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Use of Cap Analysis Gene Expression to detect human papillomavirus promoter activity patterns at different disease stages.

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Use of Cap Analysis Gene Expression to detect human papillomavirus promoter activity patterns at different disease stages.

Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 22;10(1):17991

Authors: Taguchi A, Nagasaka K, Plessy C, Nakamura H, Kawata Y, Kato S, Hashimoto K, Nagamatsu T, Oda K, Kukimoto I, Kawana K, Carninci P, Osuga Y, Fujii T

Abstract
Transcription of human papillomavirus (HPV) genes proceeds unidirectionally from multiple promoters. Direct profiling of transcription start sites (TSSs) by Cap Analysis Gene Expression (CAGE) is a powerful strategy for examining individual HPV promoter activity. The objective of this study was to evaluate alterations of viral promoter activity during infection using CAGE technology. We used CAGE-based sequencing of 46 primary cervical samples, and quantitatively evaluated TSS patterns in the HPV transcriptome at a single-nucleotide resolution. TSS patterns were classified into two types: early promoter-dominant type (Type A) and late promoter-dominant type (Type B). The Type B pattern was more frequently found in CIN1 and CIN2 lesions than in CIN3 and cancer samples. We detected transcriptomes from multiple HPV types in five samples. Interestingly, in each sample, the TSS patterns of both HPV types were the same. The viral gene expression pattern was determined by the differ entiation status of the epithelial cells, regardless of HPV type. We performed unbiased analyses of TSSs across the HPV genome in clinical samples. Visualising TSS pattern dynamics, including TSS shifts, provides new insights into how HPV infection status relates to disease state.

PMID: 33093512 [PubMed - in process]

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