The viral transcriptional regulatory region upstream of the E6 and E7 genes is a major determinant of the differential immortalization activities of human papillomavirus types 16 and 18.
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Romanczuk, H
RESUMO
The human papillomavirus types 16 (HPV-16) and 18 (HPV-18) can immortalize primary human keratinocytes. The region of the viral genome responsible for this function maps to the E6 and E7 genes and their respective upstream transcriptional regulatory sequences, the long control regions (LCRs). The HPV-18 LCR/E6/E7 is more efficient in this immortalization function than the analogous region of the HPV-16 genome, resembling the difference in the immortalization potentials of the two full-length viral genomes. This study was designed to examine the basis for the difference in HPV-16 and HPV-18 immortalization efficiencies. The E6 and E7 genes of either HPV-16 or HPV-18, when expressed from the same heterologous promoter, immortalized primary human keratinocytes with the same low efficiency, suggesting that the difference in immortalization activities was not due to the different E6 or E7 genes themselves but rather to a difference in the transcriptional regulatory regions upstream of these genes. The analysis of a series of chimeric HPV-16 and HPV-18 LCR/E6/E7 constructs confirmed this observation and further mapped the viral element responsible for the major difference in immortalization efficiency to the transcriptional regulatory region upstream of the E6 and E7 genes.
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