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CANCER RESEARCH
卷 72, 期 1, 页码 112-121出版社
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-11-1698
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- National Cancer Institute
- NIH [CA104838]
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- NIH R01 [CA135509]
- Abramson Cancer Center
- Pennsylvania Department of Health
- Abramson Cancer Center [5P30CA016520]
Sporadic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), the most common type of adult kidney cancer, is often associated with genomic copy number aberrations on chromosomes 3p and 5q. Aberrations on chromosome 3p are associated with inactivation of the tumor suppressor gene von-Hippel Lindau (VHL), which activates the hypoxia-inducible factors HIF1 alpha and HIF2 alpha. In contrast, ccRCC genes on chromosome 5q remain to be defined. In this study, we conducted an integrated analysis of high-density copy number and gene expression data for 54 sporadic ccRCC tumors that identified the secreted glycoprotein STC2 (stanniocalcin 2) and the proteoglycan VCAN (versican) as potential 5q oncogenes in ccRCCs. In functional assays, STC2 and VCAN each promoted tumorigenesis by inhibiting cell death. Using the same approach, we also investigated the two VHL-deficient subtypes of ccRCC, which express both HIF1 alpha and HIF2 alpha (H1H2) or only HIF2 alpha (H2). This analysis revealed a distinct pattern of genomic aberrations in each group, with the H1H2 group displaying, on average, a more aberrant genome than the H2 group. Together our findings provide a significant advance in understanding ccRCCs by offering a molecular definition of two subtypes with distinct characteristics as well as two potential chromosome 5q oncogenes, the overexpression of which is sufficient to promote tumorigenesis by limiting cell death. Cancer Res; 72(1); 112-21. (C) 2011 AACR.
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