Entry Name Renal cell carcinoma - Delphinapterus leucas (beluga whale)
Description Renal cell cancer (RCC) accounts for ~3% of human malignancies and its incidence appears to be rising. Although most cases of RCC seem to occur sporadically, an inherited predisposition to renal cancer accounts for 1-4% of cases. RCC is not a single disease, it has several morphological subtypes. Conventional RCC (clear cell RCC) accounts for ~80% of cases, followed by papillary RCC (10-15%), chromophobe RCC (5%), and collecting duct RCC (<1%). Genes potentially involved in sporadic neoplasms of each particular type are VHL, MET, BHD, and FH respectively. In the absence of VHL, hypoxia-inducible factor alpha (HIF-alpha) accumulates, leading to production of several growth factors, including vascular endothelial growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor. Activated MET mediates a number of biological effects including motility, invasion of extracellular matrix, cellular transformation, prevention of apoptosis and metastasis formation. Loss of functional FH leads to accumulation of fumarate in the cell, triggering inhibition of HPH and preventing targeted pVHL-mediated degradation of HIF-alpha. BHD mutations cause the Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome and its associated chromophobe, hybrid oncocytic, and conventional (clear cell) RCC.
Class Human Diseases; Cancer: specific typesBRITE hierarchy
Pathway map Ortholog table Organism Delphinapterus leucas (beluga whale) [GN:
dle ]
Gene 111174799 EPAS1; endothelial PAS domain-containing protein 1 isoform X1 [KO:K09095 ]
111169977 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: von Hippel-Lindau disease tumor suppressor-like [KO:K03871 ]
111169763 ARNT; aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator isoform X1 [KO:K09097 ]
111164743 ARNT2; aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator 2 isoform X1 [KO:K15589 ]
111175689 SLC2A1; solute carrier family 2, facilitated glucose transporter member 1 isoform X1 [KO:K07299 ]
111178866 VEGFA; vascular endothelial growth factor A isoform X1 [KO:K05448 ]
111180824 TGFB1; transforming growth factor beta-1 proprotein isoform X1 [KO:K13375 ]
111177477 TGFB2; transforming growth factor beta-2 proprotein isoform X1 [KO:K13376 ]
111186344 PDGFB; platelet-derived growth factor subunit B isoform X1 [KO:K17386 ]
111173839 PIK3CA; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
111179235 PIK3CB; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit beta isoform isoform X1 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
111187262 PIK3CD; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit delta isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
111166652 PIK3R2; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit beta [KO:K02649 ]
111185984 PIK3R1; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ]
111175760 phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit gamma isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ]
111177101 RAPGEF1; rap guanine nucleotide exchange factor 1 isoform X1 [KO:K06277 ]
111163214 CDC42; cell division control protein 42 homolog isoform X1 [KO:K04393 ]
111175094 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: cell division control protein 42 homolog [KO:K04393 ]
Compound Reference Authors Cohen HT, McGovern FJ.
Title Renal-cell carcinoma.
Journal Reference Authors Pavlovich CP, Schmidt LS.
Title Searching for the hereditary causes of renal-cell carcinoma.
Journal Reference Authors Linehan WM, Walther MM, Zbar B.
Title The genetic basis of cancer of the kidney.
Journal Reference Authors Kim WY, Kaelin WG.
Title Role of VHL gene mutation in human cancer.
Journal Reference Authors Sudarshan S, Linehan WM, Neckers L.
Title HIF and fumarate hydratase in renal cancer.
Journal Reference Authors Sudarshan S, Pinto PA, Neckers L, Linehan WM.
Title Mechanisms of disease: hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer--a distinct form of hereditary kidney cancer.
Journal Reference Authors Birchmeier C, Birchmeier W, Gherardi E, Vande Woude GF.
Title Met, metastasis, motility and more.
Journal Reference Authors Muller-Hocker J, Babaryka G, Schmid I, Jung A
Title Overexpression of cyclin D1, D3, and p21 in an infantile renal carcinoma with Xp11.2 TFE3-gene fusion.
Journal Reference Authors Bodmer D, van den Hurk W, van Groningen JJ, Eleveld MJ, Martens GJ, Weterman MA, van Kessel AG.
Title Understanding familial and non-familial renal cell cancer.
Journal Reference Authors Kauffman EC, Ricketts CJ, Rais-Bahrami S, Yang Y, Merino MJ, Bottaro DP, Srinivasan R, Linehan WM
Title Molecular genetics and cellular features of TFE3 and TFEB fusion kidney cancers.
Journal Reference Authors Skalsky YM, Ajuh PM, Parker C, Lamond AI, Goodwin G, Cooper CS
Title PRCC, the commonest TFE3 fusion partner in papillary renal carcinoma is associated with pre-mRNA splicing factors.
Journal Reference Authors Medendorp K, van Groningen JJ, Vreede L, Hetterschijt L, Brugmans L, van den Hurk WH, van Kessel AG
Title The renal cell carcinoma-associated oncogenic fusion protein PRCCTFE3 provokes p21 WAF1/CIP1-mediated cell cycle delay.
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