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Distinctive Expression of Dna Replication Factors in Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Lip, Face and Oral Cavity Publisher Pubmed



Etemadmoghadam S1 ; Mohammadpour H1 ; Alaeddini M1
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  1. 1. Dental Research Center, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Ghods St, Enghelab Ave, P.O. Box: 14155-5583, Tehran, 14174, Iran

Source: Journal of Stomatology# Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Published:2022


Abstract

Objective: Uncontrolled proliferation and aberrations in cell-cycle progression are fundamental issues in cancer. In this study we aimed to determine and compare deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) replication licensing factors at the mRNA and protein levels among squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) of the lip, facial-skin and oral cavity. Materials and methods: A total of 103 lip, oral and face SCCs were immunohistochemically stained with MCM2 (mini-chromosome maintenance 2), geminin, and ki67, and their labeling-indices were calculated. Also, 57 SCCs from the same regions along with their adjacent normal tissues underwent quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis. Results: All three proteins were overexpressed in the studied SCCs, but only geminin (P = 0.004) showed significant difference among the three regions, with higher levels in oral SCCs compared to lip (P = 0.005) and skin (P = 0.024) tumors. Geminin expression did not differ between skin- and lip-SCCs (P = 0.822). MCM2/ki67 ratio was higher in oral- compared to skin-neoplasms (P = 0.039), but no difference was found in geminin/ki67 among the SCC-subsites. There were significant differences in MCM2 and geminin mRNA between carcinomatous- and normal-tissues in all tumors, but not among the three locations. Conclusion: MCM2 and geminin are involved in the tumorigenesis of lip, face and oral SCC at both mRNA- and protein-levels. Geminin may have a role in the site-specific biologic behavior of SCC. Skin SCCs had the highest proportion of licensed non-proliferating cells, while actively proliferating cells were more prominent in oral tumors. Regarding DNA replication, lip SCCs seem to be closer to skin tumors compared to their oral counterparts. © 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS
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