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Journal of Virology, April 2000, p. 3494-3504, Vol. 74, No. 8
Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer
Research (ISREC), 1066-Epalinges, Switzerland
Received 21 October 1999/Accepted 25 January 2000
We used a sensitive assay to test whether an adeno-associated virus
(AAV) productive replication cycle can occur in immortalized human
keratinocytes carrying episomal human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16)
DNA. Following transfection with cloned AAV DNA, infectious AAV was
produced, and the infectivity was blocked by anti-AAV antiserum. The
HPV-16 E2 protein substantially increased the yield of AAV. Other HPV
early proteins did not, in our experiments, show this ability. E2 has
been shown to be able to affect p53 levels and to block cell cycle
progression at mitosis. We tested the effect of changes in p53
expression on AAV replication and found that large differences in the
level of p53 did not alter AAV DNA replication. In extension of this,
we found that cellular help for AAV in response to stress was also
independent of p53. To test if a mitotic block could trigger AAV DNA
replication, we treated the cells with the mitotic inhibitor
nocodazole. AAV DNA replication was stimulated by the presence of
nocodazole in these and a number of other cell types tested. Yields of
infectious virus, however, were not increased by this treatment. We
conclude that the HPV-16 E2 protein stimulates AAV multiplication in
these cells and propose that this occurs independently of the effects of E2 on p53 and cell cycle progression. Since the effect of E2 was not
seen in keratinocytes lacking the HPV-16 episome, we suggest that E2
can help AAV by working in concert with other HPV-16 proteins.
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Productive Replication of Adeno-Associated Virus
Can Occur in Human Papillomavirus Type 16 (HPV-16) Episome-Containing
Keratinocytes and Is Augmented by the HPV-16 E2 Protein
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Swiss Institute
for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), 1066-Epalinges,
Switzerland. Phone: 41-21-692-5921. Fax: 41-21-652-6933. E-mail:
Peter.Beard{at}isrec.unil.ch.
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