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Zwolinska K, Bienkowska-Haba M, Scott RS, Keiffer T, Sapp M. Experimental Support for Human Papillomavirus Genome Amplification Early after Infectious Delivery. J Virol 2023; 97:e0021423. [PMID: 37223953 PMCID: PMC10308938 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00214-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023] Open
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Even though replication and transcription of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) has been intensively studied, little is known about immediate-early events of the viral life cycle due to the lack of an efficient infection model allowing genetic dissection of viral factors. We employed the recently developed infection model (Bienkowska-Haba M, Luszczek W, Myers JE, Keiffer TR, et al. 2018. PLoS Pathog 14:e1006846) to investigate genome amplification and transcription immediately after infectious delivery of viral genome to nuclei of primary keratinocytes. Using 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU) pulse-labeling and highly sensitive fluorescence in situ hybridization, we observed that the HPV16 genome is replicated and amplified in an E1- and E2-dependent manner. Knockout of E1 resulted in failure of the viral genome to replicate and amplify. In contrast, knockout of the E8^E2 repressor led to increased viral genome copy number, confirming previous reports. Genome copy control by E8^E2 was confirmed for differentiation-induced genome amplification. Lack of functional E1 had no effect on transcription from the early promoter, suggesting that viral genome replication is not required for p97 promoter activity. However, infection with an HPV16 mutant virus defective for E2 transcriptional function revealed a requirement of E2 for efficient transcription from the early promoter. In the absence of the E8^E2 protein, early transcript levels are unaltered and even decreased when normalized to genome copy number. Surprisingly, a lack of functional E8^E2 repressor did not affect E8^E2 transcript levels when normalized to genome copy number. These data suggest that the main function of E8^E2 in the viral life cycle is to control genome copy number. IMPORTANCE It is being assumed that human papillomavirus (HPV) utilizes three different modes of replication during its life cycle: initial amplification during the establishment phase, genome maintenance, and differentiation-induced amplification. However, HPV16 initial amplification was never formally proven due to a lack of an infection model. Using our recently established infection model (Bienkowska-Haba M, Luszczek W, Myers JE, Keiffer TR, et al. 2018. PLoS Pathog 14:e1006846), we demonstrate herein that viral genome is indeed amplified in an E1- and E2-dependent manner. Furthermore, we find that the main function of the viral repressor E8^E2 is to control viral genome copy number. We did not find evidence that it regulates its own promoter in a negative feedback loop. Our data also suggest that the E2 transactivator function is required for stimulation of early promoter activity, which has been debated in the literature. Overall, this report confirms the usefulness of the infection model for studying early events of the HPV life cycle using mutational approaches.
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- Katarzyna Zwolinska
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Molecular and Tumor Virology, Feist Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Molecular and Tumor Virology, Feist Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Molecular and Tumor Virology, Feist Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Molecular and Tumor Virology, Feist Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Molecular and Tumor Virology, Feist Weiller Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
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MacLennan SA, Marra MA. Oncogenic Viruses and the Epigenome: How Viruses Hijack Epigenetic Mechanisms to Drive Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24119543. [PMID: 37298494 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24119543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Globally, viral infections substantially contribute to cancer development. Oncogenic viruses are taxonomically heterogeneous and drive cancers using diverse strategies, including epigenomic dysregulation. Here, we discuss how oncogenic viruses disrupt epigenetic homeostasis to drive cancer and focus on how virally mediated dysregulation of host and viral epigenomes impacts the hallmarks of cancer. To illustrate the relationship between epigenetics and viral life cycles, we describe how epigenetic changes facilitate the human papillomavirus (HPV) life cycle and how changes to this process can spur malignancy. We also highlight the clinical impact of virally mediated epigenetic changes on cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.
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- Signe A MacLennan
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4S6, Canada
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4S6, Canada
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MicroRNA-29a Manifests Multifaceted Features to Intensify Radiosensitivity, Escalate Apoptosis, and Revoke Cell Migration for Palliating Radioresistance-Enhanced Cervical Cancer Progression. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23105524. [PMID: 35628336 PMCID: PMC9141925 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23105524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Radioresistance remains a major clinical challenge in cervical cancer therapy and results in tumor relapse and metastasis. Nevertheless, the detailed mechanisms are still largely enigmatic. This study was conducted to elucidate the prospective impacts of microRNA-29a (miR-29a) on the modulation of radioresistance-associated cervical cancer progression. Herein, we established two pairs of parental wild-type (WT) and radioresistant (RR) cervical cancer cells (CaSki and C33A), and we found that constant suppressed miR-29a, but not miR-29b/c, was exhibited in RR-clones that underwent a dose of 6-Gy radiation treatment. Remarkably, radioresistant clones displayed low radiosensitivity, and the reduced apoptosis rate resulted in augmented surviving fractions, measured by the clonogenic survival curve assay and the Annexin V/Propidium Iodide apoptosis assay, respectively. Overexpression of miR-29a effectively intensified the radiosensitivity and triggered the cell apoptosis in RR-clones. In contrast, suppressed miR-29a modestly abridged the radiosensitivity and abolished the cell apoptosis in WT-clones. Hence, ectopically introduced miR-29a into RR-clones notably attenuated the wound-healing rate and cell migration, whereas reduced miR-29a aggravated cell mobilities of WT-clones estimated via the in vitro wound-healing assay and time-lapse recording assay. Notably, we further established the in vivo short-term lung locomotion metastasis model in BALB/c nude mice, and we found that increased lung localization was shown after tail-vein injection of RR-CaSki cells compared to those of WT-CaSki cells. Amplified miR-29a significantly eliminated the radioresistance-enhanced lung locomotion. Our data provide evidence suggesting that miR-29a is a promising microRNA signature in radioresistance of cervical cancer cells and displays multifaceted innovative roles involved in anti-radioresistance, escalated apoptosis, and anti-cell migration/metastasis. Amalgamation of a nucleoid-based strategy (miR-29a) together with conventional radiotherapy may be an innovative and eminent strategy to intensify the radiosensitivity and further protect against the subsequent radioresistance and the potential metastasis in cervical cancer treatment.
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Dual Role of YY1 in HPV Life Cycle and Cervical Cancer Development. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23073453. [PMID: 35408813 PMCID: PMC8998550 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23073453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are considered to be key etiological agents responsible for the induction and development of cervical cancer. However, it has been suggested that HPV infection alone may not be sufficient to promote cervical carcinogenesis, and other unknown factors might be required to establish the disease. One of the suggested proteins whose deregulation has been linked with oncogenesis is transcription factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1). YY1 is a multifunctional protein that is involved not only in the regulation of gene transcription and protein modification, but can also control important cell signaling pathways, such as cell growth, development, differentiation, and apoptosis. Vital functions of YY1 also indicate that the protein could be involved in tumorigenesis. The overexpression of this protein has been observed in different tumors, and its level has been correlated with poor prognoses of many types of cancers. YY1 can also regulate the transcription of viral genes. It has been documented that YY1 can bind to the HPV long control region and regulate the expression of viral oncogenes E6 and E7; however, its role in the HPV life cycle and cervical cancer development is different. In this review, we explore the role of YY1 in regulating the expression of cellular and viral genes and subsequently investigate how these changes inadvertently contribute toward the development of cervical malignancy.
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Genetic variability of the HPV16 early genes and LCR. Present and future perspectives. Expert Rev Mol Med 2021; 23:e19. [PMID: 34847982 DOI: 10.1017/erm.2021.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) infection is the aetiologic factor for the development of cervical dysplasia and is regarded as highly carcinogen, because it is implicated in more than 50% of cervical cancer cases, worldwide. The tumourigenic potential of HPV16 has triggered the extensive sequence analysis of viral genome in order to identify nucleotide variations and amino acid substitutions that influence viral oncogenicity and subsequently the initiation and progression of cervical cancer. Nowadays, specific mutations of HPV16 DNA have been associated with an increased risk of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions and invasive cervical cancer (ICC) development, including E6: Q14H, H78Y, L83V, Ε7: N29S, S63F, E2: H35Q, P219S, T310K, E5: I65V, whereas highly conserved regions of viral DNA have been extensively characterised. In addition, numerous novel HPV16 mutations are observed among the studied populations from various geographic regions, hence advocating that different HPV16 strains seem to emerge with different tumourigenic capacities. The present review focuses on the variability of the early genes and the long control region, emphasising on the association of specific mutations with the development of severe dysplasia. Finally, it evaluates whether specific regions of HPV16 DNA are able to serve as valuable biomarkers for cervical cancer risk.
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Transcription Factor Homeobox D9 Drives the Malignant Phenotype of HPV18-Positive Cervical Cancer Cells via Binding to the Viral Early Promoter. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13184613. [PMID: 34572841 PMCID: PMC8470817 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13184613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Revised: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Transcription factor homeobox D9 (HOXD9) was previously reported to bind to the P97 promoter of HPV16 to induce viral E6/E7 oncogenes. In this article, we investigated whether HOXD9 regulated the P105 promoter of HPV18 and examined the role of HOXD9 in intracellular signaling of cervical cancer (CC). HOXD9 was directly bound to the P105 promoter and regulated the expression of E6/E7 genes of HPV18. The HOXD9 knockdown suppressed the E6/E7 gene expression in HPV18-positive cervical cancer cells. It decreased the expression of E6, activated the p53 pathway, and induced apoptosis. In addition, downregulation of the E7 gene expression activated the Rb pathway, causing G1 arrest in the cell cycle and markedly suppressing cell proliferation. Our results indicate that HOXD9 has pivotal roles in the proliferation and immortalization of HPV18-positive cervical cancer cells through activating the P105 promoter. Abstract Persistent infections with two types of human papillomaviruses (HPV), HPV16 and HPV18, are the most common cause of cervical cancer (CC). Two viral early genes, E6 and E7, are associated with tumor development, and expressions of E6 and E7 are primarily regulated by a single viral promoter: P97 in HPV16 and P105 in HPV18. We previously demonstrated that the homeobox D9 (HOXD9) transcription factor is responsible for the malignancy of HPV16-positive CC cell lines via binding to the P97 promoter. Here, we investigated whether HOXD9 is also involved in the regulation of the P105 promoter using two HPV18-positive CC cell lines, SKG-I and HeLa. Following the HOXD9 knockdown, cell viability was significantly reduced, and E6 expression was suppressed and was accompanied by increased protein levels of P53, while mRNA levels of TP53 did not change. E7 expression was also downregulated and, while mRNA levels of RB1 and E2F were unchanged, mRNA levels of E2F-target genes, MCM2 and PCNA, were decreased, which indicates that the HOXD9 knockdown downregulates E7 expression, thus leading to an inactivation of E2F and the cell-cycle arrest. Chromatin immunoprecipitation and promoter reporter assays confirmed that HOXD9 is directly associated with the P105 promoter. Collectively, our results reveal that HOXD9 drives the HPV18 early promoter activity to promote proliferation and immortalization of the CC cells.
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Aggarwal N, Yadav J, Thakur K, Bibban R, Chhokar A, Tripathi T, Bhat A, Singh T, Jadli M, Singh U, Kashyap MK, Bharti AC. Human Papillomavirus Infection in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas: Transcriptional Triggers and Changed Disease Patterns. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020. [PMID: 33344262 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.537650,] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a heterogeneous group of cancers. Collectively, HNSCC ranks sixth in incidence rate worldwide. Apart from classical risk factors like tobacco and alcohol, infection of human papillomavirus (HPV) is emerging as a discrete risk factor for HNSCC. HPV-positive HNSCC represent a distinct group of diseases that differ in their clinical presentation. These lesions are well-differentiated, occur at an early age, and have better prognosis. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated a specific increase in the proportions of the HPV-positive HNSCC. HPV-positive and HPV-negative HNSCC lesions display different disease progression and clinical response. For tumorigenic-transformation, HPV essentially requires a permissive cellular environment and host cell factors for induction of viral transcription. As the spectrum of host factors is independent of HPV infection at the time of viral entry, presumably entry of HPV only selects host cells that are permissive to establishment of HPV infection. Growing evidence suggest that HPV plays a more active role in a subset of HNSCC, where they are transcriptionally-active. A variety of factors provide a favorable environment for HPV to become transcriptionally-active. The most notable are the set of transcription factors that have direct binding sites on the viral genome. As HPV does not have its own transcription machinery, it is fully dependent on host transcription factors to complete the life cycle. Here, we review and evaluate the current evidence on level of a subset of host transcription factors that influence viral genome, directly or indirectly, in HNSCC. Since many of these transcription factors can independently promote carcinogenesis, the composition of HPV permissive transcription factors in a tumor can serve as a surrogate marker of a separate molecularly-distinct class of HNSCC lesions including those cases, where HPV could not get a chance to infect but may manifest better prognosis.
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- Nikita Aggarwal
- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.,Amity Medical School, Stem Cell Institute, Amity University Haryana, Amity Education Valley Panchgaon, Gurugram, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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Epigenetic Regulation of the Human Papillomavirus Life Cycle. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9060483. [PMID: 32570816 PMCID: PMC7350343 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9060483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Persistent infection with certain types of human papillomaviruses (HPVs), termed high risk, presents a public health burden due to their association with multiple human cancers, including cervical cancer and an increasing number of head and neck cancers. Despite the development of prophylactic vaccines, the incidence of HPV-associated cancers remains high. In addition, no vaccine has yet been licensed for therapeutic use against pre-existing HPV infections and HPV-associated diseases. Although persistent HPV infection is the major risk factor for cancer development, additional genetic and epigenetic alterations are required for progression to the malignant phenotype. Unlike genetic mutations, the reversibility of epigenetic modifications makes epigenetic regulators ideal therapeutic targets for cancer therapy. This review article will highlight the recent advances in the understanding of epigenetic modifications associated with HPV infections, with a particular focus on the role of these epigenetic changes during different stages of the HPV life cycle that are closely associated with activation of DNA damage response pathways.
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DNA Methylation Changes in Human Papillomavirus-Driven Head and Neck Cancers. Cells 2020; 9:cells9061359. [PMID: 32486347 PMCID: PMC7348958 DOI: 10.3390/cells9061359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Disruption of DNA methylation patterns is one of the hallmarks of cancer. Similar to other cancer types, human papillomavirus (HPV)-driven head and neck cancer (HNC) also reveals alterations in its methylation profile. The intrinsic ability of HPV oncoproteins E6 and E7 to interfere with DNA methyltransferase activity contributes to these methylation changes. There are many genes that have been reported to be differentially methylated in HPV-driven HNC. Some of these genes are involved in major cellular pathways, indicating that DNA methylation, at least in certain instances, may contribute to the development and progression of HPV-driven HNC. Furthermore, the HPV genome itself becomes a target of the cellular DNA methylation machinery. Some of these methylation changes appearing in the viral long control region (LCR) may contribute to uncontrolled oncoprotein expression, leading to carcinogenesis. Consistent with these observations, demethylation therapy appears to have significant effects on HPV-driven HNC. This review article comprehensively summarizes DNA methylation changes and their diagnostic and therapeutic indications in HPV-driven HNC.
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Burley M, Roberts S, Parish JL. Epigenetic regulation of human papillomavirus transcription in the productive virus life cycle. Semin Immunopathol 2020; 42:159-171. [PMID: 31919577 PMCID: PMC7174255 DOI: 10.1007/s00281-019-00773-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are a large family of viruses which contain a circular, double-stranded DNA genome of approximately 8000 base pairs. The viral DNA is chromatinized by the recruitment of cellular histones which are subject to host cell-mediated post-translational epigenetic modification recognized as an important mechanism of virus transcription regulation. The HPV life cycle is dependent on the terminal differentiation of the target cell within epithelia-the keratinocyte. The virus life cycle begins in the undifferentiated basal compartment of epithelia where the viral chromatin is maintained in an epigenetically repressed state, stabilized by distal chromatin interactions between the viral enhancer and early gene region. Migration of the infected keratinocyte towards the surface of the epithelium induces cellular differentiation which disrupts chromatin looping and stimulates epigenetic remodelling of the viral chromatin. These epigenetic changes result in enhanced virus transcription and activation of the virus late promoter facilitating transcription of the viral capsid proteins. In this review article, we discuss the complexity of virus- and host-cell-mediated epigenetic regulation of virus transcription with a specific focus on differentiation-dependent remodelling of viral chromatin during the HPV life cycle.
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- Megan Burley
- College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, B152TT, Birmingham, UK
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- College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, B152TT, Birmingham, UK
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- College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, B152TT, Birmingham, UK.
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Aggarwal N, Yadav J, Thakur K, Bibban R, Chhokar A, Tripathi T, Bhat A, Singh T, Jadli M, Singh U, Kashyap MK, Bharti AC. Human Papillomavirus Infection in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas: Transcriptional Triggers and Changed Disease Patterns. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 10:537650. [PMID: 33344262 PMCID: PMC7738612 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.537650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a heterogeneous group of cancers. Collectively, HNSCC ranks sixth in incidence rate worldwide. Apart from classical risk factors like tobacco and alcohol, infection of human papillomavirus (HPV) is emerging as a discrete risk factor for HNSCC. HPV-positive HNSCC represent a distinct group of diseases that differ in their clinical presentation. These lesions are well-differentiated, occur at an early age, and have better prognosis. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated a specific increase in the proportions of the HPV-positive HNSCC. HPV-positive and HPV-negative HNSCC lesions display different disease progression and clinical response. For tumorigenic-transformation, HPV essentially requires a permissive cellular environment and host cell factors for induction of viral transcription. As the spectrum of host factors is independent of HPV infection at the time of viral entry, presumably entry of HPV only selects host cells that are permissive to establishment of HPV infection. Growing evidence suggest that HPV plays a more active role in a subset of HNSCC, where they are transcriptionally-active. A variety of factors provide a favorable environment for HPV to become transcriptionally-active. The most notable are the set of transcription factors that have direct binding sites on the viral genome. As HPV does not have its own transcription machinery, it is fully dependent on host transcription factors to complete the life cycle. Here, we review and evaluate the current evidence on level of a subset of host transcription factors that influence viral genome, directly or indirectly, in HNSCC. Since many of these transcription factors can independently promote carcinogenesis, the composition of HPV permissive transcription factors in a tumor can serve as a surrogate marker of a separate molecularly-distinct class of HNSCC lesions including those cases, where HPV could not get a chance to infect but may manifest better prognosis.
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- Nikita Aggarwal
- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
- Amity Medical School, Stem Cell Institute, Amity University Haryana, Amity Education Valley Panchgaon, Gurugram, India
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
- *Correspondence: Alok C. Bharti,
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Analysis of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 16 Variants Associated with Cervical Infection in Italian Women. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17010306. [PMID: 31906371 PMCID: PMC6982298 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17010306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Revised: 12/28/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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This study aims to evaluate HPV16 variants distribution in a population of Italian women living in two different regions (Lombardy and Sardinia) by sequence analyses of HPV16-positive cervical samples, in order to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationship among variants to identify the currently circulating lineages. Analyses were conducted starting from DNA isolated from 67 HPV16-positive cervical samples collected from two different Italian centres (31 from Lombardy and 36 from Sardinia) of women with normal and abnormal cervical cytology. The entire long control region (LCR) and 300 nt of the E6 gene was sequenced to identify intra-type variants. Sequence comparison and phylogenetic analysis were made using a distance-based neighbour joining method (NJ) and Kimura two-parameter model. Data obtained reported that Italian sequences mainly belonged to the European lineage, in particular sublineage A2. Only five sequences clustered in non-European branches: two in North American lineage (sublineage D1), two in African-1 (sublineage B1) and one in African-2. A new 27 nucleotide duplication in the central segment of the LCR region was found in a sequence obtained from a sample isolated in Sardinia. A predominance of European variants was detected, with some degree of variability among the studied HPV16 strains. This study contributes to the implementation of data regarding the molecular epidemiology of HPV16 variants.
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Ishii Y, Taguchi A, Kukimoto I. The homeobox transcription factor HOXC13 upregulates human papillomavirus E1 gene expression and contributes to viral genome maintenance. FEBS Lett 2019; 594:751-762. [PMID: 31642514 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) infects the basal cells of epithelia and maintains its genome stably as episomes. However, the mechanisms of viral genome maintenance are not fully understood. Here, using normal human immortalized keratinocytes (NIKS), we identified the homeobox transcription factor HOXC13 as a critical host factor for retaining the copy number of HPV genomes in the cell. HOXC13 knockdown in NIKS significantly decreased mRNA levels of the E1 gene, which encodes a DNA helicase required for HPV genome replication, accompanied by a reduction of the viral genome copy number. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays revealed HOXC13 binding to the long control region that regulates E1 expression. These results indicate that HOXC13 plays invaluable roles in maintaining HPV persistent infection through E1 gene upregulation.
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- Yoshiyuki Ishii
- Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Gynecology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Disease Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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Hirao N, Iwata T, Tanaka K, Nishio H, Nakamura M, Morisada T, Morii K, Maruyama N, Katoh Y, Yaguchi T, Ohta S, Kukimoto I, Aoki D, Kawakami Y. Transcription factor homeobox D9 is involved in the malignant phenotype of cervical cancer through direct binding to the human papillomavirus oncogene promoter. Gynecol Oncol 2019; 155:340-348. [PMID: 31477279 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2019.08.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 08/15/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the involvement of homeobox D9 (HOXD9) in the survival, proliferation, and metastasis of cervical cancer cells through regulating the expression of human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 E6/E7 genes using the P97 promoter. METHODS One hundred cases of cervical cancer (CC), CC cell lines SKG-I, SKG-II, SKG-IIIa, SKG-IIIb, HeLa, and SiHa, and a human tumor xenograft mouse model were used to examine the roles of HOXD9 in CC. Knockdown experiments employed RNA interference of HOXD9. qPCR, functional assays, western blotting, DNA microarray, and luciferase and ChIP assays were applied for assessments. RESULTS All CC cell lines expressed HOXD9 mRNA and protein. In uterine CC, HOXD9 gene expression was significantly higher than in normal cervical tissues. A positive correlation of lymphovascular space invasion and lymph node metastasis with high levels of HOXD9 expression was found in patient samples. HOXD9-knockdown cells in the mouse xenograft model only formed small or no tumors. Knockdown of HOXD9 markedly reduced CC cell proliferation, migration and invasion, induced apoptosis, increased P53 protein expression, and suppressed HPV E6/E7 expression by directly binding to the P97 promoter of HPV16 E6/E7 genes. A positive correlation between HOXD9 and HPV16 E6 expression was found in CC patients. CONCLUSIONS HOXD9 promotes HPV16 E6 and E7 expression by direct binding to the P97 promoter, which enhances proliferation, migration, and metastasis of CCr cells. Our results suggest that HOXD9 could be a prognostic biomarker and potential therapeutic target in CC.
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- Nobumaru Hirao
- Division of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations, Tachikawa Hospital, Japan
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- Division of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Division of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Division of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Division of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Division of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Division of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Division of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
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Chakravorty A, Sugden B. Long-distance communication: Looping of human papillomavirus genomes regulates expression of viral oncogenes. PLoS Biol 2018; 16:e3000062. [PMID: 30481166 PMCID: PMC6286019 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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High-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are a major cause of cancers. HPVs infect epithelial cells, and viral oncogenes disrupt several cellular processes, including cell division, differentiation, and apoptosis. Expression of these oncogenes is relatively low in undifferentiated epithelial cells but increases in differentiating cells by unknown mechanisms. In a new study, Parish and colleagues unveil how two cellular proteins, CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) and Yin Yang 1 (YY1), mediate looping of the HPV18 genome, which regulates expression of viral oncogenes in both dividing and differentiating epithelial cells. This Primer explores the implications of a new study that connects viral DNA-looping and transcription of human papillomavirus oncogenes at different stages of the viral life cycle.
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- Adityarup Chakravorty
- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Pentland I, Campos-León K, Cotic M, Davies KJ, Wood CD, Groves IJ, Burley M, Coleman N, Stockton JD, Noyvert B, Beggs AD, West MJ, Roberts S, Parish JL. Disruption of CTCF-YY1-dependent looping of the human papillomavirus genome activates differentiation-induced viral oncogene transcription. PLoS Biol 2018; 16:e2005752. [PMID: 30359362 PMCID: PMC6219814 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2018] [Revised: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 10/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The complex life cycle of oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) initiates in undifferentiated basal epithelial keratinocytes where expression of the E6 and E7 oncogenes is restricted. Upon epithelial differentiation, E6/E7 transcription is increased through unknown mechanisms to drive cellular proliferation required to support virus replication. We report that the chromatin-organising CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) promotes the formation of a chromatin loop in the HPV genome that epigenetically represses viral enhancer activity controlling E6/E7 expression. CTCF-dependent looping is dependent on the expression of the CTCF-associated Yin Yang 1 (YY1) transcription factor and polycomb repressor complex (PRC) recruitment, resulting in trimethylation of histone H3 at lysine 27. We show that viral oncogene up-regulation during cellular differentiation results from YY1 down-regulation, disruption of viral genome looping, and a loss of epigenetic repression of viral enhancer activity. Our data therefore reveal a key role for CTCF-YY1-dependent looping in the HPV life cycle and identify a regulatory mechanism that could be disrupted in HPV carcinogenesis.
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- Ieisha Pentland
- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Belak ZR, Ovsenek N, Eskiw CH. Conserved RNA binding activity of a Yin-Yang 1 homologue in the ova of the purple sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Sci Rep 2018; 8:8061. [PMID: 29795182 PMCID: PMC5966398 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26264-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Yin-Yang 1 (YY1) is a highly conserved transcription factor possessing RNA-binding activity. A putative YY1 homologue was previously identified in the developmental model organism Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (the purple sea urchin) by genomic sequencing. We identified a high degree of sequence similarity with YY1 homologues of vertebrate origin which shared 100% protein sequence identity over the DNA- and RNA-binding zinc-finger region with high similarity in the N-terminal transcriptional activation domain. SpYY1 demonstrated identical DNA- and RNA-binding characteristics between Xenopus laevis and S. purpuratus indicating that it maintains similar functional and biochemical properties across widely divergent deuterostome species. SpYY1 binds to the consensus YY1 DNA element, and also to U-rich RNA sequences. Although we detected SpYY1 RNA-binding activity in ova lysates and observed cytoplasmic localization, SpYY1 was not associated with maternal mRNA in ova. SpYY1 expressed in Xenopus oocytes was excluded from the nucleus and associated with maternally expressed cytoplasmic mRNA molecules. These data demonstrate the existence of an YY1 homologue in S. purpuratus with similar structural and biochemical features to those of the well-studied vertebrate YY1; however, the data reveal major differences in the biological role of YY1 in the regulation of maternally expressed mRNA in the two species.
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- Zachery R Belak
- Food and Bioproduct Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.,Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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- Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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- Food and Bioproduct Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. .,Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
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Expression of Yin Yang 1 in cervical cancer and its correlation with E-cadherin expression and HPV16 E6. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0193340. [PMID: 29470526 PMCID: PMC5823405 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The molecular mechanisms of normal cervical squamous epithelium advancing to cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and eventually to cervical squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) are largely unknown. This study explored abnormal expression of Yin Yang 1 (YY1) in cervical cancer and its correlation with the expression of E-cadherin and human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 E6. YY1, E-cadherin and HPV16 E6 expression were detected by immunohistochemistry in 90 cervical tissue specimens collected from 30 patients with hysteromyoma, 15 patients with CIN I, 15 patients with CIN II-III, and 30 patients with CSCC. The H-score method was employed to measure the expression of YY1, E-cadherin and HPV16 E6. Increased expression of YY1 and HPV16 E6, and the decreased expression levels of E-cadherin were strongly associated with malignant transformation of the cervical epithelium and the histological progression of CSCC. The expression of YY1 in cervical tissues was inversely correlated with E-cadherin expression, and positively correlated with HPV16 E6 expression. Expression of YY1 in CSCC tissues was not significantly correlated with tumor differentiation, but was significantly correlated with an advanced clinical stage of CSCC. These results suggest that up-regulation of YY1 is closely associated with the progression of CSCC, and YY1 may play an important role in the pathogenesis of cervical cancer by modulating the expression of E-cadherin and HPV16 E6.
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Zhu Y, Wang Y, Hirschhorn J, Welsh KJ, Zhao Z, Davis MR, Feldman S. Human Papillomavirus and Its Testing Assays, Cervical Cancer Screening, and Vaccination. Adv Clin Chem 2017. [PMID: 28629588 DOI: 10.1016/bs.acc.2017.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) was found to be the causative agent for cervical cancer in the 1980s with almost 100% of cervical cancer cases testing positive for HPV. Since then, many studies have been conducted to elucidate the molecular basis of HPV, the mechanisms of carcinogenesis of the virus, and the risk factors for HPV infection. Traditionally, the Papanicolaou test was the primary screening method for cervical cancer. Because of the discovery and evolving understanding of the role of HPV in cervical dysplasia, HPV testing has been recommended as a new method for cervical cancer screening by major professional organizations including the American Cancer Society, American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, and the American Society for Clinical Pathology. In order to detect HPV infections, many sensitive and specific HPV assays have been developed and used clinically. Different HPV assays with various principles have shown their unique advantages and limitations. In response to a clear causative relationship between high-risk HPV and cervical cancer, HPV vaccines have been developed which utilize virus-like particles to create an antibody response for the prevention of HPV infection. The vaccines have been shown in long-term follow-up studies to be effective for up to 8 years; however, how this may impact screening for vaccinated women remains uncertain. In this chapter, we will review the molecular basis of HPV, its pathogenesis, and the epidemiology of HPV infection and associated cervical cancer, discuss the methods of currently available HPV testing assays as well as recent guidelines for HPV screening, and introduce HPV vaccines as well as their impact on cervical cancer screening and treatments.
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- Yusheng Zhu
- Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, United States.
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- Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States
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- Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, United States
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- National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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Woodby B, Scott M, Bodily J. The Interaction Between Human Papillomaviruses and the Stromal Microenvironment. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2016; 144:169-238. [PMID: 27865458 PMCID: PMC5727914 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2016.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are small, double-stranded DNA viruses that replicate in stratified squamous epithelia and cause a variety of malignancies. Current efforts in HPV biology are focused on understanding the virus-host interactions that enable HPV to persist for years or decades in the tissue. The importance of interactions between tumor cells and the stromal microenvironment has become increasingly apparent in recent years, but how stromal interactions impact the normal, benign life cycle of HPVs, or progression of lesions to cancer is less understood. Furthermore, how productively replicating HPV impacts cells in the stromal environment is also unclear. Here we bring together some of the relevant literature on keratinocyte-stromal interactions and their impacts on HPV biology, focusing on stromal fibroblasts, immune cells, and endothelial cells. We discuss how HPV oncogenes in infected cells manipulate other cells in their environment, and, conversely, how neighboring cells may impact the efficiency or course of HPV infection.
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- B Woodby
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, United States
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- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, United States
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- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, United States.
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Siddiqa A, Bhatti MF. Genetic variation of high-risk HPV-16 from a cervical cancer biopsy collected in Pakistan. Future Virol 2016. [DOI: 10.2217/fvl.15.94] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Aim: HPV-16 is one of the causative agents of cervical cancer. The HPV-16 genome is characterized widely to assist mutagenesis studies, phylogenetic analysis and protein annotations. This is the first report of HPV-16 sequence analysis from Pakistan. Materials & methods: The gene and long control region specific primers were used to generate the targeted amplicons that were then cloned and sequenced. Results: The complete genome analysis revealed nine changes both at amino acid and nucleotide level including seven novel and two previously reported mutations. The evolutionary relationship of HPV from Pakistan and reported sequences shows that strain reported in this study segregates with European taxa. Conclusion: This report lays foundation to conduct HPV genome mutation analysis in Pakistan.
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- Abida Siddiqa
- Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Kashmir Highway, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
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- Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences (ASAB), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Kashmir Highway, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
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Bonavida B, Kaufhold S. Prognostic significance of YY1 protein expression and mRNA levels by bioinformatics analysis in human cancers: a therapeutic target. Pharmacol Ther 2015; 150:149-68. [PMID: 25619146 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2015.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 01/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Conventional therapeutic treatments for various cancers include chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormonal therapy and immunotherapy. While such therapies have resulted in clinical responses, they were coupled with non-tumor specificity, toxicity and resistance in a large subset of the treated patients. During the last decade, novel approaches based on scientific knowledge on the biology of cancer were exploited and led to the development of novel targeted therapies, such as specific chemical inhibitors and immune-based therapies. Although these targeted therapies resulted in better responses and less toxicity, there still remains the problem of the inherent or acquired resistance. Hence, current studies are seeking additional novel therapeutic targets that can overcome several mechanisms of resistance. The transcription factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1) is a ubiquitous protein expressed in normal and cancer tissues, though the expression level is much higher in a large number of cancers; hence, YY1 has been considered as a potential novel prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target. YY1 has been reported to be involved in the regulation of drug/immune resistance and also in the regulation of EMT. Several excellent reviews have been published on YY1 and cancer (see below), and, thus, this review will update recently published reports as well as report on the analysis of bioinformatics datasets for YY1 in various cancers and the relationship between reported protein expression and mRNA levels. The potential clinical significance of YY1 is discussed.
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- Benjamin Bonavida
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
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Bernhard W, Barreto K, Raithatha S, Sadowski I. An upstream YY1 binding site on the HIV-1 LTR contributes to latent infection. PLoS One 2013; 8:e77052. [PMID: 24116200 PMCID: PMC3792934 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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During HIV-1 infection a population of latently infected cells is established. This population is the major obstacle preventing total eradication of the virus from AIDS patients. HIV-1 latency is thought to arise by various mechanisms including repressive chromatin modifications. Transcription factors such as YY1 have been shown to facilitate repressive chromatin modifications by the recruitment of histone deacetylases. In this study, we identified a novel binding site for YY1 on the HIV-1 LTR, 120 nucleotides upstream of the transcription start site. We show that YY1 can bind to this site in vitro and in vivo and that binding to the LTR is dissociated upon T cell activation. Overexpression of YY1 causes an increase in the proportion of cells that produce latent infections. These observations, in combination with previous results, demonstrate that YY1 plays a prominent role in controlling the establishment and maintenance of latent HIV-1 provirus in unstimulated cells.
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- Wendy Bernhard
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Regulatory elements in the viral genome. Virology 2013; 445:197-204. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.04.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2013] [Revised: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Pientong C, Wongwarissara P, Ekalaksananan T, Swangphon P, Kleebkaow P, Kongyingyoes B, Siriaunkgul S, Tungsinmunkong K, Suthipintawong C. Association of human papillomavirus type 16 long control region mutation and cervical cancer. Virol J 2013; 10:30. [PMID: 23343096 PMCID: PMC3599568 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-10-30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2012] [Accepted: 12/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The variation of human papillomavirus (HPV) genes or HPV variants demonstrates different risks of cervical cancer. Mutation in the long control region (LCR) at YY1-motifs is one of the mechanisms for enhancing viral oncogene expression during the course of cancer cell progression. In Thai women, cervical cancers are almost always associated with HPV16 variant sub-lineage Asian (HPV16As); however, the mechanism involved remains elusive. The aim of this study was to understand further the oncogenic potential of HPV16As. METHODS A total of 82 HPV16-positive specimens from Thai women were selected from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded cervical tissues, and the full length E6 gene of each specimen was amplified and sequenced. LCRs of the HPV16As-positive cases were amplified and sequenced to analyze their polymorphisms. Transcriptional activities of the HPV16As LCRs were then compared with sub-lineage European (EUR), sub-lineage Asian-American 1 (AA1) and HPV16 prototype by insertion of the LCRs into the pGL3-Basic vector. RESULTS The HPV16 DNA sequences were classified as HPV16 prototype (18.3%), Asian (As, 61%), Asian American-1 (AA1, 8.5%), European (EUR, 7.3%), Asian African-2 (AFR2, 3.7%) and Java-135C (J135C, 1.2%). The prevalence of HPV16As was 30% in low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL), while that in high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) and squamous cell cervical carcinoma (SCC) were 63.9% and 66.7%, respectively, which demonstrates a significant association of HPV16As with the disease severity. LCR polymorphisms from 43 HPV16As positive cases were analyzed by PCR-sequencing. Thirty-eight nucleotide variation positions spanned nucleotide positions 7157-82. Ten new mutations found in the HPV16As LCRs were located predominantly at the enhancer and proximal to the 3'-end of the early promoter. The LCRs of the common HPV16As, EUR and AA1 showed 5, 13 and 23-fold higher activity than the HPV16 prototype LCR, while those of the new nucleotide variations of As showed 19 (As-sv1) and 30 (As-sv14) -fold higher activity than the HPV16 prototype. CONCLUSIONS HPV16As DNA sequence variation, especially at the proximal to early promoter in the LCR, enhances transcriptional activity. This could be one of the possible mechanisms for HPV16As-associated cervical cancer development.
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- Chamsai Pientong
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Clarke MA, Wentzensen N, Mirabello L, Ghosh A, Wacholder S, Harari A, Lorincz A, Schiffman M, Burk RD. Human papillomavirus DNA methylation as a potential biomarker for cervical cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2012; 21:2125-37. [PMID: 23035178 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-12-0905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Sexually transmitted carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are extraordinarily prevalent worldwide. However, most incident HPV infections clear within a few years, whereas a small minority persists to invasive cancer. Recent studies indicate that detection of methylated viral DNA may distinguish women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2+ (CIN2+) from those with a carcinogenic HPV-type infection that shows no evidence of CIN2+. Several studies have reported a positive association between methylation of CpG sites in the L1 gene and CIN2+, although there are inconclusive results about methylation of CpG sites in the upstream regulatory region (URR). In this review, we summarize the current state of knowledge on HPV DNA methylation in cervical carcinogenesis, and discuss the merits of different methods used to measure HPV DNA methylation. To follow the promising leads, we suggest future studies to validate the use of methylated carcinogenic HPV DNA as a predictive and/or diagnostic biomarker for risk of cervical cancer among HPV-positive women.
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- Megan A Clarke
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Snellenberg S, Schütze DM, Claassen-Kramer D, Meijer CJ, Snijders PJ, Steenbergen RD. Methylation status of the E2 binding sites of HPV16 in cervical lesions determined with the Luminex® xMAP™ system. Virology 2012; 422:357-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2011.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2011] [Revised: 09/13/2011] [Accepted: 11/04/2011] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Mazumder (Indra) D, Singh RK, Mitra S, Dutta S, Chakraborty C, Basu PS, Mondal RK, Roychoudhury S, Panda CK. Genetic and epigenetic changes of HPV16 in cervical cancer differentially regulate E6/E7 expression and associate with disease progression. Gynecol Oncol 2011; 123:597-604. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2011] [Revised: 08/04/2011] [Accepted: 08/04/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Wang WM, Wu SY, Lee AY, Chiang CM. Binding site specificity and factor redundancy in activator protein-1-driven human papillomavirus chromatin-dependent transcription. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:40974-86. [PMID: 21937452 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.290874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Activator protein-1 (AP-1) regulates diverse gene responses triggered by environmental cues and virus-induced cellular stress. Although many signaling events leading to AP-1 activation have been described, the fundamental features underlying binding site selection and factor recruitment of dimeric AP-1 complexes to their target genes remain mostly uncharacterized. Using recombinant full-length human AP-1 dimers formed between c-Jun and Fos family members (c-Fos, FosB, Fra-1, Fra-2) for DNA binding and transcriptional analysis, we found that each of these AP-1 complex exhibits differential activity for distinct non-consensus AP-1 sites present in human papillomavirus (HPV), and each AP-1 complex is capable of activating transcription from in vitro-reconstituted HPV chromatin in a p300- and acetyl-CoA-dependent manner. Transcription from HPV chromatin requires AP-1-dependent and contact-driven recruitment of p300. Acetylation of dimeric AP-1 complexes by p300 enhances AP-1 binding to DNA. Using a human C-33A cervical cancer-derived cell line harboring the episomal HPV type 11 genome, we illustrate binding site selectivity recognized by c-Jun, JunB, JunD, and various Fos family members in a combinatorial and unique pattern, highlighting the diversity and importance of non-canonical binding site recognition by various AP-1 family proteins.
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- Wei-Ming Wang
- Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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Park IS, Chang X, Loyo M, Wu G, Chuang A, Kim MS, Chae YK, Lyford-Pike S, Westra WH, Saunders JR, Sidransky D, Pai SI. Characterization of the methylation patterns in human papillomavirus type 16 viral DNA in head and neck cancers. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2011; 4:207-17. [PMID: 21292634 DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-10-0147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 can integrate into the host genome, thereby rendering the viral coding genes susceptible to epigenetic modification. Using bisulfite genomic sequencing, we determined the methylation status of all 110 CpG sites within the viral epigenome in advanced stage III/IV HPV-16-associated head and neck cancers. We found that the viral genome was hypomethylated in the majority of head and neck cancers, in particular within the viral regulatory region, long control region (LCR), which controls transcription of the E6 and E7 oncogenes. The hypomethylation status of LCR correlated with detectable levels of E6 and E7 expression, which suggests that the tumors may still be dependent on these viral oncogenes to maintain the malignant phenotype. In addition to the methylation status of LCR, we report other potential factors which may influence intratumoral E6 and E7 expression including viral copy number and integration site. We were able to detect the viral epigenetic alterations in sampled body fluids, such as serum and saliva, which correlated with the changes observed in the primary tumors. Because viral epigenetic changes occur in the setting of viral integration into the human genome, the detection of methylated HPV genes in the serum and/or saliva may have diagnostic potential for early detection strategies of viral integration and assessment of risk for cancer development in high-risk individuals. Our findings also support continued targeting of the E6 and/or E7 antigens through various vaccine strategies against HPV-associated cancers.
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- Il-Seok Park
- Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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Li Y, Wang F, Xu J, Ye F, Shen Y, Zhou J, Lu W, Wan X, Ma D, Xie X. Progressive miRNA expression profiles in cervical carcinogenesis and identification of HPV-related target genes for miR-29. J Pathol 2011; 224:484-95. [PMID: 21503900 DOI: 10.1002/path.2873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2010] [Revised: 02/04/2011] [Accepted: 02/06/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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miRNAs have the potential to act on diverse downstream genes, and miRNA signatures of HPV-infected tissues may provide insight into HPV-related carcinogenesis. We set out to profile miRNA expression in HPV-infected samples and relate this to histological and grade-specific alterations in the spectrum of cervical carcinogenesis in vivo. A total of 31 miRNAs showed significant and continuous expression along with the progression from normal cervical tissue to cancer, and six of them were validated in 133 samples. By bioinformatics analyses, we established a putative HPV-associated miRNA-mRNA regulatory network, showing that miR-29 is the most highly enriched. We also found that YY1 and CDK6 were both positively correlated with E6/E7 RNA expression and targeted by tumour-suppressive miR-29. Evidence of miR-29 involvement in HPV infection was further verified in patient samples and by various experimental approaches. Taken together, our results suggest that HPVs have oncogenic properties at least in part by reshaping the milieu of cellular miRNAs. miR-29 restrains cell cycle progression and induces apoptosis via YY1 and CDK6 promoting malignant transformation induced by HPV, although the abnormality of miR-29 in HPV-infected cells might be regulated in an indirect way.
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- Yang Li
- Women's Reproductive Health Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Hansen CN, Nielsen L, Norrild B. Activities of E7 promoters in the human papillomavirus type 16 genome during cell differentiation. Virus Res 2010; 150:34-42. [PMID: 20184926 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2010.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2009] [Revised: 02/14/2010] [Accepted: 02/16/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Worldwide, one of the most common cancer forms diagnosed in women is cervical cancer induced by infections with high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) with HPV type 16 (HPV-16) being the most frequently identified. The oncogenicity is caused mainly by expression of the oncogenes E6 and E7 leading to deregulation of the cell cycle control. HPV-16 preferably infects the proliferating cells that will differentiate when they move upwards in the epithelium. The viral gene-expression is tightly coupled to the cellular differentiation program with early gene-expression being initiated in non- or low-differentiated cells and late gene-expression in more differentiated cells. We induced epithelial cells to differentiate by growth in medium with a high calcium concentration and measured the activity of different promoters thought to initiate E6 and/or E7 transcripts. The overall activity of the main promoter, P97, situated in the long control region as well as the two promoters, P441 and P542, in the E6 ORF upstream of the E7 ORF, were decreased during differentiation. However, P441 and P542 were not down-regulated as much as P97. Therefore, we suggest that P441 and P542 regulate gene-expression in differentiated cells.
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- Christina Neigaard Hansen
- The DNA Tumor Virus Laboratory, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Lace MJ, Yamakawa Y, Ushikai M, Anson JR, Haugen TH, Turek LP. Cellular factor YY1 downregulates the human papillomavirus 16 E6/E7 promoter, P97, in vivo and in vitro from a negative element overlapping the transcription-initiation site. J Gen Virol 2009; 90:2402-2412. [PMID: 19553391 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.012708-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Cellular factors that bind to cis sequences in the human papillomavirus 16 (HPV-16) upstream regulatory region (URR) positively and negatively regulate the viral E6 and E7 oncogene promoter, P97. DNase I footprinting has revealed the binding of cellular proteins to two previously undetected cis elements overlapping and 3′ of the transcription-initiation site of the P97 promoter. Mutations within homologous motifs found in both of these cis elements abolished their negative function in vivo and the binding of the same cellular complex in vitro. This factor was identified as YY1 by complex mobility and binding specificity in comparison with vaccinia virus-expressed, purified recombinant YY1 protein and by antigenic reactivity with YY1 antisera. Cis mutations in the ‘initiator’ YY1 site activated the P97 promoter in vivo and in vitro. P97 was also activated threefold in vitro by depletion of endogenous YY1 with wild-type, but not mutant, YY1 oligonucleotides from the IgH kappa E3′ enhancer. Furthermore, increasing concentrations of exogenous, purified recombinant YY1 repressed wild-type P97 transcript levels by up to threefold, but did not influence the P97 promoter mutated in the ‘initiator’ YY1 site. Thus, the promoter-proximal YY1 site was not necessary for correct transcription initiation at the P97 promoter, but was found to be required for downregulation of P97 transcription in vivo and in vitro. In contrast to other viral and cellular promoters, where YY1 is thought to function as a positive transcription-‘initiator’ factor, HPV-16 P97 transcription is downregulated by YY1 from a critical motif overlapping the transcription start site.
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- Michael J. Lace
- Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 601 Highway 6 West, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA
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- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 601 Highway 6 West, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA
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- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 601 Highway 6 West, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA
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- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 601 Highway 6 West, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 601 Highway 6 West, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 601 Highway 6 West, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA
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Stark M, Gonen N, Assaraf YG. Functional elements in the minimal promoter of the human proton-coupled folate transporter. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 388:79-85. [PMID: 19643086 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.07.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2009] [Accepted: 07/23/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The proton-coupled folate transporter (PCFT) is the dominant intestinal folate transporter, however, its promoter has yet to be revealed. Hence, we here cloned a 3.1kb fragment upstream to the first ATG of the human PCFT gene and generated sequential deletion constructs evaluated in luciferase reporter assay. This analysis mapped the minimal promoter to 157bp upstream to the first ATG. Crucial GC-box sites were identified within the minimal promoter and in its close vicinity which substantially contribute to promoter activity, as their disruption resulted in 94% loss of luciferase activity. We also identified upstream enhancer elements including YY1 and AP1 which, although distantly located, prominently transactivated the minimal promoter, as their inactivation resulted in 50% decrease in reporter activity. This is the first functional identification of the minimal PCFT promoter harboring crucial GC-box elements that markedly contribute to its transcriptional activation via putative interaction with distal YY1 and AP1 enhancer elements.
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- Michal Stark
- Dept. of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Upstream regulatory region alterations found in human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) isolates from cervical carcinomas increase transcription, ori function, and HPV immortalization capacity in culture. J Virol 2009; 83:7457-66. [PMID: 19458011 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00285-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNAs isolated from cervical and head and neck carcinomas frequently contain nucleotide sequence alterations in the viral upstream regulatory region (URR). Our study has addressed the role such sequence changes may play in the efficiency of establishing HPV persistence and altered keratinocyte growth. Genomic mapping of integrated HPV type 16 (HPV-16) genomes from 32 cervical cancers revealed that the viral E6 and E7 oncogenes, as well as the L1 region/URR, were intact in all of them. The URR sequences from integrated and unintegrated viral DNA were found to harbor distinct sets of nucleotide substitutions. A subset of the altered URRs increased the potential of HPV-16 to establish persistent, cell growth-altering viral-genome replication in the cell. This aggressive phenotype in culture was not solely due to increased viral early gene transcription, but also to augmented initial amplification of the viral genome. As revealed in a novel ori-dependent HPV-16 plasmid amplification assay, the altered motifs that led to increased viral transcription from the intact genome also greatly augmented HPV-16 ori function. The nucleotide sequence changes correlate with those previously described in the distinct geographical North American type 1 and Asian-American variants that are associated with more aggressive disease in epidemiologic studies and encompass, but are not limited to, alterations in previously characterized sites for the negative regulatory protein YY1. Our results thus provide evidence that nucleotide alterations in HPV regulatory sequences could serve as potential prognostic markers of HPV-associated carcinogenesis.
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Papillomaviruses establish persistent infection in the dividing, basal epithelial cells of the host. The viral genome is maintained as a circular, double-stranded DNA, extrachromosomal element within these cells. Viral genome amplification occurs only when the epithelial cells differentiate and viral particles are shed in squames that are sloughed from the surface of the epithelium. There are three modes of replication in the papillomavirus life cycle. Upon entry, in the establishment phase, the viral genome is amplified to a low copy number. In the second maintenance phase, the genome replicates in dividing cells at a constant copy number, in synchrony with the cellular DNA. And finally, in the vegetative or productive phase, the viral DNA is amplified to a high copy number in differentiated cells and is destined to be packaged in viral capsids. This review discusses the cis elements and protein factors required for each stage of papillomavirus replication.
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- Alison A McBride
- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Moreno-Acosta P, Molano M, Huertas A, de Gómez MS, Romero A, González M, Mercedes Bravo M, García-Carrancá A. A non-radioactive PCR-SSCP analysis allows to distinguish between HPV 16 European and Asian-American variants in squamous cell carcinomas of the uterine cervix in Colombia. Virus Genes 2008; 37:22-30. [DOI: 10.1007/s11262-008-0239-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2007] [Accepted: 05/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kalantari M, Lee D, Calleja-Macias IE, Lambert PF, Bernard HU. Effects of cellular differentiation, chromosomal integration and 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine treatment on human papillomavirus-16 DNA methylation in cultured cell lines. Virology 2008; 374:292-303. [PMID: 18242658 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2007] [Revised: 10/10/2007] [Accepted: 12/13/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Human papillomavirus-16 (HPV-16) genomes in cell culture and in situ are affected by polymorphic methylation patterns, which can repress the viral transcription. In order to understand some of the underlying mechanisms, we investigated changes of the methylation of HPV-16 DNA in cell cultures in response to cellular differentiation, to recombination with cellular DNA, and to an inhibitor of methylation. Undifferentiated W12E cells, derived from a precancerous lesion, contained extrachromosomal HPV-16 DNA with a sporadically methylated enhancer-promoter segment. Upon W12E cell differentiation, the viral DNA was demethylated, suggesting a link between differentiation and the epigenetic state of HPV-16 DNA. The viral genomes present in two W12I clones, in which individual copies of the HPV-16 genome have integrated into cellular DNA (type 1 integrants), were unmethylated, akin to that seen in the cervical carcinoma cell line SiHa (also a type 1 integrant). This finding is consistent with hypomethylation being necessary for continued viral gene expression. In contrast, two of three type 2 integrant W12I clones, containing concatemers of HPV-16 genomes integrated into the cellular DNA contained hypermethylated viral DNA, as observed in the cervical carcinoma cell line CaSki (also a type 2 integrant). A third, type 2, W12I clone, interestingly with fewer copies of the viral genome, contained unmethylated HPV-16 genomes. Epithelial differentiation of W12I clones did not lead to demethylation of chromosomally integrated viral genomes as was seen for extrachromosomal HPV-16 DNA in W12E clones. Hypomethylation of CaSki cells in the presence of the DNA methylation inhibitor 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine reduced the cellular viability, possibly as a consequence of toxic effects of an excess of HPV-16 gene products. Our data support a model wherein (i) the DNA methylation state of extrachromosomal HPV16 replicons and epithelial differentiation are inversely coupled during the viral life cycle, (ii) integration of the viral genome into the host chromosome events leads to an alteration in methylation patterns on the viral genome that is dependent upon the type of integration event and possibly copy number, and (iii) integration universally results in the viral DNA becoming refractory to changes in methylation state upon cellular differentiation that are observed with extrachromosomal HPV-16 genomes.
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- Mina Kalantari
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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Valencia-Hernández A, Cuevas-Bennett C, Garrido E. Transcriptional regulation of human papillomavirus type 18 P105 promoter by the co-activator CBP. Intervirology 2008; 50:418-25. [PMID: 18182775 DOI: 10.1159/000112917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2006] [Accepted: 11/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are the etiological agents of cervical cancer, with HPV-16 and 18 being the representative types of the higher risk group. The expression of the viral genes with transforming activity (E6 and E7) is controlled by the upstream regulatory region (URR), a segment of the viral genome that contains elements recognized by several transcription factors. OBJECTIVE We have analyzed the participation of the cellular co-activator CBP on the transcriptional regulation of the HPV-18 URR. METHODS We generated mutants and 5' end deletion constructs derived from the HPV-18 URR and evaluated their transcriptional activity performing transient co-transfection assays on C-33A cells with a plasmid that over-expresses the co-activator CBP. We also performed quantitative chromatin immunoprecipitation assays to analyze the participation of the co-activator CBP on the HPV-18 P105 promoter. RESULTS Our results demonstrate that in C-33A cells CBP acts as a strong activator of the HPV-18 P105 promoter by a mechanism that depends on the integrity of the SP1-binding site, directly correlating with the acetylation of the histone H3 that is involved in nucleosomal stability. CONCLUSION We propose a mechanism of regulation of the HPV-18 P105 promoter by the cellular co-activator CBP, recruited by the transcription factor SP1.
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- Armando Valencia-Hernández
- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, México, México
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Kisseljov F, Sakharova O, Kondratjeva T. Chapter 2 Cellular and Molecular Biological Aspects of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 271:35-95. [DOI: 10.1016/s1937-6448(08)01202-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Belak ZR, Ovsenek N. Assembly of the Yin Yang 1 transcription factor into messenger ribonucleoprotein particles requires direct RNA binding activity. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:37913-20. [PMID: 17974562 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m708057200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The early stages of vertebrate development depend heavily on control of maternally transcribed mRNAs that are stored for long periods in complexes termed messenger ribonucleoprotein particles (mRNPs) and utilized selectively following maturation and fertilization. The transcription factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1) is associated with cytoplasmic mRNPs in vertebrate oocytes; however, the mechanism by which any of the mRNP proteins associate with mRNA in the oocyte is unknown. Here we demonstrate the mechanism by which YY1 associates with mRNPs depends on its direct RNA binding activity. High affinity binding for U-rich single-stranded RNA and A:U RNA duplexes was observed in the nanomolar range, similar to the affinity for the cognate double-stranded DNA-binding element. Similar RNA binding affinity was observed with endogenous YY1 isolated from native mRNP complexes. In vivo expression experiments reveal epitope-tagged YY1 assembled into high molecular mass mRNPs, and assembly was blocked by microinjection of high affinity RNA substrate competitor. These findings present the first clues to how mRNPs assemble during early development.
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- Zachery R Belak
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Pett M, Coleman N. Integration of high-risk human papillomavirus: a key event in cervical carcinogenesis? J Pathol 2007; 212:356-67. [PMID: 17573670 DOI: 10.1002/path.2192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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An important occurrence in cervical carcinogenesis is deregulated expression of the high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) oncogenes E6 and E7. Several risk factors for cervical neoplastic progression are likely to contribute to viral oncogene deregulation, particularly integration of HR-HPV into the host genome. Integration represents a by-product of viral infection that is detected in almost 90% of cervical carcinomas. The mechanism of integration is not fully understood, although there is a clear predilection for chromosomal common fragile sites, most likely due to their accessibility for insertion of foreign DNA. Recent work has suggested that an important intermediate stage in cervical carcinogenesis is characterized by transcriptionally silent HR-HPV integrants, which co-exist with viral episomes in infected cells. As episome-derived E2 protein inhibits integrant transcription, clearance of episomes (eg by host innate immunity) is associated with loss of integrant silencing and integrant selection. The process of integration and subsequent clonal selection of integrants can therefore be considered as two independent and biologically distinct events. Indeed, integrated HPV may be viewed as selectable because it represents a form of the virus that is resistant to host mechanisms of viral clearance, enabling infected cells to maintain viral oncogene expression and avoid cell death. Care should be taken in interpreting studies of HPV integration frequency in clinical samples, as the techniques used have assessed either the presence of integrated viral DNA or evidence of transcriptional activity from integrants, but not both.
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- M Pett
- Medical Research Council Cancer Cell Unit, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0XZ, UK
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Rehtanz M, Ghim SJ, Rector A, Van Ranst M, Fair PA, Bossart GD, Jenson AB. Isolation and characterization of the first American bottlenose dolphin papillomavirus: Tursiops truncatus papillomavirus type 2. J Gen Virol 2006; 87:3559-3565. [PMID: 17098971 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82388-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A novel papillomavirus (PV) was isolated from a genital condyloma of a free-ranging bottlenose dolphin inhabiting the coastal waters of Charleston Harbor, SC, USA: Tursiops truncatus papillomavirus type 2 (TtPV2). This novel virus represents the first isolated North American cetacean PV and the first American bottlenose dolphin PV. After the viral genome was cloned, sequenced and characterized genetically, phylogenetic analyses revealed that TtPV2 is most similar to the only published cetacean PV isolated and characterized thus far, Phocoena spinipinnis PV type 1 (PsPV1). A striking feature of the genome of TtPV2, as well as that of PsPV1, is the lack of an E7 open reading frame, which typically encodes one of the oncogenic proteins believed to be responsible for malignant transformation in the high-risk mucosotropic human papillomaviruses (HPVs). TtPV2 E6 contains a PDZ-binding motif that has been shown to be involved in transformation in the case of high-risk genital HPVs.
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- Manuela Rehtanz
- Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Division of Marine Mammal Research and Conservation, 5600 US 1 North, Fort Pierce, FL 34946, USA
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- James Graham Brown Cancer Center, Laboratory of Vaccinology, University of Louisville, 529 South Jackson Street, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
- Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Division of Marine Mammal Research and Conservation, 5600 US 1 North, Fort Pierce, FL 34946, USA
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Ocean Service/Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Charleston, SC 29412, USA
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- Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Division of Marine Mammal Research and Conservation, 5600 US 1 North, Fort Pierce, FL 34946, USA
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- James Graham Brown Cancer Center, Laboratory of Vaccinology, University of Louisville, 529 South Jackson Street, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
- Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Division of Marine Mammal Research and Conservation, 5600 US 1 North, Fort Pierce, FL 34946, USA
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Wang CC, Chen JJW, Yang PC. Multifunctional transcription factor YY1: a therapeutic target in human cancer? Expert Opin Ther Targets 2006; 10:253-66. [PMID: 16548774 DOI: 10.1517/14728222.10.2.253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The multifunctional transcription factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1) is a complex protein that has been shown to play pivotal roles in development, differentiation, cellular proliferation and apoptosis. It can act as a transcriptional repressor, an activator, or an initiator element binding protein that directs and initiates transcription of numerous cellular and viral genes. Because the expression and function of YY1 are known to be intimately associated with cell-cycle progression, the physiological significance of YY1 activity has recently been applied to models of cancer biology. Several lines of evidence imply that YY1 expression and/or activation is associated with tumourigenesis, in addition to its regulatory roles in normal biological processes. However, controversial results also raised and indicated that further studies are still needed to piece all of the seemingly contradictory data into a complete picture. On the basis of YY1 regulations and functions, novel drugs and specific treatment strategies may be developed with new therapeutic applications for tumour patients in the future.
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- Chi-Chung Wang
- National Taiwan University College of Medicine, NTU Center for Genomic Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Turan T, Kalantari M, Calleja-Macias IE, Cubie HA, Cuschieri K, Villa LL, Skomedal H, Barrera-Saldaña HA, Bernard HU. Methylation of the human papillomavirus-18 L1 gene: A biomarker of neoplastic progression? Virology 2006; 349:175-83. [PMID: 16472835 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.12.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2005] [Revised: 12/08/2005] [Accepted: 12/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Epigenetic transcriptional regulation plays an important role in the life cycle of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) and the carcinogenic progression of anogenital HPV associated lesions. We performed a study designed to assess the methylation status of the HPV-18 genome, specifically of the late L1 gene, the adjacent long control region (LCR), and part of the E6 oncogene in cervical specimens with a range of pathological diagnoses. In asymptomatic infections and infections with precancerous (precursor) lesions, HPV-18 DNA was mostly unmethylated, with the exception of four samples where hypermethylation of L1 was detected. In contrast, L1 sequences were strongly methylated in all cervical carcinomas, while the LCR and E6 remained unmethylated. HeLa cells, derived from a cervical adenocarcinoma, contain chromosomally integrated HPV-18 genomes. We found that L1 is hypermethylated in these cells, while the LCR and E6 are unmethylated. Treatment of HeLa cells with the methylation inhibitor 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-Aza-CdR) led to the expected reduction of L1 methylation. After removal of 5-Aza-CdR, L1 methylation resumed and exceeded pretreatment levels. Unexpectedly, the LCR and E6 also became methylated under these conditions, albeit at lower levels than L1. We hypothesize that L1 is preferentially methylated after integration of the HPV genome into the cellular DNA, possibly since linearization prohibits its normal transcription, while the enhancer and promoter may be protected from methylation by transcription factors. Since our data suggest that HPV-18 L1 methylation can only be detected in carcinomas, except in some few precancerous lesions and asymptomatic infections, L1 methylation may constitute a powerful molecular marker for detecting this important step of neoplastic progression.
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- Tolga Turan
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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Dai S, Zhang Z, Bick J, Beachy RN. Essential role of the Box II cis element and cognate host factors in regulating the promoter of Rice tungro bacilliform virus. J Gen Virol 2006; 87:715-722. [PMID: 16476995 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81488-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV) is a double-stranded DNA virus with a single, tissue-specific promoter that is expressed primarily in phloem tissues. Rice transcription factors RF2a and RF2b bind to Box II, a cis element adjacent to the TATA box, and control gene expression from the promoter. Mutations were made in the promoter to delete or mutate Box II and the mutated promoters were fused to a reporter gene; the chimeric genes were expressed in transient BY-2 protoplast assays and in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. The results of these studies showed that Box II is essential to the activity of the RTBV promoter. A chimeric beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene containing the Box II sequence and a minimal promoter derived from the Cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter were co-transfected into protoplasts with gene constructs that encoded RF2a or RF2b. The reporter gene produced threefold higher GUS activity when co-transfected with RF2a, and 11-fold higher activity when co-transfected with RF2b, than in the absence of added transcription factors. Moreover, chimeric reporter genes were activated by approximately threefold following induction of expression of the RF2a gene in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. The work presented here and earlier findings show that Box II and its interactions with cognate rice transcription factors, including RF2a and RF2b, are essential to the activity of the RTBV promoter and are probably involved in expression of the RTBV genome during virus replication.
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- Shunhong Dai
- The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 North Warson Road, St Louis, MO 63132, USA
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- The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 North Warson Road, St Louis, MO 63132, USA
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- The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 North Warson Road, St Louis, MO 63132, USA
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- The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 North Warson Road, St Louis, MO 63132, USA
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Bhattacharjee B, Sengupta S. HPV16 E2 gene disruption and polymorphisms of E2 and LCR: some significant associations with cervical cancer in Indian women. Gynecol Oncol 2005; 100:372-8. [PMID: 16246404 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2005] [Revised: 08/24/2005] [Accepted: 09/06/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We evaluated the status of the HPV16 E2 gene (disrupted or intact), nucleotide sequence alterations within intact E2 genes and LCR of HPV16 isolates in a group of CaCx cases (invasive squamous cell carcinomas, n = 81) and population controls (normal cervical scrapes, n = 27) from Indian women. METHODS E2 disruption was detected by amplifying the entire E2 gene with single set of primers, while overlapping primers were used to determine if any particular region got selectively disrupted. Nucleotide variations in E2 and LCR were analyzed by PCR amplification followed by bi-directional sequencing. The associations between the viral factors and CaCx were analyzed using Fisher's Exact or Chi-squared test and interpreted as OR (95% CI) and P values. RESULTS E2 disruption was significantly higher among the cases [3.38 (1.07-10.72); P = 0.02], which was maximum in the region between nucleotides 3650 and 3872 (DNA-binding region). The European (E) variant was found to be the prevalent subgroup (87.76% among cases and 96.30% among the controls), and the remaining samples were Asian-American variants. Among the E subgroup, variation at position 7450 (T > C) within the E2-binding site-IV was found to be significantly higher among the E2 undisrupted cases (21/37; 56.76%), compared to controls (5/18; 27.78%) [3.41 (1.01-11.55); P = 0.03]. CONCLUSIONS Besides HPV16 E2 disruption, LCR 7450T > C variation within undisrupted E2 of E subgroup appears to be a major factor contributing to the risk of CaCx development in Indian women. Furthermore, polymorphisms in the E2 gene of HPV16 may not be significant for disease risk.
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- Bornali Bhattacharjee
- Human Genetics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203, B.T. Road, Kolkata 700108, India
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Hubert WG. Variant upstream regulatory region sequences differentially regulate human papillomavirus type 16 DNA replication throughout the viral life cycle. J Virol 2005; 79:5914-22. [PMID: 15857977 PMCID: PMC1091712 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.10.5914-5922.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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While the central role of the viral upstream regulatory region (URR) in the human papillomavirus (HPV) life cycle has been well established, its effects on viral replication factor expression and plasmid replication of HPV type 16 (HPV16) remain unclear. Some nonprototypic variants of HPV16 contain altered URR sequences and are considered to increase the oncogenic risk of infections. To determine the relationship between viral replication and variant URRs, hybrid viral genomes were constructed with the replication-competent HPV16 prototype W12 and analyzed in assays which recapitulate the different phases of normal viral replication. The establishment efficiencies of hybrid HPV16 genomes differed about 20-fold among European prototypes and variants from Africa and America. Generally, European and African genomes exhibited the lowest replication efficiencies. The high replication levels observed with American variants were primarily attributable to their efficient expression of the replication factors E1 and E2. The maintenance levels of these viral genomes varied about fivefold, which correlated with their respective establishment phenotypes and published P(97) activities. Vegetative DNA amplification could also be observed with replicating HPV16 genomes. These results indicate that efficient E1/E2 expression and elevated plasmid replication levels during the persistent stage of infection may comprise a risk factor in HPV16-mediated oncogenesis.
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- Walter G Hubert
- Department of Dermatology, MS576, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham St., Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
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Spink KM, Laimins LA. Induction of the human papillomavirus type 31 late promoter requires differentiation but not DNA amplification. J Virol 2005; 79:4918-26. [PMID: 15795277 PMCID: PMC1069532 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.8.4918-4926.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The human papillomavirus (HPV) life cycle is linked to the differentiation state of the host cell. In virus-infected undifferentiated basal epithelial cells, HPV genomes are maintained as episomes at low copy number. Upon differentiation, a concomitant increase in viral copy number and an induction of late gene expression from a differentiation-specific promoter is seen. To investigate whether late gene expression was dependent on the amplification of the viral genome, inhibitors of DNA replication and in vitro systems for epithelial differentiation were used in conjunction with cells that stably maintain HPV31 episomes. Treatment of cells induced to differentiate in methylcellulose with the DNA synthesis inhibitor cytosine beta-arabinofuranoside (AraC) blocked viral DNA amplification but did not prevent induction of late transcription. This suggests that late gene expression does not strictly require amplification of the viral genome and that differentiation signals alone are sufficient to activate transcription from the late promoter. However, DNA amplification does appear to be necessary for maximal induction of the late promoter. In order to examine the cis-acting elements that contribute to the activation of the late promoter, a transient reporter assay was developed. In these assays, an induction of late gene expression was seen upon differentiation that was specific to the late promoter. Mapping studies localized important regulatory elements to the E6/E7 region and identified short sequences that could serve as binding sites for transcription factors. Elements within the upstream regulatory region were also found to positively and negatively influence transcription from the late promoter. These results identify mechanisms important for the differentiation-dependent activation of late gene expression of high-risk papillomaviruses.
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- Kathryn M Spink
- Microbiology-Immunology Department, Northwestern University, 303 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Ferris RL, Martinez I, Sirianni N, Wang J, López-Albaitero A, Gollin SM, Johnson JT, Khan S. Human papillomavirus-16 associated squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN): A natural disease model provides insights into viral carcinogenesis. Eur J Cancer 2005; 41:807-15. [PMID: 15763658 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2004.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2004] [Accepted: 11/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Uncertainty regarding the causality of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) necessitates better in vitro models. We carried out molecular analyses of a novel, naturally HPV-16-transformed SCCHN cell line (UPCI:SCC090) and show high copy number of HPV-16 DNA, present in a head to tail, tandemly repeated integrated state. Sequence analysis of the HPV-16 long control region (LCR) in UPCI:SCC090 revealed a deletion of 163 bp, removing a portion of the enhancer sequence, including the binding sites for the transcription factors YY1 and NF1. The E6 and E7 oncogenes of HPV-16 are expressed at high levels in this cell lines, as determined by quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). UPCI:SCC090 contains wild-type tumour suppressor TP53 gene, and undetectable p53 protein, except after treatment with cisplatin, specific proteasome inhibitors or by E6 RNA interference, suggesting E6-dependent degradation of p53 in this cell line. The results of our studies are consistent with a causative role of HPV-16 in the pathogenesis of SCCHN.
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- Robert L Ferris
- UPCI Research Pavilion, The Hillman Cancer Center, 5117 Centre Avenue, Room 1.19d, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-1863, USA.
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