Integration of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) into the host genome is a crucial event for the development of cervical cancer, however, the underlying mechanism of HPV integration-driven carcinogenesis remains unknown. Here, we performed long-read RNA sequencing on 12 high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) and cervical cancer patients, including 3 pairs of cervical cancer and corresponding para-cancerous tissue samples to investigate the full-length landscape of cross-species genome integrations. In addition to massive unannotated isoforms, transcrip-tional regulatory events, and gene chimerism, more importantly, we found that HPV-human fusion events were preva-lent in HPV-associated cervical cancers. Combined with the genome data, we revealed the existence of a universal transcription pattern in these fusion events, whereby structurally similar fusion transcripts were generated by specific splicing in E6 and a canonical splicing donor site in E1 linking to various human splicing acceptors. Highly expressed HPV-human fusion transcripts, eg, HPV16 E6*I-E7-E1SD880-human gene, were the key driver of cervical carcinogene-sis, which could trigger overexpression of E6*I and E7, and destroy the transcription of tumor suppressor genes CMAHP, TP63 and P3H2. Finally, evidence from in vitro and in vivo experiments demonstrates that the novel read -through fusion gene mRNA, E1-CMAHP (E1C, formed by the integration of HPV58 E1 with CMAHP), existed in the fusion transcript can promote malignant transformation of cervical epithelial cells via regulating downstream onco-genes to participate in various biological processes. Taken together, we reveal a previously unknown mechanism of HPV integration-driven carcinogenesis and provide a novel target for the diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer.
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National Key R & D Program of China [2021YFC2701200]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [82273091]; Shanghai Science and Technology Development Foundation [21S31905100]; Shanghai Municipal Health Commission Foundation [202150001]; East Hospital Initial Foundation [DFRC201917]; Shanghai Blue Cross Brain Hospital Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Tongji University Education Development Foundation
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