[PDF][PDF] HIF-2α promotes hypoxic cell proliferation by enhancing c-myc transcriptional activity

JD Gordan, JA Bertout, CJ Hu, JA Diehl, MC Simon - Cancer cell, 2007 - cell.com
JD Gordan, JA Bertout, CJ Hu, JA Diehl, MC Simon
Cancer cell, 2007cell.com
HIF-2α promotes von Hippel-Lindau (VHL)-deficient renal clear cell carcinoma (RCC)
tumorigenesis, while HIF-1α inhibits RCC growth. As HIF-1α antagonizes c-Myc function, we
hypothesized that HIF-2α might enhance c-Myc activity. We demonstrate here that HIF-2α
promotes cell-cycle progression in hypoxic RCCs and multiple other cell lines. This
correlates with enhanced c-Myc promoter binding, transcriptional effects on both activated
and repressed target genes, and interactions with Sp1, Miz1, and Max. Finally, HIF-2α …
Summary
HIF-2α promotes von Hippel-Lindau (VHL)-deficient renal clear cell carcinoma (RCC) tumorigenesis, while HIF-1α inhibits RCC growth. As HIF-1α antagonizes c-Myc function, we hypothesized that HIF-2α might enhance c-Myc activity. We demonstrate here that HIF-2α promotes cell-cycle progression in hypoxic RCCs and multiple other cell lines. This correlates with enhanced c-Myc promoter binding, transcriptional effects on both activated and repressed target genes, and interactions with Sp1, Miz1, and Max. Finally, HIF-2α augments c-Myc transformation of primary mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs). Enhanced c-Myc activity likely contributes to HIF-2α-mediated neoplastic progression following loss of the VHL tumor suppressor and influences the behavior of hypoxic tumor cells.
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