Differential effects of HIF-α isoforms on apoptosis in renal carcinoma cell lines

Cancer Cell International
Alana DoonacharA R Schoenfeld

Abstract

Germline mutations in the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene predispose individuals to clear cell renal carcinomas, hemangioblastomas, and pheochromocytomas. The VHL gene product forms an ubiquitin E3 ligase complex, with regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor alpha (HIF-α) as its best known function. Lack of VHL expression has been shown previously to sensitize renal cells to apoptosis caused by certain cellular stresses. In this report, the role of HIF-α in apoptosis was investigated using two parent VHL-null renal carcinoma cell lines. 786-O and RCC10 renal carcinoma cell lines with manipulated levels of VHL, HIF-1α, or HIF-2α were subjected to cellular stresses and analyzed by western blotting for the abundance of apoptotic markers. Cell lines expressing mutant VHL proteins that were unable to regulate HIF-α had increased levels of apoptosis when irradiated with ultraviolet (UV) light. The influences of the two major isoforms of HIF-α, HIF-1α and HIF-2α, on apoptosis, were compared by creating cell lines in which levels of each isoform were modulated via short hairpin RNA interference. In UV-irradiated cells, HIF-2α expression was determined to promote apoptosis, whereas HIF-1α was anti-apoptotic. In cells depriv...Continue Reading

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ubiquitination
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