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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Pharmacologic reversion of Merkel cell carcinoma via CBP/p300 inhibition.

Joseph L Collura, Kuan Cheok Lei, Mitalee Chandra, Thibault Kervarrec, Hyun Jung Park, Mazdak Dalkoohi, Jürgen C Becker, Yuan Chang, Patrick S Moore, Masahiro Shuda

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Joseph L ColluraCancer Virology Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
Kuan Cheok LeiTranslational Skin Cancer Research, German Cancer Consortium, University Medicine Essen, Essen 45141, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6804-8914
Mitalee ChandraTranslational Skin Cancer Research, German Cancer Consortium, University Medicine Essen, Essen 45141, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3593-7173
Thibault Kervarrec"Biologie des infections à polyomavirus" Team, Université de Tours, Tours 37380, France.ORCID 0000-0002-2201-6914
Hyun Jung ParkDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.ORCID 0000-0002-8324-2624
Mazdak DalkoohiTranslational Skin Cancer Research, German Cancer Consortium, University Medicine Essen, Essen 45141, Germany.ORCID 0009-0001-3266-3250
Jürgen C BeckerTranslational Skin Cancer Research, German Cancer Consortium, University Medicine Essen, Essen 45141, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9183-653X
Yuan ChangCancer Virology Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.ORCID 0000-0003-1125-4041
Patrick S MooreCancer Virology Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.ORCID 0000-0002-8132-858X
Masahiro ShudaCancer Virology Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.ORCID 0000-0003-0595-2572

Funding

VECTOR CORE FACILITYP30CA047904 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CHRISTOPHER J. BAKKENIST · 1988 to 2026
$158.0M
Role of Merkel cell polyomavirus small T antigen in persistent infectionR01AI181892 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Masahiro Shuda · 2025 to 2026
$1.2M
Deutschen Konsortium für Translationale Krebsforschung (DKTK) BMBF ED003HHS | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) P30CA047904NCI NIH HHS P30 CA047904NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI181892University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) Health Sciences Bridge Funding
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV) T antigen functions as an oncoprotein that drives the transformation of Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) cells by activating transcription factors involved in cell proliferation. The viral T antigen promoter requires the activity of the cellular coactivator CREB-binding protein (CBP)/p300 for its expression. Inhibition of CBP/p300 with two distinct small-molecule inhibitors suppresses T antigen expression, leading to cell cycle arrest and upregulation of the cell cycle inhibitor p27

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Merkel CellCREB-Binding ProteinE1A-Associated p300 Proteinp300-CBP Transcription FactorsSkin NeoplasmsAntigens, Viral, TumorCell DifferentiationCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMerkel cell polyomavirusAntigens, Viral, TumorCREB-Binding ProteinCREBBP protein, humanE1A-Associated p300 ProteinEP300 protein, humanp300-CBP Transcription Factorscancer reversionCBP/p300Merkel cell carcinomaMerkel cell polyomavirusT antigen

Identifiers

PMID41439710
PMCPMC12772197

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