Author:
Padash Barmchi Mojgan,Thomas Miranda,Thatte Jayashree V.,Vats Arushi,Zhang Bing,Cagan Ross L.,Banks Lawrence
Abstract
AbstractHuman papillomavirus (HPV) is the leading cause of cervical cancer and has been implicated in several other cancer types including vaginal, vulvar, penile, and oropharyngeal cancers. Despite the recent availability of a vaccine, there are still over 310,000 deaths each year worldwide. Current treatments for HPV-mediated cancers show limited efficacy, and would benefit from improved understanding of disease mechanisms. Recently, we developed a Drosophila ‘HPV 18 E6’ model that displayed loss of cellular morphology and polarity, junctional disorganization, and degradation of the major E6 target Magi; we further provided evidence that mechanisms underlying HPV E6-induced cellular abnormalities are conserved between humans and flies. Here, we report a functional genetic screen of the Drosophila kinome that identified IKK$$\beta$$
β
—a regulator of NF-κB—as an enhancer of E6-induced cellular defects. We demonstrate that inhibition of IKK$$\beta$$
β
reduces Magi degradation and that this effect correlates with hyperphosphorylation of E6. Further, the reduction in IKK$$\beta$$
β
suppressed the cellular transformation caused by the cooperative action of HPVE6 and the oncogenic Ras. Finally, we demonstrate that the interaction between IKK$$\beta$$
β
and E6 is conserved in human cells: inhibition of IKK$$\beta$$
β
blocked the growth of cervical cancer cells, suggesting that IKK$$\beta$$
β
may serve as a novel therapeutic target for HPV-mediated cancers.
Funder
Oklahoma Shared Clinical and Translational Resources grant funded by NIH
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Cited by
2 articles.
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