CUL2 is required for the activity of hypoxia-inducible factor and vasculogenesis

Y Maeda, T Suzuki, X Pan, G Chen, S Pan… - Journal of Biological …, 2008 - ASBMB
CULLIN 2 (CUL2) is a component of the ElonginB/C-CUL2-RBX-1-Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL)
tumor suppressor complex that ubiquitinates and degrades hypoxia-inducible factor α …

HIF-1α and EPAS ubiquitination mediated by the VHL tumour suppressor involves flexibility in the ubiquitination mechanism, similar to other RING E3 ligases

S Paltoglou, BJ Roberts - Oncogene, 2007 - nature.com
Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) degradation under normoxia is critical to modulating
vascular growth. This degradation is mediated during normoxia by the von Hippel–Lindau …

Insights into Cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligase recruitment: structure of the VHL-EloBC-Cul2 complex

HC Nguyen, H Yang, JL Fribourgh, LS Wolfe, Y Xiong - Structure, 2015 - cell.com
Summary The von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor protein (VHL) recruits a Cullin 2 (Cul2)
E3 ubiquitin ligase to downregulate HIF-1α, an essential transcription factor for the hypoxia …

[HTML][HTML] mRNA cloning and expression studies of the quail homologue of HIF-2α

G Elvert, S Lanz, A Kappel, I Flamme - Mechanisms of development, 1999 - Elsevier
Hypoxia inducible factors (HIF) are candidate transcriptional regulators of vascular
development. Unlike HIF-1α–the founding member of the HIF family–which is expressed …

Proteomic dissection of the von Hippel–Lindau (VHL) interactome

Y Lai, M Song, K Hakala, ST Weintraub… - Journal of proteome …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The von Hippel–Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene encodes a component of a ubiquitin
ligase complex containing elongin B, elongin C, cullin 2, and Rbx1, which acts as a negative …

Inhibition of hypoxia-inducible factor activity in endothelial cells disrupts embryonic cardiovascular development

AH Licht, F Müller-Holtkamp, I Flamme, G Breier - Blood, 2006 - ashpublications.org
Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are transcriptional regulators that mediate the cellular
response to low oxygen levels. By stimulating the expression of angiogenic growth factors …

Nonhypoxic pathway mediates the induction of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α in vascular smooth muscle cells

DE Richard, E Berra, J Pouysségur - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2000 - ASBMB
Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) controls the expression of a number of genes such as
vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and Erythropoietin in low oxygen conditions …

Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 mediates activation of cultured vascular endothelial cells by inducing multiple angiogenic factors

M Yamakawa, LX Liu, T Date, AJ Belanger… - Circulation …, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) mediates transcriptional activation of vascular endothelial
growth factor (VEGF) and other hypoxia-responsive genes. Transgenic expression of a …

Playing tag with HIF: the VHL story

SK Leung, M Ohh - BioMed Research International, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Inactivation of the von Hippel‐Lindau (VHL) tumour suppressor gene product pVHL is the
cause of inherited VHL disease and is associated with sporadic kidney cancer. pVHL is …

VEGF is essential for hypoxia-inducible factor-mediated neovascularization but dispensable for endothelial sprouting

S Oladipupo, S Hu, J Kovalski, J Yao… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Although our understanding of the molecular regulation of adult neovascularization has
advanced tremendously, vascular-targeted therapies for tissue ischemia remain suboptimal …