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Molecular Analysis of the von Hippel-Lindau Disease Gene

2025-03-15 细胞技术 加入收藏
Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is an autosomal dominant disorder that predispos

Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is an autosomal dominant disorder that predisposes the affected individual to develop characteristic tumors. These include CNS hemangioblastoma, retinal angiomas, endolymphatic sac tumors, pancreatic cysts and tumors, epididymal cystadenomas, pheochromocytomas, renal cysts, and clear-cell renal carcinoma. The VHL gene was localized to 3p25 and then isolated by Latif et al. (1 ). The gene contains three exons with an open reading frame of 852 nucleotides, which encode a predicted protein of 284 amino acids. The VHL protein is believed to have several functions. It is involved in transcription regulation through its inhibition of elongation by binding to the B and C subunits of elongin. Mutations of VHL allow the B and C subunits to bind with the A subunit. This complex then overcomes “pausing” of RNA polymerase during mRNA transcription (2 ,3 ). Several studies suggest that the VHL protein is also involved in regulation of hypoxia—inducible transcripts, particularly vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), by altering mRNA stability (4 ,5 ). Therefore, VHL gene mutations permit the overexpression of VEGF under normoxic conditions, which leads to the angiogenesis believed to be required for tumor growth. The VHL-elongin BC complex (VBC) also binds two other proteins—CUL2 and Rbx1—in a complex that has structural similarity to other E3 ubiquitin ligase complexes (6 ). Such complexes mediate the degradation of cell-cycle regulatory proteins.

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