TY - JOUR
T1 - 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
AU - Krishnamachary, Balaji
AU - Zagzag, David
AU - Nagasawa, Hideko
AU - Rainey, Karin
AU - Okuyama, Hiroaki
AU - Baek, Jin H.
AU - Semenza, Gregg L.
PY - 2006/3/1
Y1 - 2006/3/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-3719
DO - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-3719
M3 - Article
C2 - 16510593
AN - SCOPUS:33645090169
SN - 0008-5472
VL - 66
SP - 2725
EP - 2731
JO - Cancer Research
JF - Cancer Research
IS - 5
ER -