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Int J Med Sci 2020; 17(1):112-124. doi:10.7150/ijms.35133 This issue Cite

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Comparative Gene Expression Profiling of Tobacco-Associated HPV-Positive versus Negative Oral Squamous Carcinoma Cell Lines

Silvia Lepore1, Giacomo Lettini1, Valentina Condelli1✉, Lorenza Sisinni1, Annamaria Piscazzi2, Vittorio Simeon1,3, Pietro Zoppoli1, Maria Carmela Pedicillo4, Maria Iole Natalicchio5, Michele Pietrafesa1, Matteo Landriscina1,2✉

1. Laboratory of Pre-Clinical and Translational Research, IRCCS, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture, Italy;
2. Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Italy;
3. Medical Statistics Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy;
4. Anatomic Pathology Unit, Department of Clinic and Experimental Medicine; University of Foggia, Italy;
5. Section of Clinic Pathology, Riuniti Hospital, Foggia, Italy

✉ Corresponding authors: Prof. Matteo Landriscina, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università degli Studi di Foggia, Viale Pinto, 1, 71100 Foggia, Italy. Tel.: +39 0881 736241; E-mail: matteo.landriscinait or Dr. Valentina C More

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Lepore S, Lettini G, Condelli V, Sisinni L, Piscazzi A, Simeon V, Zoppoli P, Pedicillo MC, Natalicchio MI, Pietrafesa M, Landriscina M. Comparative Gene Expression Profiling of Tobacco-Associated HPV-Positive versus Negative Oral Squamous Carcinoma Cell Lines. Int J Med Sci 2020; 17(1):112-124. doi:10.7150/ijms.35133. https://www.medsci.org/v17p0112.htm
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Abstract

Background: HPV-positive oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs) are specific biological and clinical entities, characterized by a more favorable prognosis compared to HPV-negative OSCCs and occurring generally in non-smoking and non-drinking younger individuals. However, poor information is available on the molecular and the clinical behavior of HPV-positive oral cancers occurring in smoking/drinking subjects. Thus, this study was designed to compare, at molecular level, two OSCC cell lines, both derived from drinking and smoking individuals and differing for presence/absence of HPV infection.

Methods: HPV-negative UPCI-SCC-131 and HPV16-positive UPCI-SCC-154 cell lines were compared by whole genome gene expression profiling and subsequently studied for activation of Wnt/βCatenin signaling pathway by the expression of several Wnt-target genes, βCatenin intracellular localization, stem cell features and miRNA let-7e. Gene expression data were validated in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) public datasets.

Results: Gene expression analysis identified Wnt/βCatenin pathway as the unique signaling pathway more active in HPV-negative compared to HPV-positive OSCC cells and this observation was confirmed upon evaluation of several Wnt-target genes (i.e., Cyclin D1, Cdh1, Cdkn2a, Cd44, Axin2, c-Myc and Tcf1). Interestingly, HPV-negative OSCC cells showed higher levels of total βCatenin and its active form, increase of its nuclear accumulation and more prominent stem cell traits. Furthermore, miRNA let-7e was identified as potential upstream regulator responsible for the downregulation of Wnt/βCatenin signaling cascade since its silencing in UPCI-SCC-154 cell resulted in upregulation of Wnt-target genes. Finally, the analysis of two independent gene expression public datasets of human HNSCC cell lines and tumors confirmed that Wnt/βCatenin pathway is more active in HPV-negative compared to HPV-positive tumors derived from individuals with smoking habit.

Conclusions: These data suggest that lack of HPV infection is associated with more prominent activation of Wnt/βCatenin signaling pathway and gain of stem-like traits in tobacco-related OSCCs.

Keywords: oral squamous carcinoma, Wnt/βCatenin pathway, stemness, tobacco

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Lepore, S., Lettini, G., Condelli, V., Sisinni, L., Piscazzi, A., Simeon, V., Zoppoli, P., Pedicillo, M.C., Natalicchio, M.I., Pietrafesa, M., Landriscina, M. (2020). Comparative Gene Expression Profiling of Tobacco-Associated HPV-Positive versus Negative Oral Squamous Carcinoma Cell Lines. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 17(1), 112-124. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.35133.

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Lepore, S.; Lettini, G.; Condelli, V.; Sisinni, L.; Piscazzi, A.; Simeon, V.; Zoppoli, P.; Pedicillo, M.C.; Natalicchio, M.I.; Pietrafesa, M.; Landriscina, M. Comparative Gene Expression Profiling of Tobacco-Associated HPV-Positive versus Negative Oral Squamous Carcinoma Cell Lines. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2020, 17 (1), 112-124. DOI: 10.7150/ijms.35133.

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Lepore S, Lettini G, Condelli V, Sisinni L, Piscazzi A, Simeon V, Zoppoli P, Pedicillo MC, Natalicchio MI, Pietrafesa M, Landriscina M. Comparative Gene Expression Profiling of Tobacco-Associated HPV-Positive versus Negative Oral Squamous Carcinoma Cell Lines. Int J Med Sci 2020; 17(1):112-124. doi:10.7150/ijms.35133. https://www.medsci.org/v17p0112.htm

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Lepore S, Lettini G, Condelli V, Sisinni L, Piscazzi A, Simeon V, Zoppoli P, Pedicillo MC, Natalicchio MI, Pietrafesa M, Landriscina M. 2020. Comparative Gene Expression Profiling of Tobacco-Associated HPV-Positive versus Negative Oral Squamous Carcinoma Cell Lines. Int J Med Sci. 17(1):112-124.

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