Abstract
Infection with human papillomaviruses (HPVs) is a major public health burden worldwide and is associated with benign and malignant lesions of the skin and genital tract. HPV causes cervical cancer, which represents the second most prevalent cancer in women worldwide. Functions of the viral oncogenes E6 and E7 are essential for carcinogenesis and for support of the viral life cycle. We will begin by discussing the relationship between HPV infection and disease, followed by a review of E6 and E7 activities and their respective cellular targets. Particular emphasis will be placed on established and newly discovered mechanisms by which E7 inhibits members of the cellular retinoblastoma protein family. We will then describe how current research links the above molecular interactions to malignant transformation as well as to aspects of the viral life cycle in vitro and in vivo. As a result of decades of intense HPV research, promising therapies to prevent infection and to treat HPV associated cancers are now on the horizon. We will conclude our review by a description of potential gene therapeutic and hormonal approaches and of new developments in the design of effective vaccines.
Keywords: E6 oncogenes, E1 DNA binding, PDZ domain proteins, hTERT promoter, HPV life cycle
Current Molecular Medicine
Title: Cervical Cancer and Human Papillomaviruses: Inactivation of Retinoblastoma and Other Tumor Suppressor Pathways
Volume: 6 Issue: 7
Author(s): Elizabeth E. Jones and Susanne I. Wells
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Keywords: E6 oncogenes, E1 DNA binding, PDZ domain proteins, hTERT promoter, HPV life cycle
Abstract: Infection with human papillomaviruses (HPVs) is a major public health burden worldwide and is associated with benign and malignant lesions of the skin and genital tract. HPV causes cervical cancer, which represents the second most prevalent cancer in women worldwide. Functions of the viral oncogenes E6 and E7 are essential for carcinogenesis and for support of the viral life cycle. We will begin by discussing the relationship between HPV infection and disease, followed by a review of E6 and E7 activities and their respective cellular targets. Particular emphasis will be placed on established and newly discovered mechanisms by which E7 inhibits members of the cellular retinoblastoma protein family. We will then describe how current research links the above molecular interactions to malignant transformation as well as to aspects of the viral life cycle in vitro and in vivo. As a result of decades of intense HPV research, promising therapies to prevent infection and to treat HPV associated cancers are now on the horizon. We will conclude our review by a description of potential gene therapeutic and hormonal approaches and of new developments in the design of effective vaccines.
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Jones E. Elizabeth and Wells I. Susanne, Cervical Cancer and Human Papillomaviruses: Inactivation of Retinoblastoma and Other Tumor Suppressor Pathways, Current Molecular Medicine 2006; 6 (7) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1566524010606070795
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1566524010606070795 |
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