Mechanisms of resistance to VHL loss-induced genetic and pharmacological vulnerabilities

ABSTRACT: The von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor (VHL) is a component of a ubiquitin ligase complex that controls cellular responses to hypoxia. Endogenous VHL is also utilized by proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) protein degraders, a promising class of anti-cancer agents. VHL is broadly essential for cell proliferation, yet it is a key tumor suppressor in renal cell carcinoma. To understand the functional consequences of VHL loss, and to identify targeted approaches for the elimination of VHL null cells, we have used genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screening in human renal epithelial cells. We find that, upon VHL loss, the HIF1A/ARNT complex is the central inhibitor of cellular fitness, suppressing mitochondrial respiration, and that VHL null cells show HIF1A-dependent molecular vulnerabilities that c

SUBMITTER: Jianfeng Ge 

PROVIDER: S-SCDT-10_1038-S44321-025-00361-W | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other