Equine penile squamous cell carcinoma: expression of biomarker proteins and EcPV2.
Abstract: Equine penile squamous cell carcinoma (EpSCC) is a relatively common cutaneous neoplasm with a poor prognosis. In this study, we aimed to determine the protein expression and colocalisation of FRA1, c-Myc, Cyclin D1, and MMP7 in normal (NT), tumour (T), hyperplastic epidermis and/or squamous papilloma (Hyp/Pap), poorly-differentiated (PDSCC), or well-differentiated (WDSCC) EpSCC using a tissue array approach. Further objectives were to correlate protein expression to (i) levels of inflammation, using a convolutional neural network (ii) equine papillomavirus 2 (EcPV2) infection, detected using PCR amplification. We found an increase in expression of FRA1 in EpSCC compared to NT samples. c-Myc expression was higher in Hyp/Pap and WDSCC but not PDSCC whereas MMP7 was reduced in WDSCC compared with NT. There was a significant increase in the global intersection coefficient (GIC) of FRA1 with MMP7, c-Myc, and Cyclin D1 in EpSCC. Conversely, GIC for MMP7 with c-Myc was reduced in EpSCC tissue. Inflammation was positively associated with EcPV2 infection in both NT and EpSCC but not Hyp/Pap. Changes in protein expression could be correlated with EcPV2 for Cyclin D1 and c-Myc. Our results evaluate novel biomarkers of EpSCC and a putative correlation between the expression of biomarkers, EcPV2 infection and inflammation.
Publication Date: 2020-05-12 PubMed ID: 32398763PubMed Central: PMC7217868DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64014-3Google Scholar: Lookup
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The given research article investigates the protein expression relevant to equine penile squamous cell carcinoma (EpSCC) and its relation to inflammation and equine papillomavirus 2 (EcPV2) infection. The study also examines the potential contributions of variations in these protein levels to EpSCC.
Methods and Materials
- The analysis was conducted by assessing protein expression and co-localization of FRA1, c-Myc, Cyclin D1, and MMP7 in different types of tissue samples. They used tissue samples that were normal (NT), cancerous (T), had hyperplastic epidermis and/or squamous papilloma (Hyp/Pap), poorly differentiated EpSCC (PDSCC), or well-differentiated EpSCC (WDSCC).
- A tissue array approach was used for the mentioned assessment.
- The other objectives of the study were to explore the relationship between protein expression and inflammation levels, and the presence of EcPV2 infection. Inflammation was measured using a computational method called a convolutional neural network, and the EcPV2 infection was detected through a lab technique called PCR amplification.
Results
- Results of this study showed an increase in the expression of the protein FRA1 in EpSCC compared to NT samples. Also, c-Myc expression was found to be higher in Hyp/Pap and WDSCC but not in PDSCC samples. Moreover, the expression of MMP7 was reduced in WDSCC compared with NT samples.
- The findings indicated an important increase in the global intersection coefficient (GIC) of FRA1 along with MMP7, c-Myc, and Cyclin D1 in EpSCC tissues. However, the GIC for MMP7 and c-Myc was reduced in the tissues affected by EpSCC.
- They found that inflammation was positively related to EcPV2 infection in both, the NT and EpSCC samples but not in the Hyp/Pap samples.
- Furthermore, the alterations in the expression of Cyclin D1 and c-Myc proteins could be associated with the presence of EcPV2.
Conclusion
- The study concluded that novel biomarkers that could be influential in evaluating EpSCC were discovered and the results indicated a probable correlation between the expression of specific biomarkers, EcPV2 infection, and inflammation levels.
Cite This Article
APA
Arthurs C, Suarez-Bonnet A, Willis C, Xie B, Machulla N, Mair TS, Cao K, Millar M, Thrasivoulou C, Priestnall SL, Ahmed A.
(2020).
Equine penile squamous cell carcinoma: expression of biomarker proteins and EcPV2.
Sci Rep, 10(1), 7863.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64014-3 Publication
Researcher Affiliations
- Prostate Cancer Research Centre at the Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
- Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, UK.
- Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, UK.
- Prostate Cancer Research Centre at the Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
- Prostate Cancer Research Centre at the Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
- Bell Equine Veterinary Clinic, Maidstone, UK.
- Prostate Cancer Research Centre at the Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
- Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
- Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, The Centre for Cell and Molecular Dynamics, Rockefeller Building, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
- Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, UK.
- Prostate Cancer Research Centre at the Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom. aamir.ahmed@kcl.ac.uk.
MeSH Terms
- Animals
- Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics
- Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / genetics
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / virology
- Cyclin D1 / genetics
- Cyclin D1 / metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Horses
- Male
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 / genetics
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 / metabolism
- Papillomaviridae / isolation & purification
- Papillomaviridae / physiology
- Papillomavirus Infections / diagnosis
- Papillomavirus Infections / genetics
- Papillomavirus Infections / virology
- Penile Neoplasms / diagnosis
- Penile Neoplasms / genetics
- Penile Neoplasms / virology
- Protein Binding
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / metabolism
- ROC Curve
- Tissue Array Analysis / methods
Grant Funding
- MR/N022556/1 / Medical Research Council
Conflict of Interest Statement
The authors declare no competing interests.
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