title: Expression of adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) in tumorigenesis of human oral squamous cell carcinoma.
abstract: The product of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) tumor suppressor gene has been observed to regulate the Wnt signaling pathway through beta-catenin. In the present study, we attempted to clarify the relation between APC and the canceration of oral squamous epithelium. Each target tissue of normal squamous epithelium, epithelial dysplasia, and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) was recovered the oral SCC case by laser microdissection. In recovered cells, we examined the change in expression of APC and beta-catenin gene transcription products, as well as the existence of mutations in APC gene. We analyzed the localization of each protein of APC and beta-catenin by immunohistochemical study. We found a clear change in the expression level of the gene transcription product of APC in canceration of oral squamous epithelium and the differentiation of oral SCC. In addition, there was some change in the localization of the APC protein in canceration. It was not clear, however, whether the APC was mutated. A change was also observed in the expression level of the beta-catenin gene transcription product during the differentiation of oral SCC. Our results suggest that the changes in the expression level and the intracellular localization of APC are related to the canceration of oral squamous epithelium, and in malignant characterization of oral SCC. Mutations of the APC gene might not be indispensable, however, in canceration of oral squamous epithelium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology and Diagnosis, School of Dentistry, Showa University, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan. gd0014@dent.showa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Gou
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Yuuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagoshi
authors.forename: Tadateru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aida
authors.forename: Tarou
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Irie
authors.forename: Tetsuhiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tachikawa
mesh_terms: D025601:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D017491:Genes, APC; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D042282:Microdissection; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D051176:beta Catenin
chemical_list: D025601:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein; C495270:CTNNB1 protein, human; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D051176:beta Catenin