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7. Neoplasia VII- Infection And Cancer Flashcards

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Understand how some bacteria are linked to cancer (objective)

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Become familiar with the potential role of microbiota in cancer (objective)

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Understand how viruses are linked to cancer (objective)

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Gloval Infection-Related Cancer Data

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92% of infections (H. Pylori, hep b/c, hpv)

2 million cancer cases

Gastric, liver, cervix/uteri

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Damage to DNA causes

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Chemicals, radiation, viral or bacterial infection

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How does infection promote cancer?

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Virus can bring oncogenes to cells

Virus can induce inflammation (which provides microenvironment for cancer progression)

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How Organisms Induced Uncontrolled Cell Proliferation

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  1. Uncouple normal regulatory mechanisms of cell cycle and division
  2. Prevent apoptosis
  3. Avoid host immune system
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  1. Bacteria and Cancer (table)
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H. Pylori and gastric cancer
H. Pylori and Gastric MALT lymphoma
Salmonella enterica and gallbladder cancer
H. Pylori reduces risk for oesophageal cancer

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H. Pylori

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  • Spiral shaped
  • Gram negative
  • long flagella (to get to mucosa layer of stomach)
  • can buffer to survive low pH (can be lifetime, low level of chronic inflammation)
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H. Pylori and Gastric Cancer

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Over 50% of world infected

-cancer of chronic inflammation (immune and cytokine response)

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MALT Lymphoma

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80% associated with H. Pylori

Only neoplasm known to be eliminated with antibiotics

LPS (lipopolysaccharide) from H pylori and autoantigen from damaged cells lead to expansion of a single B cell clone leading to MALT lymphoma (with more mutations becomes DLBCL, diffused large B cell lymphoma)

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Factors promoting Gastric Cancer (third deadliest form of cancer worldwide)

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CagA proteins on H. Pylori are linked to cancer

High salt consumption, cigarette smoking

Immune response, reactive oxygen species, increased proliferation, bacterial overgrowth, low acidity also promote gastric cancer.

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  1. Microbiota and Cancer
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Healthy vs. Dysbiotic Microbiota in (Gut Microbiome and Colon Cancer Balancing Act)

Healthy microbiota: balanced community, short chain fatty acids, liberation of vitamins and nutrients
Dysbiotic microbiota: adherent/invasive species, loss of protective species, activation of carcinogens)

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Gut Microbiome and CRC Development

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Bacterial driver-passenger model of CRC:
Driver bacterium initiates bad hyper-proliferation, passenger promotes inflammation (not initially but makes worse later and outcompetes driver bacteria from benign to malignant change)
Ex. Fusobacterium- passenger

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Host Microbiota Interactions

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Dysbiosis
Inflammation
Barrier Failure

These three are interrelated

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  1. Human Cancer Viruses
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Major cause of liver and cervical cancer

-cancer is a side effect of host response or host-viral replication

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Fates of Viral Infection

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  1. Lytic infection: increase machinery, destroys cell and leaks viral contents
  2. Latent infection: lie dormant and can be reactivated
  3. Abortive Lytic Infection: expression of early viral genes, integrate into cell
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Generalization about viral transformation

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  1. RNA viruses activate oncogenes (HIV, HCV)

2. DNA viruses negate tumor suppressors (HBV, HPV)

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Strategies

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Introduction of oncogenes (HPV)
Modified viral oncogenes
Chronic inflammatory damage (HBV/HCV)
Modulation of apoptosis (HPV)
Virus induced immunosuppression (HIV)
Permanent activation of signal transduction cascades
Modulation of cell cycle (HPV)
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Viral Inactivation of p53 Function

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HPV E6: triggers degradation of p53

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Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

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Circular double-stranded DNA
Degrades p53, transmitted by close contact via breaks in epithelium
Infects basal epithelium (stem cells) of genital tract, skin, and upper respiratory tract (cutaneous HPV 1/5/8; genital/mucosal HPV 6/11/16/18)
E6 and E7 maintained and expressed in all stages of infection through malignancy
E6 binds and degrades p53
E7 interacts with pRB to disrupt host cell cycle and transcription

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Contribution of HPV-Infections to Cancer

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Persistent infections required for cancer progression

Cofactors include tobacco, long term oral contraceptive use.

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HPV and Cervical Cancer

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Pap smear picks up mild abnormalities to catch early.

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Hepatocellular carcinoma- HBV and HCV

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60% HBV

25% HCV

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HBV

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Causes liver cancer

Transmission: perinatal, sexual, blood transfusion, IV drug use

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HBV and HCV

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Both can be resolved and cleared

HBV- fails to trigger innate immunity
HCV- blocks innate immunity
Both can lead to liver cancer

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