Loss of function of the von Hippel-Lindau(VHL)tumor suppressor gene is a hallmark of clear cell renal cell carcinoma(ccRCC).The importance of heterogeneity in the loss of this tumor suppressor has been under *** study...
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Loss of function of the von Hippel-Lindau(VHL)tumor suppressor gene is a hallmark of clear cell renal cell carcinoma(ccRCC).The importance of heterogeneity in the loss of this tumor suppressor has been under *** study the impact of intratumoral VHL heterogeneity observed in human ccRCC,we engineered VHL gene deletion in four RCC models,including a new primary tumor cell line derived from an aggressive metastatic *** VHL gene-deleted(VHL-KO)cells underwent epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition(EMT)and exhibited increased motility but diminished proliferation and tumorigenicity compared to the parental VHL-expressing(VHL+)*** tumors with either VHL+or VHL-KO cells alone exhibit minimal metastatic *** tumors displayed rampant lung metastases,highlighting a novel cooperative metastatic *** poorly proliferative VHL-KO cells stimulated the proliferation,EMT,and motility of neighboring VHL+***(POSTN),a soluble protein overexpressed and secreted by VHL non-expressing(VHL−)cells,promoted metastasis by enhancing the motility of VHL-WT cells and facilitating tumor cell vascular *** deletion or antibody blockade of POSTN dramatically suppressed lung metastases in our preclinical *** work supports a new strategy to halt the progression of ccRCC by disrupting the critical metastatic crosstalk between heterogeneous cell populations within a tumor.
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