The interferon-related developmental regulator 1 is used by human papillomavirus to suppress NFκB activation

  • Bart Tummers
  • , Renske Goedemans
  • , Laetitia P.L. Pelascini
  • , Ekaterina S. Jordanova
  • , Edith M.G. Van Esch
  • , Craig Meyers
  • , Cornelis J.M. Melief
  • , Judith M. Boer
  • , Sjoerd H. Van Der Burg

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Abstract

High-risk human papillomaviruses (hrHPVs) infect keratinocytes and successfully evade host immunity despite the fact that keratinocytes are well equipped to respond to innate and adaptive immune signals. Using non-infected and freshly established or persistent hrHPV-infected keratinocytes we show that hrHPV impairs the acetylation of NFκB/RelA K310 in keratinocytes. As a consequence, keratinocytes display a decreased pro-inflammatory cytokine production and immune cell attraction in response to stimuli of the innate or adaptive immune pathways. HPV accomplishes this by augmenting the expression of interferon-related developmental regulator 1 (IFRD1) in an EGFR-dependent manner. Restoration of NFκB/RelA acetylation by IFRD1 shRNA, cetuximab treatment or the HDAC1/3 inhibitor entinostat increases basal and induced cytokine expression. Similar observations are made in IFRD1-overexpressing HPV-induced cancer cells. Thus, our study reveals an EGFR-IFRD1-mediated viral immune evasion mechanism, which can also be exploited by cancer cells.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number6537
JournalNature communications
Volume6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemistry
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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