GRIM‑19 deficiency promotes clear cell renal cell carcinoma progression and is associated with high TNM stage and Fuhrman grade

  • Authors:
    • Naimeng Yan
    • Xue Feng
    • Sixiong Jiang
    • Weibin Sun
    • Ming‑Zhong Sun
    • Shuqing Liu
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  • Published online on: March 31, 2020     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2020.11498
  • Pages: 4115-4121
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Abstract

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) exhibits the highest mortality among all urological malignancies. The investigation of the potential disease progression markers can improve ccRCC diagnosis and treatment. Gene associated with retinoid‑interferon‑induced mortality‑19 (GRIM‑19) is involved in carcinogenesis and cancer progression in a variety of cancer types including RCC. While, its role in ccRCC remains unclear, this cancer type is considered the most aggressive RCC subtype. In the present study, RT‑qPCR, western blotting and immunohistochemical (IHC) assays demonstrated that GRIM‑19 protein and mRNA levels were downregulated in ccRCC tumor tissues compared with the corresponding levels noted in paracancerous non‑tumor tissues. The deficiency of this protein contributed in relaxed and/or collapsed structures of the kidney tubules and collecting duct noted in tumor tissues. Moreover, the reduction in GRIM‑19 expression was associated with high tumor, lymph nodes and metastasis (TNM) stage and Fuhrman grade of ccRCC tumors. The data suggested that GRIM‑19 acted as a tumor suppressor and that its deficiency promoted ccRCC development and progression. GRIM‑19 can be considered a potential tumor marker for ccRCC.

Introduction

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for approximately 3% of all human malignancies and approximately 85% of renal cancer (1). Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is responsible for approximately 80% of RCC incidence and exhibits the highest mortality rate among all urological malignancies (2,3). The 5-year survival rate of a major percentage of patients diagnosed with metastatic ccRCC (>30%) was below 20% (4). The successful treatment for ccRCC, notably for metastatic ccRCC, is becoming increasingly challenging for medical practitioners (5,6). The discovery of novel tumor markers can improve the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of ccRCC.

Gene associated with retinoid-interferon-induced mortality-19 (GRIM-19) is a member of the GRIM family of proteins (7,8). It is essential for the tumor cell death induced by interferon-β and retinoic acid. As a subunit of mitochondrial NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductase (respiratory chain complex I), GRIM-19 is critical for complex I assembly, activity and mitochondrial membrane potential maintenance (9,10). Its deficiency or mutation commonly increases the sensitivity of the cells to their apoptotic stimuli (9,10). GRIM-19 is well-known as a cell death regulatory gene widely distributed in the cytoplasm, nucleus and mitochondria and has been studied as a suppressor of various types of cancer (1117). GRIM-19 downregulation is associated with the development, invasion and induction of apoptosis of lung cancer (11), glioma (12), cervical cancer (13), breast cancer (14), hepatocarcinoma (15,16) and gastric cancer cells (17). GRIM-19 may be considered an important tumor marker.

The present study analyzed the mRNA and protein expression levels and distribution of GRIM-19 in ccRCC tumor tissues compared with those noted in the paracancerous non-tumor tissues, and demonstrated that GRIM-19 deficiency promoted ccRCC malignant progression by causing an increase in the tumor, lymph nodes and metastasis (TNM) stage and the Fuhrman grade of the tumors.

Materials and methods

Specimen collection from ccRCC patients

A total of 93 paired-matched tumor and paracancerous non-tumor renal tissues were obtained from ccRCC patients during the period June 2015 and October 2016 at the Second Affiliated Hospital of the Dalian Medical University, in Dalian, Liaoning, China. Non-tumor renal tissues were obtained from a distance higher than and/or equal to 5 (≥5) cm away from the edge of the resected tumor. None of the patients received radiotherapy or chemotherapy prior to surgery. The specimens were classified by the patient clinicopathological parameters including age, gender, tumor position, TNM stage and Fuhrman grade. A total of 74 and 19 paired tissues were from male and female patients, whereas 43 and 50 paired tissues were from patients higher than 60 (>60) and lower than and/or equal to 60 (≤60) years, respectively. A total of 51 and 42 paired tissues were obtained from the right and left side kidneys of the patients, respectively. A total of 54, 16, 22 and 1 tumors were of T1, T2, T3 and T4 stage, respectively, whereas 53 and 40 tumors were of Fuhrman grade ≤2 and Fuhrman grade >2. The histological subtypes and tumor stages were assessed by the 2016 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Urinary System of the Tumor, Nodes and Metastasis system (18). A total of 38 cases of paired surgical tissues were snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen for RT-qPCR and western blotting analyses, whereas 55 paired tissues were fixed in 10% neutral-buffered formalin for 24 h at room temperature (RT) and embedded in paraffin for the immunohistochemical (IHC) assay.

RT-qPCR assay

A piece of tissue (~50 mg) from each patient was cut into 50 µm slices by a freezing microtome. Total RNA was extracted using TRIzol reagent (Transgen Biotech Co., Ltd.) and reversely transcribed into cDNA using EasyScript One-Step gDNA Removal and cDNA Synthesis SuperMix kit (Transgen Biotech Co., Ltd.). RT-qPCR was performed using Quantitect SYBR Green PCR kit (Transgen Biotech Co., Ltd.) in a StepOnePlus PCR system (Thermo Scientific, Inc.). The following conditions were used: Initial denaturation at 94°C for 30 sec, followed by 45 cycles at 94°C for 5 sec, 60°C for 30 sec, 95°C for 15 sec, 60°C for 60 sec, 95°C for 30 sec and 60°C for 30 sec. GAPDH was used as the internal reference gene. The primer sequences for GRIM-19 were the following: F: 5′-ACCGGAAGTGTGGGATACTG-3′, R: 5′-GCTCACGGTTCCACTTCATT-3′ and for GAPDH F: 5′-AGAAGGCTGGGGCTCATTTG-3′, R: 5′-AGGGGCCATCCACAGTCTTC-3′. The 2−ΔΔCT method was used for quantification (19). GRIM-19 level in the tumorous tissue from one ccRCC patient was strictly compared with and normalized against its level that was defined as 1 (100%) in paired paracancerous normal tissue from same patient. The amplification cycle times of the internal reference in paired tumor and paracancerous tissues were separately used for calculating the relative differential cycle time (ΔCT) and relative differential expression level change (ΔΔCT) of GRIM-19. The overall difference of GRIM-19 in ccRCC patients' tumorous tissues with P below 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Western blotting

Approximately 50 mg of tissue from each patient was washed with PBS, grounded in liquid nitrogen in a mortar covered with aluminum foil into powder and suspended in 450 µl of ice-cold RIPA solution. The tissue mixture was grounded using a pestle and suspended thrice for 10 min each time on ice. The total protein was collected from the supernatant by centrifugation at 12,879 × g at 4°C for 15 min. The protein concentration was determined by the Bradford assay. Equal amounts of protein from each group were boiled for 5 min and separated by PAGE using 10% SDS gels. The protein bands were transferred onto nitrocellulose membranes (PALL Co., Ltd.), blocked in 5% (w/v) skimmed milk (Becton, Dickinson) in TBST for 3 h at RT and incubated with primary antibodies against GRIM-19 (1:1,000; 10986-1-AP; Proteintech Group, Inc.) and GAPDH (1:2,000; 10494-1-AP; Proteintech Group, Inc.) at 4°C overnight. The membranes were washed with TBST thrice for 10 min each time, incubated with the secondary antibody IgG (1:2,000; SA00001-2; Proteintech Group, Inc.) for 3 h at RT, and washed with TBST for an additional three times (10 min each time). The protein bands were visualized by ECL (K-12045-D50; Advansta) and analyzed by the Bio-Rad ChemiDoc™ MP system (Bio-Rad, Laboratories, Inc.). GRIM-19 protein expression level in the tumorous tissue from one ccRCC patient was strictly compared with and normalized against its level that was defined as 1 (100%) in paired paracancerous normal tissue from same patient. Its level change with P-value less than 0.05 was regarded as statistically significant.

IHC assay. Paraffin-embedded tumor and non-tumor renal tissues were cut into 4-µm slices

The slides were boiled in citrate buffer in a micro-wave oven with high power for 4 min and cooled down at RT. This step was repeated four times. Following washing with PBS three times for 5 min each time, the slices were blocked in 3% H2O2 for 20 min and in 10% non-immune goat serum (ZSGB-BIO, Co., China) for 15 min at RT. The samples were incubated with GRIM-19 antibody (1:200) at 4°C overnight, placed at 37°C for 30 min and treated with biotin-streptavidin HRP detection kit (ZSGB-BIO, Co.). The images were developed using 3,3′-diamino-benzidine kit (ZSGB-BIO, Co.) under an upright light BX3-CBH microscope (Olympus, Co.).

The classification of the IHC staining was assessed by the immunoreaction intensity and the DAB positive staining quantity of the tumor cells (20). The immunoreaction intensity was classified as 0 (negative), 1 (weak), 2 (moderate) and 3 (strong). The DAB staining quantity of each sample was rated as 0 (none), 1 (1-10% positive cells/field), 2 (10-50%), 3 (51-75%) and 4 (>76%). Their multiplication scores ranged from 0–2, 3–5, 6–8 and 9–12, and were considered as negative (−), weak (+), moderate (++) and strong (+++) with regard to GRIM-19 expression levels, respectively.

Data processing and statistical analysis

Experimental data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation. The data were processed by SPSS 17.0 Software (SPSS, Inc.). The differential expression between tumor and paired non-tumor tissues was analyzed by the paired t-test and the one-way ANOVA (and nonparametric) analysis with the post hoc Brown-Forsythe test. The expression levels of GRIM-19 were compared with the patient clinicopathological parameters by the χ2 or Fisher's exact tests. Significant differences were considered for P<0.05.

Results

GRIM-19 mRNA downregulation is associated with ccRCC clinical progression

The alterations in GRIM-19 mRNA levels were evaluated in paired tumor and paracancerous non-tumor tissues from 38 patients by RT-qPCR. GRIM-19 was downregulated in the majority (33/38) of the tumor tissues (Fig. 1A) with an overall decrease of 49.1% (P=0.0007, Fig. 1B). GRIM-19 downregulation was inversely associated with the T stage and the Fuhrman grade of the tumors, while it was not associated with the patient age (P=0.07), gender (P=0.3) and tumor location (tumor from left or right kidney, P=0.1, Table I). The GRIM-19 levels noted in the T2 and T3-T4 tumor tissues were decreased by 25.2 and 64.8%, respectively compared with those noted in the T1 stage samples (Fig. 1C, Table I, P=0.02). GRIM-19 levels in tumors with Fuhrman grade lower than and/or equal to 2 (≤2) were 72.4% higher than those of tumors with Fuhrman grade higher than 2 (>2, Fig. 1D, Table I, P=0.03). These findings suggested that GRIM-19 deficiency promoted ccRCC progression.

Table I.

Clinical association of GRIM-19 mRNA and protein alterations with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Table I.

Clinical association of GRIM-19 mRNA and protein alterations with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Level changes and clinical significance

ParameterPatients, nRelative mRNA levelaP-valueRelative protein levelaP-value
Sex 0.300 0.591
  Male310.715 0.231
  Female  70.466 0.119
Age, years 0.073 0.293
  ≤60220.834 0.192
  >60160.443 0.116
Tumor location 0.129 0.541
  Left kidney170.825 0.241
  Right kidney210.543 0.119
T stage 0.023 0.003
  pT1230.809 0.200
  pT2  70.605 0.089
  pT3-4b  80.285 0.033
Fuhrman grade 0.035 0.009
  ≤2c200.836 0.197
  >2d180.485 0.086

a Ratio of GRIM-19 level in tumorous tissues divided by that in paracancerous tissue

b 1 T4 stage patient was combined with 7 patients in T3 stage

c 1 patient in Fuhrman grade 1 was combined with 19 patients in grade 2

d 1 patient in Fuhrman grade 4 was combined with 17 patients in grade 3. GRIM-19, gene associated with retinoid-interferon-induced mortality-19.

GRIM-19 protein downregulation in tumor tissues exhibits a negative correlation with ccRCC clinical aggressiveness

Western blotting indicated that GRIM-19 protein levels were ubiquitously suppressed in each tumor tissue compared with the corresponding paired non-tumor tissues (Fig. 2A). GRIM-19 levels in tumor tissues increased from 1 to 67% compared with those in paired non-tumor tissues (Fig 2B, P=0.0001). An overall decrease of approximately 85.6% was noted (Fig. 2B, P=0.0001). A positive correlation was noted between GRIM-19 protein and mRNA downregulation (Fig. 2C, P<0.0001). The downregulation noted in the protein levels was inversely associated with the increase in the tumor stage and in the Fuhrman grade (Table I). GRIM-19 protein levels were decreased by 55.0 and 83.5% in T2 and T3-4 tumors, respectively compared with the levels noted in T1 tumors (Fig. 2D, Table I, P=0.003). GRIM-19 protein levels were decreased by 56.4% in tumors with Fuhrman grade higher than 2 (>2) compared with those of tumors with Fuhrman grade lower than and/or equal to 2 (≤ 2) (Fig. 2E, Table I, P=0.009). This evidence was consistent with the aforementioned findings. No significant differences were noted with regard to the reduction in the GRIM-19 protein expression levels measured in tumor tissues from female and male patients (48.5% reduction, Table I, P=0.591). Similar findings were noted in the tissues from patients higher and lower than, and/or equal to 60 years (>60 or ≤60 years) (39.6% lower, Table I, P=0.293). Furthermore, no significant differences were noted with regard to the reduction in the GRIM-19 protein expression levels in tissues from patients with right and left kidneys (50.6% lower, Table I, P=0.541). The downregulation of the mRNA and protein levels of GRIM-19 was concordantly associated with ccRCC aggressiveness.

The expression levels and protein distribution of GRIM-19 are associated with ccRCC clinical characteristics

GRIM-19 levels and protein localization in patient tumor and paracancerous non-tumor tissues were analyzed by immunohistochemistry. The expression of GRIM-19 was mainly present in the cytoplasm (Fig. 3). GRIM-19 levels were highly elevated in normal kidney epithelial cells, tubular epithelial cells and collecting duct epithelial cells (Figs. 3-1A-B, 2A-B). This protein was not expressed in the nuclei of kidney glomerular cells (Fig. 3). The following immunoreactivity scores were noted in 61.8% (34/55), 27.3% (15/55), 5.45% (3/55) and 5.45% (3/55) of tumor tissues: -, +, ++ and +++. The same immunoreactivity expression pattern (−, +, ++ and +++) was noted in 0% (0/40), 25% (10/40), 35% (14/40) and 40% (16/40) of paracancerous non-tumor tissues (Table II, P<0.0001). GRIM-19 was undetected in 61.8% (34/55) of tumor tissues, while, it was present in all (40/40) the paracancerous tissues. The percentage of tumor tissues that exhibited ++ and +++ GRIM-19 immunoreactivity was 10.9% (6/55), which was 64.1% lower than that of the paracancerous non-tumor tissues (75%, 30/40). GRIM-19 expression levels were downregulated or undetectable in tumor tissues compared with those noted in paracancerous tissues (Figs. 3-1C-D, 2C-D, Figs. 3-1A-B, 2A-B). GRIM-19 levels were decreased or undetectable in tissues that exhibited higher tumor stage compared with the corresponding levels noted in low stage tumor tissues (Figs. 3-1C-D, 3-2C-D). Accordingly, the structural arrangements of the kidney tubules and collecting duct became loose (Fig. 3-1C-D) or collapsed (Fig. 3-2C-D). Further analysis indicated that GRIM-19 downregulation was inversely associated with the increase in the tumor stage (P=0.013) and in the tumor Fuhrman grade (P=0.026), while it was not associated with the patient gender, age and tumor location (Table II). These findings were consistent with the RT-qPCR and Western blotting results.

Table II.

Immunohistochemistry assay of GRIM-19 association with clear cell renal cell carcinoma clinicopathology parameters.

Table II.

Immunohistochemistry assay of GRIM-19 association with clear cell renal cell carcinoma clinicopathology parameters.

GRIM-19 positive immunoreactivity

ParameterSpecimen, n (n=55)Positive, n (%) (n=21)Negative, n (%) (n=34)P-value
Sex 0.750
  Male4317 (81.0)26 (76.5)
  Female12  4 (19.0)  8 (23.5)
Age, years 0.269
  ≤602813 (61.9)15 (44.1)
  >6027  8 (38.1)19 (55.9)
Tumor position 0.610
  Left kidney3413 (61.9)21 (61.8)
  Right kidney21  8 (38.1)13 (38.2)
T stage 0.013
  T1-T24019 (90.5)21 (61.8)
  T3152 (9.5)13 (38.2)
Fuhrman grade 0.026
  ≤23317 (81.0)16 (47.1)
  >222  4 (19.0)18 (52.9)

[i] GRIM-19, gene associated with retinoid-interferon-induced mortality-19.

In conclusion, the present study explored the dysregulation in GRIM-19 expression levels with the clinical development and progression of ccRCC by RT-qPCR, Western blotting and IHC assays. GRIM-19 acted as a tumor suppressor in ccRCC. Its deficiency was associated with an increase in the tumor stage and in the Fuhrman tumor grade of ccRCC.

Discussion

The contribution of GRIM-19 in the regulation of tumor growth has been recently recognized. GRIM-19 is commonly regarded as a tumor suppressor in certain cancer types. The suppression of GRIM-19 expression promoted lung cancer metastasis (11) and enhanced glioma cell proliferation and migration (12). Accordingly, GRIM-19 overexpression suppressed cell proliferation of cervical cancer, breast cancer, glioma, hepatocarcinoma and gastric cancer by inducing the apoptotic cascade (1217). This protein may be considered an important tumor marker. Proteomic analysis indicated that GRIM-19 was downregulated in RCC (21). A recent study highlighted that GRIM-19 was downregulated in RCC tissues and that it could inhibit tumor growth by decreasing cell proliferation and inducing apoptosis (22). The present study was specifically designed to explore the contribution of GRIM-19 deficiency in the clinical progression of ccRCC, which is considered the most severe type of RCC.

The results suggested that GRIM-19 mRNA and protein levels were lower in tumor tissues from ccRCC patients compared with the levels noted in the paired paracancerous non-tumor renal tissues. The findings were similar to those noted from other reports that confirmed that the expression levels of GRIM-19 were reduced or totally suppressed in a number of human tumor types, such as lung cancer, cervical cancer, hepatocarcinoma, gastric cancer and glioma. GRIM-19 deficiency was associated with poor differentiation, lymph node metastasis and vascular invasion of colorectal cancer (23). Moreover, GRIM-19 deficiency enhanced the progression of lung cancer (11) and glioma (12). Its downregulation led to high clinical stage, increased volume of ascites and increased size of primary tumor lesion, while it was also associated with reduced survival rate of epithelial ovarian carcinoma patients (24). Downregulation of GRIM-19 closely correlated with high histological grade in HCC. The association of GRIM-19 levels with the clinicopathological features of ccRCC is unclear. The present study demonstrated that GRIM-19 deficiency was associated with high TNM stage and Fuhrman grade of ccRCC tissues.

GRIM-19 expression is differentially distributed in various organelles depending on the tumor cell and tissue type. It was expressed mainly in the nucleus of HeLa cells (13) and in the cytoplasm of hepatocarcinoma cells (15). Fan et al (11) demonstrated that GRIM-19 was primarily localized in the cytoplasm of inflamed lung tissues, whereas it demonstrated nuclear distribution in the nuclei of lung cancer cells. GRIM-19 was only detected in the cytoplasm of colorectal cancer cells compared with its expression in the corresponding normal cells, where it was localized in both cytoplasmic and nuclear regions (23). The present study indicated that GRIM-19 was highly expressed in normal kidney epithelial, renal tubular epithelial and collecting duct epithelial cells, while it was not expressed in the nuclei and glomerular cells of paracancerous tissues. GRIM-19 expression levels were undetectable in tumor tissues compared with those noted in paracancerous tissues. The loss or reduction of GRIM-19 was more evident in tumor tissues of higher stage than tumor tissues of low stage, which resulted in enhanced structural loss or collapse of the kidney tubules and the collecting duct.

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a latent cytoplasmic transcription factor that plays important roles in cell growth, reduction of apoptosis and cell transformation. Accumulating evidence has suggested that GRIM-19 is a negative regulator of STAT3, repressing STAT3 transcriptional activity and its downstream target gene expression. In human cervical cancer, the restoration of GRIM-19 levels reestablishes the control over STAT3-dependent gene expression and affects tumor growth in vivo (13). The downregulation of GRIM-19 expression correlates with hyperactivation of STAT3 in HCC (15). GRIM-19 expression sensitizes BGC-803 gastric cancer cells to radiation possibly via the suppression of STAT3 accumulation (17). Overexpression of GRIM-19 is associated with hyperactivation of STAT3-induced gene expression in renal carcinoma (22). Downregulation of GRIM-19 correlated with STAT3 overexpression in tumor samples from breast cancer patients (25). This finding provides additional evidence for unraveling the exact mechanism of action of GRIM-19 in ccRCC.

In summary, the present study suggests that GRIM-19 acts as a tumor suppressor in ccRCC. Its deficiency promotes ccRCC aggressiveness. The overall GRIM-19 levels were dramatically decreased and exerted an effect on the relaxed and/or collapsed structures of the kidney tubules and the collecting duct in the tumor tissues from ccRCC patients. GRIM-19 deficiency is a potential indicator for ccRCC malignant transformation.

In future study on GRIM-19, we will follow up on the lifespan of the patients. and consider for getting the tissue array of ccRCC patients with survival times and rates. At the same time, we will investigate the association of GRIM-19 deficiency with the malignant progression, especially, the survival time for ccRCC patients. Surely enough, more investigations are worth doing for validating and confirming the role of GRIM-19 as a reliable biomarker, surgical and therapeutic target in clinical significance for ccRCC.

Acknowledgements

Not applicable.

Funding

This study was supported by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 81672737 and 81272186).

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Authors' contributions

NY and XF performed the experiments and wrote manuscript draft. SJ collected the specimens and extracted proteins from specimens. WS designed the experiment and validated clinicopathological diagnosis of patients. MZS and SL designed and supervised the study and corrected the manuscript.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

Tissue use and the study protocol were approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Dalian Medical University, and granted by the informed consent from all patients.

Patient consent for publication

Written informed consents were obtained from all individual participants.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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