Yokoe Hidetaka, Nomura Hitomi, Yamano Yukio, Fushimi Kazuaki, Sakamoto Yosuke, Ogawara Katsunori, Shiiba Masashi, Bukawa Hiroki, Uzawa Katsuhiro, Takiguchi Yuichi, Tanzawa Hideki
Division of Dentistry and Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2009 Nov;135(11):1625-33. doi: 10.1007/s00432-009-0610-8. Epub 2009 Jun 12.
The purpose of this study was to characterize changes in the expression of copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn-SOD) and manganese SOD (Mn-SOD) in oral squamous-cell carcinoma (OSCC).
Real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis of Cu/Zn-SOD and Mn-SOD mRNA expression was carried out in 50 pairs of OSCC tissue specimens and corresponding normal tissues. Mn-SOD protein expression was evaluated further in 65 OSCC tissue samples and 33 oral premalignant lesions (OPLs) using immunohistochemistry.
Significant (P < 0.001) upregulation of Mn-SOD mRNA expression was observed in OSCC tissues compared with the normal tissue counterparts, whereas no significant difference was detected in Cu/Zn-SOD expression. Significant increases in Mn-SOD protein expression were seen in both OPLs (P < 0.001) and OSCC tissue (P < 0.001) together with a high incidence of lymph node metastasis (P = 0.04).
Our findings suggested that Mn-SOD overexpression is a frequent and early event during oral carcinogenesis and could contribute to aggressive OSCC.
本研究旨在描述口腔鳞状细胞癌(OSCC)中铜锌超氧化物歧化酶(Cu/Zn-SOD)和锰超氧化物歧化酶(Mn-SOD)表达的变化。
对50对OSCC组织标本及相应正常组织进行Cu/Zn-SOD和Mn-SOD mRNA表达的实时定量逆转录-聚合酶链反应分析。使用免疫组织化学对65例OSCC组织样本和33例口腔癌前病变(OPL)进一步评估Mn-SOD蛋白表达。
与正常组织相比,OSCC组织中Mn-SOD mRNA表达显著上调(P < 0.001),而Cu/Zn-SOD表达未检测到显著差异。在OPL(P < 0.001)和OSCC组织(P < 0.001)中均观察到Mn-SOD蛋白表达显著增加,且淋巴结转移发生率较高(P = 0.04)。
我们的研究结果表明,Mn-SOD过表达是口腔癌发生过程中常见的早期事件,可能导致侵袭性OSCC。