Case control study comparing the HPV genome in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma to normal patients using metagenomic shotgun sequencing

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Title: Case control study comparing the HPV genome in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma to normal patients using metagenomic shotgun sequencing
Authors: Ian Ganly, Zhiheng Pei, Yuhan Hao, Yingfei Ma, Matthew Rosenthal, Zhenglin Wu, Jocelyn Migliacci, Bin Huang, Nora Katabi, Wenzhi Tseng, Stuart Brown, Yi-Wei Tang, Liying Yang
Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
Publisher Information: Nature Portfolio, 2021.
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
Subject Terms: Medicine, Science
More Details: Abstract The aim of this study was to carry out a case control study comparing the HPV genome in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OC-SCC) to normal patients using metagenomic shotgun sequencing. We recruited 50 OC-SCC cases which were then matched with a control patient by age, gender, race, smoking status and alcohol status. DNA was extracted from oral wash samples from all patients and whole genome shotgun sequencing performed. The raw sequence data was cleaned, reads aligned with the human genome (GRCH38), nonhuman reads identified and then HPV genotypes identified using HPViewer. In the 50 patients with OC-SCC, the most common subsite was tongue in 26 (52%). All patients were treated with primary resection and neck dissection. All but 2 tumors were negative on p16 immunohistochemistry. There were no statistically significant differences between the cases and controls in terms of gender, age, race/ethnicity, alcohol drinking, and cigarette smoking. There was no statistically significant difference between the cancer samples and control samples in the nonhuman DNA reads (medians 4,228,072 vs. 5,719,715, P value = 0.324). HPV was detected in 5 cases (10%) of OC-SCC (genotypes 10, 16, 98) but only 1 tumor sample (genotype 16) yielded a high number of reads to suggest a role in the etiology of OC-SCC. HPV was detected in 4 control patients (genotypes 16, 22, 76, 200) but all had only 1–2 HPV reads per human genome. Genotypes of HPV are rarely found in patients with oral cancer.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2045-2322
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83197-x
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/28c3bdf55796428aa654af7e652236f0
Accession Number: edsdoj.28c3bdf55796428aa654af7e652236f0
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:20452322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-83197-x
Published in:Scientific Reports
Language:English