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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-19
pubmed:abstractText
Mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are frequent in cancers but it is not yet clearly established whether they are modifier events involved in cancer progression or whether they are a consequence of tumorigenesis. Here we show a benign tumor type in which mtDNA mutations that lead to complex I (CI) enzyme deficiency are found in all tumors and are the only genetic alteration detected. Actually renal oncocytomas are homogeneous tumors characterized by dense accumulation of mitochondria and we had found that they are deficient in electron transport chain complex I (CI, NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase). In this work total sequencing of mtDNA showed that 9/9 tumors harbored point mutations in mtDNA, seven in CI genes, one in complex III, and one in the control region. 7/8 mutations were somatic. All tumors were somatically deficient for CI. The clonal amplification of mutated mtDNA in 8/9 tumors demonstrates that these alterations are selected and therefore favor or trigger growth. No nuclear DNA rearrangement was detected beside mtDNA defects. We hypothesize that functional deficiency of the oxidative phosphorylation CI could create a loop of amplification of mitochondria during cell division, impair substrates oxidation and increase intermediary metabolites availability.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Citrate (si)-Synthase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Mitochondrial, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Electron Transport Chain Complex..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Electron Transport Complex I, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glucose, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/HIF1A protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NADH Dehydrogenase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/POLG protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1460-2083
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
986-95
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18156159-Adenoma, Oxyphilic, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-Cell Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-Citrate (si)-Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-DNA, Mitochondrial, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-Electron Transport Chain Complex Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-Electron Transport Complex I, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-Gene Amplification, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-Kidney Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-NADH Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-Nucleic Acid Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-Oxidative Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:18156159-Sequence Analysis, DNA
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Clonal expansion of mutated mitochondrial DNA is associated with tumor formation and complex I deficiency in the benign renal oncocytoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Unità di Genetica Medica, Policlinico Universitario S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't