R density decreased after birth. CONCLUSIONS A novel AT2R-positive cell layer confined to postnatal infradiaphragmatic arteries physically links adventitial and medial layers, appears optimally positioned to transduce AT2R-dependent functions of local Ang II, and suggests that adventitial Ang II may elicit regionally distinct vascular responses.
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MESH Headings
- Actins/metabolism
- Angiotensin II/antagonists & inhibitors
- Angiotensin II/metabolism
- Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers
- Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor Blockers
- Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn/blood
- Aorta, Abdominal/chemistry
- Aorta, Abdominal/metabolism
- Aorta, Abdominal/physiology
- Aorta, Thoracic/chemistry
- Aorta, Thoracic/metabolism
- Aorta, Thoracic/physiology
- Autoradiography
- Binding Sites
- Fetus/blood supply
- Iodine Radioisotopes/analysis
- Membranes/chemistry
- Membranes/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth/chemistry
- Muscle, Smooth/embryology
- Muscle, Smooth/metabolism
- Oligopeptides/analysis
- Radioligand Assay
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2
- Receptors, Angiotensin/metabolism
- Swine
- Swine, Miniature/blood
- Swine, Miniature/embryology
- Tunica Media/chemistry
- Tunica Media/embryology
- Tunica Media/metabolism
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- Susan P Bagby
- Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University and Portland VA Medical Center, USA
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Zatyka M, Morrissey C, Kuzmin I, Lerman MI, Latif F, Richards FM, Maher ER. Genetic and functional analysis of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumour suppressor gene promoter. J Med Genet 2002; 39:463-72. [PMID: 12114475 PMCID: PMC1735189 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.39.7.463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The VHL gatekeeper tumour suppressor gene is inactivated in the familial cancer syndrome von Hippel-Lindau disease and in most sporadic clear cell renal cell carcinomas. Recently the VHL gene product has been identified as a specific component of a SCF-like complex, which regulates proteolytic degradation of the hypoxia inducible transcription factors HIF-1 and HIF-2. pVHL is critical for normal development and mRNA expression studies suggest a role in nephrogenesis. Despite the importance of VHL in oncogenesis and development, little is known about the regulation of VHL expression. To investigate VHL promoter activity, we performed comparative sequence analysis of human, primate, and rodent 5' VHL sequences. We then proceeded to deletion analysis of regions showing significant evolutionary conservation between human and rat promoter sequences, and defined two positive and one negative regulatory regions. Analysis of specific putative transcription factor binding sites identified a functional Sp1 site, which was shown to be a regulatory element. Overlapping Sp1/AP2 sites were also identified and candidate E2F1 binding sites evaluated. Three binding sites for as yet unidentified transcription factors were mapped also. These investigations provide a basis for elucidating the regulation of VHL expression in development, the molecular pathology of epigenetic silencing of VHL in tumourigenesis, and suggest a possible link between Sp1, VHL, and nephrogenesis.
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- M Zatyka
- Section of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Birmingham, The Medical School, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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Shiao YH, Ramakrishna G, Anderson LM, Perantoni AO, Rice JM, Diwan BA. Down-regulation of von Hippel-Lindau protein in N-nitroso compound-induced rat non-clear cell renal tumors. Cancer Lett 2002; 179:33-8. [PMID: 11880179 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(01)00863-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Non-clear cell rat kidney tumors, inducible by N-nitroso compounds but lacking mutations in the von Hippel--Lindau (VHL) coding sequence, were examined for other VHL alterations. Neither mutations nor DNA methylation was detected in a putative promoter region. By immunohistochemistry, however, VHL protein level was evidently reduced in six of the eight eosinophilic renal epithelial tumors and in all the ten nephroblastomas. Immunoblotting of normal kidney detected two VHL proteins of 20 and 22kDa in a 16-day-old fetal rat but only 20kDa protein in an adult rat. This is the first demonstration of VHL alteration at the protein level.
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- Yih Horng Shiao
- Laboratory of Comparative Carcinogenesis, Building 538, Room 205, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
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Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease (MIM 193300) is the most common cause of familial clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC). VHL disease results from germline mutations in the VHL tumor suppressor gene and is characterized by variable expression and the development of benign and malignant neoplasms in multiple organs. The clinical management of VHL disease is challenging and requires a coordinated multidisciplinary approach. However, early detection of VHL tumors by annual surveillance has improved the prognosis for VHL gene carriers. Complex genotype-phenotype correlations for the major manifestations of VHL disease result from allelic heterogeneity and suggest that the VHL gene product has multiple and tissue-specific functions. Recent studies suggest that the VHL protein represents the adaptor unit of an Skp1-Cdc53/Cul1-F-box (SCF)-like protein complex which targets specific proteins for ubiquitinylation and proteolysis. Tumors from VHL patients and sporadic tumors with VHL gene inactivation (e.g., most clear cell RCC) are hypervascular and overexpress hypoxia-inducible mRNAs such as vascular epithelial growth factor (VEGF). Recently, pVHL has been shown to regulate proteolysis of the transcription factors HIF-1 and HIF-2 (EPAS). Thus absence or inactivation of pVHL leads to constitutive HIF-1 and HIF-2 expression, which activates transcription of VEGF and other hypoxia-inducible mRNAs. Evidence for further pVHL functions including roles in fibronectin metabolism and cell cycle regulation has also been reported, but it is unclear whether these functions are mediated via pVHL-targeted proteolysis or other mechanisms. Clinical and laboratory studies of VHL disease have provided a paradigm for demonstrating the importance of familial cancer syndromes in elucidating mechanisms of tumorigenesis in familial and sporadic cancer.
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- S C Clifford
- Section of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Division of Reproductive and Child Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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Wijnhoven BP, Lindstedt EW, Abbou M, Ijzendoorn Y, de Krijger RR, Tilanus HW, Dinjens WN. Molecular genetic analysis of the von Hippel-Lindau and human peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma tumor-suppressor genes in adenocarcinomas of the gastroesophageal junction. Int J Cancer 2001; 94:891-5. [PMID: 11745495 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.1559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We investigated whether 2 candidate tumor-suppressor genes, VHL at 3p25-26 and PPAR gamma at 3p24.2-25, are involved in GEJ adenocarcinogenesis. In 43 GEJ tumor samples from 40 patients, the entire coding sequence of the VHL gene and the 5' and part of the 3' UTR as well as exons 3 and 5 of the PPAR gamma gene were screened by PCR-SSCP analysis. LOH at 3p25-26 was analyzed with 2 polymorphic microsatellite markers and with the VHL exon 1 and intron 2 polymorphisms. The relationship between LOH and clinicopathologic parameters was assessed. Expression of VHL was investigated by immunohistochemistry with a VHL-specific antibody. PCR-SSCP analysis of VHL revealed 2 different aberrant patterns in 19 patients. Upon DNA sequencing, 1 pattern appeared to be a previously described exon 1 polymorphism. The other single aberrant pattern was an intron 2 polymorphism, not yet described. PCR-SSCP analysis of PPAR gamma showed no aberrant migration patterns. LOH analysis revealed 3p25-26 loss in 24/36 (67%) informative cases, but this was not significantly correlated with clinicopathologic parameters. By immunohistochemistry, all tumors showed expression of VHL protein. Despite the very frequent LOH of 3p in GEJ adenocarcinomas, mutations in VHL and PPAR gamma were not detected. Mutations outside the screened sequences, a gene dosage effect or involvement of another tumor-suppressor gene on 3p as the target of LOH should be considered.
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- B P Wijnhoven
- Department of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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