Primate Research Center, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia.
Primatology Graduate Study Program, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia.
J Med Primatol. 2024 Feb;53(1):e12690. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12690.
Cervical cancer is an abnormal growth of cervical tissue epithelial cells due to persistent human papilloma virus (HPV) infection. Cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) can be naturally and spontaneously infected with M. fascicularis Papillomavirus Type 3 (MfPV3), a virus that is phylogenetically closely related to human oncogenic HPV (HPV-16 and HPV-34), and therefore a potentially beneficial for modeling HPV disease. This study aims to evaluate the expression of the integrin alpha 6 (ITGα6) receptor in cynomolgus monkeys spontaneously infected with MfPV3, which this receptor also found in human infected with HPV.
The study was done on archived Formalin-fixed Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) samples of uterine and cervix tissue of cynomolgus monkeys. Immunohistochemistry was also performed to quantify the expression levels of ITGα6.
The results showed 80% of the samples positive Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN) and increased expression of ITGα6 significantly in Positive-MfPV3 group than negative-MfPV3 group.
This indicated the potential of cynomolgus monkeys as a spontaneous oncogenesis model of PV infection type.
宫颈癌是由于持续的人乳头瘤病毒(HPV)感染导致宫颈组织上皮细胞异常生长。食蟹猴(Macaca fascicularis)可自然并自发感染 M. fascicularis 乳头瘤病毒 3 型(MfPV3),该病毒在进化上与人类致癌 HPV(HPV-16 和 HPV-34)密切相关,因此可能有益于 HPV 疾病的建模。本研究旨在评估整合素 alpha 6(ITGα6)受体在自然感染 MfPV3 的食蟹猴中的表达,该受体也存在于感染 HPV 的人类中。
本研究使用了存档的福尔马林固定石蜡包埋(FFPE)的食蟹猴子宫和宫颈组织样本。还进行了免疫组织化学染色以定量 ITGα6 的表达水平。
结果显示 80%的样本呈宫颈上皮内瘤变(CIN)阳性,且阳性-MfPV3 组中 ITGα6 的表达明显高于阴性-MfPV3 组。
这表明食蟹猴可能成为 HPV 感染型自发致癌模型。