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Retinoblastoma and p53 protein expression in pre-malignant oral lesions and oral squamous cell carcinoma

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Retinoblastoma and p53 protein expression in pre-malignant oral lesions and oral squamous cell carcinoma
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Article in International Scientific Journal
Year
2012
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De Oliveira, MG
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Pereira Ramalho, LMP
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De Mello, RA
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Vol. 6
Pages: 163-166
ISSN: 1791-2997
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Abstract (EN): The retinoblastoma (Rb) and p53 genes play a fundamental role in cell cycle mechanisms, and their deregulation is related to many steps of oral cancer carcinogenesis. This study was conducted to evaluate the expression of the p53 and Rb proteins in malignant and pre-malignant oral cavity lesions. This retrospective study was conducted at the Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, and the Molecular Biology Laboratory of the Otorhinolaryngology Department at the University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Excisional biopsy samples of oral cavities were collected from patients with suspected oral lesions. The samples were processed by immunohistochemistry to be classified by a semi-quantitative score: samples with a <= 10% positivity were considered to have weak/negative expression (-); those with 11-50% positivity, moderate expression (+); and those with >50% positivity, high expression (++). Seventy-one patients were studied (75% male; median age, 52 years; range, 24-84). Of the samples studied, 59.4% were oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and 40.6% were pre-neoplastic lesions (leukoplakia and actinic cheilitis). OSCC presented higher expression of Rb protein compared to pre-malignant lesions: 75 vs. 25% (p<0.001). Pre-neoplastic lesions presented higher expression of p53 protein compared to OSCC lesions: 55.2 vs. 44.8% (p=0.030). Despite the small number of samples, the expression of these cell cycle biomarkers (p53 and Rb protein) in excisional biopsies suggests that molecular lesion assessment can determine pre-malignant lesions, and that its use may improve the clinical and surgical treatment of early lesions. Thus, p53 protein expression may be related to the early steps of carcinogenesis in OSCC. Finally, a higher Rb expression was also observed in malignant lesions.
Language: English
Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific
No. of pages: 4
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