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  • Title: Differential effects of HIF-α isoforms on apoptosis in renal carcinoma cell lines.
    Author: Doonachar A, Gallo MD, Doukas D, Pasricha R, Lantsberg I, Schoenfeld AR.
    Journal: Cancer Cell Int; 2015; 15():23. PubMed ID: 25729330.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Germline mutations in the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene predispose individuals to clear cell renal carcinomas, hemangioblastomas, and pheochromocytomas. The VHL gene product forms an ubiquitin E3 ligase complex, with regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor alpha (HIF-α) as its best known function. Lack of VHL expression has been shown previously to sensitize renal cells to apoptosis caused by certain cellular stresses. In this report, the role of HIF-α in apoptosis was investigated using two parent VHL-null renal carcinoma cell lines. METHODS: 786-O and RCC10 renal carcinoma cell lines with manipulated levels of VHL, HIF-1α, or HIF-2α were subjected to cellular stresses and analyzed by western blotting for the abundance of apoptotic markers. RESULTS: Cell lines expressing mutant VHL proteins that were unable to regulate HIF-α had increased levels of apoptosis when irradiated with ultraviolet (UV) light. The influences of the two major isoforms of HIF-α, HIF-1α and HIF-2α, on apoptosis, were compared by creating cell lines in which levels of each isoform were modulated via short hairpin RNA interference. In UV-irradiated cells, HIF-2α expression was determined to promote apoptosis, whereas HIF-1α was anti-apoptotic. In cells deprived of either glucose or serum, HIF-1α expression was generally anti-apoptotic, while HIF-2α expression was observed to either promote apoptosis or have less of an influence on apoptosis, depending on the cell line used. CONCLUSIONS: HIF-1α and HIF-2α exerted distinct effects in each of the conditions tested, with expression of HIF-1α largely blocking apoptosis and HIF-2α generally promoting apoptosis. These results reinforce that HIF-1α and HIF-2α have distinct biological roles and that their relative expression levels may influence some therapeutic interventions that are dependent on apoptosis.
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