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ArticlemBio2026

HPV16 recruitment of SMARCAL1 to viral and host replication forks is required for the viral life cycle.

Claire D James, Aya H Youssef, Jenny D Roe, Floriana Cappiello, Francesca Antonella Aiello, Benedetta Perdichizzi, Rachel L Lewis, Austin Witt, Apurva T Prabhakar, Xu Wang and 3 more

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Article in mBio, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Claire D JamesPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6816-1607
Aya H YoussefPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Jenny D RoePhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Floriana Cappiello *Department of Environment and Health Mechanisms, Biomarkers and Models Section, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Francesca Antonella Aiello *Department of Environment and Health Mechanisms, Biomarkers and Models Section, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Benedetta PerdichizziDepartment of Environment and Health Mechanisms, Biomarkers and Models Section, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Rachel L LewisPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Austin WittPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Apurva T PrabhakarPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2266-7247
Xu WangPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Molly L BristolPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4259-8528
Pietro PichierriDepartment of Environment and Health Mechanisms, Biomarkers and Models Section, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Iain M MorganPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4949-3032

Funding

Determining how a Werner helicase (WRN) tumor suppressor complex regulates the human papillomavirus 16 life cycleR01DE029471 · NIDCR · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI MORGAN, IAIN · 2021 to 2025
$2.8M
Mechanisms and consequences of human papillomavirus 16 E2 regulation of host gene transcriptionR21AI178143 · NIAID · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI MORGAN, IAIN · 2024 to 2025
$421k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI178143NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE029471
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-risk human papillomaviruses (HR HPVs) are responsible for around 5% of the world's cancer burden. Activation and interaction with the host DNA damage response (DDR) promote the HPV16 life cycle. This study demonstrates a crucial interaction between HPV16 and SMARCAL1, a protein involved in the stabilization of stalled DNA replication forks. SMARCAL1 can complex with E2, is recruited to E1-E2 replicating DNA, and SMARCAL1 knockdown reduces the fidelity of E1-E2-mediated DNA replication in C33a cells but does not alter replication levels. SMARCAL1 is recruited to the HPV16 genome in HPV16-immortalized foreskin keratinocytes (HFK+HPV16), and

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DNA HelicasesDNA ReplicationHost-Pathogen InteractionsHuman papillomavirus 16Virus ReplicationCell LineDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA DamageDNA, ViralHumansKeratinocytesOncogene Proteins, ViralPapillomavirus InfectionsDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA HelicasesDNA, ViralE2 protein, Human papillomavirus type 16Oncogene Proteins, ViralSMARCAL1 protein, humancervical cancerhead and neck cancerhomologous recombinationhuman papillomaviruslife cyclereplicationSMARCAL1therapy

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PMID41910319
PMCPMC13170247

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