Renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) of the clear cell type are associated with alteration of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumour suppressor gene as well as subsequent stabilization and over-expression of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF), which causes up-regulation of cyclin D1.
In order to analyze whether CCND1 genotype plays a role in sporadic CNS hemangioblastomas, we investigated CCND1 genotype in tumor tissue of 17 sporadic and also in five VHL-related CNS hemangioblastomas.
A type 2C pVHL mutant (V188L), which is associated with a PHE only phenotype (and had been shown previously to retain the ability to promote HIF ubiquitylation), retained the ability to suppress CCND1expression suggesting that loss of pVHL-mediated suppression of cyclin D1 is not necessary for PHE development in VHL disease.
A type 2C pVHL mutant (V188L), which is associated with a PHE only phenotype (and had been shown previously to retain the ability to promote HIF ubiquitylation), retained the ability to suppress CCND1expression suggesting that loss of pVHL-mediated suppression of cyclin D1 is not necessary for PHE development in VHL disease.