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Abstract

Genital human papillomaviruses (HPV) are considered to be one of the main risk factors for the development of cervical cancer. The P97 promoter at the E6-proximal end of the long control region (LCR) regulates the transcription of viral genes, especially the oncogenes E6 and E7. The LCR contains binding sites of several viral and cellular transcription factors, which either activate or repress the P97 promoter. Intratype variants of HPV-16 belong to six geographically clustered phylogenetic groups distributed all over the world. These variants exhibit differences in E6 protein activities and in tumour progression . Seven HPV-16 variants were investigated by sequencing the entire LCR (nt 7060–124) and by comparing the transcriptional activities of their P97 promoters. Previously unknown nucleotide variations were identified in all LCRs investigated. In luciferase assays, 3·3- and 2·8-fold increases in P97 promoter activity were detected in the Asian American c and North American 1 variants when compared with the European reference clone. The African variants 1a and 2a exhibited P97 promoter activities comparable to the European reference clone. After recombining different LCR fragments, the region responsible for enhanced transcription in the Asian American c and North American 1 variants could be attributed to the E6-proximal end of the LCR (nt 7619–124).

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