TY - JOUR
T1 - Gene expression profiles in HPV-immortalized human cervical cells treated with the nicotine-derived carcinogen 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone
AU - Prokopczyk, Bogdan
AU - Sinha, Indu
AU - Trushin, Neil
AU - Freeman, Willard M.
AU - El-Bayoumy, Karam
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Mr. Robert Brucklacher and Mr. Nate Sheaffer for their technical assistance in microarray analysis and flow cytometry. This research is supported by the National Cancer Institute Grant CAP01 70972. Important core facility instrumentation purchases and services have been made possible through Tobacco Settlement Funds (TSF), and through the Penn State Cancer Institute (PSCI) contract with the Department of the Navy.
PY - 2009/2/12
Y1 - 2009/2/12
N2 - Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is an established etiological factor for cervical cancer. Epidemiological studies suggest that smoking in combination with HPV infection plays a significant role in the etiology of this disease. We have previously shown that the tobacco carcinogen, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK), is present in human cervical mucus. Here, we hypothesized that treatment of HPV-16-immortalized human ectocervical cells (Ecto1/E6E7) with NNK would alter the expression of genes involved in cellular transformation. Ecto1/E6E7 cells were treated with water (vehicle control) alone or with 1 μM, 10 μM, and 100 μM of NNK in water for 12 weeks. The colony-forming efficiency increased following NNK treatment; the maximum effect was observed after 12 weeks with 100 μM NNK. Microarray analysis revealed that, independent of the dose of NNK, expression of 30 genes was significantly altered; 22 of these genes showed a dose-response pattern. Genes identified are categorized as immune response (LTB4R), RNA surveillance pathway (SMG1), metabolism (ALDH7A1), genes frequently expressed in later stages of neoplastic development (MT1F), DNA binding (HIST3H3 and CHD1L), and protein biosynthesis (UBA52). Selected genes were confirmed by qRT-PCR. Western blot analysis indicates that phosphorylation of histone 3 at serine 10, a marker of cellular transformation, was up-regulated in cells treated with NNK. This is the first study showing that NNK can alter gene expression that may, in part, account for transformation of HPV-immortalized human cervical cells. The results support previous epidemiological observations that, in addition to HPV, tobacco smoking also plays an important role in the development of cervical cancer.
AB - Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is an established etiological factor for cervical cancer. Epidemiological studies suggest that smoking in combination with HPV infection plays a significant role in the etiology of this disease. We have previously shown that the tobacco carcinogen, 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK), is present in human cervical mucus. Here, we hypothesized that treatment of HPV-16-immortalized human ectocervical cells (Ecto1/E6E7) with NNK would alter the expression of genes involved in cellular transformation. Ecto1/E6E7 cells were treated with water (vehicle control) alone or with 1 μM, 10 μM, and 100 μM of NNK in water for 12 weeks. The colony-forming efficiency increased following NNK treatment; the maximum effect was observed after 12 weeks with 100 μM NNK. Microarray analysis revealed that, independent of the dose of NNK, expression of 30 genes was significantly altered; 22 of these genes showed a dose-response pattern. Genes identified are categorized as immune response (LTB4R), RNA surveillance pathway (SMG1), metabolism (ALDH7A1), genes frequently expressed in later stages of neoplastic development (MT1F), DNA binding (HIST3H3 and CHD1L), and protein biosynthesis (UBA52). Selected genes were confirmed by qRT-PCR. Western blot analysis indicates that phosphorylation of histone 3 at serine 10, a marker of cellular transformation, was up-regulated in cells treated with NNK. This is the first study showing that NNK can alter gene expression that may, in part, account for transformation of HPV-immortalized human cervical cells. The results support previous epidemiological observations that, in addition to HPV, tobacco smoking also plays an important role in the development of cervical cancer.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cbi.2008.10.051
DO - 10.1016/j.cbi.2008.10.051
M3 - Article
C2 - 19038236
AN - SCOPUS:58349114051
VL - 177
SP - 173
EP - 180
JO - Chemico-Biological Interactions
JF - Chemico-Biological Interactions
SN - 0009-2797
IS - 3
ER -