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  • Title: HPV16 E6 oncoprotein inhibits apoptosis induced during serum-calcium differentiation of foreskin human keratinocytes.
    Author: Alfandari J, Shnitman Magal S, Jackman A, Schlegel R, Gonen P, Sherman L.
    Journal: Virology; 1999 May 10; 257(2):383-96. PubMed ID: 10329549.
    Abstract:
    Transfection of human papillomavirus (HPV) 16 E6 oncogene into foreskin primary human keratinocytes (PHKs) causes the formation of colonies of viable cells resistant to serum-calcium differentiation. To define the stage of keratinocyte differentiation inhibited by E6, we examined the response of PHKs to serum and calcium with respect to parameters of both growth and differentiation. The effect of HPV16 E6 was evaluated by infection with recombinant retroviruses encoding the E6 protein. Results of these studies indicated that terminal differentiation of cultured foreskin keratinocytes, triggered by serum and calcium, is a progressive process (2-3 weeks) that ends with cell death with characteristics of apoptosis. Human keratinocyte terminal differentiation was accompanied by time-related changes in the expression of cellular proteins involved in the control pathways of apoptosis, including downregulation of Bcl-2 and p53 and upregulation of Bax, which coincided with the appearance of morphological signs of apoptosis. E6 expression did not override the differentiation-associated G1 arrest or prevent the induction of squamous differentiation-specific markers, transglutaminase 1 and involucrin. E6 expression led, however, to a significant reduction in cell stratification and cell death by apoptosis, which correlated with prolonged expression of Bcl-2 and reduced elevation of Bax levels that occurred concomitant with a complete loss of p53. The data argue that E6 inhibits terminal differentiation of foreskin PHKs through inhibition of their differentiation-induced apoptotic program.
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