Abstract
AbstractWhile an important role for the SUMO protease SENP1 is recognized in multiple solid cancers, its role in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) pathogenesis, particularly the most dominant subtype, clear cell RCC (ccRCC), is poorly understood. Here we show that a combination of high HIF2α and SENP1 expression in ccRCC samples predicts poor patient survival. Using ccRCC cell models that express high HIF2α but low SENP1, we show that overexpression of SENP1 reduces sumoylation and ubiquitination of HIF2α, increases HIF2α transcriptional activity, and enhances expression of genes associated with cancer cell invasion, stemness and epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Accordingly, ccRCC cells with high HIF2α and SENP1 showed increased invasion and sphere formation in vitro, and local invasion and metastasis in vivo. Finally, SENP1 overexpression caused high HIF2α ccRCC cells to acquire resistance to a clinical mTOR inhibitor, everolimus. These results reveal a combination of high SENP1 and HIF2α expression gives particularly poor prognosis for ccRCC patients and suggest that SENP1 may be an attractive new target for treating metastatic RCC (mRCC).
Funder
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Cancer Research,Molecular Biology
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