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. 1994 May;7(1):85-90.
doi: 10.1038/ng0594-85.

Mutations of the VHL tumour suppressor gene in renal carcinoma

J R Gnarra  1 , K Tory, Y Weng, L Schmidt, M H Wei, H Li, F Latif, S Liu, F Chen, F M Duh, et al.
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Mutations of the VHL tumour suppressor gene in renal carcinoma

J R Gnarra et al. Nat Genet. 1994 May.

Abstract

Multiple, bilateral renal carcinomas are a frequent occurrence in von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease. To elucidate the aetiological role of the VHL gene in human kidney tumorigenesis, localized and advanced tumours from 110 patients with sporadic renal carcinoma were analysed for VHL mutations and loss of heterozygosity (LOH). VHL mutations were identified in 57% of clear cell renal carcinomas analysed and LOH was observed in 98% of those samples. Moreover, VHL was mutated and lost in a renal tumour from a patient with familial renal carcinoma carrying the constitutional translocation, t(3;8)(p14;q24). The identification of VHL mutations in a majority of localized and advanced sporadic renal carcinomas and in a second form of hereditary renal carcinoma indicates that the VHL gene plays a critical part in the origin of this malignancy.

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