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The G-protein-coupled receptor CLR is upregulated in an autocrine loop with adrenomedullin in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and associated with poor prognosis

Nikitenko, Leonid L.; Leek, Russell; Henderson, Stephen; Pillay, Nischalan; Turley, Helen; Generali, Daniele; Gunningham, Sarah; Morrin, Helen R.; Pellagatti, Andrea; Rees, Margaret C.P.; Harris, Adrian L.; Fox, Stephen B.

Authors

Russell Leek

Stephen Henderson

Nischalan Pillay

Helen Turley

Daniele Generali

Sarah Gunningham

Helen R. Morrin

Andrea Pellagatti

Margaret C.P. Rees

Adrian L. Harris

Stephen B. Fox



Abstract

Purpose: The G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CLR) and its ligand peptide adrenomedullin (encoded by ADM gene) are implicated in tumor angiogenesis in mouse models but poorly defined in human cancers. We therefore investigated the diagnostic/prognostic use for CLR in human tumor types that may rely on adrenomedullin signaling and in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC), a highly vascular tumor, in particular.

Experimental Design: In silico gene expression mRNA profiling microarray study (n = 168 tumors) and cancer profiling cDNA array hybridization (n=241 pairs of patient-matched tumor/normal tissue samples) were carried out to analyze ADM mRNA expression in 13 tumor types. Immunohistochemistry on tissue microarrays containing patient-matched renal tumor/normal tissues (n = 87 pairs) was conducted to study CLR expression and its association with clinicopathologic parameters and disease outcome.

Results: ADM expression was significantly upregulated only in RCC and endometrial adenocarcinoma compared with normal tissue counterparts (P < 0.01). CLR was localized in tumor cells and vessels in RCC and upregulated as compared with patient-matched normal control kidney (P < 0.001). Higher CLR expression was found in advanced stages (P < 0.05), correlated with high tumor grade (P < 0.01) and conferred shorter overall survival (P < 0.01).

Conclusions: In human tissues ADM expression is upregulated in cancer type-specific manner, implicating potential role for adrenomedullin signaling in particular in RCC, where CLR localization suggests autocrine/paracrine mode for adrenomedullin action within the tumor microenvironment. Our findings reveal previously unrecognized CLR upregulation in an autocrine loop with adrenomedullin in RCCwith potential application for this GPCR as a target for future functional studies and drug development. © 2013 AACR.

Citation

Nikitenko, L. L., Leek, R., Henderson, S., Pillay, N., Turley, H., Generali, D., …Fox, S. B. (2013). The G-protein-coupled receptor CLR is upregulated in an autocrine loop with adrenomedullin in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and associated with poor prognosis. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 19(20), 5740-5748. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-13-1712

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 16, 2013
Publication Date Oct 15, 2013
Deposit Date Mar 16, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Clinical Cancer Research
Print ISSN 1078-0432
Electronic ISSN 1557-3265
Publisher American Association for Cancer Research
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 19
Issue 20
Pages 5740-5748
DOI https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-13-1712
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3570984
Related Public URLs https://europepmc.org/article/MED/23969937
Additional Information Supplementary data for this article are available at Clinical Cancer Research Online (http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/)

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©2013 American Association for Cancer Research





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