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ArticleArchives of endocrinology and metabolism2025

Pathogenicity of germline VHL variants is associated with renal cell carcinoma size in von Hippel-Lindau disease.

Gustavo H Mori, Gustavo F C Fagundes, Lucas S Santana, Felipe Freitas-Castro, Ana Caroline F Afonso, Delmar M Lourenço, Maria Adelaide A Pereira, Fabio Y Tanno, Victor Srougi, Jose L Chambo and 7 more

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Gustavo H MoriUnidade de Adrenal, Laboratório de Endocrinologia Molecular e Celular LIM25, Divisão de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0003-3547-6781
Gustavo F C FagundesUnidade de Adrenal, Laboratório de Endocrinologia Molecular e Celular LIM25, Divisão de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0003-4097-3029
Lucas S SantanaUnidade de Adrenal, Laboratório de Endocrinologia Molecular e Celular LIM25, Divisão de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0003-0428-2386
Felipe Freitas-CastroUnidade de Adrenal, Laboratório de Endocrinologia Molecular e Celular LIM25, Divisão de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0002-5340-432X
Ana Caroline F AfonsoLaboratório de Hormônios e Genética Molecular LIM42, Divisão de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0009-0002-6179-0854
Delmar M LourençoUnidade de Adrenal, Laboratório de Endocrinologia Molecular e Celular LIM25, Divisão de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0003-1147-4159
Maria Adelaide A PereiraLaboratório de Hormônios e Genética Molecular LIM42, Divisão de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0002-9576-1587
Fabio Y TannoDivisão de Urologia, Hospital das Clínicas & Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0001-9148-8002
Victor SrougiDivisão de Urologia, Hospital das Clínicas & Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0001-8346-3833
Jose L ChamboDivisão de Urologia, Hospital das Clínicas & Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0009-0006-3686-5892
Mauricio D CordeiroDivisão de Urologia, Hospital das Clínicas & Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0001-8439-3283
William C NahasDivisão de Urologia, Hospital das Clínicas & Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0002-7395-8370
Ana O HoffUnidade de Oncologia Endócrina, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0002-7058-6321
Maria Candida B V FragosoLaboratório de Hormônios e Genética Molecular LIM42, Divisão de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0001-6150-1915
Berenice B MendoncaLaboratório de Hormônios e Genética Molecular LIM42, Divisão de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0003-1762-1084
Ana Claudia LatronicoUnidade de Adrenal, Laboratório de Endocrinologia Molecular e Celular LIM25, Divisão de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0001-6782-693X
Madson Q AlmeidaUnidade de Adrenal, Laboratório de Endocrinologia Molecular e Celular LIM25, Divisão de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.ORCID 0000-0002-2957-6148

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Abstract

objectiveIn this study, our aim was to search for new genotype-phenotype correlations in patients with Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease. SUBJECTS AND

methodsWe retrospectively studied 53 consecutive patients with VHL disease and confirmed genetic diagnoses from 32 relatives.

resultsMost VHL pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants were missense (18 out of 32; 56.25%). The median size of the large carcinoma (RCC) was 3.6 cm (interquartile range, 2.8 to 6.5 cm). Interestingly, the size of the large RCC in patients harboring VHL pathogenic variants (n = 9) was significantly greater than that in patients with VHL likely pathogenic (n = 7) variants (5.4 cm [3.65 to 6.6] vs. 2.9 cm [2.45 to 3.35]; p = 0.008). Moreover, adrenal paraganglioma (PGL) (82.35% vs. 17.65%; p = 0.0001) and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PNET) (81.81% vs. 18.18%; p = 0.007) were associated with missense VHL pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants compared with non-missense defects. In contrast, central nervous system (CNS) hemangioblastomas (HBs) (90.47% vs. 53.12%; p = 0.004), pancreatic cysts (76.19% vs. 28.12%; p = 0.001) and RCCs (57.14% vs. 12.5; p = 0.001) were more common in patients with non-missense VHL variants.

conclusionVHL pathogenic variants were associated with larger RCCs than were VHL likely pathogenic variants.

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Carcinoma, Renal CellGerm-Line MutationKidney Neoplasmsvon Hippel-Lindau DiseaseVon Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor ProteinAdrenal Gland NeoplasmsAdultAgedFemaleGenetic Association StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutation, MissensePancreatic NeoplasmsParagangliomaVHL protein, humanVon Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Proteinadrenal paragangliomageneticsrenal cell carcinomaVon Hippel-Lindau disease

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PMID39945572
PMCPMC11834860

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