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CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH
卷 23, 期 8, 页码 2105-2115出版社
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-16-0496
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- Swedish Cancer Society
- CREATE Health
- BioCARE
- Lund University
- Gunnar Nilsson's Cancer Foundation
- Regional ALF funds
Purpose: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is derived from a tissue with a remarkable capacity for vectorial transport. We therefore performed an unbiased exploration of transporter proteins in normal kidney and kidney cancer to discover novel clinical targets. Experimental Design: Using The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database, we investigated differences in membrane transporter expression in clear cell RCC (ccRCC) and normal kidney. We identified the dopamine transporter SLC6A3 as a specific biomarker for ccRCC. To investigate the functionality of SLC6A3, we used a [H-3]-dopamine uptake assay on ccRCC cells. We further explored the effect of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) proteins on SLC6A3 expression by introducing siRNA in ccRCC cells and by hypoxic treatment of nonmalignant cells. Results: We show that ccRCC expresses very high transcript levels of SLC6A3 in contrast to normal kidney tissue and other tumor types, which do not express appreciable levels of this transporter. Importantly, we demonstrate that the elevated expression of SLC6A3 in ccRCC cells is associated with specific uptake of dopamine. By targeting the expression of HIF-1 alpha and HIF-2 alpha, we could show that SLC6A3 expression is primarily influenced by HIF-2 alpha and that hypoxia can induce SLC6A3 expression in normal renal cells. Conclusions: We conclude that the dopamine transporter SLC6A3 constitutes a novel biomarker that is highly specific for ccRCC. We further postulate that the protein can be exploited for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes for detection or treatment of ccRCC. (C) 2016 AACR.
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