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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-12-13
pubmed:abstractText
Mutations in the von Hippel-Lindau tumour suppressor gene (VHL) cause the VHL hereditary cancer syndrome and occur in most sporadic clear cell renal cell cancers (CC-RCCs). The mechanisms by which VHL loss of function promotes tumour development in the kidney are not fully elucidated. Here, we analyse expression of PL6, one of the potential tumour suppressor genes from the critical 3p21.3 region involved in multiple common cancers. We classify PL6 as a Golgi-resident protein based on its perinuclear co-localization with GPP130 in all cells and tissues analysed. We show that PL6 RNA and protein expression is completely or partially lost in all analysed CC-RCCs and other VHL-deficient tumours studied, including the early precancerous lesions in VHL disease. The restoration of VHL function in vitro in the VHL-deficient CC-RCC cell lines was found to reinstate PL6 expression, thus establishing a direct link between VHL and PL6. Insensitivity of PL6 to hypoxia suggested that PL6 is regulated by VHL via a HIF-1-independent pathway. We ruled out mutations and promoter methylation as possible causes of PL6 down-regulation in CC-RCC. We hypothesize that loss of a putative PL6 secretory function due to VHL deficiency is an early and important event that may promote tumour initiation and growth.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-3417
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
214
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
46-57
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17973242-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-Carcinoma, Renal Cell, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-Golgi Apparatus, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-Kidney Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-Precancerous Conditions, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-RNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:17973242-Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Loss of PL6 protein expression in renal clear cell carcinomas and other VHL-deficient tumours.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Immunobiology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD, USA. alla.ivanova@med.nyu.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural