High-risk human papillomavirus E7 oncoprotein detection in cervical squamous cell carcinoma
High-risk human papillomavirus E7 oncoprotein detection in cervical squamous cell carcinoma
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DOI:
10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-07-1222
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发表时间:
2007-12-01
影响因子:
11.5
通讯作者:
Zwerschke, Werner
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作者:
Ressler, Sigrun;Scheiden, Rene;Zwerschke, Werner
Purpose: Persistent infections by high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) types are the main etiologic factor for cervical cancer. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether high-risk E7 oncoprotein is adequate as a marker for the detection of cervical cancer.Experimental Design: HPV typing was done in biopsies from 58 cervical carcinoma and 22 normal cervical squamous epithelia. The HPV-16 E7, HPV-18 E7, and HPV-45 E7 oncoprotein levels were monitored by immunohistochemistry and compared with those of p16(INK4a) and Ki67.Results: Fifty-five (94.8%) tumors were high-risk HPV-DNA-positive (46 HPV-16, 2 HPV-16 and HPV-18, 4 HPV-18,1 HPV-33, and 2 HPV-45). HPV-DNA could not be detected in three tumors (5.2%). High HPV E7 oncoprotein levels were shown in 57 cervical cancers (98.3%), without correlation between expression levels and tumor stages.Conclusion: This is the first study which systematically analyzes the levels of the major HPV oncoproteins in cervical carcinomas demonstrating that the high-risk HPV E7 proteins are regularly expressed in these cancers. This suggests that high-risk E7 oncoproteins are necessary for cervical cancers and apparently essential as tumor marker.