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Frank, O.* ; Verbeke, C.* ; Schwarz, N.* ; Mayer, J. ; Fabarius, A.* ; Hehlmann, R.* ; Leib-Mösch, C. ; Seifarth, W.*

Variable transcriptional activity of endogenous retroviruses in human breast cancer.

J. Virol. 82, 1808-1818 (2008)
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Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) account for up to 9% of the human genome and include more than 800 elements related to betaretroviruses. While mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) is the accepted etiological agent of mammary tumors in mice, the role of retroviral elements in human breast cancer remains elusive. Here, we performed a comprehensive microarray-based analysis of overall retroviral transcriptional activities in 46 mammary gland tissue specimens representing pairs of nonmalignant and tumor samples from 23 patients. An analysis of nonmalignant tissue samples revealed a distinct, mammary gland-specific HERV expression profile that consists of 18 constitutively active HERV taxa. For corresponding tumor samples, a general trend toward lower levels of HERV transcription was observed, suggesting common regulatory mechanisms. In various subsets of patients, however, increased transcript levels of single class I HERV families (HERV-T, HERV-E, and HERV-F) and several class II families, including HML-6, were detected. An analysis of transcribed HML-6 sequences revealed either the activation of some or the increased activity of several proviral loci. No evidence for MMTV or human MMTV-like virus transcripts was found, indicating that transcriptionally active, MMTV analogous, exogenous viruses were not present in the breast cancer samples analyzed.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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ISSN (print) / ISBN 0022-538X
e-ISSN 1098-5514
Journal Journal of Virology
Quellenangaben Volume: 82, Issue: 4, Pages: 1808-1818 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Virology (VIRO)