HPV-18 immortalization of human keratinocytes

The oncogenic potential of human papillomavirus type 18 which is found in a significant number of cervical and penile cancer biopsies was tested in primary human keratinocytes derived from neonatal foreskin. Viral DNA and a gene for resistance to neomycin were introduced into these cells by calcium phosphate transfection. Selection of cells in G418 led to the isolation of resistant colonies which were propagated in culture. Four cell lines termed FE-A, FEH 18L, FEP18-5, and FEP18-11 have been maintained in culture for 1 1/2-2 years and were selected for further analysis. In all cases the viral DNA was integrated into the cellular genome and the early genes were transcribed, including RNA complementary to the E2, E6, and E7 open reading frames. Radioimmunoprecipitation showed that all cell lines synthesized the E6 and E7 proteins. However, none of the cell lines tested were tumorigenic. The differentiation capacity of these cells was analyzed by assessing their ability to proliferate clonally after exposure to 1.2 mM calcium chloride. All four cell lines were resistant to this stimulus and formed colonies upon return to regular growth medium whereas normal cells differentiated terminally. K6a and K14 keratin RNA expression was down-regulated in the HPV immortalized cell lines compared to primary human epithelial cells.     

腺病毒伴随病毒表达载体表达人乳头瘤病毒18型E6E7基因构建及其转化作用的鉴定

目的：探讨人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）的E6E7基因在细胞恶性转化中所起的作用。方法：将人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）的E6E7基因克隆至腺病毒伴随病毒表达载体中，通过包装的重组病毒感染，将E6E7基因导入并整合到永生293细胞的基因组中。结果：本研究成功地构建了HPV18 E6E7 AAV病毒并感染了永生293细胞，PCR／Southern杂交分析表明E6E7基因在转化细胞293TL中确有表达，转化细胞293TC和293TL具有明显的转化表型，和亲本293细胞相比，生长速度快，接触抑制消失，集落形成率提高20倍，且集落明显增大，形成时间短。结论：成功地构建了HPV18 E6E7 AAV病毒，HPV18 E6E7基因引起永生化人上皮细胞293的恶性转化。此病毒可用于感染正常上皮细胞，研究其致癌机制。     

人乳头瘤病毒E6、E7的表达对足叶乙甙作用下细胞凋亡的影响

目的探讨人乳头瘤毒(HPV)16早期基因E6和E7的表达对NIKS细胞凋亡表型的影响。方法用含有HPV16的E6、HPV16E7、HPV16E6E7病毒癌基因的逆转录病毒感染角质生成细胞株NIKS,puromycin筛选稳定表达细胞;基因组PCR和Western blot方法验证E6和E7的表达;转染后的NIKS细胞用不同浓度的足叶乙甙处理,流式细胞仪和Annexin V染色检测细胞凋亡情况。结果经逆转录病毒感染后,建立表达E6、E7及E6E7的NIKS细胞株,基因组PCR证明E6和E7整合入NIKS细胞基因组;Western blot证实表达的E6、E7具有生物学活性,能够分别降解p53和pRB;在足叶乙甙处理后,E6、E7以及E6E7表达细胞发生明显的细胞死亡,E6和E7具有叠加作用,且具有剂量依赖性,Annexin V染色证实细胞发生凋亡,凋亡率分别为(33.5±3.2)%、(38.3±2.4)%和(56.7±4.3)%。结论人乳头瘤病毒E6和E7的表达都可以促进细胞对DNA损伤药物的敏感性,提示乳头瘤病毒感染状态有可能影响肿瘤细胞对化疗的敏感性。     

HPV-18 confers resistance to TNF-alpha in organotypic cultures of human keratinocytes

The proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibits normal keratinocytes proliferation. However, many human papillomavirus (HPV)-immortalized or transformed cell lines are resistant to TNF-alpha antiproliferative effect. The present study analyzes the effects of TNF-alpha on organotypic cultures of primary human keratinocytes (PHKs) that express HPV-18 oncogenes. Raft cultures prepared with PHKs acutely transfected with HPV-18 whole genome or infected with recombinant retroviruses containing only E6/E7 or E7 were treated with 2 nM TNF-alpha. While BrdU incorporation into basal/parabasal cells of normal PHKs cultures was markedly inhibited by TNF-alpha cultures transfected with HPV-18 whole genome showed proliferation in all cell strata. Furthermore, BrdU incorporation into cultures expressing E6/E7 or E7 was not significantly reduced, indicating that E7 alone confers partial resistance to TNF-alpha. Besides, TNF-alpha treatment did not alter p16ink4a, p21cip1, p27kip1, or cyclin E levels, but did reduce cyclin A and PCNA levels in sensitive cells.     

Immunization against human papillomavirus type 16 tumor cells with recombinant vaccinia viruses expressing E6 and E7.

Papillomaviruses are etiological agents of epithelial proliferative disease. In man, neoplastic transformation of the uterine cervix has been linked to infection with specific subtypes of human papillomavirus, particularly types 16 and 18. We previously reported that live vaccinia virus recombinants expressing early transforming proteins of other tumor viruses can immunize against challenge with cognate tumor cells and we have extended this approach to HPV16. Neoplastic transformation by papillomaviruses involves expression of early open reading frames (ORFs) E5, E6, and E7, and we report the construction of vaccinia recombinants separately expressing ORFs E5-E7 of HPV16. Primary rat cell lines cotransformed with HPV16 and an activated ras oncogene were established in order to evaluate the potential of the recombinants to elicit antitumor immunity. We report that inoculation of rats with vaccinia recombinants expressing E6 or E7 retarded or prevented tumor development in a proportion of animals challenged by subcutaneous seeding of tumor cells whereas the recombinant expressing E5 was inactive.     

人类风湿性关节炎滑膜细胞系(RASB)的建立和生物学特性的观察

目的　建立人类风湿性关节炎滑膜细胞永生细胞系。　方法　用重组有HPV16病毒E6 E7基因阅读框架的逆转录病毒载体转染原代培养的人类风湿性关节炎滑膜细胞 ,经G418筛选 ,获取细胞克隆RASB ,并从形态学、生长特性、核型组成、致瘤性和分泌功能等多方面对建系细胞RASB进行生物学观察。　结果　实验和观察证实 ,转化滑膜细胞染色体整合HPV病毒DNA ,表达HPVE6蛋白 ,基本保留了B型滑膜细胞特征形态、细胞骨架和分泌功能 ,倍增时间缩短一半 ,对裸鼠无致瘤性 ,软琼脂培养形成细小集落。已稳定传代大于 10 0代。　结论　建立了能长期体外稳定传代的人类风湿性关节炎滑膜细胞系。此细胞系的建立将为类风湿关节炎致病机理的研究和治疗提供极有意义的体外细胞模型。     

Epitope specificity and longevity of a vaccine-induced human T cell response against HPV18

Persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 and 18 infection can lead to pre-malignant and malignant diseases of the lower genital tract. Several lines of evidence suggest that T cell responses can control HPV infection. However, relative to other human viruses, strong effector memory T cell responses against HPV have been difficult to detect. We used an in vitro stimulation step prior to enzyme-linked immunospot assays to identify IFN-gamma-secreting T cells specific for HPV16 and 18 E6/E7 peptides. This allowed the detection of HPV-specific CD4+ T cells that were not evident in direct ex vivo assays. T cell responses against HPV16 or 18 peptides were detected in healthy volunteers (7/9) and patients with lower genital tract neoplasia (10/20). Importantly, this assay allowed tracking of vaccine-induced T cell responses in nine patients, following inoculation with a live recombinant vaccinia virus (HPV16 and 18 E6/E7, TA-HPV). Novel vaccine-induced T cell responses were demonstrated in five patients, but no clinical responses (lesion regressions) were seen. For one vaccinated patient, the T cell response was mapped to a single dominant HPV18 E7 epitope and this response was sustained for >3 years. Our data suggest that systemic memory T cells against HPV16 and 18, induced naturally or by TA-HPV vaccination, are relatively rare. Nevertheless, the assay system developed allowed estimation of magnitude, epitope specificity, and longevity of vaccine-induced CD4+ T cell responses. This will be useful for vaccine design and measurement of immunological endpoints in clinical trials.     

人乳头状瘤病毒18型E6E7基因诱导人胚食管上皮永生化

目的为研究病毒和肿瘤的关系,用人乳头状瘤病毒（ＨＰＶ）１８型Ｅ６Ｅ７基因感染胎儿食管上皮,建立一株新的人食管上皮永生化细胞株（ＳＨＥＥ）。方法ＨＰＶ１８Ｅ６Ｅ７腺病毒伴随病毒（ＨＰＶ１８Ｅ６Ｅ７ＡＡＶ））载体的构建;胚胎食管组织培养,ＨＰＶ１８Ｅ６Ｅ７ＡＡＶ感染,继续培养传代。用光镜、电镜检查其形态;聚合酶链反应（ＰＣＲ）、荧光原位杂交（ＦＩＳＨ）检查该病毒片段;用软琼脂培养和裸鼠接种检查致瘤性。结果经过长时间的传代培养,ＳＨＥＥ的表型仍保留原代上皮细胞培养的特征,表现为单层生长和锚锭依赖性生长,在软琼脂培养不形成克隆,接种裸鼠未成瘤。ＳＨＥＥ细胞系电镜检查可见张力原纤维,免疫组织化学检查细胞角质蛋白阳性,证实为鳞状上皮来源。ＦＩＳＨ和ＰＣＲ检测显示有ＨＰＶ１８Ｅ６Ｅ７基因。结论用ＨＰＶ１８Ｅ６Ｅ７基因建立食管上皮永生化细胞株ＳＨＥＥ,支持ＨＰＶ１８可能和食管癌病因有关的观点,可进一步用以研究食管癌的病因和发病机制。     

The biological properties of E6 and E7 oncoproteins from human papillomaviruses

More than 100 different human papillomavirus (HPV) types have been isolated so far, and they can be sub-grouped in cutaneous or mucosal according to their ability to infect the skin or the mucosa of the genital or upper-respiratory tracts. A sub-group of human mucosal HPVs, referred to as high-risk HPV types, is responsible for approximately 5% of all human cancers, which represents one-third of all the tumours induced by viruses. Epidemiological and biological studies have shown that HPV16 is the most oncogenic type within the high-risk group. Emerging lines of evidence suggest that, in addition to the high-risk mucosal HPV types, certain cutaneous HPVs are involved in skin cancer. HPV-associated cancers are intimately linked to HPV persistence and the accumulation of chromosomal rearrangements. The products of the early genes, E6 and E7, of the high-risk mucosal HPV types play a key role in both events. Indeed, these proteins have developed a number of strategies to evade host immuno-surveillance allowing viral persistence, and to alter cell cycle and apoptosis control, facilitating the accumulation of DNA damage/mutations. Often, the two oncoproteins target the same cellular pathways with different mechanisms, showing a strong synergism in promoting cellular transformation and neutralizing the immune response. Here, we review most of the findings on the biological properties and molecular mechanisms of the oncoproteins E6 and E7 from mucosal and cutaneous HPV types.     

Human papillomavirus-16 and -18 replication in esophagus squamous cancer cell lines does not require sheterologous E1 and E2 proteins

Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are doublestranded DNA viruses that replicate in the nuclei of squamous epithelial cells. HPVs can be classified into high-risk (e.g., types 16, 18, 31, and 33) or low-risk (e.g., types 6, 11, and 30), depending on their association with benign or malignant tumors. We recently described the association of HPV-16 and -18 with esophagus squamous cell cancer. HPV replication was studied in representative cell lines derived from esophagus cancers. HPV-16 and -18 genomes were independently transiently transfected into HCE-4 and HCE-7 cell lines with and without E1 and E2 genes under heterologous promoters. Southern blot analysis demonstrated that these cell lines support viral replication. However, heterologous E1 and E2 are not required for HPV replication. These findings suggest that specific host nuclear factors in esophageal squamous epithelial cells may support HPV replication. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

逆转录病毒载体介导HPV16 E6E7基因转化人胚食管纤维细胞的研究

目的 研究HPV16型病毒感染与食管癌发生的关系。方法 包装含有HPVl6E6E7基因重组逆转录病毒，以重组病毒感染人胚食管纤维细胞，在TPA协同下诱导SCID小鼠成瘤。结果 重组病毒感染人胚食管纤维细胞可以诱导SCID小鼠形成肉瘤，可以检测到E6E7基因的存在及表达，流式细胞仪检测从瘤组织培养出来的纤维细胞，确定为异倍体；但未能诱导人胚食管组织成瘤。结论 建立的重组逆转录病毒系统可以成功介导HPV16E6E7基因的转移，可以应用于HPV致瘤性研究。     

Trans-regulation and differential cell specificity of human papillomavirus types 16, 18, and 11 cis-acting elements

The noncoding region (ncr) of human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16, 18, and 11 contains promoter and/or enhancer function. We have localized the sequence containing the constitutive enhancers of HPV types 16, 18, and 11 to 315, 230, and 213 bp fragments, respectively, for comparative studies. The region of homology shared between the enhancers of the three viruses is limited to the sequence ATTTTTGGCTT, which is also present in the ncr of HPV 6b and 33. We have also examined the enhancer activity of the HPV ncrs in three human cervical carcinoma cell lines, one noncervical human carcinoma cell line, and one monkey kidney established cell line. We observed cell-specific differences in the constitutive expression of the enhancers in the various cell lines. The conditional enhancer activity of the ncr of the viruses is increased in trans by the E2 gene product of HPV 16. Transactivation by E2 is mediated through the E2 binding motif on HPV enhancer plasmids with a heterologous but not with a homologous promoter. Our preliminary studies also indicate a repressor function for the E7 gene of HPV 16.     

Progression of rat embryo fibroblast cells immortalized with transforming genes of human papillomavirus type 16.

To clarify the mechanism of cell transformation by human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16), we constructed recombinant murine retroviruses containing various subgenomic fragments of the HPV16 early region and examined their abilities to transform rat fibroblasts in primary culture. The E7 ORF, but not the E6 ORF, immortalized cells in primary culture, but the recombinant retrovirus containing both the E6 and E7 ORFs did not transform them. However, after long-term cultivation of cells immortalized by E6 and E7 ORFs, some cells became transformed. During this progression, the amounts of viral mRNA and E7 protein did not change and virus rescued from progressed cells could not transform cells in primary culture, suggesting that some changes in cellular genes, but not viral genes, cause malignant progression of immortalized cells. During this process, the expression of c-K-ras mRNA and its product increased but that of c-myc mRNA did not.     

表达HPV18E7E6的重组痘苗病毒构建及免疫效果的初步研究

目的 构建表达HPV18E7E6融合蛋白的重组痘苗病毒,并对E7E6蛋白的免疫原性进行研究.方法 将去除了转化活性的HPV18E6、E7基因融合,插入痘苗病毒重组质粒,通过同源重组构建表达HPV18E7E6的重组痘苗病毒,观察其免疫效果.结果 构建了表达E7E6融合蛋白的重组痘苗病毒,PCR鉴定及测序表明融合基因序列与设计相符,正确插入到痘苗病毒TK区域;Western-Blot检测表明该重组病毒能表达HPV18E7E6融合蛋白.免疫后的小鼠可产生E6、E7特异性抗体,但ELISPOT没检测到E7肽库刺激小鼠脾细胞产生分泌IFN-丫的阳性反应.结论 构建了一株表达HPV18E7E6融合蛋白的重组痘苗病毒,可以有效诱发小鼠产生针对E6、E7的体液免疫,但不能诱发产生相应的细胞免疫,为进一步研究不同动物模型中HPV18E6E7的细胞免疫特点提供了实验基础.     

Preservation and redirection of HPV16E7-specific T cell receptors for immunotherapy of cervical cancer

Human papilloma virus (HPV) type 16 infections of the genital tract are associated with the development of cervical cancer (CxCa) in women. HPV16-derived oncoproteins E6 and E7 are expressed constitutively in these lesions and might therefore be attractive candidates for T-cell-mediated adoptive immunotherapy. However, the low precursor frequency of HPV16E7-specific T cells in patients and healthy donors hampers routine isolation of these cells for adoptive transfer. To overcome this problem, we have isolated T cell receptor (TCR) genes from four different HPV16E7-specific healthy donor and patient-derived human cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) clones. We examined whether genetic engineering of peripheral blood-derived CD8+ T cells in order to express HPV16E711-20-specific TCRs is feasible for adoptive transfer purposes. Reporter cells (Jurkat/MA) carrying a transgenic TCR were shown to bind relevant but not irrelevant tetramers. Moreover, these TCR-transgenic Jurkat/MA cells showed reactivity towards relevant target cells, indicating proper functional activity of the TCRs isolated from already available T cell clones. We next introduced an HPV16E711-20-specific TCR into blood-derived, CD8+ recipient T cells. Transgenic CTL clones stained positive for tetramers presenting the relevant HPV16E711-20 epitope and biological activity of the TCR in transduced CTL was confirmed by lytic activity and by interferon (IFN)-gamma secretion upon antigen-specific stimulation. Importantly, we show recognition of the endogenously processed and HLA-A2 presented HPV16E711-20 CTL epitope by A9-TCR-transgenic T cells. Collectively, our data indicate that HPV16E7 TCR gene transfer is feasible as an alternative strategy to generate human HPV16E7-specific T cells for the treatment of patients suffering from cervical cancer and other HPV16-induced malignancies.     

共表达HPV16L1、L2、E6、E7蛋白的重组非复制型痘苗病毒构建及鉴定

目的构建共表达人乳头瘤病毒16型(HPV16)L1、L2、E6、E7蛋白的非复制型重组痘苗病毒人用疫苗株。方法以痘苗病毒为载体、利用同源重组技术筛选共表达HPV16L1、L2、E6、E7蛋白的重组痘苗病毒并对其进行鉴定。结果该病毒在CEF细胞上连续传至第15代,经斑点杂交结果表明重组病毒基因组中有L1、L2、E6、E7基因插入;经WesternBlot检测,重组病毒能稳定表达HPV16L1、L2、E6、E7蛋白。结论非复制型重组痘苗病毒NTVJE6E7CKL1L2可作为预防和治疗HPV16相关肿瘤及其癌前病变候选疫苗。