Molecular mechanisms supporting a pathogenic role for human polyomavirus 6 small T antigen: Protein phosphatase 2A targeting and MAPK cascade activation

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• 作者：Julie H. Wu ; Rebecca A. Simonette ; Harrison P. Nguyen ; Peter L. Rady and Stephen K. Tyring
• 刊名：Journal of Medical Virology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：April 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：89
• 期：4
• 页码：742-747
• 全文大小：1081K
• ISSN：1096-9071

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BRAF inhibitors are highly effective therapies in treating a subset of melanomas but are associated with induction of secondary cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC). Recently, Human Polyomavirus 6 (HPyV6) was found to actively express viral proteins in BRAF inhibitor-induced cSCCs; however, the specific cellular mechanisms by which HPyV6 may facilitate neoplastic cell growth require further investigation. The current study describes a novel pathogenic mechanism of action for HPyV6 small tumor (sT) antigen which involves binding to protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) via its WFG motif and zinc binding sites. Our findings demonstrate an important role of HPyV6 sT for activation of PP2A's downstream oncogenic pathways (MEK/ERK/c-Jun), which may underlie the pathogenesis of BRAF inhibitor-induced neoplasms. J. Med. Virol. 89:742–747, 2017.