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HPV-18 E6 Oncoprotein and Its Spliced Isoform E6*I Regulate the Wnt/?-Catenin Cell Signaling Pathway through the TCF-4 Transcriptional Factor.


ABSTRACT: The Wnt/?-catenin signaling pathway regulates cell proliferation and differentiation and its aberrant activation in cervical cancer has been described. Persistent infection with high risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) is the most important factor for the development of this neoplasia, since E6 and E7 viral oncoproteins alter cellular processes, promoting cervical cancer development. A role of HPV-16 E6 in Wnt/?-catenin signaling has been proposed, although the participation of HPV-18 E6 has not been previously studied. The aim of this work was to investigate the participation of HPV-18 E6 and E6*I, in the regulation of the Wnt/?-catenin signaling pathway. Here, we show that E6 proteins up-regulate TCF-4 transcriptional activity and promote overexpression of Wnt target genes. In addition, it was demonstrated that E6 and E6*I bind to the TCF-4 (T cell factor 4) and ?-catenin, impacting TCF-4 stabilization. We found that both E6 and E6*I proteins interact with the promoter of Sp5, in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, although differences in TCF-4 transcriptional activation were found among E6 intratype variants, no changes were observed in the levels of regulated genes. Furthermore, our data support that E6 proteins cooperate with ?-catenin to promote cell proliferation.

SUBMITTER: Munoz-Bello JO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6214013 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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HPV-18 E6 Oncoprotein and Its Spliced Isoform E6*I Regulate the Wnt/β-Catenin Cell Signaling Pathway through the TCF-4 Transcriptional Factor.

Muñoz-Bello J Omar JO   Olmedo-Nieva Leslie L   Castro-Muñoz Leonardo Josué LJ   Manzo-Merino Joaquín J   Contreras-Paredes Adriana A   González-Espinosa Claudia C   López-Saavedra Alejandro A   Lizano Marcela M  

International journal of molecular sciences 20181013 10


The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway regulates cell proliferation and differentiation and its aberrant activation in cervical cancer has been described. Persistent infection with high risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) is the most important factor for the development of this neoplasia, since E6 and E7 viral oncoproteins alter cellular processes, promoting cervical cancer development. A role of HPV-16 E6 in Wnt/β-catenin signaling has been proposed, although the participation of HPV-18 E6 has not  ...[more]

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