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The HPV16 E6, E7/miR-23b-3p/ICAT signaling axis promotes proliferation, migration, invasion and EMT of cervical cancer cells.

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Cervical cancer (CC) remains one of the most common female malignancies, with higher incidence and mortality rates. more than 99% of cervical cancers are associated with persistent infection with high-risk… Click to show full abstract

Cervical cancer (CC) remains one of the most common female malignancies, with higher incidence and mortality rates. more than 99% of cervical cancers are associated with persistent infection with high-risk human papillomavirus. In view of the growing evidence that HPV 16 E6 and E7, two key oncoproteins encoded by HPV 16, regulate the expression of many other multifunctional genes and downstream effectors that contribute to the development of cervical cancer. Herein, we undertook a comprehensive effort into how HPV16 E6, E7 oncogenes affect the progression of CC cells. Previous studies have shown that ICAT expression was significantly increased in cervical cancer and had a pro-cancer effect. We observed that knockdown of HPV16 E6, E7 expression in SiHa and CasKi cells resulted in significant inhibition of ICAT expression and upregulation of miR-23b-3p expression. Besides, dual luciferase assays confirmed that ICAT was a target gene of miR-23b-3p, and negatively modulated by miR-23b-3p. Functional experiments showed that the overexpression of miR-23b-3p suppressed malignant behaviors of CC cells, such as migration, invasion and EMT. The overexpression of ICAT counteracted the suppressive effect of miR-23b-3p on HPV16-positive CC cells. Furthermore, after the knockdown of HPV16 E6 and E7, the inhibition of miR-23b-3p could increase the ICAT expression and rescue the siRNA HPV16 E6, E7-mediated suppressive impact on the aggressiveness of SiHa and CaSki cells. Collectively, our findings uncover that HPV16 E6, E7/miR-23b-3p/ ICAT axis plays an important role in HPV16-positive CC pathogenesis, which may serve as a promising therapeutic target for HPV16-associated cervical cancer.

Keywords: cervical cancer; expression; hpv16; icat; cancer; mir 23b

Journal Title: Carcinogenesis
Year Published: 2023

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