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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
20
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-19
pubmed:abstractText
The "high risk" subgroup of human papillomaviruses (e.g. HPV-16 and HPV-18) infect and induce tumors of mucosal epithelium. These neoplasms, which can progress to malignancy, retain and express the papillomavirus E6 and E7 oncogenes. In vitro, the E6 and E7 proteins associate with the cellular p53 and Rb proteins and interfere with their normal growth-regulatory functions. We report here that primary human keratinocytes transduced with the HPV-16 E6 gene, but not the E7 gene, express significant telomerase activity. However, despite this detectable enzymatic activity, E6-transduced cells continue to shorten their telomeres during in vitro passaging similar to control cells and to cells expressing the E7 and E6+E7 genes. At late passages, however, E7-transduced cells partially restore telomere length, although they lack detectable telomerase activity, demonstrating that E6-independent, telomerase-independent events mediate this change.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
272
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13332-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
The human papillomavirus type 16 E6 and E7 oncoproteins dissociate cellular telomerase activity from the maintenance of telomere length.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Pathology Program, Department of Pathology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.