Multiple tumor suppressors regulate a HIF-dependent negative feedback loop via ISGF3 in human clear cell renal cancer

  1. Lili Liao
  2. Zongzhi Z Liu
  3. Lauren Langbein
  4. Weijia Cai
  5. Eun-Ah Cho
  6. Jie Na
  7. Xiaohua Niu
  8. Wei Jiang
  9. Zhijiu Zhong
  10. Wesley L Cai
  11. Geetha Jagannathan
  12. Essel Dulaimi
  13. Joseph R Testa
  14. Robert G Uzzo
  15. Yuxin Wang
  16. George R Stark
  17. Jianxin Sun
  18. Stephen C Peiper
  19. Yaomin Xu  Is a corresponding author
  20. Qin Yan  Is a corresponding author
  21. Haifeng Yang  Is a corresponding author
  1. Thomas Jefferson University, United States
  2. Yale University, United States
  3. Mayo Clinic, United States
  4. The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, China
  5. Fox Chase Cancer Center, United States
  6. Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, United States
  7. Vanderbilt University, United States

Abstract

Whereas VHL inactivation is a primary event in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), the precise mechanism(s) of how this interacts with the secondary mutations in tumor suppressor genes, including PBRM1, KDM5C/JARID1C, SETD2, and/orBAP1, remains unclear. Gene expression analyses reveal that VHL, PBRM1, or KDM5C share a common regulation of interferon response expression signature. Loss of HIF2a, PBRM1, or KDM5C in VHL-/-cells reduces the expression of interferon stimulated gene factor 3 (ISGF3), a transcription factor that regulates the interferon signature. Moreover, loss of SETD2 or BAP1 also reduces the ISGF3 level. Finally, ISGF3 is strongly tumor-suppressive in a xenograft model as its loss significantly enhances tumor growth. Conversely, reactivation of ISGF3 retards tumor growth by PBRM1-deficient ccRCC cells. Thus after VHL inactivation, HIF induces ISGF3, which is reversed by the loss of secondary tumor suppressors, suggesting that this is a key negative feedback loop in ccRCC.

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Microarray data have been deposited inn GEO under the accession code GSE108229.

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  1. Lili Liao

    Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, United States
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  2. Zongzhi Z Liu

    Department of Pathology, Yale University, New Haven, United States
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  3. Lauren Langbein

    Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, United States
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  4. Weijia Cai

    Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, United States
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  5. Eun-Ah Cho

    Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, United States
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  6. Jie Na

    Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States
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  7. Xiaohua Niu

    Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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  8. Wei Jiang

    Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, United States
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  9. Zhijiu Zhong

    Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, United States
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  10. Wesley L Cai

    Department of Pathology, Yale University, New Haven, United States
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  11. Geetha Jagannathan

    Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, United States
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  12. Essel Dulaimi

    Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, United States
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  13. Joseph R Testa

    Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, United States
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  14. Robert G Uzzo

    Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, United States
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  15. Yuxin Wang

    Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, United States
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  16. George R Stark

    Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, United States
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  17. Jianxin Sun

    Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, United States
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  18. Stephen C Peiper

    Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, United States
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  19. Yaomin Xu

    Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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    yaomin.xu@vanderbilt.edu
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  20. Qin Yan

    Department of Pathology, Yale University, New Haven, United States
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    qin.yan@yale.edu
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  21. Haifeng Yang

    Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, United States
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    Haifeng.yang@jefferson.edu
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Funding

National Cancer Institute (R01 CA155015)

  • Haifeng Yang

National Cancer Institute (P30CA056036)

  • Haifeng Yang

Department of Defence (W81XWH-16-1-0326)

  • Qin Yan

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All animal experiments were conducted in accordance with protocol 01462-935A approved by the IACUC of Thomas Jefferson University and protocol 2015-11286 approved by the IACUC of Yale University.

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© 2018, Liao et al.

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  1. Lili Liao
  2. Zongzhi Z Liu
  3. Lauren Langbein
  4. Weijia Cai
  5. Eun-Ah Cho
  6. Jie Na
  7. Xiaohua Niu
  8. Wei Jiang
  9. Zhijiu Zhong
  10. Wesley L Cai
  11. Geetha Jagannathan
  12. Essel Dulaimi
  13. Joseph R Testa
  14. Robert G Uzzo
  15. Yuxin Wang
  16. George R Stark
  17. Jianxin Sun
  18. Stephen C Peiper
  19. Yaomin Xu
  20. Qin Yan
  21. Haifeng Yang
(2018)
Multiple tumor suppressors regulate a HIF-dependent negative feedback loop via ISGF3 in human clear cell renal cancer
eLife 7:e37925.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.37925

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