Oncoviruses Can Drive Cancer by Rewiring Signaling Pathways Through Interface Mimicry

Copyright © 2019 Guven-Maiorov, Tsai and Nussinov..

Oncoviruses rewire host pathways to subvert host immunity and promote their survival and proliferation. However, exactly how is challenging to understand. Here, by employing the first and to date only interface-based host-microbe interaction (HMI) prediction method, we explore a pivotal strategy oncoviruses use to drive cancer: mimicking binding surfaces-interfaces-of human proteins. We show that oncoviruses can target key human network proteins and transform cells by acquisition of cancer hallmarks. Experimental large-scale mapping of HMIs is difficult and individual HMIs do not permit in-depth grasp of tumorigenic virulence mechanisms. Our computational approach is tractable and 3D structural HMI models can help elucidate pathogenesis mechanisms and facilitate drug design. We observe that many host proteins are unique targets for certain oncoviruses, whereas others are common to several, suggesting similar infectious strategies. A rough estimation of our false discovery rate based on the tissue expression of oncovirus-targeted human proteins is 25%.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in oncology - 9(2019) vom: 21., Seite 1236

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guven-Maiorov, Emine [VerfasserIn]
Tsai, Chung-Jung [VerfasserIn]
Nussinov, Ruth [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Computational prediction/modeling
Host-microbe interaction
Host-pathogen interaction
Interface mimicry
Journal Article
Pathogen-driven cancer
Protein-protein interaction
Structure
Superorganism network

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Date Revised 01.10.2020

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fonc.2019.01236

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM30405321X