scholarly journals Changes in Cellular Regulatory Factors before and after Decompression of Odontogenic Keratocysts

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Slmaro Park ◽  
Han-Sung Jung ◽  
Young-Soo Jung ◽  
Woong Nam ◽  
Jung Yul Cha ◽  
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Decompression followed by enucleation, which is one of the treatments used for odontogenic keratocysts (OKCs), is frequently used in OKC lesions of large sizes. This method offers the advantage of minimizing the possibility of sensory impairment without creating a wide-range bone defect; moreover, the recurrence rate can be significantly lower than following simple enucleation. This study aimed to assess the changes in histology and expression of proliferation markers in OKCs before and after decompression treatment. A total of 38 OKC tissue samples from 19 patients who had undergone decompression therapy were examined morphologically and immunohistochemically to observe changes in proliferative activity before and after decompression. The markers used for immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining were Bcl-2, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), Ki-67, P53, PCNA, and SMO. The immunohistochemistry positivity of the 6 markers was scored by using software ImageJ, version 1.49, by quantifying the intensity and internal density of IHC-stained epithelium. The values of Bcl-2, Ki-67, P53, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), and SMO in OKCs before and after decompression showed no significant change. No correlation between clinical shrinkage and morphologic changes or expression of proliferation and growth markers could be found. There was no statistical evidence that decompression treatment reduces potentially aggressive behavior of OKC within the epithelial cyst lining itself. This might indicate that decompression does not change the biological behavior of the epithelial cyst lining or the recurrence rate.

1997 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie M. Cunningham ◽  
David W. Kimmel ◽  
Bernd W. Scheithauer ◽  
Judith R. O'Fallon ◽  
Paul J. Novotny

✓ Consecutive paraffin sections of 105 astrocytomas and 15 oligoastrocytomas were examined for expression of p53, MIB-1 (Ki-67), and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). The tumors had been examined previously for genetic abnormalities and by flow cytometry. Regardless of the tumor's stage and grade and the patient's age and gender, p53 expression was found in 40% of tumors. Although p53 expression was associated with a loss on chromosome 17p and was more frequent in aneuploid tumors, it had no association with survival time. The MIB-1 and PCNA labeling indices increased with increasing tumor grade but showed no association with other clinicopathological parameters. In individual tumors, there was poor concordance between any of the variables (MIB-1, PCNA, and p53). Results for p53 and MIB-1 were similar for both astrocytomas and oligoastrocytomas. The MIB-1 and PCNA values appeared to have prognostic utility in univariate analysis but not after adjusting for patient age and tumor grade. The poor concordance between MIB-1 and PCNA in individual tumors indicates that any one means of assessing proliferative potential in gliomas may not be reliable.


2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa A. Mestrinho ◽  
Hugo Pissarra ◽  
Sandra Carvalho ◽  
Maria C. Peleteiro ◽  
Jerzy Gawor ◽  
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Grade and labeling indices for immunohistochemical tumor proliferation markers Ki-67 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) were evaluated in 36 cases of canine oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) based upon intraoral location. Grade was significantly associated with location ( P = .035). Grade II tumors were most frequently diagnosed. Grade I tumors were identified in the gingiva and the buccal mucosa, and grade III tumors were seen in the gingiva and the tonsillar region. Animals with tumors arising from the tonsils and of the tongue tended to be older ( P = .007), and those in the former group were more likely to have metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis ( P = .001). Mean expression of PCNA and Ki-67 proliferation index (PI) for all tumors were 62.54% and 50.70%, respectively, and there was a statistical significant association between the 2 variables ( R = .70; P < .001). Proliferation index was not associated with any of the intraoral locations evaluated, but higher PCNA PI was significantly associated with grade ( P = .031). Ki-67 PI was significantly associated with lymph node metastasis at the time of diagnosis, especially for OSCC of gingival location ( P = .028). The results obtained in this study are preliminary but clinically relevant, since they provide information that can explain differences in biologic behavior among intraoral locations and contribute to more accurate tumor staging to support the choice for different treatment strategies available for OSCC.


2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (07) ◽  
pp. 1507-1523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-Teng Huang ◽  
Chao-Chun Huang ◽  
Jer-Ming Sheen ◽  
Tsu-Kung Lin ◽  
Pei-Lin Liao ◽  
...  

Osteosarcoma is an aggressive bone cancer arising from primitive transformed cells of mesenchymal origin to form malignant osteoid. Phyllanthus urinaria [Formula: see text]P. urinaria[Formula: see text] is a widely used folk medicine in cancer treatment, however the mechanism of P. urinaria inhibited human osteosarcoma is unclear. The present study was aimed at investigating the antitumoral effects of an aqueous P. urinaria on human osteosarcoma in vivo and the related underlying mechanisms, mainly focusing on mitochondrial dynamic dysfunction. Our results showed that oral administration of P. urinaria to mice led to significant inhibition of tumor development without substantial changes to body weight or major organs. Histological examinations with H&E, Giemsa, and Masson trichrome stains confirmed inhibition of tumor growth by the P. urinaria treatment. Immunohistochemical staining of proliferation markers antigen KI-67 (Ki67) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), as well as a terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay demonstrated a decrease of tumor proliferation and an increase of apoptosis, which was associated with the modulation of B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) family activating the caspase cascade in the P. urinaria-treated mice. The neovascularization marker cluster of differentiation 31 (CD31) was inhibited in P. urinaria-treated xenografts, implicating the potential anti-angiogenic effect of P. urinaria. P. urinaria treatment resulted in a significant decrease in the mitochondrial fusion proteins, including mitofusin 1/2 (Mfn1/2) and optic atrophy type 1 (Opa1), as well as an increase in the fission protein dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1). The results of this study suggest mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with dynamic change that is involved in the apoptosis and anti-angiogenesis elicited by P. urinaria.


2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (13) ◽  
pp. 2980-2987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Rouanet ◽  
Gustavo Linares-Cruz ◽  
François Dravet ◽  
Sylvain Poujol ◽  
Sophie Gourgou ◽  
...  

Purpose Two chemoprevention randomized studies using tamoxifen showed drug efficacy; however, adverse effects such as hot flushes, endometrial cancer, and above all, thromboembolism, remain a problem. 4 hydroxytamoxifen (4-OHT) is a very active metabolite of tamoxifen. This randomized study was designed to analyze if 4-OHT gel, administered percutaneously on the breast skin, can inhibit the proliferation of malignant breast cells to the same extent as orally administered tamoxifen. Patients and Methods Fifty-five postmenopausal women with an invasive estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer were randomly assigned to receive (for 2 to 3 weeks) either 4-OHT gel (0.5, 1, or 2 mg/d) or oral tamoxifen (20 mg/d) or no treatment. Response was evaluated using proliferation markers (Ki-67, proliferating cell nuclear antigen) and apoptosis markers in tissue samples obtained by Tru-cut biopsy before treatment, and at surgery after treatment. Results Administration of 4-OHT gel resulted in reductions in tumor tissue proliferation indexes (Ki-67 and PCNA), with approximate equivalence between the1.0 mg/d or 2.0 mg/d 4-OHT dose, and oral tamoxifen, but had no effect on apoptotic markers. Plasma levels of 4-OHT were consistently higher in the oral tamoxifen group than in the gel groups. No dose-related pattern was shown for estrogen or progesterone receptor levels, and topical 4-OHT gel appeared to be generally well tolerated. Hot flushes are as common in the two higher gel doses as with tamoxifen. Conclusion Percutaneous 4-OHT gel has a local impact on tumor proliferation. It could be tested in future propective trials of chemoprevention or ductal carcinoma in situ adjuvant hormonotherapy.


2006 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. 568-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pia Clark ◽  
Peter Marker ◽  
Henning Lehmann Bastian ◽  
Annelise Krogdahl

1999 ◽  
pp. 519-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Bertholon-Gregoire ◽  
J Trouillas ◽  
MP Guigard ◽  
B Loras ◽  
J Tourniaire

In a series of 12 patients (eight women and four men, aged between 20 and 62 years), operated on for a pituitary adenoma shown to be thyrotropic by immunocytochemistry, we performed a retrospective and comparative analysis of clinical and biological data, tumor studies including immunocytochemistry with double labeling, and proliferation marker (proliferative cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and Ki-67) detection, electron microscopy and culture. Our study leads us to confirm that thyrotropic tumors are rare (12 of 1174 pituitary adenomas: 1%). The main points arising were that: (1) high or normal plasma TSH associated with an increase in plasma alpha-subunit and high thyroid hormone levels is the best criterion for diagnosis; (2) the failure of TSH to respond to TRH or Werner's test is not a reliable criterion for diagnosis; (3) thyrotropic adenomas may be 'silent', without clinical signs of hyperthyroidism and with only slight increase in TSH, tri-iodothyronine and thyroxine concentrations; (4) mitoses and nuclear atypies are frequently detected in large tumors, which are invasive in more than 50% of cases - the first analysis of two proliferation markers (PCNA and Ki-67) bears out the relative aggressiveness of thyrotropic adenomas; (5) thyrotropic adenomas are frequently plurihormonal. Immunocytochemical double labeling, complemented by in vitro study, showed that thyrotropic tumor cells sometimes can or sometimes cannot cosecrete TSH, GH or prolactin. The pathological identification of monohormonal and plurihormonal adenomas seems to be supported by clinical and biological differences.


2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda S. Phillips ◽  
Philip H. Kass ◽  
Diane K. Naydan ◽  
Michelle D. Winthrop ◽  
Stephen M. Griffey ◽  
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Proliferative and apoptotic fractions of tumors were evaluated in 41 dogs with lymphoma for prediction of response to chemotherapy. All dogs had advanced clinical stage tumors, were untreated prior to study, and received identical induction-remission chemotherapy. Tumor cell proliferation was determined in all pretreatment biopsy specimens and in 18 specimens collected at the time of clinical relapse from remission. Quantitative measures included mitotic index and immunoreactivities for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and Ki-67. Apoptotic index was evaluated from 40 dogs pretreatment and from 16 dogs at the time of first relapse. Pretreatment tumor values for Ki-67, PCNA, and apoptosis were compared with posttreatment values. The median first relapse-free interval (RFI) and overall survival (OS) time were 174 days and 445 days, respectively. Of the proliferation markers, only the results of the Ki-67 analysis were predictive for duration of the first RFI but not OS. Pretreatment apoptotic index was also predictive of the duration of first RFI but not OS. No significant predictive value for comparison of the pretreatment and postrelapse values was demonstrated. Ki-67 labeling index and apoptotic indexes were combined to form both a proliferation/apoptotic ratio (PAR) and a sum, or turnover index. Only the PAR was predictive for duration of first RFI on multivariate analysis. Other variables that were evaluated for their influence on treatment outcome included patient age, weight, gender, clinical stage, clinical substage, and tumor immunophenotype. Of these variables, only immunophenotype was found to be of value for predicting duration of first RFI and OS.


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