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Lecture 28 - Oncogenic Viruses Flashcards

1
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Three classes of cancer-causing agents

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1) Chemical carcinogens
2) UV and ionising radiation
3) Viruses

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Carcinoma

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Tumour of epithelial origin

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Sarcoma

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Tumour of fibroblasts

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Tumours of leukocyte origin

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Lymphoma (when solid)

Leukaemia (when circulating)

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5
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Are most cancers mono- or polyclonal?

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Monoclonal

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Some characteristics of transformed cells
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2)
3)

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1) Lack of contact inhibition of growth
2) Lack of dependence on exogenous growth factors
3) Lack of anchorage dependence on some cell types

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What happens in G1?

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Synthesis of proteins required for DNA synthesis

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When is DNA replicated?

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S phase

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9
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What happens in G2 phase?

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Synthesis of proteins for daughter cells

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10
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When is the restriction point in the cell cycle?

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G1

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What determines whether a cell stops at, or progresses beyond the restriction point in the cell cycle?

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Environmental cues

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C-onc

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Cellular oncogenes or proto-oncogenes

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V-onc

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Viral-oncogenes.

Can be a host oncogene, modified host oncogene, or a novel viral protein

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14
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Examples of tumour suppressor genes

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Retinoblastoma, p53

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15
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Four main classes of oncogene

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1) Growth factors
2) Growth factor receptors
3) Intracellular signal transducers
4) Transcription factors

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16
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20% of human cancers are associated with what?

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Human T cell leukaemia virus type 1
Hepatitis C virus
Human papilloma virus
Epstein-Barr virus
Hepatitis B virus
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17
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RNA viruses associated with human cancers

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Human T cell leukaemia virus type 1 (retrovirus)

Hepatitis C virus (flavivirus)

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18
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DNA viruses associated with human cancers

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Human papilloma virus (papovavirus)
Epstein-Barr virus (herpesvirus)
Hepatitis B virus (hepadnavirus)

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19
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Are retroviruses lytic?

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No

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20
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If a retrovirus carries an oncogene, what type is it?

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V-onc that has a C-onc counterpart

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21
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What does retroviral transformation often involve?

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Stimulating activators of cell cycle

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22
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Are oncogenic DNA viruses lytic?

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Yes, normally

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Type of V-onc often carried by DNA viruses

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A unique viral product. No C-onc

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24
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What does DNA viral transformation often involve?

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Inactivation of cell-cycle inhibitors

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25
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Two types of oncogenic retroviruses

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Endogenous and exogenous

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Normal retroviral proviral genome

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LTRs flanking gag, env, pol

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Defective oncogenic retroviral genome

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LTRs flanking gag, env, pol, but an oncogene is disrupting one of the gag, env or pol

28
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Replication-competent oncogenic retroviral proviral genome

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LTRs flanking gag, env, pol, with an oncogene that isn’t disrupting gag, env or pol

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Example of a replication-competent oncogenic retrovirus

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Rous sarcoma virus

30
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Three mechanisms of tumour production by exogenous retroviruses

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1) Transducing (acute transforming)
2) Cis-activating (non-acute transforming)
3) Trans-activating

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Transducing retroviruses

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Introduce a v-onc gene under LTR transcriptional control into host genome

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Cis-activating retroviruses

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Insertional mutagenesis.

Doesn’t carry a v-onc gene, but upon integration LTR drives expression of a C-onc gene

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Trans-activating retroviruses

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Contains a gene-regulation protein that drives tumour growth

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Type of tumours produced by transducing retroviruses

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Polyclonal

35
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State of most transducing retroviruses

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Replication defective.

Except for Rous sarcoma virus

36
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Are transducing retroviruses found in humans?

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No. Rous sarcoma virus is a virus of chickens

37
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How can insertional mutagenesis drive tumour growth?
1)
2)

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Either:

1) Proviral LTR can act as a promoter for c-onc in cis with provirus.
2) Provirus unwinds DNA upstream of c-onc, acts as a transcriptional enhancer

38
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Best-studied cis-acting retrovirus

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Murine leukaemia virus

39
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Examples of cis-acting retroviruses

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Murine leukaemia virus

Koala retrovirus

40
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Example of a trans-acting retrovirus

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Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)

41
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What is human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 associated with?

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Adult T-cell leukaemia-lymphoma

42
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How is human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 transmitted?

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Placenta, breast feeding, sexual intercourse, contaminated needles

43
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Effects of human T-cell lymphotropic virus

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Virus persists for life, often causing no disease.

After 20-40 years, a small proportion of those infected develop adult T-cell leukaemia-lymphoma

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What does HTLV infect?

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CD4+ T cells

45
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Regulatory proteins in HTLV

46
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Tax
1)
2)
3)

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1) Regulatory protein in human T-cell lymphotropic virus.
2) Transcription factor that acts on the LTR region, but also can act on C-onc genes in the host genome.
3) Also acts to upregulate IL-2, IL-2R transcription, to promote T cell proliferation

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HTLV protein involved in oncogenesis

48
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Why do some DNA viruses lead to oncogenesis?

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Need host cell to be in S phase so that genomes can be replicated. Most cells are in G0 or G1.
Early proteins are normally encoded to get host cell into S phase

49
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Features of DNA stimulated tumours
1)
2)
3)

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1) Limited viral protein expression.
2) Early gene expression
3) Can show integration of viral genome or episome

50
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Function of retinoblastoma susceptibility gene

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Controls transition from G1 to S.
In hypophosphorylated active form sequesters E2F family of transcription factors, preventing them from driving the cell cycle forward

51
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Function of p53

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Transcription factor that induces expression of proteins that arrest cell growth and initiate apoptosis in response to DNA damage

52
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Proportion of human tumours that have a mutation in the p53 gene

53
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Examples of viral strategies for suppressing p53 function
1)
2)

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1) Hep C binds a protein to p53, prevents nuclear localisation
2) Papilloma viruses mark p53 for degradation

54
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HPV seotypes that lead to carcinoma

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HPV-16 and -18

55
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HPV E6 protein

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Marks p53 for degradation

56
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HPV E7 protein

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Inhibits retinoblastoma susceptibility protein

57
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What happens in papillomavirus oncogenesis?

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HPV is randomly integrated into host genome. E2 protein is lost, which normally negatively represses E6 and E7 proteins

58
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Type of cancer linked to hep B

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Hepatocellular carcinoma

59
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Proportion of those infected with hep B that develop hepatocellular carcinoma

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2-10% of patients

60
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How does hep B lead to hepatocellular carcinoma?
1)
2)

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1) Random integration of episome into host genome.
Transactivating gene X can deregulate a nearby C-onc (src tyrosine kinase).
2) Repeated destruction and regeneration of hepatocytes can lead to accumulation of mutations

61
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Increase in hepatocellular carcinoma risk when infected with hep C

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100x increase in risk

62
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Cancers associated with EBV
1)
2)
3)
4)
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1) Burkitt’s lymphoma (Africa)
2) Nasopharangeal cancer (common in China, SE Asia)
3) B cell lymphomas in immunosuppressed patients (EG: AIDS patients)
4) Detected in ~40% of Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients

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Burkitt’s lymphoma genesis

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Translocation of C-myc (chromosome 8) to a part of chromosome 14 which is under transcriptional control of a promotor for Ig heavy chain production

64
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Role of EBV in Burkitt’s lymphoma

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EBV transforms B cells, leading to uncontrolled expansion.

Enhances effects of mutations such as C-myc translocation from Chr.8 to Chr.14

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