Journal Article DKFZ-2022-02161

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Dickkopf-1 expression is repressed by oncogenic human papillomaviruses (HPVs) and regulates the Cisplatin sensitivity of HPV-positive cancer cells in a JNK-dependent manner.

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2022
Wiley-Liss Bognor Regis

International journal of cancer 151(12), 2215-2228 () [10.1002/ijc.34250]
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Abstract: Oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) types control the phenotype of cervical cancer cells through the sustained expression of the viral E6/E7 oncogenes. Here, we show that they strongly restrain expression of the putative tumor suppressor protein Dkk1 (Dickkopf-1) in HPV-positive cervical cancer cells through the restriction of p53 expression by the continuously expressed endogenous E6 oncoprotein. Moreover, our study reveals that compromised Dkk1 expression is linked to increased resistance of HPV-positive cervical cancer cells toward the proapoptotic activity of Cisplatin. Although Dkk1 can act as a Wnt antagonist, the antiapoptotic effect resulting from Dkk1 repression is not linked to an activation of this pathway. Rather, transcriptome and functional analyses uncover that Dkk1 repression leads to a strongly diminished stimulation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling which is required for efficient apoptosis induction by Cisplatin in cervical cancer cells. Further, we observed that Dkk1-depleted cervical cancer cells induce senescence under Cisplatin treatment instead of apoptosis, suggesting that Dkk1 levels can strongly influence the phenotypic response of these cells toward Cisplatin. Collectively, these results provide new insights into the virus/host cell crosstalk in cervical cancer cells by identifying Dkk1 as a cellular target which is maintained under strong negative control by the continuous expression of the HPV oncogenes. Moreover, they identify Dkk1 as a critical determinant for the sensitivity of cervical cancer cells toward Cisplatin, showing that Dkk1 repression leads to increased Cisplatin resistance by impairing proapoptotic JNK signaling.

Keyword(s): Cisplatin ; Dickkopf-1 ; c-Jun N-terminal kinase ; cervical cancer ; human papillomavirus

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Note: #EA:F065#LA:F065# / 2022 Dec 15;151(12):2215-2228

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  1. F065 Molek. Therapie virusassozierter Tumore (F065)
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  1. 316 - Infektionen, Entzündung und Krebs (POF4-316) (POF4-316)

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