Science, Vol 260, Issue 5112, 1317-1320
Copyright © 1993 by American Association for the Advancement of Science
Identification of the von Hippel-Lindau disease tumor suppressor gene
F Latif,
K Tory,
J Gnarra,
M Yao,
FM Duh,
ML Orcutt,
T Stackhouse,
I Kuzmin,
W Modi,
L Geil,
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Laboratory of Immunobiology, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center (NCI-FCRDC), Frederick, MD 21702-1201.
A gene discovered by positional cloning has been identified as the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease tumor suppressor gene. A restriction fragment encompassing the gene showed rearrangements in 28 of 221 VHL kindreds. Eighteen of these rearrangements were due to deletions in the candidate gene, including three large nonoverlapping deletions. Intragenic mutations were detected in cell lines derived from VHL patients and from sporadic renal cell carcinomas. The VHL gene is evolutionarily conserved and encodes two widely expressed transcripts of approximately 6 and 6.5 kilobases. The partial sequence of the inferred gene product shows no homology to other proteins, except for an acidic repeat domain found in the procyclic surface membrane glycoprotein of Trypanosoma brucei.
