Project description:High-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV), particularly HPV16, are major causes of anogenital and oropharyngeal cancers. The HPV late promoter, P670 in the case of HPV16, is activated upon host cell differentiation and drives expression of viral capsid proteins. While differentiation-specific host transcription factors have been implicated in regulating this promoter, the mechanism remains incompletely understood. HPV E2 proteins activate transcription by interacting with the host protein BRD4 (Bromodomain-containing protein 4). A biotin proximity ligation screen identified several novel E2 interactors, of which many overlap with the BRD4 interactome, suggesting BRD4 mediates a large fraction of these interactions. One such interactor, ZC3H4 (Zinc finger CCCH domain-containing protein 4), is known to restrict the expression of long non-coding RNAs, including enhancer and promoter upstream antisense (ua) RNAs. E2 recruits ZC3H4 in a BRD4-dependent manner to specifically activate the P670 promoter in reporter assays. Supporting this, E2 and ZC3H4 co-localize in cells with high P670 activity. ZC3H4 is upregulated during differentiation, and its knockdown in differentiated HPV16- or HPV31-positive cells reduces late viral transcripts in an E2-BRD4-dependent manner. Interestingly, knockdown of ZC3H4 also increases cellular, but not viral, uaRNAs, suggesting that ZC3H4 enhances HPV late transcription through a previously unrecognized mechanism.
Project description:This RNA-seq study in primary human forekin keratinocytes was to define genes that are differetially expressed in the presence or absence of HPV16 E7 or the HPV16 E7 E80A/D81A variant.
Project description:This RNA-seq study in primary human forekin keratinocytes was to define genes that are differetially expressed in the presence or absence of HPV16 E7 or several HPV16 E7 variants. We also generated and conducted RNA-seq on primary human foreskin keratinocytes that were CRISPR-Cas9 edited with nontargeting sgRNA or sgRNA targeting PTPN14.
Project description:We used freshly established immortalized human keratinocytes with a well-defined HPV16 E6 E7 expression cassette to get a more complete and less biased overview about global changes induced by HPV16 using RNA-seq. We identified novel factors regulated by HPV oncogenes that could serve an essential role in cancer development.
Project description:The overexpression of Six1, a member of the Six family of homeodomain transcription factors, has been found in various human cancers, and is associated with tumor progression and metastasis. We previously determined that the expression of Six1 mRNA increased during in vitro progression of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16)-immortalized human keratinocytes (HKc/HPV16) toward a differentiation-resistant (HKc/DR) phenotype. However, if Six1 promotes HPV16-mediated transformation or not remains unknown. HKc/DR were transfected with a Six1 or control vector and RNA isolated from these cells were used in an Agilent two-color gene expression profiling experiment. The goal was to determine the effects of Six1 on global gene expression.
Project description:Microarray analysis of the effect of early stage, productive HPV16 infection on the transcriptome of human cervical keratinocytes. Our results provide for the first time, global gene expression changes in cervical epithelium that produces high levels of viral titers.
Project description:Identification of genetic/cytogenetic alterations and differentially expressed cellular genes in HPV16 E6, E7 and E6/E7 positive human foreskin keratinocytes Keywords: ordered
Project description:HPV must reprogram host gene expression to promote infection, and HPV proteins E6 and E7 contribute to this via targeting of cellular transcription factors including p53 and pRb respectively. The HPV16 E2 protein regulated host gene expression in U2OS cells and in this study we extend these observations into NOKs that are capable of suporting late stages of the HPV16 life cycle. We observed repression of innate immune genes by E2 that are also repressed by the intact HPV16 genome in NOKs. There was a highly significant overlap of the E2 regulated genes with those regulated by the intact HPV16 genome in the same cell type. siRNA targeting of E2 reversed repression of E2 targed genes. The ability of E2 to repress innate immune genes was confirmed in an ano-genital immortalized keratinocyte cell line, N/Tert-1.
Project description:Human ectocervical and endocervical cells immortalized by HPV16 E6/E7 (designated as Ect and End, respectively) and normal human immortalized keratinocytes (NIKS), were transfected with whole genomes of HPV16 or HPV18, and were subsequently grown in standard monolayer culture until passage 2. Total RNAs were extracted and subjected to TORAY 3D-gene analysis service using the 3D-Gene Human Oligo chip 25K (TORAY, Tokyo, Japan).
Project description:The overexpression of Six1, a member of the Six family of homeodomain transcription factors, has been found in various human cancers, and is associated with tumor progression and metastasis. We previously determined that the expression of Six1 mRNA increased during in vitro progression of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16)-immortalized human keratinocytes (HKc/HPV16) toward a differentiation-resistant (HKc/DR) phenotype. However, if Six1 promotes HPV16-mediated transformation or not remains unknown. HKc/DR were transfected with a Six1 or control vector and RNA isolated from these cells were used in an Agilent two-color gene expression profiling experiment. The goal was to determine the effects of Six1 on global gene expression. Two-condition experiment, Six1 vs. Control HKc/DR cells. Biological replicates: 4 Six1-transfected replicates and 4 control-transfected replicates.