单位:[1]Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China,[2]Department of Pathology, China- Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China,[3]Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Piwil2 reprograms HPV-infected reserve cells in the cervix into tumor-initiated cells (TICs) and upregulates Wnt3a expression sequentially, which leads to cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and ultimately squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). However, little is known regarding Wnt signaling in the maintenance of TIC stemness during the progression of cervical lesions. We herein investigated the expression of canonical Wnt3a signaling and related genes by microarray data set analysis and immunohistochemical (IHC) staining of samples obtained by biopsy of normal cervix, low- and high-grade CIN, and invasive SCC tissue. Array data analyzed by GEO2R showed higher expression levels of Wnt signaling and their target genes, significant upregulation of stemness-associated markers, and notably downregulated cell differentiation markers in CIN and SCC tissues compared with those in the normal cervix tissue. Further, Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) revealed that Wnt pathway-related genes significantly enriched in SCC. IHC staining showed gradually increased immunoreactivity score of Wnt3a and CBP and notable translocation of beta-catenin from the membrane to the cytoplasm and nucleus during the lesion progression. The intensity and proportion of P16, Ki67 and CK17 staining also increased with the progression of cervical lesions, whereas minimal to negative Involucrin expression was observed in CIN2/3 and SCC. Therefore, canonical Wnt signaling may contribute to the progression of CIN to SCC and may be a potential therapeutic target.
基金:
National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFC1003900]; National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [81372777, 81372779]; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and Research projects on biomedical transformation of China-Japan Friendship Hospital [PYBZ1827]
第一作者单位:[1]Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China,
通讯作者:
通讯机构:[1]Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China,[3]Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Feng Dingqing,Lin Jie,Wang Wenhui,et al.Wnt3a/beta-Catenin/CBP Activation in the Progression of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia[J].PATHOLOGY & ONCOLOGY RESEARCH.2021,27:doi:10.3389/pore.2021.609620.
APA:
Feng, Dingqing,Lin, Jie,Wang, Wenhui,Yan, Keqin,Liang, Haiyan...&Ling, Bin.(2021).Wnt3a/beta-Catenin/CBP Activation in the Progression of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia.PATHOLOGY & ONCOLOGY RESEARCH,27,
MLA:
Feng, Dingqing,et al."Wnt3a/beta-Catenin/CBP Activation in the Progression of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia".PATHOLOGY & ONCOLOGY RESEARCH 27.(2021)