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ArticlePLoS pathogens2017

Cutaneous HPV8 and MmuPV1 E6 Proteins Target the NOTCH and TGF-β Tumor Suppressors to Inhibit Differentiation and Sustain Keratinocyte Proliferation.

Jordan M Meyers, Aayushi Uberoi, Miranda Grace, Paul F Lambert, Karl Munger

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Article in PLoS pathogens, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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66 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jordan M MeyersProgram in Virology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Aayushi UberoiMcArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-2389-5957
Miranda GraceDepartment of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Paul F LambertMcArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-7983-2755
Karl MungerDepartment of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Tufts University · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Visualizing EBV and HCMV DNA Dynamics During InfectionP01CA022443 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI WILLIAM M. SUGDEN · 1985 to 2026
$53.1M
BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF HPV E7 IN HUMAN EPITHELIAL CELLSR01CA066980 · NCI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI MUNGER, KARL · 1996 to 2019
$7.4M
Skin Diseases Research Center at the University of WisconsinP30AR066524 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI WOOD, GARY S · 2014 to 2018
$2.6M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA022443NCI NIH HHS R01 CA066980NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR066524
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cutaneous beta-papillomaviruses are associated with non-melanoma skin cancers that arise in patients who suffer from a rare genetic disorder, Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) or after immunosuppression following organ transplantation. Recent studies have shown that the E6 proteins of the cancer associated beta human papillomavirus (HPV) 5 and HPV8 inhibit NOTCH and TGF-β signaling. However, it is unclear whether disruption of these pathways may contribute to cutaneous HPV pathogenesis and carcinogenesis. A recently identified papillomavirus, MmuPV1, infects laboratory mouse strains and causes cutaneous skin warts that can progress to squamous cell carcinoma. To determine whether MmuPV1 may be an appropriate model to mechanistically dissect the molecular contributions of cutaneous HPV infections to skin carcinogenesis, we investigated whether MmuPV1 E6 shares biological and biochemical activities with HPV8 E6. We report that the HPV8 and MmuPV1 E6 proteins share the ability to bind to the MAML1 and SMAD2/SMAD3 transcriptional cofactors of NOTCH and TGF-beta signaling, respectively. Moreover, we demonstrate that these cutaneous papillomavirus E6 proteins inhibit these two tumor suppressor pathways and that this ability is linked to delayed differentiation and sustained proliferation of differentiating keratinocytes. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the ability of MmuPV1 E6 to bind MAML1 is necessary for papilloma formation in experimentally infected mice. Our results, therefore, suggest that experimental MmuPV1 infection in mice will be a robust and useful experimental system to model key aspects of cutaneous HPV infection, pathogenesis and carcinogenesis.

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AnimalsCell DifferentiationCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCell SurvivalEpidermodysplasia VerruciformisHCT116 CellsHumansKeratinocytesMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeNuclear ProteinsOncogene Proteins, ViralPapillomaviridaePhosphorylationE6 protein, Human papillomavirus type 8Maml1 protein, mouseNuclear ProteinsOncogene Proteins, ViralReceptors, NotchSmad2 ProteinSmad3 ProteinTranscription FactorsTransforming Growth Factor beta

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PMID28107544
PMCPMC5287491
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