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. 1976 Dec;73(12):4657–4661. doi: 10.1073/pnas.73.12.4657

Do highly oncogenic group A human adenoviruses cause human cancer? Analysis of human tumors for adenovirus 12 transforming DNA sequences.

J K Mackey, P M Rigden, M Green
PMCID: PMC431585  PMID: 1070016

Abstract

Adenovirus 12 (Ad12) (Huie) (highly oncogenic group A) readily induces tumors in newborn rodents. Since Ad12 is isolated from human fecal samples, we investigated whether it plays a role in the etiology of human gastrointestinal cancer. If Ad12 is a causal agent of human cancer, then human tumors should contain Ad12 transforming genes, as indicated by studies of cells transformed in vitro and in vivo by oncogenic viruses. Ad12 DNA and the Ad12 transforming restriction fragment (EcoRI-C fragment, left 16% of the viral genome) were labeled in vitro to 10(7) to 4 X 10(8) cpm/mug by the nick translation reaction of DNA polymerase of Escherichia coli. The fidelity and sensitivity of these probes were established by (i) analysis of DNA from Ad12-transformed cells and from hamsters with tumors induced by Ad12, (ii) reconstruction experiments with added Ad12 DNA and EcoRI restriction fragments, and (iii) comparison of annealing characteristics with Ad12 probes labeled in vivo. With Ad12 [3H]DNA as probe, no viral DNA sequences were detected in 18 normal gastrointestinal tissues and 34 gastrointestinal tumors, including cancers of the colon, rectum, small intestine, and stomach, under conditions that would detect 0.1 copy of the Ad12 genome per tumor cell. Similar analyses of Ad12-transformed hamster cells and Ad12 primary hamster tumors indicated 6-18 copies per cell of over 90% of the viral genome. With the Ad12 EcoRI-C transforming fragment as probe, no hybridization was detected with 32 human gastrointestinal tumors and five normal tissues; this result excludes 1-2% of the Ad12 genome per tumor cell. Our date are strong evidence that Ad12 is not a major cause of human gastrointestinal cancer. The Ad12 transforming EcoRI-C fragment hybridized (50-68% efficiency) with other Ad12 isolates and with Ad18 and 31 (members of oncogenic group A), but not at all with 28 other human Ad serotypes (manuscript in preparation). Thus other group A members probably are also not involved in human gastrointestinal cancer. No viral DNA sequences were detected in 12 normal lungs and 22 lung tumors, suggesting that respiratory cancer does not involve an Ad12 etiology.

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