Piattelli Adriano, Rubini Corrado, Fioroni Massimiliano, Iezzi Giovanna, Santinelli Alfredo
Oral Medicine and Pathology, Dental School, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy.
J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2002 May;60(5):532-40. doi: 10.1053/joms.2002.31851.
Loss of normal p53 is correlated to the progression of several preneoplastic lesions to neoplasms, and overexpression of bcl-2 determines an alteration of programmed cell death. There is an increased awareness of the importance of apoptosis in cancerogenesis, and a strong correlation of Ki-67 with high tumor grade has been reported.
The aim of our study was to investigate immunohistochemically the expression and relationship of p53, bcl-2, MIB-1, and the apoptotic index (AI) in normal oral epithelium, leukoplakia, dysplasia, and oral squamous cell carcinoma.
A strong correlation was found between p53 overexpression and cell proliferation (MIB-1) and the AI. An inverse relationship was found between bcl-2 expression and MIB-1 and AI. A significant inverse relationship was found between p53 and bcl-2. A good positive correlation was present between AI and MIB-1 expression.
Apoptosis could be important to help to understand oral carcinogenesis.
正常p53功能丧失与多种癌前病变发展为肿瘤相关,而bcl-2的过表达会导致程序性细胞死亡的改变。人们越来越意识到细胞凋亡在肿瘤发生中的重要性,并且有报道称Ki-67与高肿瘤分级密切相关。
本研究旨在通过免疫组织化学方法研究p53、bcl-2、MIB-1以及凋亡指数(AI)在正常口腔上皮、白斑、发育异常及口腔鳞状细胞癌中的表达及相互关系。
发现p53过表达与细胞增殖(MIB-1)及AI之间存在强相关性。bcl-2表达与MIB-1及AI之间呈负相关。p53与bcl-2之间存在显著负相关。AI与MIB-1表达之间存在良好的正相关。
细胞凋亡对于理解口腔癌发生可能具有重要意义。