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Hypoxia-inducible factor-2alpha correlates to distant recurrence and poor outcome in invasive breast cancer.

Helczynska, Karolina LU ; Larsson, Anna-Maria LU ; Holmquist Mengelbier, Linda LU ; Bridges Baxter, Esther LU ; Fredlund, Erik LU ; Borgquist, Signe LU ; Landberg, Göran LU ; Påhlman, Sven LU and Jirström, Karin LU orcid (2008) In Cancer Research 68(22). p.9212-9220
Abstract
Differential regulation as well as target gene specificity of the two hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-alpha subunits HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha in various tumors and cell lines have been suggested. In breast cancer, the prognostic significance of HIF-1alpha is not clear-cut and that of HIF-2alpha is largely unknown. Using IHC analyses of HIF-1alpha, HIF-2alpha, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in a tissue microarray of invasive breast cancer specimens from 512 patients, we investigated the expression patterns of the 2 HIF-alpha subunits in relation to established clinicopathologic variables, VEGF expression, and survival. HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha protein levels and their effect on survival were additionally analyzed... (More)
Differential regulation as well as target gene specificity of the two hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-alpha subunits HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha in various tumors and cell lines have been suggested. In breast cancer, the prognostic significance of HIF-1alpha is not clear-cut and that of HIF-2alpha is largely unknown. Using IHC analyses of HIF-1alpha, HIF-2alpha, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in a tissue microarray of invasive breast cancer specimens from 512 patients, we investigated the expression patterns of the 2 HIF-alpha subunits in relation to established clinicopathologic variables, VEGF expression, and survival. HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha protein levels and their effect on survival were additionally analyzed in a second cohort of 179 patients. To evaluate the individual role of each subunit in the hypoxic response and induction of VEGF, HIF-alpha protein and HIF-alpha and VEGF mRNA levels were further studied in cultured breast cancer cells after hypoxic induction and/or knockdown of HIF-alpha subunits by siRNA by Western blot and Quantitative Real-Time PCR techniques. We showed that although HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha protein levels in breast cancer specimens were not interrelated, high levels of both HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha associated to high VEGF expression. HIF-2alpha expression was an independent prognostic factor associated to reduced recurrence-free and breast cancer-specific survival, whereas HIF-1alpha did not exhibit these correlations. In cultured cells, acute hypoxia induced both HIF-proteins. At prolonged hypoxia, HIF-2alpha remained accumulated, whereas HIF-1alpha protein levels decreased, in agreement with the oxygen level and time-dependent induction of HIFs recently reported in neuroblastoma. (Less)
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10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-1135
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  author       = {{Helczynska, Karolina and Larsson, Anna-Maria and Holmquist Mengelbier, Linda and Bridges Baxter, Esther and Fredlund, Erik and Borgquist, Signe and Landberg, Göran and Påhlman, Sven and Jirström, Karin}},
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  series       = {{Cancer Research}},
  title        = {{Hypoxia-inducible factor-2alpha correlates to distant recurrence and poor outcome in invasive breast cancer.}},
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  doi          = {{10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-1135}},
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