1. HPV frequency in penile carcinoma of Mexican patients: important contribution of HPV16 European variant.
- Author
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López-Romero R, Iglesias-Chiesa C, Alatorre B, Vázquez K, Piña-Sánchez P, Alvarado I, Lazos M, Peralta R, González-Yebra B, Romero A, and Salcedo M
- Subjects
- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Biomarkers, Tumor genetics, Biopsy, Carcinoma epidemiology, Carcinoma genetics, Carcinoma pathology, Chi-Square Distribution, DNA, Viral isolation & purification, Gene Amplification, Genotype, Human Papillomavirus DNA Tests, Human papillomavirus 16 genetics, Humans, Male, Mexico epidemiology, Middle Aged, Papillomavirus Infections epidemiology, Paraffin Embedding, Penile Neoplasms epidemiology, Penile Neoplasms genetics, Penile Neoplasms pathology, Phenotype, Predictive Value of Tests, RNA genetics, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Risk Factors, Telomerase genetics, Young Adult, Carcinoma virology, Human papillomavirus 16 isolation & purification, Papillomavirus Infections virology, Penile Neoplasms virology
- Abstract
The role of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in penile carcinoma (PeC) is currently reported and about half of the PeC is associated with HPV16 and 18. We used a PCR-based strategy by using HPV general primers to analyze 86 penile carcinomas paraffin-embedded tissues. Some clinical data, the histological subtype, growth pattern, and differentiation degree were also collected. The amplified fragments were then sequenced to confirm the HPV type and for HPV16/18 variants. DNA samples were also subjected to relative real time PCR for hTERC gene copy number. Some clinical data were also collected. Global HPV frequency was 77.9%. Relative contributions was for HPV16 (85%), 31 (4.4%), 11 (4.4%), 58, 33, 18, and 59 (1.4% each one). Sequence analysis of HPV16 identified European variants and Asian-American (AAb-c) variants in 92% and in 8% of the samples, respectively. Furthermore hTERC gene amplification was observed in only 17% of the cases. Our results suggest that some members of HPV A9 group (represented by HPV16, 58, and 31) are the most frequent among PeC patients studied with an important contribution from HPV16 European variant. The hTERC gene amplification could be poorly related to penile epithelial tissue.
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- 2013