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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Wang, Ning | Che, Yanci | Yin, Fufen | Yu, Fengsheng | Bi, Xiaoning | Wang, Yankui*
Affiliations: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Yankui Wang, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, China. E-mail: qdwyk@163.com.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is one of the malignant tumors which seriously threaten the women health worldwide. SPINT2 is an endogenous inhibitor of hepatocyte growth factor activator and down regulated or even silenced in many human malignant tumors. OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to explore the promoter methylation status of SPINT2 gene and the effect on its expression in cervical carcinoma. METHODS: HPV-positive and -negative cervical cancer cell lines, 50 cases of cervical carcinoma tissues, and 20 cases of normal cervical tissues were used for this study. The methylation status of promoter and the first exon of SPINT2 gene were analyzed. The expression of SPINT2 was analyzed by qRT-PCR. RESULTS: HPV E6/E7 infection affects SPINT2 methylation rate in cell lines. SPINT2 methylation rate of HT-3E6/E7 was 8.8%, while the methylation rate of SPINT2 in HT-3 was 0%. In cervical tissues, the methylation rate of SPINT2 in cervical cancers was 54%, while the methylation rate of SPINT2 in normal cervical samples was 25%. As for cervical cancers, the methylation rate of SPINT2 gene was higher in grade 3 than those of grade 2. CONCLUSIONS: The expression of SPINT2 gene is regulated by its methylation status, and the methylation status of SPINT2 is altered by HPV infection. The aberrant methylation status of SPINT2 gene may play an important role in the development of cervical cancer.
Keywords: SPINT2, cervical carcinoma, HPV, methylation, 5-Aza-CdR
DOI: 10.3233/CBM-171050
Journal: Cancer Biomarkers, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 435-442, 2018
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