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ArticleCancer communications (London, England)2021

Junction plakoglobin regulates and destabilizes HIF2α to inhibit tumorigenesis of renal cell carcinoma.

Ke Chen, Jin Zeng, Yi Sun, Wei Ouyang, Gan Yu, Hui Zhou, Yangjun Zhang, Weimin Yao, Wei Xiao, Junhui Hu and 6 more

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Article in Cancer communications (London, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Ke ChenDepartment of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, P. R. China.
Jin ZengDepartment of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0001-9962-8460
Yi SunDepartment of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, P. R. China.
Wei OuyangDepartment of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, P. R. China.
Gan YuDepartment of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, P. R. China.
Hui ZhouDepartment of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, P. R. China.
Yangjun ZhangDepartment of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, P. R. China.
Weimin YaoDepartment of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, P. R. China.
Wei XiaoDepartment of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, P. R. China.
Junhui HuHubei Institute of Urology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, P. R. China.
Jinchun XingDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361003, P. R. China.
Kefeng XiaoDepartment of Urology, The People's Hospital of Shenzhen City, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518020, P. R. China.
Lily WuDepartment of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Zhiqiang ChenDepartment of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, P. R. China.
Zhangqun YeDepartment of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, P. R. China.
Hua XuDepartment of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, P. R. China.
Hubei Provincial Water Resources and Hydropower Planning Survey and Design Institute · CNUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USFirst Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University · CNNanchang University · CNShenZhen People’s Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIncreased hypoxia-inducible factor 2α (HIF2α) activation is a common event in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) progression. However, the function and underlying mechanism of HIF2α in ccRCC remains uninvestigated. We conducted this study to access the potential link between junction plakoglobin (JUP) and HIF2α in ccRCC.

methodsAffinity purification and mass spectrometry (AP-MS) screening, glutathione-s-transferase (GST) pull-down and co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) assays were performed to detect the interacting proteins of HIF2α. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) and Western blotting were used to detect the expression of JUP in human ccRCC samples. Luciferase reporter assays, chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), cycloheximide chase assays, and ubiquitination assays were conducted to explore the regulation of JUP on the activity of HIF2α. Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assays, colony formation assays, transwell assays, and xenograft tumor assays were performed to investigate the effect of JUP knockdown or overexpression on the tumorigenicity of renal cancer cells.

resultsWe identified JUP as a novel HIF2α-binding partner and revealed an important role of JUP in recruiting von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) and histone deacetylases 1/2 (HDAC1/2) to HIF2α to regulate its stability and transactivation. JUP knockdown promoted and overexpression suppressed the tumorigenicity of renal cell carcinoma in vitro and in vivo. Importantly, the low expression of JUP was found in clinical ccRCC samples and correlated with enhanced hypoxia scores and poor treatment outcomes.

conclusionTaken together, these data support a role of JUP in modulating HIF2α signaling during ccRCC progression and identify JUP as a potential therapeutic target.

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Carcinoma, Renal CellKidney NeoplasmsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsCarcinogenesisCell Line, Tumorgamma CateninGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansVon Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor ProteinBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteinsgamma CateninVon Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Proteinhypoxia-inducible factor 2αjunction plakoglobinrenal cell carcinomatranscriptional activityubiquitination

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