Hypoxia-inducible factor-1-dependent repression of E-cadherin in von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor-null renal cell carcinoma mediated by TCF3, ZFHX1A, and ZFHX1B

Balaji Krishnamachary, David Zagzag, Hideko Nagasawa, Karin Rainey, Hiroaki Okuyama, Jin H. Baek, Gregg L. Semenza

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Abstract

A critical event in the pathogenesis of invasive and metastatic cancer is E-cadherin loss of function. Renal clear cell carcinoma (RCC) is characterized by loss of function of the von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor (VHL), which negatively regulates hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1). Loss of E-cadherin expression and decreased cell-cell adhesion in VHL-null RCC4 cells were corrected by enforced expression of VHL, a dominant-negative HIF-1α mutant, or a short hairpin RNA directed against HIF-1α. In human RCC biopsies, expression of E-cadherin and HIF-1α was mutually exclusive. The expression of mRNAs encoding TCF3, ZFHX1A, and ZFHX1B, which repress E-cadherin gene transcription, was increased in VHL-null RCC4 cells in a HIF-1-dependent manner. Thus, HIF-1 contributes to the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in VHL-null RCC by indirect repression of E-cadherin.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2725-2731
Number of pages7
JournalCancer Research
Volume66
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2006

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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