Project description:Human renal cell carcinomas (RCC) have differential expression of HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha, depending on VHL genotype and other events. Here, we have divided a series of RCC samples for HIF-alpha expression and VHL genotype, in order to define differentially expressed genes Keywords: Patient Sample Study A total of 57 frozen RCC samples were stained for HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha, and genotyped for VHL. 5 VHL WT/HIF-negative, 8 VHL-deficient/HIF-1alpha+/HIF-2alpha+ and 8 VHL-deficient/HIF-2alpha+ tumors were selected for microarray
Project description:Human renal cell carcinomas (RCC) have differential expression of HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha, depending on VHL genotype and other events. Here, we have divided a series of RCC samples based on HIF-alpha expression, in order to examine levels of genomic DNA aberration. Keywords: Patient Sample Study A total of 57 frozen RCC samples were stained for HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha, and genotyped for VHL. 10 VHL-deficient/HIF-1alpha+/HIF-2alpha+ and 11 VHL-deficient/HIF-2alpha+ tumors were selected for array CGH.
Project description:Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) tumors express varying gene profiles, dependent on VHL and HIF status, as well as other events. Here we analyzed a series of RCC tumors for HIF-alpha expression and VHL genotype, in relation to overal gene expression profiles. Keywords: Patient sample study
Project description:Human renal cell carcinomas (RCC) have differential expression of HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha, depending on VHL genotype and other events. Here, we have divided a series of RCC samples for HIF-alpha expression and VHL genotype, in order to define differentially expressed genes Keywords: Patient Sample Study
Project description:Human renal cell carcinomas (RCC) have differential expression of HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha, depending on VHL genotype and other events. Here, we have divided a series of RCC samples based on HIF-alpha expression, in order to examine levels of genomic DNA aberration. Keywords: Patient Sample Study
Project description:Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is an aggressive kidney cancer driven by VHL loss and aberrant HIF-2α signaling. Acetate metabolism may contribute to this axis by ACSS2-dependent acetylation of HIF-2α and may provide opportunities to intervention. Here we tested the effects of pharmacological and genetic manipulation of ACSS2 on HIF-2α, ccRCC cells, and tumors. ACSS2 inhibition led to HIF-2α degradation and suppressed ccRCC growth in vitro, in vivo, and in primary cell cultures of ccRCC patient tumors. This treatment resulted in reduced glucose and cholesterol metabolism, mitochondrial biogenesis and altered cristae deformation, that are consistent with loss of HIF-2α. Mechanistically, HIF-2α protein levels are regulated through proteolytic degradation and we found, in parallel to VHL, HIF-2α stability was dependent on ACSS2 activity to prevent direct interaction with the E3 ligase MUL1. These findings highlight ACSS2 as a critical upstream regulator of pathogenically stabilized HIF-2α, and provides a mechanism that may be exploited to overcome resistance to HIF-2α inhibitor therapies.
Project description:The von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor functions as a ubiquitin ligase that mediates proteolytic inactivation of hydroxylated a subunits of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF). Although studies of VHL defective renal carcinoma cells suggest the existence of other VHL tumor suppressor pathways, dysregulation of the HIF transcriptional cascade has extensive effects that make it difficult to distinguish whether, and to what extent, observed abnormalities in these cells represent effects on pathways that are distinct from HIF. Here, we report on a genetic analysis of HIF dependent and independent effects of VHL inactivation by studying gene expression patterns in C. elegans. We show tight conservation of the HIF-1/VHL-1/EGL-9 hydroxylase pathway. However, persisting differential gene expression in hif-1 versus hif-1; vhl-1 double mutant worms clearly distinguished HIF-1 independent effects of VHL-1 inactivation. Genomic clustering, predicted functional similarities, and a common pattern of dysregulation in both vhl-1 worms and a set of mutants (dpy-18, let-268, gon-1, mig-17 and unc-6), with different defects in extracellular matrix formation, suggest that dysregulation of these genes reflects a discrete HIF-1 independent function of VHL-1 that is connected with extracellular matrix function. Set of arrays organized by shared biological context, such as organism, tumors types, processes, etc. Bishop T, Lau KW, Epstein AC, Kim SK, Jiang M, O'rourke D, Pugh CW, Gleadle JM, Taylor MS, Hodgkin J, Ratcliffe PJ, Genetic Analysis of Pathways Regulated by the von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor in Caenorhabditis elegans., Bishop T, et al. (2004) PLoS Biol 2(10):e289, 2004-10-01, http://biology.plosjournals.org/plosonline/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0020289 Computed
Project description:The von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor functions as a ubiquitin ligase that mediates proteolytic inactivation of hydroxylated a subunits of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF). Although studies of VHL defective renal carcinoma cells suggest the existence of other VHL tumor suppressor pathways, dysregulation of the HIF transcriptional cascade has extensive effects that make it difficult to distinguish whether, and to what extent, observed abnormalities in these cells represent effects on pathways distinct from HIF. Here, we report on a genetic analysis of HIF dependent and independent effects of VHL inactivation by studying gene expression patterns in C. elegans. We show tight conservation of the HIF-1/VHL-1/EGL-9 hydroxylase pathway. However, persisting differential gene expression in hif-1 versus hif-1; vhl-1 double mutant worms clearly distinguished HIF-1 independent effects of VHL-1 inactivation. Genomic clustering, predicted functional similarities, and a common pattern of dysregulation in both vhl-1 worms and a set of mutants (dpy-18, let-268, gon-1, mig-17 and unc-6), with different defects in extracellular matrix formation, suggest that dysregulation of these genes reflects a discrete HIF-1 independent function of VHL-1 that is connected with extracellular matrix function.
Project description:Inactivation of the von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor gene, VHL, is an archetypical tumor-initiating event in clear cell renal carcinoma (ccRCC) that leads to the activation of hypoxia-inducible transcription factors (HIFs). However, VHL mutation status in ccRCC is not correlated with clinical outcome. Here we show that during ccRCC progression, cancer cells exploit diverse epigenetic alterations to empower a branch of the VHL-HIF pathway for metastasis, and the strength of this activation is associated with poor clinical outcome. By analyzing metastatic subpopulations of VHL-deficient ccRCC cells, we discovered an epigenetically altered VHL-HIF response that is specific to metastatic ccRCC. Focusing on the two most prominent pro-metastatic VHL-HIF target genes, we show that loss of polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2)-dependent histone H3 Lys27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) activates HIF-driven chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor 4 (CXCR4) expression in support of chemotactic cell invasion, whereas loss of DNA methylation enables HIF-driven cytohesin 1 interacting protein (CYTIP) expression to protect cancer cells from death cytokine signals. Thus, metastasis in ccRCC is based on an epigenetically expanded output of the tumor-initiating pathway. Gene expression profiles of 786-O renal cell carcinoma cells and metastatic subpopulations isoloated by in vivo selection in immunocomrpmized mice. The derivatives are significantly enriched in the metastatic propensity as measure by experimental metastasis assays.