HPV16 E6 Gene Polymorphisms and the Functions of the Mutation Site in Cervical Cancer Among Uygur and Han Women in Xinjiang
Abstract Background: To investigate the genotype distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) in infected Uygur and Han women in Xinjiang; analyze the HPV16 E6 gene polymorphism site and relationship with the development of cervical cancer.Methods: The HPV16 E6 sequence was analyzed using the European standard prototype to perform an evolutionary tree. HPV16 E6-295T/350T, 295G/350G, and 295T/350G GV230 vectors were stably transfected into cervical cancer C33A cells to analyze the cell proliferation, migration and invasion, apoptosis by CCK8 and clonogenic assays, transwell and cell scratch assays, FACS experiments. Results: The total HPV infection rate was 26.390% (760/2879), whereas the Uygur 22.87% (196/857) and the Han was 27.89% (564/2022) (P < 0.05). Among 110 mutations, 65 cases of E6 genes were mutated at nucleotide 350 (T350G) with the leucine changing to valine (L83V). Moreover, there were 7 cases of E6 gene mutated at nucleotide 295 (T295G) with aspartic changing to glutamic (D64E). When E6 vector(s) of mutations sites were transfected into C33A cells, they were found to promote cellular proliferation, migration, invasion, and inhibit apoptosis. The 295T/350G had the strongest effect on C33A cells and 295G/350G was significantly stronger than 295T/350T (P < 0.05).Conclusions: The positive HPV infection rates differed between the Uygur and Han in Xinjiang, and the genotype distribution of infection was different. After transfecting C33A cells with different eukaryotic expression vectors, the 295T/350G mutation site promoted the proliferation,migration, and invasion of C33A cells to a greater extent than 295G/350G; however, 295G/350G had a stronger effect than 295T/350T.