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Lecture 3 (tumorigenic DNA viruses) Flashcards

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Advantages of using retroviruses to identify oncogenes

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They efficiently reproduce tumours in experimental animals and transform cells in culture. Also, the small size of the viral genome facilitates isolation of the gene.

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Difference between DNA viral oncogenes and RNA viral oncogenes

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DNA viral oncogenes are usually truly viral. RNA viral oncogenes are usually of cellular origin and cancer arises due to the virus altering the cellular gene.

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6 DNA viruses implicated in cancer

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  • Hepatitis B (Hepadnavirus)
  • SV40 and polyoma
  • Papilloma virus
  • Adenoviruses
  • Herpes virus
  • Pox viruses
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Which DNA viruses are implicated in human cancers?

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  • Hepatitis B
  • Papilloma
  • Herpes virus
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Cancer typically arises when a virus infects a species other than…

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its normal host (block on lysis leads to transformation)

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RNA viral family implicated in carcinogenesis (very seldom in humans)

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Retroviruses

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SV40 usually infects monkey cells, which leads to…

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viral replication → cell lysis → progeny virus released

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What can happen if SV40 infects other cells but the support mechanisms are not there to permit cell lysis?

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Replication is aborted, SV40 interferes with the cell cycle and, in rare cases, can cause cell transformation → cancer

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Many tumorigenic viral proteins target…

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tumour suppressor proteins such as p53 and Rb

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Primary site of Hepatitis B viral infection

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Hepatocytes in the liver

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Human Hepatitis B viral infection increases (100-fold) risk of __ in chronically infected individuals

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liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma)

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Why is the risk for mutations and oncogene activation increased in chronically HBV infected individuals?

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Because HBV-infected hepatocytes are destroyed by the immune system and the liver regenerates to replenish the tissue

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Examples of other risk factors for liver cancer, besides HBV

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  • Hereditary haemochromatosis
  • Substance abuse (alcohol/drugs)
  • HCV
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HCV-infected individuals also have an increased risk of __

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Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (not understood why)

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True or False: The risk for developing liver cancer in individuals with haemochromatosis is higher than in HBV-infected individuals.

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True

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SV40 and polyoma virus induce cell transformation as a result of…

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stable integration of early region viral DNA, followed by continual expression of viral gene products (which hijack cell cycle progression)

17
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SV40 and polyoma virus middle T and large T antigens interact with…

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cellular proto-oncogene products (src) and tumour suppressor proteins (p53 and Rb)

18
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~80% of human cervical carcinomas are caused by…

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HPV 16, 18 or 26

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What HPV antigens are expressed in the majority of cervical carcinomas?

20
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HPV E6 antigen interacts with __

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HPV E7 antigen interacts with __

22
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Quadrivalent recombinant vaccine that targets HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18

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Gardasil (aka Silgard) - FDA approved in 2006

23
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True or False: The HPV vaccine is only on offer to teenage girls.

24
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Adenoviruses can cause __ in humans

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respiratory tract infections

25
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Two adenovirus early genes implicated in transformation in rat or hamster cells

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E1A and E1B (interact with Rb and p53, respectively)

26
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Human Epstein-Barr virus is strongly implicated in which two human cancers?

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  • African Burkitt’s lymphoma (ABL)
  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
27
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Why is ABL endemic in sub-tropical Africa?

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  • co-incident with areas where malaria is widespread
  • malarial infection chronically stimulates immune system, which causes EBV-infected B cells to proliferate & divide
28
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Where is NPC most common?

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Southern China

29
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All NPC cases worldwide are associated with __

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EBV, and express viral proteins

30
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Latent EB viral proteins implicated in the transformation process

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Epstein Barr nuclear antigen (EBNA) and latent membrane proteins (LMPs)

31
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Another name for EBV?

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Human herpes virus 4

32
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In recent decades, EBV has also been implicated in…

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post-transplant lymphoma and Hodgkin’s lymphoma

33
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EBV replicates fully in __ cells (typically in nose & mouth)

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epithelial

34
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Chromosomal translocation often seen in Burkitt’s lymphoma

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Translocation of the c-myc gene into Immunoglobulin locus

35
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Most common translocation present in 80% of Burkitt’s lymphoma cases

36
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Pox viruses replicate in __

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cell cytoplasm

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