title: Karyopherin beta3: a new cellular target for the HPV-16 E5 oncoprotein.
abstract: Epidemiological and experimental studies have shown that high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are the causative agents of cervical cancer worldwide, and that HPV-16 is associated with more than half of these cases. In addition to the well-characterized E6 and E7 oncoproteins of HPV-16, recent evidence increasingly has implicated the HPV-16 E5 protein (16E5) as an important mediator of oncogenic transformation. Since 16E5 has no known intrinsic enzymatic activity, its effects on infected cells are most likely mediated by interactions with various cellular proteins and/or its documented association with lipid rafts. In the present study, we describe a new cellular target that binds to 16E5 in COS cells and in stable human ectocervical cell lines. This target is karyopherin beta3, a member of the nuclear import receptor family with critical roles in the nuclear import of ribosomal proteins and in the secretory pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Georgetown University Medical School, 3900 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Krawczyk
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hanover
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schlegel
authors.forename: Frank A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Suprynowicz
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D028961:beta Karyopherins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000086082:Viroporin Proteins
chemical_list: D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral; D028961:beta Karyopherins; C107940:IPO5 protein, human; C054859:oncogene protein E5, Human papillomavirus type 16; D000086082:Viroporin Proteins