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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 98, 期 4, 页码 1387-1392出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.031587498
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Mutations of the VHL tumor suppressor gene occur in patients with VHL disease and in the majority of sporadic clear cell renal carcinomas (VHL-/- RCC), Loss of VHL protein function is associated with constitutive expression of mRNAs encoding hypoxia-inducible proteins, such as Vascular endothelial growth factor. Overproduction of angiogenic factors might explain why VHL-/- RCC tumors are so highly vascularized, but whether this overproduction is sufficient for oncogenesis still remains unknown. In this report, we examined the activity of transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha), another VHL-regulated growth factor. We show that TGF-alpha mRNA and protein are hypoxia-inducible in VHL-/- RCC cells expressing reintroduced VHL, In addition to its overexpression by VHL-/- RCC cells, TGF-alpha can also act as a specific growth-stimulatory factor for VHL-/- RCC cells expressing reintroduced wild-type VHL, as well as primary renal proximal tubule epithelial cells, the likely site of origin of RCC, This role is in contrast to those of other growth factors overexpressed by VHL-/- RCC. cells, such as vascular endothelial growth factor and TGF-beta1, which do not stimulate RCC cell proliferation. A TGF-cr-specific antisense oligodeoxynucleotide blocked TGF-alpha production in VHL-/- RCC cells, which led to the dependence of those cells on exogenous growth factors to sustain growth in culture. Growth of VHL-/- RCC cells was also significantly reduced by a drug that specifically inhibits the epidermal growth factor receptor, the receptor through which TGF-alpha stimulates proliferation. These results suggest that the generation of a TGF-alpha autocrine loop as a consequence of VHL inactivation in renal proximal tubule epithelial cells may provide the uncontrolled growth stimulus necessary for the initiation of tumorigenesis.
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