Immunohistochemical Expression of Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition Proteins in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity
- سال انتشار: 1400
- محل انتشار: فصلنامه آسیب شناسی ایران، دوره: 16، شماره: 4
- کد COI اختصاصی: JR_IJP-16-4_002
- زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
- تعداد مشاهده: 180
نویسندگان
Oral & Dental Disease Research Center, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
Oral & Dental Disease Research Center, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
Department of Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases Research Center, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
چکیده
Background & Objective: Epithelial-Mesenchymal transition (EMT) is known to be a possible mechanism in tumor progression; however, there is insufficient evidence to support the contribution of this process in human cancers. The present study aimed to evaluate the expression of EMT markers in normal oral epithelium and oral squamous cell carcinoma and also correlates with some clinicopathological parameters.Methods: This study was conducted on ۷۰ samples, including ۲۰ cases of normal epithelium and ۵۰ cases of Oral Squamous cell Carcinoma (OSCC). To examine the expression level of these proteins, immunohistochemical staining was performed for samples using E-cadherin and N-cadherin monoclonal antibodies.Results: Reduced expression of E-cadherin was observed in ۷۴% of OSCC and ۱۵% of normal epithelium samples; this difference was statistically significant (P˂۰.۰۰۰). With the progression of SCC from well towards poor differentiation, the E-cadherin expression decreased; however, this difference was not statistically significant (P=۰.۶۴۲). Normal epithelial specimens were negative for N-cadherin expression in ۷۵% of cases, whereas OSCC specimens showed high expression of N-cadherin in ۴۶% of cases, this difference was statistically significant (P=۰.۰۱). Although ۶۲.۵% of poorly differentiated OSCC showed high expression of N-cadherin, the difference between the histopathological grades was not significant (P=۰.۵۸۶). No significant relationship was found between markers expression and patient’s age, gender, and tumor location.Conclusion: This study showed that OSCC tissues showed high EMT phenotype (reduced E-cadherin expression and high expression of N-cadherin) compared to normal oral mucosa which may indicate the possible key role of EMT mechanism during oral carcinogenesis.کلیدواژه ها
E- cadherin, N-cadherin, Oral cancer, Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT)اطلاعات بیشتر در مورد COI
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