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Here, we used codon usage technology to generate two codon-modified human papillomavirus (HPV)16 E7 genes and, together with wild-type E7, to construct three HPV16 E7 gene plasmids: Wt-E7, HB1-E7, and HB2-E7. The three HPV 16 E7 plasmids were used to investigate how HPV16 E7 protein was expressed in different cells and how this oncoprotein deregulated cellular and molecular events in human keratinocytes to induce carcinogenesis. We discovered that codon usage of HPV16 E7 gene played a key role in determining expression of E7 oncoprotein in all tested cells. HPV16 E7 inhibited significantly expression of pRb to impair keratinocyte differentiation and disrupted development of skin epidermis in mice. HPV16 E7 increased substantially the number of G0/G1 cells associated with upregulation of cyclin D2 and downregulation of cyclin B1 in keratinocytes. HPV16 E7 not only inhibited expression of involucrin and α-spectrin but also disrupted the organization of involucrin filaments and spectrin cytoskeleton. Furthermore, HPV16 E7 inhibited expression of β-adducin, destroyed its cytoskeletal structure and induced phosphorylation of β-adducin(Ser662) in keratinocytes. Importantly, HPV16 E7 induced carcinogenesis in mice associated with expression of phosphorylated β-adducin(Ser662) and its nucleus-translocation. In conclusion, we provided evidence that HPV16 E7 oncoprotein inhibited keratinocyte differentiation in vitro and in vivo leading to carcinogenesis through cell cycle arrest and disruption of pRb/involucrin/spectrin/adducin cascade.
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This work was funded in part by grants from the National Nature Science Foundation of China (81772791, 81172463), from Cancer Council of Queensland, Australia (511210 to KNZ).
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Ci, X., Zhao, Y., Tang, W. et al. HPV16 E7-impaired keratinocyte differentiation leads to tumorigenesis via cell cycle/pRb/involucrin/spectrin/adducin cascade. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 104, 4417–4433 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-020-10492-4
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