Discrimination of 'Driver' and 'Passenger' HPV in Tonsillar Carcinomas by the Polymerase Chain Reaction, Chromogenic In Situ Hybridization, and p16 INK4a Immunohistochemistry

被引：24

作者：

Evans M.F. ^{[1
]}

Matthews A. ^{[2
]}

Kandil D. ^{[2
]}

Adamson C.S.-C. ^{[1
]}

Trotman W.E. ^{[1
]}

Cooper K. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Department of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington

[2] Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT

来源：

Head and Neck Pathology | 2011年 / 5卷 / 4期

关键词：

Human papillomavirus (HPV); p16 [!sup]INK4a[!/sup; Tonsillar carcinoma;

D O I：

10.1007/s12105-011-0282-y

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摘要：

Human papillomavirus (HPV) positive tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC) is associated with a favorable clinical outcome. However, the HPV detected in a given tumor may be causal (driver HPV) or an incidental bystander (passenger HPV). There is a need to discriminate these forms of HPV in TSCCs to understand their impact on HPV as a biomarker for use in TSCC patient management. This study has compared the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH), and p16 INK4a immunohistochemistry in the assessment of HPV status in TSCC. Archival specimens of TSCC from thirty patients were investigated. HPV was detected by PCR in 25/30 (83.3%) tumors; HPV16 (70.0%) and HPV52 (6.7%) were the most common types. HPV was corroborated by CISH in 22/25 (88.0%) specimens; integrated HPV was implicated by the presence of punctate signals in each of these cases. p16 INK4a staining was found in 20/22 (90.9%) HPV PCR positive samples; two PCR/CISH HPV positive cases were p16 INK4a negative and two HPV negative samples were p16 INK4a positive. These data suggest that a minority of HPV positive TSCCs are positive for passenger HPV and that two or more assays may be required for diagnosing driver HPV status. Further studies are required to exam whether oropharyngeal tumors positive for passenger HPV have a less favorable prognosis than tumors that are driver HPV positive. The clinical significance of TSCCs that test HPV negative/p16 INK4a positive, PCR and CISH HPV positive/p16 INK4a negative, or PCR HPV positive/p16 INK4a and CISH negative, also requires further investigation. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

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