title: CITED1 expression in Wilms' tumor and embryonic kidney.
abstract: Wilms' tumors, or nephroblastomas, are thought to arise from abnormal postnatal retention and dysregulated differentiation of nephrogenic progenitor cells that originate as a condensed metanephric mesenchyme within embryonic kidneys. We have previously shown that the transcriptional regulator CITED1 (CBP/p300-interacting transactivators with glutamic acid [E]/aspartic acid [D]-rich C-terminal domain) is expressed exclusively in these nephrogenic progenitor cells and is downregulated as they differentiate to form nephronic epithelia. In the current study, we show that CITED1 expression persists in blastemal cell populations of both experimental rat nephroblastomas and human Wilms' tumors, and that primary human Wilms' tumors presenting with disseminated disease show the highest level of CITED1 expression. Unlike the predominantly cytoplasmic subcellular localization of CITED1 in the normal developing kidney, CITED1 is clearly detectable in the nuclear compartment of Wilms' tumor blastema. These findings indicate that CITED1 is a marker of primitive blastema in Wilms' tumors and suggest that persistent expression and/or altered subcellular localization of CITED1 in the condensed metanephric mesenchyme could play a role in Wilms' tumor initiation and pathogenesis.
authors: The Department of Pediatric Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. harold.lovvorn@vanderbilt.edu
authors: Harold N
authors: HN
authors: Lovvorn
authors: Jenifer
authors: J
authors: Westrup
authors: Shaun
authors: S
authors: Opperman
authors: Scott
authors: S
authors: Boyle
authors: Genbin
authors: G
authors: Shi
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Anderson
authors: Elizabeth J
authors: EJ
authors: Perlman
authors: Alan O
authors: AO
authors: Perantoni
authors: Marcia
authors: M
authors: Wills
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: de Caestecker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; C512688:CITED1 protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors
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