Multiple tumor suppressors regulate a HIF-dependent negative feedback loop via ISGF3 in human clear cell renal cancer

Abstract

WhereasVHLinactivation is a primary event in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), the precise mechanism(s) of how this interacts with the secondary mutations in tumor suppressor genes, includingPBRM1,KDM5C/JARID1C,SETD2, and/orBAP1, remains unclear. Gene expression analyses reveal that VHL, PBRM1, or KDM5C share a common regulation of interferon response expression signature. Loss of HIF2α, PBRM1, or KDM5C inVHL-/-cells reduces the expression of interferon stimulated gene factor 3 (ISGF3), a transcription factor that regulates the interferon signature. Moreover, loss of SETD2 or BAP1 also reduces the ISGF3 level. Finally, ISGF3 is strongly tumor-suppressive in a xenograft model as its loss significantly enhances tumor growth. Conversely, reactivation of ISGF3 retards tumor growth by PBRM1-deficient ccRCC cells. Thus afterVHLinactivation, HIF induces ISGF3, which is reversed by the loss of secondary tumor suppressors, suggesting that this is a key negative feedback loop in ccRCC.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Oct 25, 2018
Source ID
10.7554/elife.37925

Entities

People

  • Essel Dulaimi
  • Eun-ah Cho
  • Geetha Jagannathan
  • George R Stark
  • Haifeng Yang
  • Jianxin Sun
  • Jie Na
  • Joseph R. Testa
  • Lauren Langbein
  • Lili Liao
  • Qin Yan
  • Robert G. Uzzo
  • Stephen Peiper
  • Wei Jiang
  • Weijia Cai
  • Wesley L. Cai
  • Xiaohua Niu
  • Yaomin Xu
  • Yuxin Wang
  • Zhijiu Zhong
  • Zongzhi Z. Liu

Organizations

  • Cleveland Clinic
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center
  • Mayo Clinic
  • National Cancer Institute
  • Thomas Jefferson University
  • United States Department of Defense
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Yale University

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  • Medicine

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  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Oncology
  • Oncology (Cancer Research).