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Analysis of human papillomavirus 16 E6, E7 genes and Long Control Region in cervical samples from Uruguayan women
Viviana Ramas1, Santiago Mirazo1, Sylvia Bonilla2
1Sección Virología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, 11400 Montevideo, Uruguay.
Objective:
This study aims to investigate the HPV16 variant distribution by sequence analyses of E6, E7 oncogenes and the Long Control Region (LCR), from cervical cells collected from Uruguayan women, and to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships among variants.
Methods:
Forty-seven HPV16 variants, obtained from women with HSIL, LSIL, ASCUS and NILM cytological classes were analyzed for LCR and 12 were further studied for E6 and E7. Detailed sequence comparison, genetic heterogeneity analyses and phylogenetic reconstruction were performed.
Results:
A high variability was observed among LCR sequences, which were distributed in 18 different variants. E6 and E7 sequences exhibited novel non-synonymous substitutions. Uruguayan sequences mainly belonged to the European lineage, and only 5 sequences clustered in non-European branches; 3 of them in the Asian-American and North-American linage and 2 in an African branch. Additionally, 6 new variants from European and African clusters were identified.
Conclusions:
HPV16 isolates mainly belonged to the European lineage, though strains from African and Asian-American lineages were also identified. Herein is reported for the first time the distribution and molecular characterization of HPV16 variants from Uruguay, providing novel insights on the molecular epidemiology of this infectious disease in the South America.
Synopsis:
A high variability among HPV 16 isolates mainly belonged to European lineage, provides an extensive sequence dataset from a country with high burden of cervical cancer.
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