Fibroblasts Regulate the Transformation Potential of Human Papillomavirus-positive Keratinocytes.

Autor: James CD; Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia, USA., Lewis RL; Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia, USA., Witt AJ; Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia, USA., Carter C; VCU Massey Bioinformatics Shared Resource, Richmond, Virginia, USA., Rais NM; Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia, USA., Wang X; Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia, USA., Bristol ML; Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, Virginia, USA.; VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BioRxiv : the preprint server for biology [bioRxiv] 2024 Sep 21. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 21.
DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.16.613347
Abstrakt: Persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is necessary but insufficient for viral oncogenesis. Additional contributing co-factors, such as immune evasion and viral integration have been implicated in HPV-induced cancer progression. It is widely accepted that HPV+ keratinocytes require co-culture with fibroblasts to maintain viral episome expression, yet the exact mechanisms for this have yet to be elucidated. Here we present comprehensive RNA sequencing and proteomic analysis demonstrating that fibroblasts not only support the viral life cycle, but reduce HPV+ keratinocyte transformation. Our co-culture models offer novel insights into HPV-related transformation mechanisms.
Databáze: MEDLINE