Increased methylation of human papillomavirus type 16 DNA is associated with the severity of cervical lesions in infected females from northeast China

  • Authors:
    • Wei Wang
    • Zhengrong Sun
    • Jianhua Liu
    • Guili Wang
    • Zhitao Lu
    • Weiqiang Zhou
    • Te Qi
    • Qiang Ruan
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  • Published online on: March 24, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.5903
  • Pages: 3809-3816
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Abstract

Hypermethylation of the cytosine‑phosphate‑guanine (CpG) sites located at the 3'‑major capsid protein L1 (3'L1) and the long control region (LCR) of the human papillomavirus (HPV) genome may be associated with the progression of cervical cancer (CC). However, the methylation status of the LCR of HPV type 16 DNA remains to be elucidated in an infected Chinese population. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between methylation of the HPV 16 L1 gene and LCR, and the severity of cervical lesions in infected female patients. Therefore, bisulfite modification, polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing were used to analyze 122 HPV 16‑positive clinical cervical swabs obtained from patients in northeastern China. The proportion of methylated samples at each of the 7 CpG sites within the 3'‑L1/5'‑LCR and 5 CpG sites within the promoter region was significantly increased in patients with CC, compared with that observed in high‑grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) and normal tissue/low‑grade intraepithelial lesions (LSIL) (χ2 test, P<0.01). The mean methylation frequencies of the CpG sites 7,089 and 7,143 exhibited an area under the curve value of 0.822 [95% confidence interval (CI)=0.733‑0.911] for distinguishing CC from other lesions, 0.787 (95% CI=0.700‑0.874) for distinguishing normal/LSIL from HSIL and CC, and 0.763 (95% CI=0.652‑0.874) for distinguishing CC from HSIL. These results suggest that the methylation of CpG sites within the HPV 16 3'‑L1 and LCR region is correlated with the severity of cervical lesions. Quantification of HPV DNA methylation in the L1 gene and promoter region appears to provide a promising novel marker for distinguishing between normal tissue/LSIL, HSIL and CC in a Chinese population.
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Wang W, Sun Z, Liu J, Wang G, Lu Z, Zhou W, Qi T and Ruan Q: Increased methylation of human papillomavirus type 16 DNA is associated with the severity of cervical lesions in infected females from northeast China. Oncol Lett 13: 3809-3816, 2017
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Wang, W., Sun, Z., Liu, J., Wang, G., Lu, Z., Zhou, W. ... Ruan, Q. (2017). Increased methylation of human papillomavirus type 16 DNA is associated with the severity of cervical lesions in infected females from northeast China. Oncology Letters, 13, 3809-3816. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.5903
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Wang, W., Sun, Z., Liu, J., Wang, G., Lu, Z., Zhou, W., Qi, T., Ruan, Q."Increased methylation of human papillomavirus type 16 DNA is associated with the severity of cervical lesions in infected females from northeast China". Oncology Letters 13.5 (2017): 3809-3816.
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Wang, W., Sun, Z., Liu, J., Wang, G., Lu, Z., Zhou, W., Qi, T., Ruan, Q."Increased methylation of human papillomavirus type 16 DNA is associated with the severity of cervical lesions in infected females from northeast China". Oncology Letters 13, no. 5 (2017): 3809-3816. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.5903