Marthaler, Anna M., Podgorska, Marta, Feld, Pascal, Fingerle, Alina, Knerr-Rupp, Katrin, Graesser, Friedrich, Smola, Hans, Roemer, Klaus, Ebert, Elke, Kim, Yoo-Jin, Bohle, Rainer M., Mueller, Cornelia S. L., Reichrath, Joerg, Vogt, Thomas, Malejczyk, Magdalena, Majewski, Slawomir and Smola, Sigrun (2017). Identification of C/EBP alpha as a novel target of the HPV8 E6 protein regulating miR-203 in human keratinocytes. PLoS Pathog., 13 (6). SAN FRANCISCO: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE. ISSN 1553-7374

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Abstract

Patients suffering from Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV), a rare inherited skin disease, display a particular susceptibility to persistent infection with cutaneous genus beta-human papillomavirus (beta-HPV), such as HPV type 8. They have a high risk to develop nonmelanoma skin cancer at sun-exposed sites. In various models evidence is emerging that cutaneous HPV E6 proteins disturb epidermal homeostasis and support carcinogenesis, however, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood as yet. In this study we demonstrate that microRNA-203 (miR-203), a key regulator of epidermal proliferation and differentiation, is strongly down-regulated in HPV8-positive EV-lesions. We provide evidence that CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein a (C/EBP alpha), a differentiation-regulating transcription factor and suppressor of UV-induced skin carcinogenesis, directly binds the miR-203 gene within its hairpin region and thereby induces miR-203 transcription. Our data further demonstrate that the HPV8 E6 protein significantly suppresses this novel C/EBP alpha/mir-203-pathway. As a consequence, the miR-203 target.Np63a, a proliferation-inducing transcription factor, is up-regulated, while the differentiation factor involucrin is suppressed. HPV8 E6 specifically down-regulates C/EBP alpha but not C/EBP beta expression at the transcriptional level. As shown in knock-down experiments, C/EBP alpha is regulated by the acetyltransferase p300, a well-described target of cutaneous E6 proteins. Notably, p300 bound significantly less to the C/EBP alpha regulatory region in HPV8 E6 expressing keratinocytes than in control cells as demonstrated by chromatin immunoprecipitation. In situ analysis confirmed congruent suprabasal expression patterns of C/EBP alpha and miR-203 in non-lesional skin of EV-patients. In HPV8-positive EV-lesions both factors are potently down-regulated in vivo further supporting our in vitro data. In conclusion our study has unraveled a novel p300/C/EBP alpha/mir203- dependent mechanism, by which the cutaneous HPV8 E6 protein may expand p63-positive cells in the epidermis of EV-patients and disturbs fundamental keratinocyte functions. This may drive HPV-mediated pathogenesis and may potentially also pave the way for skin carcinogenesis in EV-patients.

Item Type: Journal Article
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CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Marthaler, Anna M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Podgorska, MartaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Feld, PascalUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Fingerle, AlinaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Knerr-Rupp, KatrinUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Graesser, FriedrichUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Smola, HansUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Roemer, KlausUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ebert, ElkeUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kim, Yoo-JinUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Bohle, Rainer M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Mueller, Cornelia S. L.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Reichrath, JoergUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Vogt, ThomasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Malejczyk, MagdalenaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Majewski, SlawomirUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Smola, SigrunUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-228634
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006406
Journal or Publication Title: PLoS Pathog.
Volume: 13
Number: 6
Date: 2017
Publisher: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Place of Publication: SAN FRANCISCO
ISSN: 1553-7374
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
CCAAT/ENHANCER-BINDING-PROTEINS; HUMAN-PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE-8; EPIDERMODYSPLASIA-VERRUCIFORMIS; EPITHELIAL DIFFERENTIATION; PROLIFERATION ARREST; REPRESSING STEMNESS; TUMOR-SUPPRESSOR; MICRORNA 203; EXPRESSION; P63Multiple languages
Microbiology; Parasitology; VirologyMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/22863

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