Immunolocalization of podoplanin in benign odontogenic tumours with and without ectomesenchyme.

Adriana dos Santos Caetano, Kellen Cristine Tjioe, Simone Eloiza Sita Faustino, João Adolfo Costa Hanemann, Andréa de Faria Fernandes Belone, Cléverson Teixeira Soares, Denise Tostes Oliveira

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To investigate podoplanin expression in epithelial odontogenic tumours with and without ectomesenchyme and verify the association between its immunoexpression and proliferative activity in keratocystic odontogenic tumours (KCOTS) and orthokeratinized odontogenic cysts (OOCs).

DESIGN: Eight ameloblastomas, nine adenomatoid odontogenic tumours, twenty KCOTS, five OOC, one calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumour, two ameloblastic fibromas, four ameloblastic fibro-odontomas and five calcifying cystic odontogenic tumours were immunohistochemically analysed with anti-podoplanin antibody. For KCOTS and OOC, the cell proliferation index was determined with Ki-67 immunostaining and compared by Spearman correlation coefficient.

RESULTS: Podoplanin was expressed in the peripheral odontogenic epithelium of most tumours. Ectomesenchyme was negative, except for odontoblasts. KCOTS exhibited positive podoplanin expression while in OOC it was absent/weak. There was statistically significant correlation (p=0.006) between podoplanin expression and cellular proliferation index of KCOTS and OOC.

CONCLUSION: Podoplanin seems to be related to the proliferative activity of KCOTS and may have a role in the process of local invasion of odontogenic tumours with and without ectomesenchyme.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)408-15
Number of pages8
JournalArchives of Oral Biology
Volume58
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2012

Keywords

  • Biological Specimen Banks
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Epithelial Cells/metabolism
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Jaw Neoplasms/metabolism
  • Ki-67 Antigen
  • Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
  • Mesoderm/metabolism
  • Odontogenic Cysts/metabolism
  • Odontogenic Tumors/metabolism

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