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. 2007 Jun 5;362(2):453-60.
doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.01.005. Epub 2007 Feb 15.

The full-length E1E4 protein of human papillomavirus type 18 modulates differentiation-dependent viral DNA amplification and late gene expression

Regina Wilson  1 , Gordon B Ryan, Gillian L Knight, Laimonis A Laimins, Sally Roberts
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The full-length E1E4 protein of human papillomavirus type 18 modulates differentiation-dependent viral DNA amplification and late gene expression

Regina Wilson et al. Virology. .
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Abstract

Activation of the productive phase of the human papillomavirus (HPV) life cycle in differentiated keratinocytes is coincident with high-level expression of E1E4 protein. To determine the role of E1E4 in the HPV replication cycle, we constructed HPV18 mutant genomes in which expression of the full-length E1E4 protein was abrogated. Undifferentiated keratinocytes containing mutant genomes showed enhanced proliferation when compared to cells containing wildtype genomes, but there were no differences in maintenance of viral episomes. Following differentiation, cells with mutant genomes exhibited reduced levels of viral DNA amplification and late gene expression, compared to wildtype genome-containing cells. This indicates that HPV18 E1E4 plays an important role in regulating HPV late functions, and it may also function in the early phase of the replication cycle. Our finding that full-length HPV18 E1E4 protein plays a significant role in promoting viral genome amplification concurs with a similar report with HPV31, but is in contrast to an HPV11 study where viral DNA amplification was not dependent on full-length E1E4 expression, and to HPV16 where only C-terminal truncations in E1E4 abrogated vegetative genome replication. This suggests that type-specific differences exist between various E1E4 proteins.

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