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J. Virol., Oct 1996, 6862-6869, Vol 70, No. 10
GW Demers, E Espling, JB Harry, BG Etscheid and DA Galloway
Cells arrest in the G1 or G0 phase of the cell cycle in response to a
variety of negative growth signals that induce arrest by different
molecular pathways. The ability of human papillomavirus (HPV) oncogenes to
bypass these signals and allow cells to progress into the S phase probably
contributes to the neoplastic potential of the virus. The E7 protein of
HPV-16 was able to disrupt the response of epithelial cells to three
different negative growth arrest signals: quiescence imposed upon
suprabasal epithelial cells, G1 arrest induced by DNA damage, and
inhibition of DNA synthesis caused by treatment with transforming growth
factor beta. The same set of mutated E7 proteins was able to abrogate all
three growth arrest signals. Mutant proteins that failed to abrogate growth
arrest signals were transformation deficient and included E7 proteins that
bound retinoblastoma protein in vitro. In contrast, HPV-16 E6 was able to
bypass only DNA damage-induced G1 arrest, not suprabasal quiescence or
transforming growth factor beta- induced arrest. The E6 and E7 proteins
from the low-risk virus HPV-6 were not able to bypass any of the growth
arrest signals.
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Abrogation of growth arrest signals by human papillomavirus type 16 E7 is mediated by sequences required for transformation
Program in Cancer Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98040, USA.
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