期刊
ORAL ONCOLOGY
卷 49, 期 9, 页码 937-942出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2013.03.451
关键词
Oral cavity; Squamous cell cancer; Human papillomavirus; p16(INK4a); Ki-67
资金
- Heinrich F.C. Behr-Stipendium
- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
Objectives: The aim of the present study was to identify HPV-attributable SCC of the oral cavity (OSCC) in a cohort of patients from southern Germany. Materials and methods: A sensitive PCR-enzyme immunoassay (EIA) was followed by a more specific in situ hybridization (ISH) to detect high risk human papillomavirus (HPV). An immunohistochemical dual-staining for p16(INK4a) and the proliferation marker Ki-67 was used to assess whether co-expression of p16(INK4a/)Ki-67 is a better surrogate marker for HPV in OSCC than p16(INK4a) alone, based on the hypothesis that combined p16(INK4a) and Ki-67 expression might specifically discriminate oncogene-induced p16(INK4a) expression from cell-cycle arrest-inducing senescence-associated p16(INK4a) expression. Results: HPV-DNA by PCR-EIA could be detected in 25.1% (69/275) of the tumors, but ISH was negative in all of them. Diffuse p16(INK4a) overexpression was detected in 11 HPV PCR-positive tumors, but also in 6 HPV PCR-negative tumors. p16(INK4a)-expressing cells in diffusely positive tumors co-expressed Ki-67, irrespective of the HPV status. Neither the sole HPV status nor combined HPV/p16(INK4a) status nor the sole p16(INK4a) status was significantly associated with disease free or overall survival, however a trend towards better overall survival of patients whose tumor expressed p16(INK4a) in a focal pattern (=p16(INK4a)-positive/Ki-67-negative cells) compared to no p16(INK4a) expression (p = 0.09) was observed. Conclusion: Viral DNA can be detected in some tumors by a sensitive PCR, but absence of ISH signals indicates that the HPV-attributable fraction is smaller than estimated from PCR positivity. p16(INK4a/)Ki-67 co-expression is detectable in a fraction of OSCC irrespective of the HPV status. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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