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de Maria S, Santoro A, Fuggetta MP, Rocchetti R, Cottarelli A, Lanzilli G, Stiuso P, Angelico G, Spadola S, Franco Zannoni G, Rubini C, Emanuelli M, Carmela Pedicillo M, Pannone G, Muzio LL. A possible interplay between HR-HPV and stemness in tumor development: an in vivo investigation of CD133 as a putative marker of cancer stem cell in HPV18-infected KB cell line. APMIS 2020; 128:637-646. [PMID: 32911563 DOI: 10.1111/apm.13078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
High-risk HPVs (HR-HPVs) are DNA viruses considered as primary etiologic factors in malignancies of the low female genital tract. Their presence has also been documented in oropharyngeal and laryngeal cancers. However, HPV infection is considered a necessary but not sufficient cause of tumoral development; meantime, increasing evidences on the tumorigenic role of cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been documented in the literature. CSCs represent a small subpopulation of neoplastic cells with self-renewal potential, capable of maintaining tumor growth and cell differentiation, also involved in metastatic process, recurrence, and resistance to chemotherapeutic agents. In the present study, performed on KB cell lines, we evaluated the tumor forming potential of CSCs, and their relationship with the HPV infection status. We started our study by identifying the most aggressive cell line on the minimal number of cells being able of growth in vivo in a model of athymic nude mice (BALB/c nu/nu). We used an oral-derived KB cell line separated in the KB-CD133+ and KB-CD133- populations, by using immunomagnetic beads and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). The separated populations were injected in athymic nude mice (BALB/c nu/nu). Xenograft tumors have been analyzed for tumor size, CD133 expression by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and for DNA HR-HPV integration by in situ hybridization (ISH), comparing CD133-enriched xenograft tumors versus the CD133 non-enriched ones. On standard conditions, the KB cell line has a poor population of glycosylated CD133 marker (<5.0%) when investigated with antibodies versus CD133, and more specifically its glycosylated epitope (AC133). Enriched CD133 KB cells possess a higher capacity of tumor growth in xenograft models of nude mice when compared to KB CD133-negative cells. We observed that the AC133 epitope, extensively used to purifying hematopoietic stem cells, is able to select an epithelial subpopulation of cancer stem cells with aggressive behavior. We retain that CD133 may be a useful target in anticancer strategies including pharmacological and immunological therapies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Salvatore de Maria
- Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.,GLURES, Academic SPINOFF Ca Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy
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- Unità di Gineco-Patologia e Patologia Mammaria, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanita Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- GLURES, Academic SPINOFF Ca Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy.,Istituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale, Area Ricerca Tor Vergata, CNR, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Sezione di Anatomia Patologica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Istituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale, Area Ricerca Tor Vergata, CNR, Rome, Italy
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- Istituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale, Area Ricerca Tor Vergata, CNR, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Unità di Gineco-Patologia e Patologia Mammaria, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanita Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Unità di Gineco-Patologia e Patologia Mammaria, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanita Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Unità di Gineco-Patologia e Patologia Mammaria, Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanita Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy.,Istituto di Anatomia Patologica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Sezione di Anatomia Patologica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Sezione di Anatomia Patologica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Università degli Studi di Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Università degli Studi di Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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Halec G, Holzinger D, Schmitt M, Flechtenmacher C, Dyckhoff G, Lloveras B, Höfler D, Bosch FX, Pawlita M. Biological evidence for a causal role of HPV16 in a small fraction of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Br J Cancer 2013; 109:172-83. [PMID: 23778529 PMCID: PMC3708587 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2013] [Revised: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 05/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a causal factor in virtually all cervical and a subset of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OP-SCC), whereas its role in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (L-SCC) is unclear. METHODS Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (N=154) and deep-frozen tissues (N=55) of 102 L-SCC patients were analysed for the presence of 51 mucosal HPV types. HPV DNA-positive (HPV DNA+) cases were analysed for E6*I mRNA transcripts of all high risk (HR)/probably/possibly (p)HR-HPV identified, and for HPV type 16 (HPV16) viral load. Expression of p16(INK4a), pRb, cyclin D1 and p53 was analysed by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS Ninety-two patients were valid in DNA analysis, of which 32 (35%) had at least one HPV DNA+ sample. Among the 29 single infections, 22 (76%) were HPV16, 2 (7%) HPV56 and 1 each (4%) HPV45, HPV53, HPV70, HPV11 and HPV42. Three cases harboured HPV16 with HPV33 (twice) or HPV45. Only 32% of HPV DNA+ findings were reproducible. Among HPV16 DNA+ L-SCC, 2 out of 23 (9%) had high viral loads, 5 out of 25 (21%) expressed E6*I mRNA and 3 out of 21 (14%) showed high p16(INK4a) and low pRb expression (all three HPV16 RNA-positive), immunohistochemical marker combination not identified in any other HPV DNA+ or HPV DNA-negative (HPV DNA-) L-SCC, respectively. CONCLUSION HPV type 16 has a causative role in a small subgroup of L-SCC (<5% in this German hospital series).
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- G Halec
- Division of Genome Modifications and Carcinogenesis, Infections and Cancer Program, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Si-Mohamed A, Badoual C, Hans S, Péré H, Tartour E, Brasnu D. An unusual human papillomavirus type 82 detection in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma: case report and review of literature. J Clin Virol 2012; 54:190-3. [PMID: 22480539 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2012] [Accepted: 02/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the larynx is extremely rare in adolescent or younger adult and typically has an aggressive nature. The mechanism of laryngeal oncogenesis is complex and little is known about the role of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) in SCC in young age. HPV infection may occur during birth or latter by oro-genital contact. Most HPV genotypes detected were HPV 6, 11, 16, 18, 33 and 51. Herein, we report a case of invasive laryngeal SCC expressing an HPV 82 in an 18 year-old man with a history of unexplored severe acute dysphonia that started in early childhood.
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- Ali Si-Mohamed
- Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou (HEGP), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
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