Journal: Tumour Virus Research
Article Title: HPV18E6 and CDK5 virus-host interaction is a prospective therapeutic target for HPV-positive cervical cancer
doi: 10.1016/j.tvr.2026.200339
Figure Lengend Snippet: A mutualistic association of CDK5 and 18E6 proteins. (A) (i). The represented immunoblot image of CDK5 upregulates the level of 18E6 protein. HEK 293 cells were transfected with an increasing amount of pcDNA3.1: His-CDK5 (1, 2, and 4 μg) and a fixed amount of pcDNA3.1: HA-18E6 (2 μg). (ii). The represented immunoblot image of 18E6 upregulates the level of CDK5 protein. HEK 293 cells were transfected with an increasing amount of pcDNA3.1: HA-18E6 (1, 2, and 4 μg) and pcDNA3.1: His-CDK5 (2 μg). (B) (i). The represented immunoblot image of CDK5 upregulates the level of 18E6 protein in the HeLa cell lines. HeLa cells were transfected with an increasing amount of pcDNA3.1: His-CDK5 (1, 2, 3, and 4 μg). (ii). The represented immunoblot image of 18E6 upregulates the level of CDK5 protein in the SAS cell lines. SAS cells were transfected with an increasing amount of pcDNA3.1: HA-18E6 (1, 2, 3, and 4 μg). (C) (i). The represented immunoblot image of CDK5, E6AP, and p53 after silencing 18E6/E7 expression. Total protein lysates were extracted from HeLa cell lines transfected with siRNA against control (siCtrl) or 18 E6 and E7 (si18 E6/E7) for 72 h. (ii-v) The relative expression levels of 18E6, CDK5, p53, and E6AP relative to β-actin and analyzed using ImageJ and GraphPad Prism (n = 3). All data were presented as means ± standard error of the mean (SEM). (∗, P < 0.05; ∗∗, P < 0.01). (D) The represented immunoblot of CDK5, pCDK5 and HPV 18E6 proteins in the stable expression of HPV 18 in the HGK12 cell line (HPV-null primary keratinocytes cell line), HC: Treatment with 0.2 μM CP681301; LC: Treatment with 0.1 μM CP681301.
Article Snippet: The transferred membranes were incubated overnight at 4 °C with the following primary antibodies: monoclonal rabbit anti-HA (Cell Signaling Technology), monoclonal mouse anti-p53 (Santa Cruz), monoclonal mouse anti-HPV18E6 (Santa Cruz), monoclonal mouse anti-CDK5 (Santa Cruz), and monoclonal mouse anti-β-actin (Santa Cruz).
Techniques: Western Blot, Transfection, Expressing, Control