Thesis (Ph. D.)--Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität zu Münster, 1981. / Vita. Description based on print version record. Bibliography: p. 282-302.

Th.--Méd.--Reims, 1981. N°: 15.

Von Hippel Lindau (VHL) is a tumour suppressor protein classically known to target the α subunit of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) for proteasomal degradation. Emerging evidence has underscored a novel role for VHL in both cell cycle regulation and extracellular matrix assembly. Herein, we provide evidence of VHL multitasking in normal and pathological placentation. Using ex vivo, first trimester human placental tissue and in vitro, JEG-3 choriocarcinoma cell line model we demonstrate that VHL plays a role in regulating the expression of cell cycle modulator CCND1 via a mechanism involving its inhibitor, p15 and HIF-2α. In addition, using a similar experimental strategy we provide evidence supporting a role for VHL in regulating the expression of fibronectin and its receptor integrin α5. Moreover, altered VHL expression observed in preeclampsia is associated with altered expression of cell cycle regulators and contributes to altered FN protein levels which are characteristic of this pathology.

Von Hippel Lindau (VHL) is a tumour suppressor protein classically known to target the α subunit of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) for proteasomal degradation. Emerging evidence has underscored a novel role for VHL in both cell cycle regulation and extracellular matrix assembly. Herein, we provide evidence of VHL multitasking in normal and pathological placentation. Using ex vivo, first trimester human placental tissue and in vitro, JEG-3 choriocarcinoma cell line model we demonstrate that VHL plays a role in regulating the expression of cell cycle modulator CCND1 via a mechanism involving its inhibitor, p15 and HIF-2α. In addition, using a similar experimental strategy we provide evidence supporting a role for VHL in regulating the expression of fibronectin and its receptor integrin α5. Moreover, altered VHL expression observed in preeclampsia is associated with altered expression of cell cycle regulators and contributes to altered FN protein levels which are characteristic of this pathology.

We report a patient with Von Hippel-Lindau disease who presented with an intradural extramedullary hemangioblastoma as a primary manifestation. / Revisión por pares

Texte remanié de: Magisterarb.--Philosophische Fakultät, Fach Buch- und Bibliothekskunde--Erlangen-Nürnberg--Friedrich Alexander Universität, 1993. / Bibliogr. p. 109-117. Index.

Proefschrift Universiteit Maastricht. / Met bibliogr., lit. opg. - Met samenvatting in het Nederlands.

Os feocromocitomas são tumores neuroendócrinos constituídos de células cromafins secretoras de catecolaminas e neuropeptídeos diversos, cuja manifestação clínica mais comum é a hipertensão. Doze a 24% dos tumores aparentemente esporádicos, apresentam mutações germinativas em genes até então associados a síndromes herdadas, como, RET, VHL, SDHB e SDHD. A doença de von Hippel-Lindau é causada por mutações no gene VHL. As proteínas codificadas pelos genes SDHB e SDHD fazem parte do complexo mitocondrial II e da cadeia aeróbica de transporte de elétrons. O objetivo deste projeto de pesquisa foi o rastreamento de mutações nos genes VHL, SDHB e SDHD em pacientes portadores de feocromocitoma ou, também, paraganglioma esporádicos acompanhados no Serviço de Endocrinologia do Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP. Todos os exons dos três genes estudados foram amplificados por PCR e analisados por dHPLC. Os amplicons que apresentaram cromatogramas suspeitos ao dHPLC foram submetidos ao seqüenciamento automático. Nenhuma mutação foi encontrada no gene VHL, apenas dois polimorfismos previamente descritos no exon 1, c. -77 C>T em dois pacientes e c - 195 G>A em 58,6% do total de alelos dos pacientes estudados. No gene SDHB foram encontrados dois polimorfismos previamente descritos (c. 201-36 G>T e c.487 T>C) em quatro pacientes, uma mutação silenciosa não descrita (c.540 G>A) e uma mutação previamente descrita em portadores de feocromocitoma (c. 293 G>A). Um mesmo paciente apresentou a mutação silenciosa c.540 G>A e o polimorfismo c.201-36 G>T. No gene SDHD foram encontrados dois polimorfismos descritos (c.204 C>T e c.315-32 T>C) em um paciente cada, uma variante alélica descrita na literatura na região 3\' não codificante cuja freqüência nunca foi estudada em outras populações (c.*612 C>T) e duas substituições nunca descritas na região 3\' não codificante (c.*799 T>C e c.*803 A>G). As variantes c.*612 C>T e c.*799 T>C foram detectadas em apenas um paciente cada e não foram encontradas em 200 alelos de controles normais estudados. A variante c.*803 A>G foi encontrada em nove de 76 alelos dos 38 pacientes (11,8%) e em cinco de 200 alelos de 100 controles não afetados (2,5%), sendo, portanto, um polimorfismo significativamente mais freqüente entre os portadores de feocromocitoma ou paraganglioma. Dentre os sete pacientes portadores do polimorfismo c.*803 A>G, três pacientes heterozigotos para este polimorfismo apresentaram um segundo polimorfismo no gene SDHD, sendo que um desses pacientes também apresentava uma mutação no gene SDHB. Dentre os demais quatro pacientes, dois apresentavam o polimorfismo c.*803 A>G em homozigose. Este polimorfismo ocorre no nucleotídeo localizado na posição -1 imediatamente 5\' ao Sítio de Clivagem do pré-mRNA para que ocorra a inserção da cauda Poli(A), fundamental para a estabilidade do mRNA. A substituição da base A pela base G muito provavelmente apresenta uma repercussão funcional, pois a base A na posição -1 é considerada como a mais eficiente na promoção da clivagem do pré-mRNA, enquanto a base G é considerada a menos eficiente (ordem de eficiência de clivagem A > U > C > G). Desta forma, a possibilidade desse polimorfismo conferir susceptibilidade ao desenvolvimento do feocromocitoma e do paraganglioma não está descartada, sendo provável que outros eventos genéticos sejam necessários para promover a tumorigênese. Em conclusão, esse estudo evidenciou uma baixa freqüência de mutações nas regiões codificantes dos genes VHL (mutações não detectadas), SDHB (5,2%) e SDHD (mutações não detectadas) nessa série de pacientes com feocromocitomas e paragangliomas esporádicos, porém, encontrou um polimorfismo na região 3\' não codificante do gene SDHD significativamente mais freqüente nos portadores desses tumores que em indivíduos controles não afetados, e que, por suas características, pode estar relacionado à etiopatogenia do feocromocitoma e do paraganglioma. / Pheochromocytomas are neuroendocrine tumors composed of chromaffin cells that produce and secrete catecholamines as well as a variety of neuropeptides, whose most common clinical manifestation is arterial hypertension. Twelve to 24% of the apparently sporadic pheochromocytomas, present germline mutations in genes previously associated to inherited familiar syndromes, such as, RET, VHL, SDHB e SDHD. The von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease occurs upon the VHL gene mutation - a tumor suppressor gene whose product encodes complexes with other proteins leading proteic substracts to the proteolysis. The proteins encoded by the SDHD and SDHB genes are parts of the complex mitochondrial II, as well as the aerobic chain of the electron transport. The aim of the present study was the screening of mutations in the VHL, SDHB and SDHD genes in patients harboring sporadic pheochromocytoma and/or paraganglioma, followed by the Endocrinology Service of Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine. All the three studied gene exons were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and were analyzed by dHPLC, which was the method used for screen mutations. The samples with altered eluting progress were directly sequenced. No mutations were found in the VHL gene, only two polymorphisms previously described in the exon 1, c. -77 C>T in two patients and c - 195 G> in 58.6% out of the total alleles of the studied patients. Two polymorphisms previously described (c. 201-36 G>T and c.487 T>C) in the SDHB gene were found in four patients, as well as silent mutation not yet described (c.540 G>A) and a mutation previously described in patients with pheochromocytoma (c. 293 G>A). A particular patient presented the silent mutation c.540 G>A and the polymorphism c.201-36 G>T. In the SDHD gene two polymorpfisms previously described (c.204 C>T and c.315-32 T>C) were found, one in each patient, as well as an allelic variant previously described in the 3\' non-coding region whose frequency has never been studied in other populations (c.*612 C>T) and two substitutions never described in the 3\' non-coding region (c.*799 T>C and c.*803 A>G). The variants c.*612 C>T and c.*799 T>C were detected in only one patient each and have not been found in 200 alleles of normal control subjects studied. The variant c.*803 A>G was found in nine out of 76 alleles from 38 patients (11.8%) and in five out of 200 alleles from 100 non-affected subjects (2.5%), being, then, a polymorphism significantly more frequent among patients with pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma. Among those seven patients with the polymorphism c.*803 A>G, three patients heterozygotous for the polymorphism presented a second polymorphism in the SDHD gene and one of those patients also presented a mutation in the SDHB gene. Out of the other four patients, two presented the polymorphism c.*803 A>G in heterozygosis. This polymorphism occurs in the nucleotide localized in the position -1 immediately 5\' to the site where the pre-mRNA is cleaved for the insertion of the poly(A) tail, which is essencial to the mRNA stability. The substitution of the A to the G probably presents a functional repercussion, because the A in the position -1 is considered as the most efficient nucleotide in the pre-mRNA cleavage promotion, while the G is considered the least efficient one (scale of cleavage efficiency A > U > C > G). Therefore, the possibility of this polymorphism be associated with susceptibility to the development of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma is not discarded, being possible that other genetic events are necessary to promote tumorigenesis. In conclusion, this study evidenced a low frequency of mutations in the coding regions of the genes VHL (mutations not detected), SDHB (5,2%) and SDHD (mutations not detected) in this series of patients with sporadic pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas, however, a polymorphism significantly more frequent in patients harboring those tumors was found in the 3\' non-coding region of the SDHD gene and, for its specific characteristics, it can very well be related to the etiopathogenesis of the pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma

In dieser Arbeit wird die Wirkungs- und Entstehungsgeschichte des Schauspiels „Der Andere“ (1893) von Paul Lindau (1819-1839) untersucht. Der Fokus richtet sich auf die vielfältigen intertextuellen und intermedialen Verknüpfungen des Stückes, die sich über einen Zeitraum von 40 Jahren erstrecken. „Der Andere“ inszeniert einen Fall von Bewusstseinsspaltung, in welchem der Protagonist, ein angesehener Berliner Staatsanwalt, unwissentlich ein nächtliches Doppelleben führt und infolgedessen einen Einbruch in sein eigenes Haus begeht. Hier wird insbesondere den Wechselbeziehungen von medizinischen und medialen Diskursen nachgegangen, da „Der Andere“ nicht nur von nervenmedizinischer Seite als psychiatrischer Fall aufgegriffen, sondern 1913 unter Beteiligung Lindaus als erster deutscher 'Autorenfilm' und 1930 als erster Tonfilm Robert Wienes produziert worden ist. Während filmhistorische Untersuchungen den Befund der errungenen 'Feuilletonfähigkeit' des Stummfilmes festhielten, blieb das Interesse an dem Theaterstück von Seiten der Literaturwissenschaft bislang gering. Ihm war der Status als Vorlage beschieden, die aufgrund ihrer gespaltenen Hauptfigur Verbindungen zu Robert Louis Stevensons „Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde“ und Hippolyte Taines „De l'Intelligence“ herzustellen scheint, welche bis heute undifferenziert als zentrale Prätexte tradiert worden sind. Verfolgt man hingegen die Spur von weniger prominenten Prätexten, ergibt sich ein vollständigeres Bild. Es stellt sich heraus, dass Lindau eine wesentliche Anregung aus einer unter Pseudonym verfassten französischen Novelle bezog, die er selbst ins Deutsche übersetzte, und dass das Spaltungskonzept von „Der Andere“ diesem Prätext samt seiner Anlehnung an Hippolyte Taine folgt. Auch verweist die Novelle Jeanne Weills auf einen prominenten Fall des Mediziners Adrien Proust, dem Vater Marcel Prousts, der einen straffällig gewordenen Juristen hypnotisch behandelte. Die Diagnose alternierender Bewusstseinszustände führte in diesem Fall zur Annullierung des Schuldspruchs. Durch den Wechsel in das Medium Film konnten wiederum Verbindungen etabliert werden, die den Bezug auf diese Prätexte verlagerten, überschrieben und/oder aktualisierten. So zieht der Stummfilm als wissenschaftliche Rückversicherung allein die schon damals überholte Studie Taines heran, während die spätere Tonverfilmung das psychoanalytische Konzept Freuds als Erklärungsmuster anbietet. Die Untersuchung zeigt am Beispiel von „Der Andere“, dass mediale, literarische und psychologische Diskurse fest miteinander verwoben sind. Ideen und Konzepte zirkulieren zwischen ihnen, weshalb sich die Grenzen zwischen authentischen und fiktiven Fallgeschichten als durchlässig erweisen. Im Falle von „Der Andere“ setzten diese Austauschprozesse eine besonders hohe Produktivität frei.

Os feocromocitomas são tumores neuroendócrinos constituídos de células cromafins secretoras de catecolaminas e neuropeptídeos diversos, cuja manifestação clínica mais comum é a hipertensão. Doze a 24% dos tumores aparentemente esporádicos, apresentam mutações germinativas em genes até então associados a síndromes herdadas, como, RET, VHL, SDHB e SDHD. A doença de von Hippel-Lindau é causada por mutações no gene VHL. As proteínas codificadas pelos genes SDHB e SDHD fazem parte do complexo mitocondrial II e da cadeia aeróbica de transporte de elétrons. O objetivo deste projeto de pesquisa foi o rastreamento de mutações nos genes VHL, SDHB e SDHD em pacientes portadores de feocromocitoma ou, também, paraganglioma esporádicos acompanhados no Serviço de Endocrinologia do Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP. Todos os exons dos três genes estudados foram amplificados por PCR e analisados por dHPLC. Os amplicons que apresentaram cromatogramas suspeitos ao dHPLC foram submetidos ao seqüenciamento automático. Nenhuma mutação foi encontrada no gene VHL, apenas dois polimorfismos previamente descritos no exon 1, c. -77 C>T em dois pacientes e c - 195 G>A em 58,6% do total de alelos dos pacientes estudados. No gene SDHB foram encontrados dois polimorfismos previamente descritos (c. 201-36 G>T e c.487 T>C) em quatro pacientes, uma mutação silenciosa não descrita (c.540 G>A) e uma mutação previamente descrita em portadores de feocromocitoma (c. 293 G>A). Um mesmo paciente apresentou a mutação silenciosa c.540 G>A e o polimorfismo c.201-36 G>T. No gene SDHD foram encontrados dois polimorfismos descritos (c.204 C>T e c.315-32 T>C) em um paciente cada, uma variante alélica descrita na literatura na região 3\' não codificante cuja freqüência nunca foi estudada em outras populações (c.*612 C>T) e duas substituições nunca descritas na região 3\' não codificante (c.*799 T>C e c.*803 A>G). As variantes c.*612 C>T e c.*799 T>C foram detectadas em apenas um paciente cada e não foram encontradas em 200 alelos de controles normais estudados. A variante c.*803 A>G foi encontrada em nove de 76 alelos dos 38 pacientes (11,8%) e em cinco de 200 alelos de 100 controles não afetados (2,5%), sendo, portanto, um polimorfismo significativamente mais freqüente entre os portadores de feocromocitoma ou paraganglioma. Dentre os sete pacientes portadores do polimorfismo c.*803 A>G, três pacientes heterozigotos para este polimorfismo apresentaram um segundo polimorfismo no gene SDHD, sendo que um desses pacientes também apresentava uma mutação no gene SDHB. Dentre os demais quatro pacientes, dois apresentavam o polimorfismo c.*803 A>G em homozigose. Este polimorfismo ocorre no nucleotídeo localizado na posição -1 imediatamente 5\' ao Sítio de Clivagem do pré-mRNA para que ocorra a inserção da cauda Poli(A), fundamental para a estabilidade do mRNA. A substituição da base A pela base G muito provavelmente apresenta uma repercussão funcional, pois a base A na posição -1 é considerada como a mais eficiente na promoção da clivagem do pré-mRNA, enquanto a base G é considerada a menos eficiente (ordem de eficiência de clivagem A > U > C > G). Desta forma, a possibilidade desse polimorfismo conferir susceptibilidade ao desenvolvimento do feocromocitoma e do paraganglioma não está descartada, sendo provável que outros eventos genéticos sejam necessários para promover a tumorigênese. Em conclusão, esse estudo evidenciou uma baixa freqüência de mutações nas regiões codificantes dos genes VHL (mutações não detectadas), SDHB (5,2%) e SDHD (mutações não detectadas) nessa série de pacientes com feocromocitomas e paragangliomas esporádicos, porém, encontrou um polimorfismo na região 3\' não codificante do gene SDHD significativamente mais freqüente nos portadores desses tumores que em indivíduos controles não afetados, e que, por suas características, pode estar relacionado à etiopatogenia do feocromocitoma e do paraganglioma. / Pheochromocytomas are neuroendocrine tumors composed of chromaffin cells that produce and secrete catecholamines as well as a variety of neuropeptides, whose most common clinical manifestation is arterial hypertension. Twelve to 24% of the apparently sporadic pheochromocytomas, present germline mutations in genes previously associated to inherited familiar syndromes, such as, RET, VHL, SDHB e SDHD. The von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease occurs upon the VHL gene mutation - a tumor suppressor gene whose product encodes complexes with other proteins leading proteic substracts to the proteolysis. The proteins encoded by the SDHD and SDHB genes are parts of the complex mitochondrial II, as well as the aerobic chain of the electron transport. The aim of the present study was the screening of mutations in the VHL, SDHB and SDHD genes in patients harboring sporadic pheochromocytoma and/or paraganglioma, followed by the Endocrinology Service of Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine. All the three studied gene exons were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and were analyzed by dHPLC, which was the method used for screen mutations. The samples with altered eluting progress were directly sequenced. No mutations were found in the VHL gene, only two polymorphisms previously described in the exon 1, c. -77 C>T in two patients and c - 195 G> in 58.6% out of the total alleles of the studied patients. Two polymorphisms previously described (c. 201-36 G>T and c.487 T>C) in the SDHB gene were found in four patients, as well as silent mutation not yet described (c.540 G>A) and a mutation previously described in patients with pheochromocytoma (c. 293 G>A). A particular patient presented the silent mutation c.540 G>A and the polymorphism c.201-36 G>T. In the SDHD gene two polymorpfisms previously described (c.204 C>T and c.315-32 T>C) were found, one in each patient, as well as an allelic variant previously described in the 3\' non-coding region whose frequency has never been studied in other populations (c.*612 C>T) and two substitutions never described in the 3\' non-coding region (c.*799 T>C and c.*803 A>G). The variants c.*612 C>T and c.*799 T>C were detected in only one patient each and have not been found in 200 alleles of normal control subjects studied. The variant c.*803 A>G was found in nine out of 76 alleles from 38 patients (11.8%) and in five out of 200 alleles from 100 non-affected subjects (2.5%), being, then, a polymorphism significantly more frequent among patients with pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma. Among those seven patients with the polymorphism c.*803 A>G, three patients heterozygotous for the polymorphism presented a second polymorphism in the SDHD gene and one of those patients also presented a mutation in the SDHB gene. Out of the other four patients, two presented the polymorphism c.*803 A>G in heterozygosis. This polymorphism occurs in the nucleotide localized in the position -1 immediately 5\' to the site where the pre-mRNA is cleaved for the insertion of the poly(A) tail, which is essencial to the mRNA stability. The substitution of the A to the G probably presents a functional repercussion, because the A in the position -1 is considered as the most efficient nucleotide in the pre-mRNA cleavage promotion, while the G is considered the least efficient one (scale of cleavage efficiency A > U > C > G). Therefore, the possibility of this polymorphism be associated with susceptibility to the development of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma is not discarded, being possible that other genetic events are necessary to promote tumorigenesis. In conclusion, this study evidenced a low frequency of mutations in the coding regions of the genes VHL (mutations not detected), SDHB (5,2%) and SDHD (mutations not detected) in this series of patients with sporadic pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas, however, a polymorphism significantly more frequent in patients harboring those tumors was found in the 3\' non-coding region of the SDHD gene and, for its specific characteristics, it can very well be related to the etiopathogenesis of the pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma