Cited by 336Renal cell carcinoma treatmentCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismAngiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer

The von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein and Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma

Open access
Kaelin, William G.·2007·Clinical Cancer Research

Abstract

Germ line VHL tumor suppressor gene loss-of-function mutations cause von Hippel-Lindau disease, which is associated with an increased risk of central nervous system hemangioblastomas, clear cell renal carcinomas, and pheochromocytomas. Somatic VHL mutations are also common in sporadic clear cell renal carcinomas. The VHL gene product, pVHL, is part of a ubiquitin ligase complex that targets the α-subunits of the heterodimeric transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) for polyubiquitylation, and hence, proteasomal degradation, when oxygen is available. pVHL-defective clear cell renal carcinomas overproduce a variety of mRNAs that are under the control of HIF, including the mRNAs that encode vascular endothelial growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor B, and transforming growth factor α. In preclinical models, down-regulation of HIF-α, especially HIF-2α, is both necessary and sufficient for renal tumor suppression by pVHL. These observations are probably relevant to the demonstrated clinical activity of vascular endothelial growth factor antagonists in clear cell renal carcinoma and form a foundation for the testing of additional agents that inhibit HIF, or HIF-responsive gene products, in this disease.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-06-1865

Cites

81 of 81 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • VHL tumor suppressor inactivation, causing pseudo-hypoxic stabilization of HIF-1α and HIF-2α, is an initiating event in hereditary and sporadic ccRCC.

    “Inactivation of the VHL tumor suppressor gene, which results in pseudo-hypoxic stabilization of both HIF-1α and HIF-2α, is an initiating genetic event for both hereditary (VHL disease) and sporadic ccRCCs [16].”

    From Revisiting the HIF switch in the tumor and its immune microenvironment. (2022) · cites this paper as [16]

    The Abstract says VHL inactivation is important in hereditary and sporadic clear cell renal carcinoma and that HIF-α accumulates when pVHL is absent (page not supplied). But the Open Discussion says VHL loss appears early in VHL disease while its timing in sporadic carcinoma cannot be proved. The paper also says VHL-defective renal carcinomas may produce HIF-2α alone, so stabilization of both isoforms is not universal. (LLM, conf=0.89)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
  • 75% of sporadic clear cell RCCs are VHL-deficient.

    “Although mTOR and the overall process of HIF-1α protein synthesis are limited under normoxia, it was found that 75% of sporadic clear cell RCCs are VHL-deficient, thus, in this case HIF-1α translation can proceed smoothly serving as a target for mTOR inhibitors intervention58.”

    From HIF-1α pathway: role, regulation and intervention for cancer therapy (2015) · cites this paper as [58]

    The passage labeled Abstract (page not available) says that 40%–80% of sporadic clear cell renal carcinomas are linked to biallelic VHL inactivation. That supports VHL deficiency as common, but it does not establish the specific figure of 75%. (LLM, conf=0.88)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Research works printed but not linked: 5

  1. [6]6. Yu F,White S, Zhao Q, Lee F. HIF-1abinding toVHL is regulated by stimulus-sensitive proline hydroxylation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001;98:9630 ^5.
  2. [15]15. Kamura T, Sato S, Iwain K, Czyzyk-Krzeska M, Conaway RC, Conaway JW. Activation of HIF1a ubi- quitination by a reconstituted von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000;97:10430 ^5.
  3. [16]16. Ohh M, Park CW, Ivan M, et al. Ubiquitination of HIF requires direct binding to the von Hippel-Lindau pro- tein h domain. Nat Cell Biol 2000;2:423 ^7.
  4. [17]17. Maxwell P, Weisner M, Chang G-W, et al. The von Hippel-Lindau gene product is necessary for oxygen- dependent proteolysis of hypoxia-inducible factor a subunits. Nature 1999;399:271 ^5.
  5. [26]26. Mandriota SJ,Turner KJ, Davies DR, et al. HIF acti- vation identifies early lesions inVHL kidneys: evidence for site-specific tumor suppressor function in the nephron. Cancer Cell 2002;1:459 ^68.

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Kaelin, W. G.
Affiliations
Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
Kaelin, William G.
Venue
Clinical Cancer Research
Published
2007-01-15
Volume
13
Issue
2
Pages
680s-684s
ISSN
  • 1078-0432 (ISSN-L)
  • 1557-3265
OpenAlex
W2131473358
Cited by
336
References
80
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 28
FWCI
5.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Clinical Cancer Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Renal cell carcinoma treatment
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer
Keywords
von Hippel-Lindau protein, VHL tumor suppressor, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, hypoxia-inducible factor, HIF-2α, HIF-1α, ubiquitin ligase, vascular endothelial growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor B, transforming growth factor-alpha, VEGF inhibitors, von Hippel-Lindau disease
MeSH terms
Carcinoma, Renal Cell, Genotype, Humans, Kidney Neoplasms, Mutation, RNA, Messenger, Transcription Factors, Signal Transduction, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Dimerization, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review