Frequent mutations of genes encoding ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis pathway components in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Guangwu Guo, Yaoting Gui, Shengjie Gao, Aifa Tang, Xueda Hu, Yi Huang, Wenlong Jia, Zesong Li, Minghui He, Liang Sun, Pengfei Song, Xiaojuan Sun, Xiaokun Zhao, Sangming Yang, Chaozhao Liang, Shengqing Wan, Fangjian Zhou, Chao Chen, Jialou Zhu, Xianxin LiMinghan Jian, Liang Zhou, Rui Ye, Peide Huang, Jing Chen, Tao Jiang, Xiao Liu, Yong Wang, Jing Zou, Zhimao Jiang, Renhua Wu, Song Wu, Fan Fan, Zhongfu Zhang, Lin Liu, Ruilin Yang, Xingwang Liu, Haibo Wu, Weihua Yin, Xia Zhao, Yuchen Liu, Huanhuan Peng, Binghua Jiang, Qingxin Feng, Cailing Li, Jun Xie, Jingxiao Lu, Karsten Kristiansen, Yingrui Li, Xiuqing Zhang, Songgang Li, Jian Wang, Huanming Yang, Zhiming Cai, Jun Wang

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Abstract

We sequenced whole exomes of ten clear cell renal cell carcinomas (ccRCCs) and performed a screen of ∼1,100 genes in 88 additional ccRCCs, from which we discovered 12 previously unidentified genes mutated at elevated frequencies in ccRCC. Notably, we detected frequent mutations in the ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis pathway (UMPP), and alterations in the UMPP were significantly associated with overexpression of HIF1α and HIF2α in the tumors (P = 0.01 and 0.04, respectively). Our findings highlight the potential contribution of UMPP to ccRCC tumorigenesis through the activation of the hypoxia regulatory network.

Original languageEnglish
JournalNature Genetics
Volume44
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)17-19
Number of pages3
ISSN1061-4036
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2012

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