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Inactivation of the von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor leads to selective expression of a human endogenous retrovirus in kidney cancer.

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2011-11-24
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Cherkasova, E
Malinzak, E
Rao, S
Takahashi, Y
Senchenko, VN
Kudryavtseva, AV
Nickerson, ML
Merino, M
Hong, JA
Schrump, DS
Srinivasan, R
Linehan, WM
Tian, X
Lerman, MI
Childs, RW
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Abstract
A human endogenous retrovirus type E (HERV-E) was recently found to be selectively expressed in most renal cell carcinomas (RCCs). Importantly, antigens derived from this provirus are immunogenic, stimulating cytotoxic T cells that kill RCC cells in vitro and in vivo. Here, we show HERV-E expression is restricted to the clear cell subtype of RCC (ccRCC) characterized by an inactivation of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor-suppressor gene with subsequent stabilization of hypoxia-inducible transcription factors (HIFs)-1α and -2α. HERV-E expression in ccRCC linearly correlated with HIF-2α levels and could be silenced in tumor cells by either transfection of normal VHL or small interfering RNA inhibition of HIF-2α. Using chromatin immunoprecipitation, we demonstrated that HIF-2α can serve as transcriptional factor for HERV-E by binding with HIF response element (HRE) localized in the proviral 5' long terminal repeat (LTR). Remarkably, the LTR was found to be hypomethylated only in HERV-E-expressing ccRCC while other tumors and normal tissues possessed a hypermethylated LTR preventing proviral expression. Taken altogether, these findings provide the first evidence that inactivation of a tumor suppressor gene can result in aberrant proviral expression in a human tumor and give insights needed for translational research aimed at boosting human immunity against antigenic components of this HERV-E.
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Journal article
Subject
5' Untranslated Regions
Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
Carcinoma, Renal Cell
Cell Line, Tumor
DNA Methylation
Endogenous Retroviruses
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Proviruses
Terminal Repeat Sequences
Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/10754
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10.1038/onc.2011.179
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Cherkasova, E; Malinzak, E; Rao, S; Takahashi, Y; Senchenko, VN; Kudryavtseva, AV; ... Childs, RW (2011). Inactivation of the von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor leads to selective expression of a human endogenous retrovirus in kidney cancer. Oncogene, 30(47). pp. 4697-4706. 10.1038/onc.2011.179. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/10754.
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