| Titolo | Production of functional, stable, unmutated recombinant human papillomavirus E6 oncoprotein: Implications for HPV-tumor diagnosis and therapy |
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| Tipo di pubblicazione | Articolo su Rivista peer-reviewed |
| Anno di Pubblicazione | 2016 |
| Autori | Illiano, E., Demurtas Olivia Costantina, Massa Silvia, Bonito P., Consalvi V., Chiaraluce R., Zanotto C., C. Morghen Giuli, Radaelli A., Venuti A., and Franconi Rosella |
| Rivista | Journal of Translational Medicine |
| Volume | 14 |
| Paginazione | 1–14 |
| ISSN | 14795876 |
| Parole chiave | Amino Acid Sequence, animal, animal experiment, Animals, article, biosynthesis, C57BL mouse, chaperone, circular dichroism, controlled study, detergent, Detergents, DNA binding protein, DNA-Binding Proteins, drug effects, E6 associated protein, E6 gene, E6 protein, Female, genetics, histidine, human, Human papillomavirus type 11, Human papillomavirus type 16, Human papillomavirus type 18, Humans, Humoral, humoral immunity, Immunity, immunogenicity, in vitro study, Inbred C57BL, isolation and purification, metabolism, Mice, Molecular Chaperones, mouse, mutation, Neoplasms, nonhuman, Oncogene Proteins, oncoprotein, Papillomavirus Infections, protein binding, Protein Conformation, protein degradation, Protein Denaturation, protein E6, protein expression, Protein Folding, protein p53, protein protein interaction, protein purification, protein stability, Protein Structure, protein synthesis, Proteolysis, recombinant protein, Recombinant Proteins, repressor protein, Repressor Proteins, Solubility, ubiquitin protein ligase, unclassified drug, Viral, Virology, virus carcinogenesis, virus gene, Wart virus |
| Abstract | Background: High-risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPVs) types 16 and 18 are the main etiological agents of cervical cancer, with more than 550,000 new cases each year worldwide. HPVs are also associated with other ano-genital and head-and-neck tumors. The HR-HPV E6 and E7 oncoproteins are responsible for onset and maintenance of the cell transformation state, and they represent appropriate targets for development of diagnostic and therapeutic tools. Methods: The unmutated E6 gene from HPV16 and HPV18 and from low-risk HPV11 was cloned in a prokaryotic expression vector for expression of the Histidine-tagged E6 protein (His6-E6), according to a novel procedure. The structural properties were determined using circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopy. His6-E6 oncoprotein immunogenicity was assessed in a mouse model, and its functionality was determined using in vitro GST pull-down and protein degradation assays. Results: The His6-tagged E6 proteins from HPV16, HPV18, and HPV11 E6 genes, without any further modification in the amino-acid sequence, were produced in bacteria as soluble and stable molecules. Structural analyses of HPV16 His6-E6 suggests that it maintains correct folding and conformational properties. C57BL/6 mice immunized with HPV16 His6-E6 developed significant humoral immune responses. The E6 proteins from HPV16, HPV18, and HPV11 were purified according to a new procedure, and investigated for protein-protein interactions. HR-HPV His6-E6 bound p53, the PDZ1 motif from MAGI-1 proteins, the human discs large tumor suppressor, and the human ubiquitin ligase E6-associated protein, thus suggesting that it is biologically active. The purified HR-HPV E6 proteins also targeted the MAGI-3 and p53 proteins for degradation. Conclusions: This new procedure generates a stable, unmutated HPV16 E6 protein, which maintains the E6 properties in in vitro binding assays. This will be useful for basic studies, and for development of diagnostic kits and immunotherapies in preclinical mouse models of HPV-related tumorigenesis. © 2016 The Author(s). |
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| URL | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84979590897&doi=10.1186%2fs12967-016-0978-6&partnerID=40&md5=44fcf94f4a4a59253c21c88ebd62c46b |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12967-016-0978-6 |
| Citation Key | Illiano2016 |
