PMID- 35312853 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220409 IS - 2730-6011 (Electronic) IS - 2730-6011 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 1 DP - 2022 Mar 21 TI - Mapping human papillomavirus, Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, adenovirus, and p16 in laryngeal cancer. PG - 18 LID - 10.1007/s12672-022-00475-4 [doi] LID - 18 AB - PURPOSE: Apart from tobacco and alcohol, viral infections are proposed as risk factors for laryngeal cancer. The occurrence of oncogenic viruses including human papilloma virus (HPV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) varies in the world. Carcinogenesis is a multi-step process, and the role of viruses in LSCC progression has not been clarified. We aimed to analyze the presence and co-expression of HPV, EBV, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and human adenovirus (HAdV) in LSCC. We also investigated if p16 can act as surrogate marker for HPV in LSCC. METHODS: Combined PCR/microarrays (PapilloCheck(R)) were used for detection and genotyping of HPV DNA, real-time PCR for EBV, HCMV and HAdV DNA detection, and EBER in situ hybridization (EBER-ISH) for EBV detection in tissue from 78 LSCC patients. Additionally, we analyzed p16 expression with immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: Thirty-three percent (26/78) of LSCC tumor samples were EBV positive, 9% (7/78) HCMV positive and 4% (3/78) HAdV positive. Due to DNA fragmentation, 45 samples could not be analyzed with PapilloCheck(R); 9% of the remaining (3/33) were high-risk HPV16 positive and also over-expressed p16. A total of 14% (11/78) of the samples over-expressed p16. CONCLUSION: These findings present a mapping of HPV, EBV, HCMV and HAdV, including the HPV surrogate marker p16, in LSCC in this cohort. Except for EBV, which was detected in a third of the samples, data show viral infection to be uncommon, and that p16 does not appear to be a specific surrogate marker for high-risk HPV infection in LSCC. CI - (c) 2022. The Author(s). FAU - Schindele, Alexandra AU - Schindele A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0007-8716 AD - Department of Clinical Sciences, Otorhinolaryngology, ONH-Kliniken Ostersunds Sjukhus, Umea University, 831 83, Ostersund, Sweden. alexandra.schindele@umu.se. FAU - Holm, Anna AU - Holm A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3522-1842 AD - Department of Clinical Sciences, Otorhinolaryngology, ONH-Kliniken Ostersunds Sjukhus, Umea University, 831 83, Ostersund, Sweden. FAU - Nylander, Karin AU - Nylander K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4831-4100 AD - Department of Medical Biosciences, Pathology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden. FAU - Allard, Annika AU - Allard A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6949-1213 AD - Department of Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Virology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden. FAU - Olofsson, Katarina AU - Olofsson K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0649-3825 AD - Department of Clinical Sciences, Otorhinolaryngology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden. LA - eng GR - JLL-939740/FoU-enheten, Region Jamtland Harjedalen/ GR - LP 16-2020/Cancer Research Foundation Northern Sweden/ GR - LP 16-2020/Cancer Research Foundation Northern Sweden/ GR - LP 16-2020/Cancer Research Foundation Northern Sweden/ GR - RV938896/Region Vasterbotten/ GR - RV938896/Region Vasterbotten/ GR - RV938896/Region Vasterbotten/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220321 PL - United States TA - Discov Oncol JT - Discover oncology JID - 101775142 PMC - PMC8938541 COIS- The authors report no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2022/03/22 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/22 06:01 PMCR- 2022/03/21 CRDT- 2022/03/21 17:18 PHST- 2022/01/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/03/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/03/21 17:18 [entrez] PHST- 2022/03/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/22 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/03/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s12672-022-00475-4 [pii] AID - 475 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s12672-022-00475-4 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Discov Oncol. 2022 Mar 21;13(1):18. doi: 10.1007/s12672-022-00475-4.