Project description:Integration of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA into the host genome is a critical aetiological event in the progression from normal cervix to intraepithelial neoplasm, and finally to invasive cervical cancer. In this study, we want to know how HPV DNA physical status relates to treatment outcome for cervical carcinomas. Cervical cancer samples were compared with normal sample. And also, we divided 39 cervical cancer patients into four groups according to HPV DNA physical status and investigated differentially expressed gene profiles in these groups using Agilent two-color experiment.
Project description:Integration of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA into the host genome is a critical aetiological event in the progression from normal cervix to intraepithelial neoplasm, and finally to invasive cervical cancer. In this study, we want to know how HPV DNA physical status relates to treatment outcome for cervical carcinomas.
Project description:Our previous study implied a correlation of inhibitors of differentiation-1 (Id-1) to cervical cancer development. However, how Id-1 contributes to cervical carcinogenesis is unknown. In the present study, we investigated the role of Id-1 in transforming cervical cells with an in vitro transformation model. The human papillomavirus (HPV) immortalized cervical epithelial cells (H8) were successfully transformed by exposure to the carcinogen N-nitrosopyrrolidine (NPYR). The results showed that both Id-1 RNA and protein expression were significantly increased in transformed H8 cells, suggesting a possible role of Id-1 in cervical cell transformation. Ectopic expression of Id-1 in H8 cells potentiated NPYR-induced cell transformation. In contrast, silencing of Id-1 suppressed NPYR-induced H8 cell transformation. A cDNA microarray assay was performed, which identified suggested potential cell signaling pathways for NPYR-induced H8 cell transformation. The results suggest that Id-1 plays an oncogenic role in the cervix, which sheds light on cervical cancer development and implies potential target for cervical cancer prevention and therapy.
Project description:Human papillomavirus (HPV) genome integration into the host genome, blocking E2 expression and leading to overexpression of E6 and E7 viral oncogenes, is considered a major step in cervical cancer development. In high-risk HPVs, E6 and E7 oncogenes are expressed as a bicistronic pre-mRNA, with alternative splicing producing the ultimate mRNAs required for E6 and E7 translation. Given the number of alternative donor and acceptor splicing sites, ten E6/E7 different alternative transcripts might be formed for HPV16 and three for HPV18, although only six isoforms have been previously reported for HPV16. In the present work, we employ high-throughput sequencing of invasive cervical cancer transcriptome (RNA-Seq) to characterize the expression of the HPV genome in 24 invasive cervical cancers associated with HPV16 and HPV18 single infections. Based on high-resolution transcriptional maps, we herein report three viral gene expression patterns which might be associated with the presence of the viral genome in episomal and/or integrated stages. Alternative mRNAs splicing isoforms coding for E6 and E7 oncoproteins were characterized and quantified, and two novel isoforms were identified. Three major isoforms (E6*I, E6*II, and E6+E7) were detected for HPV16 and two for HPV18 (E6*I and E6+E7). Minor transcript isoforms, including the novel ones, were very rare in some tumor samples or were not detected. Our data suggested that minor transcript isoforms of E6/E7 do not play a relevant role in cervical cancer.
Project description:Our previous study implied a correlation of inhibitors of differentiation-1 (Id-1) to cervical cancer development. However, how Id-1 contributes to cervical carcinogenesis is unknown. In the present study, we investigated the role of Id-1 in transforming cervical cells with an in vitro transformation model. The human papillomavirus (HPV) immortalized cervical epithelial cells (H8) were successfully transformed by exposure to the carcinogen N-nitrosopyrrolidine (NPYR). The results showed that both Id-1 RNA and protein expression were significantly increased in transformed H8 cells, suggesting a possible role of Id-1 in cervical cell transformation. Ectopic expression of Id-1 in H8 cells potentiated NPYR-induced cell transformation. In contrast, silencing of Id-1 suppressed NPYR-induced H8 cell transformation. A cDNA microarray assay was performed, which identified suggested potential cell signaling pathways for NPYR-induced H8 cell transformation. The results suggest that Id-1 plays an oncogenic role in the cervix, which sheds light on cervical cancer development and implies potential target for cervical cancer prevention and therapy. Id-1-shRNA H8 and the control pGIPZ-H8 cells, with or without NPYR treatment, were used for cDNA microarray assay. Total RNA was extracted by using TRIZOL Reagent (Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA, US) following the manufacturer's instructions. Total RNA was further purified by RNeasy micro kit (QIAGEN, GmBH, Germany) and RNase-free DNase Set (QIAGEN, GmBH, Germany). The RNAs were amplified, labeled and purified by using GeneChip 3' IVT Express Kit (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA, US) following the manufacturer's instructions. Array hybridization and wash were performed using GeneChip® Hybridization, Wash and Stain Kit (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA, US) in a Hybridization Oven 645 (Affymetrix) and Fluidics Station 450 (Affymetrix) following the manufacturer's instructions. The slides were scanned with GeneChip® Scanner 3000 (Affymetrix) using the Command Console Software 3.1 (Affymetrix) with default settings. Raw data were normalized by using the MAS 5.0 algorithm of GeneSpring Software 11.0 (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, US).
Project description:Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the etiological agent of cervical cancer. Three viral proteins, E5, E6 and E7 have been implicated in cell transformation. Increased expression of sialic acid and sialylated antigens have been reported during cervix transformation, these results agree with the increased mRNA levels of the sialyltransferases genes ST6GAL1 and ST3GAL3 reported in premalignant and malignant tissue of the cervix. E6 and E7 HPV oncoproteins modify the expression of some glycogenes. The role of E5 HPV oncoprotein in the glycogene expression changes in premalignant and malignant cervical tissue has not been reported. The objective of this work was to identify glycogenes that modify their expression by E5 HPV oncoprotein in HaCaT cell line. A gene expression microarray was performed on HaCaT cells that stably expressed the HPV16 E5 oncogene. Analysis revealed alteration in some glycogenes including upregulation of ST6GAL1 and ST3GAL3. The increased mRNA levels of both genes were confirmed by qRT-PCR. In addition, an in-silico analysis was performed to identify glycosylation networks altered in presence of E5 oncoprotein. The analysis showed that E5 could modify the sialic acid expression, keratan sulfate synthesis, N-glycosylation and biosynthesis of glycosaminoglycans. This is the first report of the role of HPV16 E5 oncoprotein on glycogenes expression changes. Moreover, our results suggest that the increase of the sialyltransferases genes reported in premalignant and malignant cervical tissue, could be the result of the expression of E5 oncoprotein. These results provide information of the possible role of HPV infection on the sialylation changes in the cervical epithelium identified in premalignant lesions and cancer.
Project description:HPV genotype and integration sites in patients at different stages of cervical lesions using nanopore technology Raw sequence reads
Project description:Oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) genomes are often integrated into host chromosomes in HPV-associated cancers. HPV genomes are integrated either as a single copy, or as tandem repeats of viral DNA interspersed with, or without, host DNA. Integration occurs frequently in common fragile sites susceptible to tandem repeat formation, and the flanking or interspersed host DNA often contains transcriptional enhancer elements. When co-amplified with the viral genome, these enhancers can form super-enhancer-like elements that drive high viral oncogene expression. Here, we compiled highly curated datasets of HPV integration sites in cervical (CESC) and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cancers and assessed the number of breakpoints, viral transcriptional activity, and host genome copy number at each insertion site. Tumors frequently contained multiple distinct HPV integration sites, but often only one “driver” site that expressed viral RNA. Since common fragile sites and active enhancer elements are cell-type specific, we mapped these regions in cervical cell lines using FANCD2 and Brd4/H3K27ac ChIP-seq, respectively. Large enhancer clusters, or super-enhancers, were also defined using the Brd4/H3K27ac ChIP-seq dataset. HPV integration breakpoints were enriched at both FANCD2-associated fragile sites, and enhancer-rich regions, and frequently showed adjacent focal DNA amplification in CESC samples. We identified recurrent integration “hotspots” that were enriched for super-enhancers, some of which function as regulatory hubs for cell-identity genes. We propose that during persistent infection, extrachromosomal HPV minichromosomes associate with these transcriptional epicenters, and accidental integration could promote viral oncogene expression and carcinogenesis.