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Juszczak AM, Wöelfle U, Končić MZ, Tomczyk M. Skin cancer, including related pathways and therapy and the role of luteolin derivatives as potential therapeutics. Med Res Rev 2022; 42:1423-1462. [PMID: 35187675 PMCID: PMC9303584 DOI: 10.1002/med.21880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Cutaneous malignant melanoma is the fastest growing and the most aggressive form of skin cancer that is diagnosed. However, its incidence is relatively scarce compared to the highest mortality rate of all skin cancers. The much more common skin cancers include nonmelanoma malignant skin cancers. Moreover, over the past several decades, the frequency of all skin cancers has increased much more dynamically than that of almost any other type of cancer. Among the available therapeutic options for skin cancers, chemotherapy used immediately after the surgical intervention has been an essential element. Unfortunately, the main problem with conventional chemopreventive regimens involves the lack of response to treatment and the associated side effects. Hence, there is a need for much more effective anticancer drugs. Correspondingly, the targeted alternatives have involved phytochemicals, which are safer chemotherapeutic agents and exhibit competitive anticancer activity with high therapeutic efficacy. Among polyphenolic compounds, some flavonoids and their derivatives, which are mostly found in medicinal plants, have been demonstrated to influence the modulation of signaling pathways at each stage of the carcinogenesis process, which is also important in the context of skin cancers. Hence, this review focuses on an exhaustive overview of the therapeutic effects of luteolin and its derivatives in the treatment and prevention of skin cancers. The bioavailability and structure–activity relationships of luteolin derivatives are also discussed. This review is the first such complete account of all of the scientific reports concerning this particular group of natural compounds that target a specific area of neoplastic diseases.
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- Aleksandra M. Juszczak
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine Medical University of Białystok Białystok Poland
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Research Center Skinitial, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine University of Freiburg Freiburg Germany
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry University of Zagreb Zagreb Croatia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine Medical University of Białystok Białystok Poland
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Tschirley AM, Stockwell PA, Rodger EJ, Eltherington O, Morison IM, Christensen N, Chatterjee A, Hibma M. The Mouse Papillomavirus Epigenetic Signature Is Characterised by DNA Hypermethylation after Lesion Regression. Viruses 2021; 13:v13102045. [PMID: 34696474 PMCID: PMC8539022 DOI: 10.3390/v13102045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Papillomaviruses (PVs) are double-stranded DNA tumour viruses that can infect cutaneous and mucosal epidermis. Human papillomavirus (HPV) types have been linked to the causality of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC); however, HPV DNA is not always detected in the resultant tumour. DNA methylation is an epigenetic change that can contribute to carcinogenesis. We hypothesise that the DNA methylation pattern in cells is altered following PV infection. We tested if DNA methylation was altered by PV infection in the mouse papillomavirus (MmuPV1) model. Immunosuppressed mice were infected with MmuPV1 on cutaneous tail skin. Immunosuppression was withdrawn for some mice, causing lesions to spontaneously regress. Reduced representation bisulphite sequencing was carried out on DNA from the actively infected lesions, visibly regressed lesions, and mock-infected control mice. DNA methylation libraries were generated and analysed for differentially methylated regions throughout the genome. The presence of MmuPV1 sequences was also assessed. We identified 834 predominantly differentially hypermethylated fragments in regressed lesions, and no methylation differences in actively infected lesions. The promoter regions of genes associated with tumorigenicity, including the tumour suppressor protein DAPK1 and mismatch repair proteins MSH6 and PAPD7, were hypermethylated. Viral DNA was detected in active lesions and in some lesions that had regressed. This is the first description of the genome-wide DNA methylation landscape for active and regressed MmuPV1 lesions. We propose that the DNA hypermethylation in the regressed lesions that we report here may increase the susceptibility of cells to ultraviolet-induced cSCC.
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- Allison M. Tschirley
- Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; (A.M.T.); (P.A.S.); (E.J.R.); (O.E.); (I.M.M.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; (A.M.T.); (P.A.S.); (E.J.R.); (O.E.); (I.M.M.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; (A.M.T.); (P.A.S.); (E.J.R.); (O.E.); (I.M.M.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; (A.M.T.); (P.A.S.); (E.J.R.); (O.E.); (I.M.M.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; (A.M.T.); (P.A.S.); (E.J.R.); (O.E.); (I.M.M.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Pathology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, USA;
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- Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; (A.M.T.); (P.A.S.); (E.J.R.); (O.E.); (I.M.M.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; (A.M.T.); (P.A.S.); (E.J.R.); (O.E.); (I.M.M.); (A.C.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +64-3479-7726
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Huber B, Wang JW, Roden RBS, Kirnbauer R. RG1-VLP and Other L2-Based, Broad-Spectrum HPV Vaccine Candidates. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10051044. [PMID: 33802456 PMCID: PMC7959455 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10051044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Licensed human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines contain virus-like particles (VLPs) self-assembled from L1 major-capsid proteins that are remarkably effective prophylactic immunogens. However, the induced type-restricted immune response limits coverage to the included vaccine types, and costly multiplex formulations, restrictive storage and distribution conditions drive the need for next generation HPV vaccines. Vaccine candidates based upon the minor structural protein L2 are particularly promising because conserved N-terminal epitopes induce broadly cross-type neutralizing and protective antibodies. Several strategies to increase the immunological potency of such epitopes are being investigated, including concatemeric multimers, fusion to toll-like receptors ligands or T cell epitopes, as well as immunodominant presentation by different nanoparticle or VLP structures. Several promising L2-based vaccine candidates have reached or will soon enter first-in-man clinical studies. RG1-VLP present the HPV16L2 amino-acid 17–36 conserved neutralization epitope “RG1” repetitively and closely spaced on an immunodominant surface loop of HPV16 L1-VLP and small animal immunizations provide cross-protection against challenge with all medically-significant high-risk and several low-risk HPV types. With a successful current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) campaign and this promising breadth of activity, even encompassing cross-neutralization of several cutaneous HPV types, RG1-VLP are ready for a first-in-human clinical study. This review aims to provide a general overview of these candidates with a special focus on the RG1-VLP vaccine and its road to the clinic.
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- Bettina Huber
- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria;
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- Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; (J.W.W.); (R.B.S.R.)
- PathoVax LLC, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; (J.W.W.); (R.B.S.R.)
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +43-1-40400-77680
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Sichero L, Rollison DE, Amorrortu RP, Tommasino M. Beta Human Papillomavirus and Associated Diseases. Acta Cytol 2019; 63:100-108. [PMID: 30673666 DOI: 10.1159/000492659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The cutaneous human papillomavirus (HPV), mostly from β- and γ-HPV genus, is ubiquitously distributed throughout the human body and may be part of the commensal flora. The association of β-HPVs and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) development was initially reported in patients with the rare genetic disorder Epidermodysplasia verruciformis. Likewise, immunosuppressed organ transplant recipients have an increased susceptibility to β-HPV infections in the skin as well as to cSCC development. Although ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is the main risk factor of cSCC, experimental data points toward β-HPVs as co-carcinogens, which appear to be required solely at early stages of skin carcinogenesis by facilitating the accumulation of UVR-induced DNA mutations. Several epidemiological studies relying on different biomarkers of β-HPV infections have also been conducted in immunocompetent individuals to access their association with cSCC development. Additionally, in vivo and in vitro studies are presenting cumulative evidence that E6 and E7 proteins from specific β-HPVs exhibit transforming activities and may collaborate with different environmental factors in promoting carcinogenesis. Nevertheless, further research is crucial to better understand the pathological implications of the broad distribution of these HPVs.
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- Laura Sichero
- Center for Translational Research in Oncology, Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo, Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil,
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Infections and Cancer Biology Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
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Nunes EM, Talpe-Nunes V, Sichero L. Epidemiology and biology of cutaneous human papillomavirus. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2018; 73:e489s. [PMID: 30133564 PMCID: PMC6097087 DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2018/e489s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Cutaneous human papillomaviruses (HPVs) include β- and γ-HPVs, in addition to a small fraction of α-HPVs. β-HPVs were first isolated from patients with the rare genetic disorder Epidermodysplasia verruciformis, and they are associated with the development of nonmelanoma skin cancer at sun-exposed skin sites in these individuals. Organ transplant recipients also have greater susceptibility to β-HPV infection of the skin and an increased risk of developing nonmelanoma skin cancer. In both immunosuppressed and immunocompromised individuals, cutaneous HPVs are ubiquitously disseminated throughout healthy skin and may be an intrinsic part of the commensal flora. Functional analysis of E6 and E7 proteins of specific cutaneous HPVs has provided a mechanistic comprehension of how these viruses may induce carcinogenesis. Nevertheless, additional research is crucial to better understand the pathological implications of the broad distribution of these HPVs.
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- Emily M Nunes
- Centro de Investigação Translacional em Oncologia, Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo (ICESP), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
- *Corresponding author. E-mail:
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- Centro de Investigação Translacional em Oncologia, Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo (ICESP), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Centro de Investigação Translacional em Oncologia, Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo (ICESP), Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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Non Melanoma Skin Cancer Pathogenesis Overview. Biomedicines 2018; 6:biomedicines6010006. [PMID: 29301290 PMCID: PMC5874663 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines6010006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Revised: 12/07/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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(1) Background: Non-melanoma skin cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in humans. The process of skin carcinogenesis is still not fully understood. However, several studies have been conducted to better explain the mechanisms that lead to malignancy; (2) Methods: We reviewed the more recent literature about the pathogenesis of non-melanoma skin cancer focusing on basal cell carcinomas, squamous cell carcinoma and actinic keratosis; (3) Results: Several papers reported genetic and molecular alterations leading to non-melanoma skin cancer. Plenty of risk factors are involved in non-melanoma skin cancer pathogenesis, including genetic and molecular alterations, immunosuppression, and ultraviolet radiation; (4) Conclusion: Although skin carcinogenesis is still not fully understood, several papers demonstrated that genetic and molecular alterations are involved in this process. In addition, plenty of non-melanoma skin cancer risk factors are now known, allowing for an effective prevention of non-melanoma skin cancer development. Compared to other papers on the same topic, our review focused on molecular and genetic factors and analyzed in detail several factors involved in non-melanoma skin cancer.
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Wendel SO, Wallace NA. Loss of Genome Fidelity: Beta HPVs and the DNA Damage Response. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2250. [PMID: 29187845 PMCID: PMC5694782 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
While the role of genus alpha human papillomaviruses in the tumorigenesis and tumor maintenance of anogenital and oropharyngeal cancers is well-established, the role of genus beta human papilloviruses (β-HPVs) in non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) is less certain. Persistent β-HPV infections cause NMSCs in sun-exposed skin of people with a rare genetic disorder, epidermodysplasia verruciformis. However, β-HPV infections in people without epidermodysplasia verruciformis are typically transient. Further, β-HPV gene expression is not necessary for tumor maintenance in the general population as on average there is fewer than one copy of the β-HPV genome per cell in NMSC tumor biopsies. Cell culture, epidemiological, and mouse model experiments support a role for β-HPV infections in the initiation of NMSCs through a "hit and run" mechanism. The virus is hypothesized to act as a cofactor, augmenting the genome destabilizing effects of UV. Supporting this idea, two β-HPV proteins (β-HPV E6 and E7) disrupt the cellular response to UV exposure and other genome destabilizing events by abrogating DNA repair and deregulating cell cycle progression. The aberrant damage response increases the likelihood of oncogenic mutations capable of driving tumorigenesis independent of a sustained β-HPV infection or continued viral protein expression. This review summarizes what is currently known about the deleterious effects of β-HPV on genome maintenance in the context of the virus's putative role in NMSC initiation.
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Lanfredini S, Olivero C, Borgogna C, Calati F, Powell K, Davies KJ, De Andrea M, Harries S, Tang HKC, Pfister H, Gariglio M, Patel GK. HPV8 Field Cancerization in a Transgenic Mouse Model Is due to Lrig1+ Keratinocyte Stem Cell Expansion. J Invest Dermatol 2017; 137:2208-2216. [PMID: 28595997 PMCID: PMC5613749 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.04.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Revised: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
β-Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) cause near ubiquitous latent skin infection within long-lived hair follicle (HF) keratinocyte stem cells. In patients with epidermodysplasia verruciformis, β-HPV viral replication is associated with skin keratosis and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. To determine the role of HF keratinocyte stem cells in β-HPV-induced skin carcinogenesis, we utilized a transgenic mouse model in which the keratin 14 promoter drives expression of the entire HPV8 early region (HPV8tg). HPV8tg mice developed thicker skin in comparison with wild-type littermates consistent with a hyperproliferative epidermis. HF keratinocyte proliferation was evident within the Lrig1+ keratinocyte stem cell population (69 vs. 55%, P < 0.01, n = 7), and not in the CD34+, LGR5+, and LGR6+ keratinocyte stem cell populations. This was associated with a 2.8-fold expansion in Lrig1+ keratinocytes and 3.8-fold increased colony-forming efficiency. Consistent with this, we observed nuclear p63 expression throughout this population and the HF infundibulum and adjoining interfollicular epidermis, associated with a switch from p63 transcriptional activation isoforms to ΔNp63 isoforms in HPV8tg skin. Epidermodysplasia verruciformis keratosis and in some cases actinic keratoses demonstrated similar histology associated with β-HPV reactivation and nuclear p63 expression within the HF infundibulum and perifollicular epidermis. These findings would suggest that β-HPV field cancerization arises from the HF junctional zone and predispose to squamous cell carcinoma.
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- Simone Lanfredini
- European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Virology Unit, Department of Translational Medicine, Novara Medical School, Novara, Italy
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- Virology Unit, Department of Translational Medicine, Novara Medical School, Novara, Italy
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- Virology Unit, Department of Translational Medicine, Novara Medical School, Novara, Italy
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- European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Virology Unit, Department of Translational Medicine, Novara Medical School, Novara, Italy; Viral Pathogenesis Unit, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, Turin Medical School, Turin, Italy
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- European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Institute of Virology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Virology Unit, Department of Translational Medicine, Novara Medical School, Novara, Italy
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- European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
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Hufbauer M, Akgül B. Molecular Mechanisms of Human Papillomavirus Induced Skin Carcinogenesis. Viruses 2017; 9:v9070187. [PMID: 28708084 PMCID: PMC5537679 DOI: 10.3390/v9070187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Revised: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Infection of the cutaneous skin with human papillomaviruses (HPV) of genus betapapillomavirus (βHPV) is associated with the development of premalignant actinic keratoses and squamous cell carcinoma. Due to the higher viral loads of βHPVs in actinic keratoses than in cancerous lesions, it is currently discussed that these viruses play a carcinogenic role in cancer initiation. In vitro assays performed to characterize the cell transforming activities of high-risk HPV types of genus alphapapillomavirus have markedly contributed to the present knowledge on their oncogenic functions. However, these assays failed to detect oncogenic functions of βHPV early proteins. They were not suitable for investigations aiming to study the interactive role of βHPV positive epidermis with mesenchymal cells and the extracellular matrix. This review focuses on βHPV gene functions with special focus on oncogenic mechanisms that may be relevant for skin cancer development.
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- Martin Hufbauer
- Institute of Virology, University of Cologne, Fürst-Pückler-Str. 56, 50935 Cologne, Germany.
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- Institute of Virology, University of Cologne, Fürst-Pückler-Str. 56, 50935 Cologne, Germany.
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Yesantharao P, Wang W, Ioannidis NM, Demehri S, Whittemore AS, Asgari MM. Cutaneous squamous cell cancer (cSCC) risk and the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system. Hum Immunol 2017; 78:327-335. [PMID: 28185865 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2017.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Revised: 02/03/2017] [Accepted: 02/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is the second most common cancer among Caucasians in the United States, with rising incidence over the past decade. Treatment for non-melanoma skin cancer, including cSCC, in the United States was estimated to cost $4.8 billion in 2014. Thus, an understanding of cSCC pathogenesis could have important public health implications. Immune function impacts cSCC risk, given that cSCC incidence rates are substantially higher in patients with compromised immune systems. We report a systematic review of published associations between cSCC risk and the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system. This review includes studies that analyze germline class I and class II HLA allelic variation as well as HLA cell-surface protein expression levels associated with cSCC risk. We propose biological mechanisms for these HLA-cSCC associations based on known mechanisms of HLA involvement in other diseases. The review suggests that immunity regulates the development of cSCC and that HLA-cSCC associations differ between immunocompetent and immunosuppressed patients. This difference may reflect the presence of viral co-factors that affect tumorigenesis in immunosuppressed patients. Finally, we highlight limitations in the literature on HLA-cSCC associations, and suggest directions for future research aimed at understanding, preventing and treating cSCC.
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- Pooja Yesantharao
- Epidemiology Division, Department of Health Research & Policy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Epidemiology Division, Department of Health Research & Policy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Epidemiology Division, Department of Health Research & Policy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Epidemiology Division, Department of Health Research & Policy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Švajdler M, Mezencev R, Kašpírková J, Kacerovská D, Kazakov DV, Ondič O, Michal M. Human papillomavirus infection and p16 expression in the immunocompetent patients with extragenital/extraungual Bowen's disease. Diagn Pathol 2016; 11:53. [PMID: 27342647 PMCID: PMC4919835 DOI: 10.1186/s13000-016-0505-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The role of human papillomaviruses (HPV) in the development of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) has been established for anogenital lesions but still remains controversial for carcinomas in other sites. The aim of this study was to determine the α-HPV and β-HPV prevalence and their association with p16 expression, sun exposure, and clinicopathological findings in patients with Bowen's disease (BD). METHODS One hundred sixty nine skin biopsy specimens from 157 immunocompetent patients with extragenital/extraungual BD were examined for HPV status and p16 expression. The presence of koilocyte-like changes, solar elastosis and papillomatosis was recorded for each specimen. RESULTS BD was diagnosed more often in potentially sun-exposed sites with prevalence 73.6 % and a remarkable predilection for the head and neck region. High risk α-HPV or β-HPV were detected in 34.7 % of lesions and β-HPV infections dominated over α-HPV. Higher prevalence of koilocyte-like changes and papillomatosis was found in HPV-positive specimens but it was not statistically significant. The expression of p16 was detected in 79.8 % of lesions and displayed no correlation with the HPV status. HPV-positivity tended to be detected more often in sun-protected sites. Dual infections by α-HPV/β-HPV genera and mixed α-HPV infections were not detected, while 37.5 % of β-HPV positive specimens were infected by two or more β-HPV genotypes. HPV 9 was significantly associated with mixed β-HPV infections. CONCLUSIONS HPV may play an etiological role at least in some SCC in situ arising in extragenital sites. Sunprotected sites may be more dependent on HPV-mediated co-carcinogenesis than sun exposed areas. The presence of the p16-expression, papillomatosis or koilocyte-like change is not a reliable marker of HPV infection in SCC in situ.
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- Marián Švajdler
- />Šikl’s Department of Pathology, Charles University in Prague, The Faculty of Medicine and Faculty Hospital in Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic
- />Bioptická laboratoř, s.r.o., Mikulášske nám. 4, 326 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- />Integrated Cancer Research Center, School of Biology and Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA USA
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- />Bioptická laboratoř, s.r.o., Mikulášske nám. 4, 326 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- />Šikl’s Department of Pathology, Charles University in Prague, The Faculty of Medicine and Faculty Hospital in Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic
- />Bioptická laboratoř, s.r.o., Mikulášske nám. 4, 326 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- />Šikl’s Department of Pathology, Charles University in Prague, The Faculty of Medicine and Faculty Hospital in Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic
- />Bioptická laboratoř, s.r.o., Mikulášske nám. 4, 326 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- />Šikl’s Department of Pathology, Charles University in Prague, The Faculty of Medicine and Faculty Hospital in Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic
- />Bioptická laboratoř, s.r.o., Mikulášske nám. 4, 326 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- />Šikl’s Department of Pathology, Charles University in Prague, The Faculty of Medicine and Faculty Hospital in Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic
- />Bioptická laboratoř, s.r.o., Mikulášske nám. 4, 326 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic
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Falchook GS, Rady P, Konopinski JC, Busaidy N, Hess K, Hymes S, Nguyen HP, Prieto VG, Bustinza-Linares E, Lin Q, Parkhurst KL, Hong DS, Sherman S, Tyring SK, Kurzrock R. Merkel cell polyomavirus and human papilloma virus in proliferative skin lesions arising in patients treated with BRAF inhibitors. Arch Dermatol Res 2016; 308:357-65. [DOI: 10.1007/s00403-016-1650-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2015] [Revised: 03/20/2016] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The Presence of Betapapillomavirus Antibodies around Transplantation Predicts the Development of Keratinocyte Carcinoma in Organ Transplant Recipients: A Cohort Study. J Invest Dermatol 2015; 135:1275-1282. [DOI: 10.1038/jid.2014.456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2014] [Revised: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 10/06/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Wang JW, Hung CF, Huh WK, Trimble CL, Roden RBS. Immunoprevention of human papillomavirus-associated malignancies. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2015; 8:95-104. [PMID: 25488410 PMCID: PMC4315720 DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-14-0311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Persistent infection by one of 15 high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) types is a necessary but not sufficient cause of 5% of all human cancers. This provides a remarkable opportunity for cancer prevention via immunization. Since Harald zur Hausen's pioneering identification of hrHPV types 16 and 18, found in approximately 50% and 20% of cervical cancers, respectively, two prophylactic HPV vaccines containing virus-like particles (VLP) of each genotype have been widely licensed. These vaccines are beginning to affect infection and HPV-associated neoplasia rates after immunization campaigns in adolescents. Here, we review recent progress and opportunities to better prevent HPV-associated cancers, including broadening immune protection to cover all hrHPV types, reducing the cost of HPV vaccines especially for developing countries that have the highest rates of cervical cancer, and immune-based treatment of established HPV infections. Screening based upon George Papanicolaou's cervical cytology testing, and more recently detection of hrHPV DNA/RNA, followed by ablative treatment of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2/3) have substantially reduced cervical cancer rates, and we examine their interplay with immune-based modalities for the prevention and eventual elimination of cervical cancer and other HPV-related malignancies.
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- Joshua W Wang
- Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Onder Z, Chang V, Moroianu J. Nuclear export of cutaneous HPV8 E7 oncoprotein is mediated by a leucine-rich nuclear export signal via a CRM1 pathway. Virology 2015; 474:28-33. [PMID: 25463601 PMCID: PMC4259873 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2014] [Revised: 09/24/2014] [Accepted: 10/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We recently determined that the nuclear import of cutaneous beta genus HPV8 E7 oncoprotein it is mediated by its zinc-binding domain via direct hydrophobic interactions with the FG nucleoporins Nup62 and Nup153 (Onder and Moroianu, 2014). Here we investigated the nuclear export of HPV8 E7 oncoprotein using confocal microscopy after transfections of HeLa cells with EGFP-8cE7 and mutant plasmids and treatment with Ratjadone A nuclear export inhibitor. We determined that HPV8 E7 contains a leucine-rich nuclear export signal (NES), 76IRTFQELLF84, within its zinc-binding domain that mediates its nuclear export via a CRM1 pathway. We found that HPV8 E7 interacts with CRM1 and that the hydrophobic amino acid residues I76, F79 and L82 of the NES are essential for this interaction and for nuclear export of HPV8 E7 oncoprotein.
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- Zeynep Onder
- Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
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- Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
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- Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.
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Mlakar B, Kocjan BJ, Hošnjak L, Fujs Komloš K, Milošević M, Poljak M. Betapapillomaviruses in the anal canal of HIV positive and HIV negative men who have sex with men. J Clin Virol 2014; 61:237-41. [PMID: 25097015 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Revised: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Betapapillomaviruses (β-PV) are etiologically associated with epidermodysplasia verruciformis and a proportion of skin precancerous lesions and cancer, mainly in immunocompromised individuals. OBJECTIVES The prevalence and persistence of anal β-PV infection and β-PV type distribution were determined in a cohort of men who have sex with men (MSM). A correlation with HIV-1 infection status and selected demographic and behavioral risk factors were additionally established. STUDY DESIGN A total of 181 anal swabs (135 initial and 46 follow-up swabs) obtained from 135 Slovenian MSMs (17.0% HIV-1 positive) were tested for the presence of 25 different β-PV types using Diassay RHA Kit Skin (beta) HPV assay and, if negative, with an in-house nested M(a)/H(a) PCR. RESULTS β-PVs were detected in 88/135 (65.2%) initial anal swabs. Infection with multiple β-PV types was found in 26 samples; the number of β-PVs ranged from 2 to 9. A total of 29 distinct β-PVs were detected: HPV-36 and HPV-38 were the most prevalent, followed by HPV-23, HPV-24, and HPV-93. HIV-1 positive status, promiscuity and use of alkyl nitrites were significantly associated with a higher prevalence of anal β-PV infection. Three partial DNA sequences suggesting putative new HPV types were identified. CONCLUSION To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate and characterize β-PV infections in the anal region. We showed that anal β-PV infection is highly prevalent in the MSM population and that β-PVs can establish persistent infection in the anal region for up to 4.8 years.
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- Boštjan Mlakar
- Department of Surgery, Rožna dolina Surgical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Proctology, Surgical Centre Zdrav Splet, Maribor, Slovenia
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- Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Slovenj Gradec General Hospital, Department of General and Abdominal Surgery, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
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- Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Landini MM, Borgogna C, Peretti A, Colombo E, Zavattaro E, Boldorini R, Miglio U, Doorbar J, Ravanini P, Kumar R, Moratto D, Badolato R, De Andrea M, Gariglio M. α- and β-Papillomavirus infection in a young patient with an unclassified primary T-cell immunodeficiency and multiple mucosal and cutaneous lesions. J Am Acad Dermatol 2014; 71:108-15.e1. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.01.859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 12/27/2013] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Magro F, Peyrin-Biroulet L, Sokol H, Aldeger X, Costa A, Higgins PD, Joyce JC, Katsanos KH, Lopez A, de Xaxars TM, Toader E, Beaugerie L. Extra-intestinal malignancies in inflammatory bowel disease: results of the 3rd ECCO Pathogenesis Scientific Workshop (III). J Crohns Colitis 2014; 8:31-44. [PMID: 23721759 DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2013.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The incidence of lymphoproliferative disorders (LD) is increasing in developed countries. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) exposed to thiopurines are at additional risk of three specific forms of LD: Epstein-Barr-Virus-related post-transplant like LD, hepato-splenic T-cell lymphoma and post-mononucleosis lymphoproliferation. The risk of the two latter forms of LD can be reduced when considering specific immunosuppressive strategies in young males. It is still unclear whether the risk of uterine cervix abnormalities is increased in IBD women, irrespective of the use of immunosuppressants. Given the excess risk demonstrated in various other contexts of immunosuppression, it is currently recommended that all women with IBD, particularly those receiving immunosuppressants, strictly adhere to a screening program of cervical surveillance and undergo vaccination against HPV, when appropriate. Patients with IBD receiving immunosuppressants are at increased risk of skin cancers. The risk of non-melanoma skin cancer is notably increased in patients receiving thiopurines. Recent data suggest that the risk of melanoma is mildly increased in patients exposed to anti-TNF therapy. All IBD patients should adhere to a program of sun protection and dermatological surveillance, whose details should take into account the other non-IBD-related risk factors.
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- Fernando Magro
- Gastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar S. João, Institute of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Inserm U954 and Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Nancy, and Université Henri Poincaré 1,Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Antoine F-75012 and ERL 1057 INSERM/UMRS 7203, UPMC Univ Paris 06F-75005, Paris, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology of University Hospital Doctor Josep Trueta de Girona, Spain
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Centro Hospitalar S. João, Portugal, and Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, WI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine & Hepato-Gastroenterology Unit, Medical School University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Inserm U954 and Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Nancy, and Université Henri Poincaré 1,Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Gastroenterology and Hepatology Center, University Hospital Sf. Spiridon, and University of Medicine and Pharmacy Gr. T. Popa, Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Gastroenterology, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Antoine F-75012 and ERL 1057 INSERM/UMRS 7203, UPMC Univ Paris 06F-75005, Paris, France.
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Onder Z, Moroianu J. Nuclear import of cutaneous beta genus HPV8 E7 oncoprotein is mediated by hydrophobic interactions between its zinc-binding domain and FG nucleoporins. Virology 2013; 449:150-62. [PMID: 24418548 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2013] [Revised: 10/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/11/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We have previously discovered and characterized the nuclear import pathways for the E7 oncoproteins of mucosal alpha genus HPVs, type 16 and 11. Here we investigated the nuclear import of cutaneous beta genus HPV8 E7 protein using confocal microscopy after transfections of HeLa cells with EGFP-8E7 and mutant plasmids and nuclear import assays in digitonin-permeabilized HeLa cells. We determined that HPV8 E7 contains a nuclear localization signal (NLS) within its zinc-binding domain that mediates its nuclear import. Furthermore, we discovered that a mostly hydrophobic patch 65LRLFV69 within the zinc-binding domain is essential for the nuclear import and localization of HPV8 E7 via hydrophobic interactions with the FG nucleoporins Nup62 and Nup153. Substitution of the hydrophobic residues within the 65LRLFV69 patch to alanines, and not R66A mutation, disrupt the interactions between the 8E7 zinc-binding domain and Nup62 and Nup153 and consequently inhibit nuclear import of HPV8 E7.
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- Zeynep Onder
- Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
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- Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.
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Ganzenmueller T, Hage E, Yakushko Y, Kluba J, Woltemate S, Schacht V, Schulz TF, Gutzmer R. No human virus sequences detected by next-generation sequencing in benign verrucous skin tumors occurring in BRAF-inhibitor-treated patients. Exp Dermatol 2013; 22:725-9. [DOI: 10.1111/exd.12249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Institute of Virology; Hannover Medical School; Hannover Germany
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- Institute of Virology; Hannover Medical School; Hannover Germany
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- Institute of Virology; Hannover Medical School; Hannover Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology; Hannover Medical School; Hannover Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy; Hannover Medical School; Hannover Germany
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- Institute of Virology; Hannover Medical School; Hannover Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy; Hannover Medical School; Hannover Germany
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Schellenbacher C, Kwak K, Fink D, Shafti-Keramat S, Huber B, Jindra C, Faust H, Dillner J, Roden RBS, Kirnbauer R. Efficacy of RG1-VLP vaccination against infections with genital and cutaneous human papillomaviruses. J Invest Dermatol 2013; 133:2706-2713. [PMID: 23752042 PMCID: PMC3826974 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2013.253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2013] [Accepted: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Licensed human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines, based on virus-like particles (VLPs) self-assembled from major capsid protein L1, afford type-restricted protection against HPV types 16/18/6/11 (or 16/18 for the bivalent vaccine), which cause 70% of cervical cancers (CxCas) and 90% of genital warts. However, they do not protect against less prevalent high-risk (HR) types causing 30% of CxCa, or cutaneous HPV. In contrast, vaccination with the minor capsid protein L2 induces low-level immunity to type-common epitopes. Chimeric RG1-VLP presenting HPV16 L2 amino acids 17–36 (RG1 epitope) within the DE-surface loop of HPV16 L1 induced cross-neutralizing antisera. We hypothesized that RG1-VLP vaccination protects against a large spectrum of mucosal and cutaneous HPV infections in vivo. Immunization with RG1-VLP adjuvanted with human-applicable alum-MPL (aluminum hydroxide plus 3-O-desacyl-4′-monophosphoryl lipid A) induced robust L2 antibodies (ELISA titers 2,500–12,500), which (cross-)neutralized mucosal HR HPV16/18/45/37/33/52/58/35/39/51/59/68/73/26/69/34/70, low-risk HPV6/11/32/40, and cutaneous HPV2/27/3/76 (titers 25–1,000) using native virion- or pseudovirion (PsV)-based assays, and a vigorous cytotoxic T lymphocyte response by enzyme-linked immunospot. In vivo, mice were efficiently protected against experimental vaginal challenge with mucosal HR PsV types HPV16/18/45/31/33/52/58/35/39/51/59/68/56/73/26/53/66/34 and low-risk HPV6/43/44. Enduring protection was demonstrated 1 year after vaccination. RG1-VLP is a promising next-generation vaccine with broad efficacy against all relevant mucosal and also cutaneous HPV types.
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- Christina Schellenbacher
- Laboratory of Viral Oncology (LVO), Division of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases (DIAID), Department of Dermatology, Medical University Vienna (MUW), Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, Veterinary University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Viral Oncology (LVO), Division of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases (DIAID), Department of Dermatology, Medical University Vienna (MUW), Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Viral Oncology (LVO), Division of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases (DIAID), Department of Dermatology, Medical University Vienna (MUW), Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Viral Oncology (LVO), Division of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases (DIAID), Department of Dermatology, Medical University Vienna (MUW), Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Viral Oncology (LVO), Division of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases (DIAID), Department of Dermatology, Medical University Vienna (MUW), Vienna, Austria.
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Gjersvik P, Helsing P, Holdaas H, Bergan S. [Immunosuppressive drugs and the development of skin cancer after organ transplantation]. TIDSSKRIFT FOR DEN NORSKE LEGEFORENING 2012; 132:2064-8. [PMID: 23038197 DOI: 10.4045/tidsskr.12.0389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with organ transplants have a significantly increased risk of skin cancer, especially squamous cell carcinoma, as a result of long-term treatment with immunosuppressive drugs. This paper provides a brief overview of the assumed underlying mechanisms. METHOD The paper builds on relevant articles and studies identified in the course of many years of interest in immunopharmacology and skin cancer after organ transplantation. RESULTS Reduced immunological tumour surveillance as a result of chronic immunosuppression has long been assumed to underlie the increased risk of skin cancer after organ transplants. Recent studies indicate that immunosuppressive drugs may also have specific carcinogenic effects. Aziatropine, which inhibits proliferation of lymphocytes, increases oxidative DNA damage caused by UV radiation. Ciclosporin and tacrolimus, which have an immunosuppressive effect by inhibiting calcineurin, promote malignant phenotypes in cell culture and tumour growth in mouse models. Calcineurin has proved to be necessary in order for p53 protein to have a protective effect against skin cancer. A relatively new class of immunosuppressive drugs, mTOR inhibitors, have antineoplastic properties and are associated with less risk of skin cancer. A number of randomised studies are currently in progress to see whether mTOR inhibitors can reduce the risk of skin cancer after organ transplantation. INTERPRETATION Immunosuppressive drugs contribute to skin cancer after organ transplantation, either as a result of immunosuppression or through specific carcinogenic mechanisms. Immunosuppressive drugs with antineoplastic properties are now starting to be used.
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- Petter Gjersvik
- Institutt for klinisk medisin, Universitetet i Oslo, Norway.
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Aldabagh B, Angeles JGC, Cardones AR, Arron ST. Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and human papillomavirus: is there an association? Dermatol Surg 2012; 39:1-23. [PMID: 22928516 DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2012.02558.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND The role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the induction and maintenance of cervical, anogenital, and some oropharyngeal carcinomas is well recognized, but its role in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) remains to be elucidated. HPV is thought to act as a possible cocarcinogen in the development of SCC. OBJECTIVE To review the literature assessing the correlation between and possible causation of HPV and cutaneous SCC in immunocompetent and immunocompromised populations. METHODS We reviewed HPV sampling and detection methods, epidemiologic studies examining HPV carriage in immunocompetent and immunosuppressed individuals, and evidence asserting an association between HPV and cutaneous SCC. RESULTS Although an abundant body of evidence points toward a link between HPV and cutaneous SCC, many studies indicate otherwise. Recent studies have focused on viral activity in addition to DNA presence. CONCLUSION The possibility exists that HPV may play a role in the induction but not maintenance of cutaneous SCC.
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- Bishr Aldabagh
- Department of Dermatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Andersson K, Michael KM, Luostarinen T, Waterboer T, Gislefoss R, Hakulinen T, Forslund O, Pawlita M, Dillner J. Prospective study of human papillomavirus seropositivity and risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer. Am J Epidemiol 2012; 175:685-95. [PMID: 22419740 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Cutaneous human papillomaviruses (HPVs) have been associated with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in case-control studies, but there are limited data from prospective studies assessing whether virus exposure predicts risk of future cancer development. Two major biobanks, the Southern Sweden Microbiology Biobank (1971-2003) and the Janus Biobank (1973-2003) in Norway, containing samples from 850,000 donors, were searched for incident skin cancer for up to 30 years using registry linkages. Altogether, 2,623 donors with samples taken before diagnosis of SCC or basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the skin were identified. Prediagnostic samples and samples from 2,623 matched controls were tested for antibodies against 33 types of HPV. Baseline seropositivity to HPV types in genus β species 2 was associated with SCC risk (odds ratio = 1.3, 95% confidence interval: 1.1, 1.7); this was also the case for samples taken more than 18 years before diagnosis (odds ratio = 1.8, 95% confidence interval: 1.1, 2.8). Type-specific persistent seropositivity entailed elevated point estimates for SCC risk for 29 HPV types and decreased point estimates for only 3 types. After multiple hypothesis adjustment, HPV 76 was significantly associated with SCC risk and HPV 9 with BCC risk. In summary, seropositivity for certain HPV types was associated with an increased risk for future development of SCC and BCC.
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- Kristin Andersson
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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de Koning MNC, Polderman MCA, Waterboer T, Ter Schegget J, Feltkamp MCW, Pawlita M, Bouwes Bavinck JN, Quint WGV. Marked differences in Betapapillomavirus DNA and antibody prevalence between patients with psoriasis and those with atopic dermatitis. Br J Dermatol 2011; 164:771-5. [PMID: 21155755 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.10182.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recent studies revealed that Betapapillomavirus (betaPV) infections are highly prevalent. Skin diseases such as psoriasis, characterized by keratinocyte hyperproliferation, and atopic dermatitis (AD), dominated by cutaneous inflammation, might have an impact on viral life cycle and immune response induction. OBJECTIVES To investigate whether betaPV infection is different in psoriasis and AD. METHODS Twenty-seven patients with psoriasis and 17 with AD were included for betaPV genotyping using eyebrow hairs, and for seroresponse determination. RESULTS BetaPV DNA was found significantly more often in patients with psoriasis than in those with AD (100% vs. 81%, P=0·022) and the mean number of betaPV types was higher (4·8 vs. 2·1 types, P=0·002). In contrast, the seroprevalence in patients with AD was significantly higher compared with that in patients with psoriasis (88% vs. 56%, P=0·023). Type-specific concordance of serological response to the betaPV type detected in eyebrow hairs was 27% in patients with psoriasis and 47% in those with AD (P=0·019). CONCLUSIONS We speculate that the condition of the skin and the immunological state of the patients have an important impact on the life cycle of betaPV.
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- M N C de Koning
- DDL Diagnostic Laboratory, 2275 CX Voorburg, the Netherlands
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Arron ST, Jennings L, Nindl I, Rosl F, Bouwes Bavinck JN, Seçkin D, Trakatelli M, Murphy GM. Viral oncogenesis and its role in nonmelanoma skin cancer. Br J Dermatol 2011; 164:1201-13. [PMID: 21418174 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10322.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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In recent years, the contribution of viruses to cutaneous oncogenesis has steadily gained recognition. The archetype is human herpesvirus 8, which is well established as the causative agent in Kaposi sarcoma. Other viruses believed to play a role in nonmelanoma skin cancer include human papillomavirus and the recently described Merkel cell polyomavirus. We review the mechanisms by which these three viruses interact with the host cell, ultraviolet radiation and immunosuppression to result in carcinogenesis.
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- S Tuttleton Arron
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Noris E, Poli A, Cojoca R, Rittà M, Cavallo F, Vaglio S, Matic S, Landolfo S. A human papillomavirus 8 E7 protein produced in plants is able to trigger the mouse immune system and delay the development of skin lesions. Arch Virol 2011; 156:587-95. [PMID: 21234770 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-010-0893-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2010] [Accepted: 12/14/2010] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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We investigated the potential of Nicotiana benthamiana to express the E7 protein of human papillomavirus 8 (HPV-8), a paradigm genotype among cutaneous HPVs. The protein, modified in its putative pRb-binding domain (E7(QGD)), was transiently expressed in leaves following infiltration with agrobacteria carrying either a binary vector combined with silencing suppressor constructs or replicating tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)-based vectors with different targeting signals. HPV-8 E7(QGD) yields ranged from 250 ng to 4.6 mg per gram of fresh leaf tissue. The highest yields were obtained with TMV-based vectors targeting the antigen to the apoplast. HPV8-CER (H2(q)) mice transformed with the complete early region of HPV-8 showed a delay in the onset of skin papillomatous lesions and produced E7-specific immunoglobulins G when inoculated subcutaneously with leaf extracts expressing E7(QGD). Furthermore, we demonstrated that the plant-made HPV-8 E7(QGD) induced a specific cytotoxic response in C57BL/6 (H2(b)) mice.
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- Emanuela Noris
- Istituto di Virologia Vegetale, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Strada delle Cacce 73, Turin, Italy.
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Bavinck JNB, Neale RE, Abeni D, Euvrard S, Green AC, Harwood CA, de Koning MN, Naldi L, Nindl I, Pawlita M, Pfister H, Proby CM, Quint WG, ter Schegget J, Waterboer T, Weissenborn S, Feltkamp MC. Multicenter Study of the Association between Betapapillomavirus Infection and Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Cancer Res 2010; 70:9777-86. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-10-0352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Janin A. [Cancer in transplantation patients]. Ann Pathol 2010; 30:22-4. [PMID: 21055535 DOI: 10.1016/j.annpat.2010.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2010] [Accepted: 08/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Anne Janin
- INSERM U728, service de pathologie, hôpital Saint-Louis, AP-HP, université Paris 7-Denis-Diderot, 1 avenue Claude-Vellefaux, Paris, France.
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Akgul B, Bauer B, Zigrino P, Storey A, Mauch C, Pfister H. Upregulation of lipocalin-2 in human papillomavirus-positive keratinocytes and cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas. J Gen Virol 2010; 92:395-401. [DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.025064-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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De Andrea M, Rittà M, Landini MM, Borgogna C, Mondini M, Kern F, Ehrenreiter K, Baccarini M, Marcuzzi GP, Smola S, Pfister H, Landolfo S, Gariglio M. Keratinocyte-specific stat3 heterozygosity impairs development of skin tumors in human papillomavirus 8 transgenic mice. Cancer Res 2010; 70:7938-48. [PMID: 20876801 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-10-1128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Human papillomaviruses (HPV) of the genus β are thought to play a role in human skin cancers, but this has been difficult to establish using epidemiologic approaches. To gain insight into the transforming activities of β-HPV, transgenic mouse models have been generated that develop skin tumors. Recent evidence suggests a central role of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3) as a transcriptional node for cancer cell-autonomous initiation of a tumor-promoting gene signature associated with cell proliferation, cell survival, and angiogenesis. Moreover, high levels of phospho-Stat3 have been detected in tumors arising in HPV8-CER transgenic mice. In this study, we investigate the in vivo role of Stat3 in HPV8-induced skin carcinogenesis by combining our established experimental model of HPV8-induced skin cancer with epidermis-restricted Stat3 ablation. Stat3 heterozygous epidermis was less prone to tumorigenesis than wild-type epidermis. Three of the 23 (13%) Stat3(+/-):HPV8 animals developed tumors within 12 weeks of life, whereas 54.3% of Stat3(+/+):HPV8 mice already exhibited tumors in the same observation period (median age for tumor appearance, 10 weeks). The few tumors that arose in the Stat3(+/-):HPV8 mice were benign and never progressed to a more malignant phenotype. Collectively, these results offer direct evidence of a critical role for Stat3 in HPV8-driven epithelial carcinogenesis. Our findings imply that targeting Stat3 activity in keratinocytes may be a viable strategy to prevent and treat HPV-induced skin cancer.
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- Marco De Andrea
- Department of Public Health and Microbiology, Medical School of Turin, Turin, Italy
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Hofbauer GFL, Bouwes Bavinck JN, Euvrard S. Organ transplantation and skin cancer: basic problems and new perspectives. Exp Dermatol 2010; 19:473-82. [PMID: 20482618 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2010.01086.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Solid organ transplant and subsequent graft survival have increased worldwide, while immunosuppression has prevented rejection with increasing success. Side effects of cutaneous infection and neoplasm, however, affect the majority of solid organ transplant recipients (OTRs). Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin (SCC) is the most common neoplasm overall following organ transplant with a risk that is 60-100 times greater than for the immunocompetent population. This review focuses on questions of ongoing debate about SCC formation in OTRs such as viral carcinogenesis, systemic photoprotection, photosensitization by drugs, the impact of immunosuppressive drugs and inflammation as a driver of carcinogenesis.
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The rising incidence and morbidity of non-melanoma skin cancers has generated great interest in unravelling of their pathogenesis and in the search for new non-invasive treatments. Whereas the role of cumulative sun exposure in pathogenesis of squamous-cell carcinoma seems clear, the relation between sun-exposure patterns and subtypes of basal-cell carcinoma remains undetermined. Several complex genotypic, phenotypic, and environmental factors contribute to pathogenesis of non-melanoma skin cancers. Unlike basal-cell carcinoma, squamous-cell carcinomas can arise from precursor lesions. Diagnosis of non-melanoma skin cancer is made clinically and confirmed by histological testing. Prognosis depends on lesion and host characteristics, which also dictate choice of treatment. Prevention strategies aim at reduction of sun exposure, but are of unproven benefit, especially for basal-cell carcinoma. Surgical excision with predetermined margins is the mainstay of treatment for squamous-cell carcinoma and for most basal-cell carcinomas. Of the new non-invasive treatments, only photodynamic therapy and topical imiquimod have become established treatments for specific subtypes of basal-cell carcinoma, and the search for more effective and tissue-salvaging therapies continues.
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- Vishal Madan
- Dermatology Centre, Salford Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK
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Kreuter A, Gambichler T, Pfister H, Wieland U. Diversity of human papillomavirus types in periungual squamous cell carcinoma. Br J Dermatol 2009; 161:1262-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09343.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Increased Risk of Squamous-Cell Carcinoma in Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant Recipients Compared with Kidney Transplant Recipients. J Invest Dermatol 2009; 129:2886-94. [DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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de Koning MNC, Weissenborn SJ, Abeni D, Bouwes Bavinck JN, Euvrard S, Green AC, Harwood CA, Naldi L, Neale R, Nindl I, Proby CM, Quint WGV, Sampogna F, ter Schegget J, Struijk L, Wieland U, Pfister HJ, Feltkamp MCW. Prevalence and associated factors of betapapillomavirus infections in individuals without cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. J Gen Virol 2009; 90:1611-1621. [DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.010017-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Betapapillomavirus (betaPV) infections are often associated with squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC) and the prevalence of betaPV infections in (immunosuppressed) SCC patients is known to be high. The distribution and possible associated factors of betaPV infections in the general population, however, are largely unknown. To address this issue, betaPV infection was studied in 1405 SCC-free immunocompetent (n=845) and immunosuppressed (n=560) individuals from six countries of different latitudes. A standard study protocol was used to obtain information about age, sex, UV-irradiation and skin type, and from all participants eyebrow hairs were collected for detection and genotyping of 25 established betaPV types using the PM-PCR reverse hybridization assay (RHA) method. The frequency of betaPV-positive participants ranged from 84 to 91 % in the immunocompetent population with HPV23 as the most prevalent type, and from 81 to 98 % in the immunosuppressed population with HPV23 as the most or the second most prevalent type. The median number of infecting betaPV types ranged from four to six in the immunocompetent and from three to six in the immunosuppressed population. Increasing age in the immunocompetent participants and (duration of) immunosuppression in the immunosuppressed patients were associated with betaPV infection. In both groups, sex, skin phototype, sunburns and sun-exposure were not consistently associated with betaPV infection. This study demonstrates that betaPV infections are also highly prevalent in SCC-free individuals, with similar HPV types prevailing in both immunocompetent and immunosuppressed persons. Age and (duration of) immunosuppression were identified as betaPV infection-associated factors, whereas characteristics related to sun exposure and skin type were not.
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- Maurits N. C. de Koning
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- DDL Diagnostic Laboratory, Voorburg, The Netherlands
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- Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
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- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
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- Centre for Cutaneous Research, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University London, London, UK
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- Department of Dermatology and GISED Study Center, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy
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- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
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- DKFZ – Charité, Viral Skin Carcinogenesis, Division Viral Transformation Mechanisms, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Cutaneous Research, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University London, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- DDL Diagnostic Laboratory, Voorburg, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Virology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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The EVER proteins as a natural barrier against papillomaviruses: a new insight into the pathogenesis of human papillomavirus infections. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2009; 73:348-70. [PMID: 19487731 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00033-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Infections by human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are the most frequently occurring sexually transmitted diseases. The crucial role of genital oncogenic HPV in cervical carcinoma development is now well established. In contrast, the role of cutaneous HPV in skin cancer development remains a matter of debate. Cutaneous beta-HPV strains show an amazing ubiquity. The fact that a few oncogenic genotypes cause cancers in patients suffering from epidermodysplasia verruciformis is in sharp contrast to the unapparent course of infection in the general population. Our recent investigations revealed that a natural barrier exists in humans, which protects them against infection with these papillomaviruses. A central role in the function of this HPV-specific barrier is played by a complex of the zinc-transporting proteins EVER1, EVER2, and ZnT-1, which maintain cellular zinc homeostasis. Apparently, the deregulation of the cellular zinc balance emerges as an important step in the life cycles not only of cutaneous but also of genital HPVs, although the latter viruses have developed a mechanism by which they can break the barrier and impose a zinc imbalance. Herein, we present a previously unpublished list of the cellular partners of EVER proteins, which points to future directions concerning investigations of the mechanisms of action of the EVER/ZnT-1 complex. We also present a general overview of the pathogenesis of HPV infections, taking into account the latest discoveries regarding the role of cellular zinc homeostasis in the HPV life cycle. We propose a potential model for the mechanism of function of the anti-HPV barrier.
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Varnai AD, Bollmann M, Bankfalvi A, Kovacs K, Heller H, Schmitt C, Volek J, Szendy M, Bollmann R, Hildenbrand R. The prevalence and distribution of human papillomavirus genotypes in oral epithelial hyperplasia: proposal of a concept. J Oral Pathol Med 2008; 38:181-7. [PMID: 19141061 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2008.00723.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Evidence is accumulating for the aetiological role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the pathogenesis of potentially malignant oral mucosal lesions and squamous cell carcinomas. METHODS Paraffin tissue sections from 49 patients with 'white patches' of the oral mucosa were investigated histologically, by broad-spectrum PCR followed by genotyping and chromogenic in situ hybridisation (CISH). RESULTS Histologically, 33 flat hyperplasias and 16 papillary hyperplasias were diagnosed. Twenty-two of 28 samples studied (78.6%) were positive for HPV DNA by PCR and six were negative. The following HPV types were detected in decreasing order of prevalence: HPV 35, HPV 6, HPV16, HPV 53, HPV 18, HPV 51 and HPV 55. Seventeen samples (60.7%) contained high-risk HPV DNA. Using CISH, >or= 1 HPV signals were detected at least in a few epithelial cells in 95% of cases studied. All but one case were positive with the high-risk HPV probe and all HPV infections contained low viral load. Concordant positive results both by PCR and CISH were detected in 14 of 19 cases (73.7%) analysed. CONCLUSIONS The high prevalence of HPV infection in hyperplastic 'white patches' of the oral mucosa supports the putative role of HPV at an early stage of oral carcinogenesis. These results further indicate that the majority of white oral mucosal lesions - flat, exophytic, wart-like or papillary proliferations - could be considered as the clinical manifestations of oral HPV infection. This finding has clinical relevance regarding therapy and patient management and may help in elucidating the role of HPV infection in oral carcinogenesis.
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Chakravarty EF, Farmer ER. Risk of skin cancer in the drug treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Expert Opin Drug Saf 2008; 7:539-46. [DOI: 10.1517/14740338.7.5.539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Eliza F Chakravarty
- Assistant Professor of Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, 1000 Welch Road, Suite 203, Palo Alto, Stanford, CA 94304, USA ;
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- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Departments of Pathology and Dermatology, Richmond, VA, USA
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