Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2019 May 01;12(5):1518-1528. eCollection 2019.
MicroRNA-221 inhibits human papillomavirus 16 E1-E2 mediated DNA replication through activating SOCS1/Type I IFN signaling pathway.
International journal of clinical and experimental pathology
Haikong Lu, Xin Gu
Affiliations
Affiliations
- Department of Sexually Transmitted Disease Institute, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital Shanghai 200050, China.
PMID: 31933969
PMCID: PMC6947112
Abstract
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 16 infection has led to clinical disorders and is considered one of the important causes of human cervical cancer. Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs) have been proven to play an important role in many viral infections through regulating the Type I IFN immune response. However, reports concerning the role of miRNAs in HPV 16 infection are unclear. The aim of this study was to identify and evaluate the potential functions of miRNAs in HPV 16 replication and reveal the detailed mechanism for regulating IFN immune response. Using microarray and qRT-PCR assays, microRNA-221 (miR-221) was found to be significantly up-regulated in the serum samples from patients with HPV 16 infection, as well as in HPV 16-positive cervical cancer cells. miR-221 overexpression inhibited, while miR-221 knockdown facilitated HPV 16 E1-E2 mediated DNA replication in vitro. Moreover, overexpression of miR-221 was associated with upregulation of IFN-α and IFN-β at mRNA and protein levels in infected cells. Conversely, IFN-α and IFN-β mRNA or protein expression was significantly downregulated during inhibition of miR-221. Subsequently, we demonstrated that upregulation of miR-221 promoted the expression of representative interferon stimulated genes (ISGs) such as myxovirus protein A (MxA), 2',5'-oligoadenylate synthetases (OAS) and murine IFN-stimulated gene 15 (ISG15). In contrast, miR-221 inhibition significantly decreased ISGs expression. Furthermore, we found that suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 (SOCS1), a suppressor of interferon signaling pathway, was a direct target of miR-221 and overexpression of SOCS1 reversed the effects of miR-221 on the IFN-I response and HPV 16 E1-E2 mediated DNA replication. Collectively, the findings provide new evidence that miR-221 could inhibit HPV 16 E1-E2 mediated DNA replication through the SOCS1/Type I IFN signaling pathway suggesting it may be a novel anti-HPV therapeutic target.
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Keywords: DNA replication; Human papillomavirus 16; SOCS1/Type I IFN signaling pathway; microRNA-221
Conflict of interest statement
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