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Kost BP, Beyer S, Schröder L, Zhou J, Mayr D, Kuhn C, Schulze S, Hofmann S, Mahner S, Jeschke U, Heidegger H. Glucocorticoid receptor in cervical cancer: an immunhistochemical analysis. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2018; 299:203-209. [PMID: 30306311 DOI: 10.1007/s00404-018-4928-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE Cervical cancer is one of the most frequent cancers in women worldwide. In most of all cases, a persistent HPV infection is the leading cause. HPV-specific sequences are able to bind glucocorticoid receptor (GR). Dexamethasone can increase the activity of early promoters in HPV16 and HPV18 interfering in transcription control of viral oncogenes. The aim of our study was to evaluate glucocorticoid receptor as transcriptional factor in its active form in the nucleus of in cervical cancer cells and to correlate the results with clinical patient specific parameters. METHODS A total of 250 paraffin-embedded cervical cancer samples obtained from patients having undergone surgery for cervical cancer were used for the study. The expression of GR was immunhistochemical examined and evaluated by a semi-quantitative scoring. SPSS software was used for the statistical evaluation of staining results and survival analysis of patients with cervical cancer. RESULTS GR is frequently expressed in cervical carcinoma tissue in favor of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). An enhanced expression is correlated with rather small clinical stages. The expression of the GR is correlated with better overall survival and progression-free survival. CONCLUSIONS The glucocorticoid receptor is frequently expressed in cervical carcinoma tissue in favor of squamous cell carcinoma. An enhanced expression is correlated with rather small clinical stages. The expression of the analyzed receptor is correlated with better overall survival. Further studies are needed to determine useful treatment targets for glucocorticoid receptor manipulation.
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- Bernd Peter Kost
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, LMU Munich, University Hospital, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, LMU Munich, University Hospital, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, LMU Munich, University Hospital, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, LMU Munich, University Hospital, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Klinikum Der Universität München, Pathologisches Institut, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, LMU Munich, University Hospital, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, LMU Munich, University Hospital, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, LMU Munich, University Hospital, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, LMU Munich, University Hospital, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, LMU Munich, University Hospital, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, LMU Munich, University Hospital, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany
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Regulatory elements in the viral genome. Virology 2013; 445:197-204. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.04.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2013] [Revised: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Chang SW, Lu PY, Guo JH, Tsai TC, Tsao YP, Chen SL. NRIP enhances HPV gene expression via interaction with either GR or E2. Virology 2011; 423:38-48. [PMID: 22177699 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2011.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2011] [Revised: 09/27/2011] [Accepted: 11/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We previously identified a gene, nuclear receptor-interaction protein (NRIP), which functions as a transcription cofactor in glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and human papillomavirus E2 (HPV E2)-driven gene expression. Here, we comprehensively evaluated the role of NRIP in HPV-16 gene expression. NRIP acts as a transcription cofactor to enhance GR-regulated HPV-16 gene expression in the presence of hormone. NRIP also can form complex with E2 that caused NRIP-induced HPV gene expression via E2-binding sites in a hormone-independent manner. Furthermore, NRIP can associate with GR and E2 to form tri-protein complex to activate HPV gene expression via GRE, not the E2-binding site, in a hormone-dependent manner. These results indicate that NRIP and GR are viral E2-binding proteins and that NRIP regulates HPV gene expression via GRE and/or E2 binding site in the HPV promoter in a hormone-dependent or independent manner, respectively.
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- Szu-Wei Chang
- Graduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100, Taiwan
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Gariglio P, Gutiérrez J, Cortés E, Vázquez J. The role of retinoid deficiency and estrogens as cofactors in cervical cancer. Arch Med Res 2010; 40:449-65. [PMID: PMID: 19853185 DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2009.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2009] [Accepted: 07/09/2009] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Persistent infection with high-risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPVs) is involved in cervical cancer (CC), a major cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Infection occurs primarily at the transformation zone (TZ), the most estrogen- and retinoid-sensitive region of the cervix. Development of CC affects a small percentage of HR-HPV-infected women and often takes decades after infection, suggesting that HR-HPV is a necessary but not sufficient cause of CC. Thus, other cofactors are necessary for progression from cervical HR-HPV infection to cancer such as long-term use of hormonal contraceptives, multiparity, smoking, as well as micronutrient depletion and in particular retinoid deficiency, which alters epithelial differentiation, cellular growth and apoptosis of malignant cells. Therefore, early detection of HR-HPV and management of precancerous lesions together with a profound understanding of additional risk factors could be a strategy to avoid this disease. In this review we focus on the synergic effect of estrogens, retinoid deficiency and HR-HPVs in the development of CC. These risk factors may act in concert to induce neoplastic transformation in squamous epithelium of the cervix, setting the stage for secondary genetic or epigenetic events leading to cervical cancer.
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- Patricio Gariglio
- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Cinvestav-IPN, México D.F., México.
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Bodily JM, Alam S, Meyers C. Regulation of human papillomavirus type 31 late promoter activation and genome amplification by protein kinase C. Virology 2006; 348:328-40. [PMID: 16500689 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.01.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2005] [Revised: 09/19/2005] [Accepted: 01/26/2006] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The life cycle of papillomaviruses is tightly linked to differentiation of host keratinocytes, but the mechanisms and cues by which life cycle events are tied to differentiation remain obscure. We have begun a systematic study of the differentiation-dependent life cycle of HPV31. A variety of signaling pathways have been implicated in controlling keratinocyte differentiation, especially the protein kinase C (PKC) pathway. We have used pharmacological inhibitors to determine that genome amplification and late transcription depend on specific PKC isoforms, and that transcription and replication are independently controlled. We found that tyrosine kinases are necessary for viral amplification but not viral transcription. These studies indicate that the PKC pathway is an important regulator of differentiation-dependent HPV31 replication and transcription.
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- Jason M Bodily
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, 17033, USA
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Bodily JM, Meyers C. Genetic analysis of the human papillomavirus type 31 differentiation-dependent late promoter. J Virol 2005; 79:3309-21. [PMID: 15731225 PMCID: PMC1075705 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.6.3309-3321.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human papillomaviruses infect stratifying squamous epithelia, causing benign and malignant lesions. Upon differentiation of the host keratinocyte, the virus undergoes a dramatic increase in both DNA replication and transcription from the late promoter, leading to expression of late genes and virion morphogenesis. In human papillomavirus type 31 (HPV31), the late promoter is designated p742 and includes multiple start sites embedded within the E7 gene. In this report, we mapped viral DNA elements that control transcriptional activity from p742. Enhancer elements in the viral upstream regulatory region positively regulate this promoter. The region containing the transcriptional start sites is dispensable for activity, and at least two separate elements in the E6/E7 region are capable of supporting transcription. Of these, we mapped one to a 150-bp region of the E7 open reading frame and designate it the core p742 promoter. Using GF109203X, an inhibitor of protein kinase C signaling, we show that p742 activation is independent of viral genome amplification. Finally, we mapped elements in the region of p742 that confer responsiveness to differentiation and show that the upstream regulatory region does not contribute to the differentiation response of p742. These studies are an important step toward understanding the functioning and regulation of this multiple-start promoter.
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- Jason M Bodily
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology H107, P. O. Box 850, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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Sen E, Alam S, Meyers C. Genetic and biochemical analysis of cis regulatory elements within the keratinocyte enhancer region of the human papillomavirus type 31 upstream regulatory region during different stages of the viral life cycle. J Virol 2004; 78:612-29. [PMID: 14694093 PMCID: PMC368763 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.2.612-629.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Using linker scanning mutational analysis, we recently identified potential cis regulatory elements contained within the 5' upstream regulatory region (URR) domain and auxiliary enhancer (AE) region of the human papillomavirus type 31 (HPV31) URR involved in the regulation of E6/E7 promoter activity at different stages of the viral life cycle. For the present study, we extended the linker scanning mutational analysis to identify potential cis elements located in the keratinocyte enhancer (KE) region (nucleotides 7511 to 7762) of the HPV31 URR and to characterize cellular factors that bind to these elements under conditions representing different stages of the viral life cycle. The linker scanning mutational analysis identified viral cis elements located in the KE region that regulate transcription in the presence and absence of any viral gene products or viral DNA replication and determine the role of host tissue differentiation on viral transcriptional regulation. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assays, we illustrated defined reorganization in the composition of cellular transcription factors binding to the same cis regulatory elements at different stages of the HPV differentiation-dependent life cycle. Our studies provide an extensive map of functional elements in the KE region of the HPV31 URR, identify cis regulatory elements that exhibit significant transcription regulatory potential, and illustrate changes in specific protein-DNA interactions at different stages of the viral life cycle. The variable recruitment of transcription factors to the same cis element under different cellular conditions may represent a mechanism underlying the tight link between keratinocyte differentiation and E6/E7 expression.
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- Ellora Sen
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
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Meyers C, Andreansky SS, Courtney RJ. Replication and interaction of herpes simplex virus and human papillomavirus in differentiating host epithelial tissue. Virology 2003; 315:43-55. [PMID: 14592758 DOI: 10.1016/s0042-6822(03)00466-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We have investigated the interactions and consequences of superinfecting and coreplication of human papillomavirus (HPV) and herpes simplex virus (HSV) in human epithelial organotypic (raft) culture tissues. In HPV-positive tissues, HSV infection and replication induced significant cytopathic effects (CPE), but the tissues were able to recover and maintain a certain degree of tissue integrity and architecture. HPV31b not only maintained the episomal state of its genomic DNA but also maintained its genomic copy number even during times of extensive HSV-induced CPE. E2 transcripts encoded by HPV31b were undetectable even though HPV31b replication was maintained in HSV- infected raft tissues. Expression of HPV31b oncogenes (E6 and E7) was also repressed but to a lesser degree than was E2 expression. The extent of CPE induced by HSV is dependent on the magnitude of HPV replication and gene expression at the time of HSV infection. During active HSV infection, HPV maintains its genomic copy number even though genes required for its replication were repressed. These studies provide new insight into the complex interaction between two common human sexually transmitted viruses in an in vitro system, modeling their natural host tissue in vivo.
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MESH Headings
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Cells, Cultured
- Culture Techniques
- Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral
- DNA, Viral/analysis
- Epithelial Cells
- Female
- Herpesvirus 1, Human/genetics
- Herpesvirus 1, Human/pathogenicity
- Herpesvirus 1, Human/physiology
- Herpesvirus 2, Human/genetics
- Herpesvirus 2, Human/pathogenicity
- Herpesvirus 2, Human/physiology
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Papillomaviridae/genetics
- Papillomaviridae/pathogenicity
- Papillomaviridae/physiology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Viral Proteins/metabolism
- Virus Replication
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Affiliation(s)
- Craig Meyers
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
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Bromberg-White JL, Sen E, Alam S, Bodily JM, Meyers C. Induction of the upstream regulatory region of human papillomavirus type 31 by dexamethasone is differentiation dependent. J Virol 2003; 77:10975-83. [PMID: 14512546 PMCID: PMC225009 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.20.10975-10983.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2002] [Accepted: 07/10/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Glucocorticoids have been shown to play a role in the transforming abilities of human papillomaviruses (HPVs), and glucocorticoid response elements (GREs) have been identified in the upstream regulatory regions (URRs) of various HPV types. These findings have made glucocorticoids potential therapeutic targets for HPV infection. We have previously shown that the URR of HPV type 31 (HPV31) is insensitive to induction by the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone (dex) in monolayer culture, despite the identification of three potential GREs in the 5' region of the URR. Due to the fact that the HPV life cycle is intimately linked to the differentiation of the host tissue, we chose to determine whether the URR of HPV31 was inducible by dex under differentiating conditions. Upon suspension of cells in a semisolid medium of methylcellulose, we found that the URR of HPV31 was inducible by dex. The three GREs appear to play roles as independent repressors of this inducibility. By 5' deletion analysis, the element(s) responsible for this induction was localized to nucleotides (nt) 7238 to 7557. Furthermore, we found that the region between nt 7883 and 7900 appears to act as a repressor of dex inducibility. These findings indicate that epithelial differentiation has a profound effect on the action of dex on the URR of HPV31, suggesting that glucocorticoids play an important role in the differentiation-dependent life cycle of HPV.
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- Jennifer L Bromberg-White
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA.
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de Villiers EM. Relationship between steroid hormone contraceptives and HPV, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical carcinoma. Int J Cancer 2003; 103:705-8. [PMID: 12516087 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Available data demonstrate an increase in the transcription of high-risk papillomaviruses by the 16alpha-hydroxylation of estrogens, which is in line with the epidemiologic data showing an increased cervical carcinogenesis risk for long-term contraceptive-using, HPV-infected women. No evidence exists for an increase in HPV-negative contraceptive users.
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- Ethel-Michele de Villiers
- Division for the Characterization of Tumor Viruses, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Bromberg-White JL, Meyers C. Comparison of the basal and glucocorticoid-inducible activities of the upstream regulatory regions of HPV18 and HPV31 in multiple epithelial cell lines. Virology 2003; 306:197-202. [PMID: 12642092 DOI: 10.1016/s0042-6822(02)00041-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Steroid hormone receptors have been shown to bind to response elements in the upstream regulatory region (URR) of human papillomavirus (HPV) in a ligand-dependent manner to affect viral promoter activity. To better understand how the enhancer activity of the URR differs between high risk HPV types, we chose to compare the basal and glucocorticoid-dependent activities of the URRs of HPV18 and HPV31. We found that the URR of HPV18 is a stronger enhancer than the URR of HPV31 in six different cell lines of epithelial origin. Furthermore, the activity of the URR of HPV31 was not inducible by the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone (dex) in any cell line tested, while the URR of HPV18 was dex-inducible in the majority of these lines. These studies indicate significant differences between the URRs of high risk HPV types.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jennifer L Bromberg-White
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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