Gene expression profile of cervical and skin tissues from human papillomavirus type 16 E6 transgenic mice
Although K14E6 transgenic mice develop spontaneous tumors of the skin epithelium, no spontaneous reproductive tract malignancies arise, unless the transgenic mice were treated chronically with 17b-estradiol. These findings suggest that E6 performs critical functions in normal adult cervix and skin, highlighting the need to define E6-controlled transcriptional programs in these tissues.
Methods: We evaluated the expression profile of 14,000 genes by microarrays in skin or cervix from young K14E6 transgenic mice compared with nontransgenic. To identify differentially expressed genes a linear model was implemented using R and the LIMMA package.
Two criteria were used to select the set of relevant genes. First a set of genes with a Log-odds greater than 3 were selected.
Then, a hierarchical search of genes was based on Log Fold Changes.
Results: Microarray analysis identified a total of 676 and 1154 genes that were significantly up and down-regulated, respectively, in skin from K14E6 transgenic mice. On the other hand, in the cervix from K14E6 transgenic mice we found that only 97 and 252 genes were significantly up and down-regulated, respectively.
One of the most affected process in the skin from K14E6 transgenic mice was cell cycle. We also found that skin from transgenic mice showed down-regulation of pro-apoptotic genes and genes related to the immune response.
In the cervix of K14E6 transgenic mice, we could not find affected any gene related to the cell cycle and apoptosis pathways but did observe alterations in the expression of immune response genes. Pathways such as angiogenesis, cell junction and epidermis development, also were altered in their gene expression profiles in both tissues.
Conclusion: Expression of the HPV16 E6 oncoprotein in our model alters expression of genes that fell into several functional groups providing insights into pathways by which E6 deregulate cell cycle progression, apoptosis, the host resistance to infection and immune function, providing new opportunities for early diagnostic markers and therapeutic drug targets.
Author: D Mendoza-Villanueva, J Diaz-Chavez, L Uribe-Figueroa, C Rangel-Escareno, A Hidalgo-Miranda, S March-Mifsut, G Jimenez-Sanchez, P F Lambert and P Gariglio
Credits/Source: BMC Cancer 2008, 8:347
Published on: 2008-11-26
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