Increasing evidence supports the role of oxidative stress in cancer development. Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation is one of the major sources of oxidative stress through the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Besides the physiological function of ROS in cellular homeostasis, accumulating reports suggest that ROS are involved in all stages of multistep cancer development. In order to investigate the involvement of oxidative damage into the mechanisms of tumour progression, we used a parallel proteomic approach to analyse the protein expression profile and to identify oxidatively modified proteins in human papillomavirus (HPV)-transformed keratinocytes (HK-168 cells) upon ultraviolet B (UVB) exposure. The HK-168 cells were obtained from normal human epidermal keratinocytes transfected with the whole genome of the high-risk HPV type 16, unanimously recognized as an etiological agent of cervical carcinoma. Because of its year-long latency, this tumour offers a convenient model to study the role of environmental concurring agents in the multistep malignant progression. By the protein expression profile, we identified 21 proteins that showed different expression levels in HK-168 cells treated with UVB in comparison with untreated cells. Focusing on the oxidative modifications occurring at the protein level, we identified five proteins that showed elevated protein carbonyls levels: alpha-enolase, heat shock protein 75, annexin 2, elongation factor Tu and elongation factor gamma. Our results indicate that UVB-induced oxidative stress perturbs the normal redox balance and shifts HPV-transformed keratinocytes into a state in which the carbonylation of specific proteins is systematically induced. We suggest that UVB-induced modulation of protein expression combined with oxidative modification lead to protein dysfunction that might contribute to the malignant progression of transformed cells.
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