Bacterial, Archaea, and Viral Transcripts (BAVT) Expression in Gynecological Cancers and Correlation with Regulatory Regions of the Genome.

Simple Summary: Microorganisms are found in all human tissues. Some of them are responsible for cancer formation. In our study we found gene expression from bacteria, archaea, and viruses in the upper female genital tract and this expression was associated with ovarian and endometrial cancer. We als...

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Published in:Cancers Vol. 13; no. 5; pp. 1109 - 1110
Main Authors: Gonzalez-Bosquet, Jesus, Pedra-Nobre, Silvana, Devor, Eric J., Thiel, Kristina W., Goodheart, Michael J., Bender, David P., Leslie, Kimberly K., Escargueil, Alexandre, Foukakis, Theodoros
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Published: MDPI Mar2021
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        atl: Bacterial, Archaea, and Viral Transcripts (BAVT) Expression in Gynecological Cancers and Correlation with Regulatory Regions of the Genome.
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          Gonzalez-Bosquet, Jesus
          Pedra-Nobre, Silvana
          Devor, Eric J.
          Thiel, Kristina W.
          Goodheart, Michael J.
          Bender, David P.
          Leslie, Kimberly K.
          Escargueil, Alexandre
          Foukakis, Theodoros
        affil: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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          Genital Neoplasms, Female
          Genome
          Gene Expression
          Transcription Factors
          Human
          Female
          Case Control Studies
          RNA
          Sequence Analysis
          Algorithms
          Comparative Studies
          Correlation Coefficient
          T-Tests
          Univariate Statistics
          Multivariate Analysis
          Fallopian Tubes
          Signal Transduction
          Female
      ab: Simple Summary: Microorganisms are found in all human tissues. Some of them are responsible for cancer formation. In our study we found gene expression from bacteria, archaea, and viruses in the upper female genital tract and this expression was associated with ovarian and endometrial cancer. We also found that the expression from these organisms may be involved in regulatory mechanisms of infection and cancer formation. Some of the processes associated with these organisms may affect cancer heterogeneity and be potential targets for cancer therapy. Bacteria, archaea, and viruses are associated with numerous human cancers. To date, microbiome variations in transcription have not been evaluated relative to upper female genital tract cancer risk. Our aim was to assess differences in bacterial, archaea, and viral transcript (BAVT) expression between different gynecological cancers and normal fallopian tubes. In this case-control study we performed RNA sequencing on 12 normal tubes, 112 serous ovarian cancers (HGSC) and 62 endometrioid endometrial cancers (EEC). We used the centrifuge algorithm to classify resultant transcripts into four indexes: bacterial, archaea, viral, and human genomes. We then compared BAVT expression from normal samples, HGSC and EEC. T-test was used for univariate comparisons (correcting for multiple comparison) and lasso for multivariate modelling. For validation we performed DNA sequencing of normal tubes in comparison to HGSC and EEC BAVTs in the TCGA database. Pathway analyses were carried out to evaluate the function of significant BAVTs. Our results show that BAVT expression levels vary between different gynecological cancers. Finally, we mapped some of these BAVTs to the human genome. Numerous map locations were close to regulatory genes and long non-coding RNAs based on the pathway enrichment analysis. BAVTs may affect gynecological cancer risk and may be part of potential targets for cancer therapy.
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