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Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein 1 (CAO) up-regulates VEGF and TGF alpha concomitant with hyperlasia, with subsequent up-regulation of p16 and MMP9.

Abstract
EBV latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) is an oncoprotein frequently expressed in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. We have generated transgenic mice expressing the nasopharyngeal carcinoma-derived CAO strain of LMP1 and LMP1 of the B95-8 strain, using the viral ED-L2 promoter for epithelial expression. LMP1(CAO) and LMP1(B95-8) induce transforming growth factor alpha expression and epidermal hyperplasia. However, levels of total epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) decline with the appearance of phosphorylated EGFR products, suggesting that the negative feedback loop upon EGFR expression is intact or that there is faster turnover at these early stages of carcinogenesis. In the L2LMP1(CAO) mice, increased levels of vascular endothelial growth factor are also seen at an early stage in the skin. As the phenotype worsens, with increasing hyperplasia and vascularization leading to keratoacanthoma, p16(INK4a) and matrix metalloproteinase 9 expression is induced. The lesions can progress spontaneously to carcinoma. Carcinoma cell lines developed from these mice show high levels of total and phosphorylated EGFR. These data show that the induction of signaling through EGFR by LMP1 is an early event in carcinogenesis and that any inhibition upon EGFR expression is lifted during progression. Furthermore, expression of LMP1 is not sufficient to inhibit induction of p16(INK4a) in response to abnormal proliferation. These data are consistent with the cooperative effects seen between LMP1 and loss of the INK4a locus in transgenic mice and with the frequency of loss of this locus in EBV-associated nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
AuthorsDavid Stevenson, Chrystalla Charalambous, Joanna B Wilson
JournalCancer research (Cancer Res) Vol. 65 Issue 19 Pg. 8826-35 (Oct 01 2005) ISSN: 0008-5472 [Print] United States
PMID16204053 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16
  • EBV-associated membrane antigen, Epstein-Barr virus
  • Transforming Growth Factor alpha
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
  • Viral Matrix Proteins
  • ErbB Receptors
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 9
Topics
  • Animals
  • Cell Growth Processes (genetics)
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic (genetics, metabolism)
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16 (biosynthesis, genetics)
  • ErbB Receptors (metabolism)
  • Hyperplasia (genetics, metabolism)
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 (biosynthesis, genetics)
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Skin (metabolism, pathology)
  • Skin Neoplasms (genetics, metabolism, pathology)
  • Transforming Growth Factor alpha (biosynthesis, genetics)
  • Up-Regulation
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A (biosynthesis, genetics)
  • Viral Matrix Proteins (biosynthesis, genetics, metabolism)

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