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Immunhistochemische Expression des p53-Proteins in Plattenepithelkarzinomen und normalem und dysplastischem Epithel der Mundhöhle

Immunohistochemical expression of p53 protein in squamous cell carcinoma and normal and dysplastic oral cavity epithelium

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Veränderungen des p53-Tumor-suppressorsystems sind sowohl auf genetischer als auch auf Proteinebene die häufigsten bekannten molekularen Anomalien humaner maligner Tumoren. Wir untersuchten immunhistochemisch die Expression des p53-Proteins in 123 routinemäßig Formalin-fixierten und Paraffin-eingebetteten Platten-epithelkarziomen der Mundhöhle mittels 4 verschiedener anti-p53-Antikörpern (CM1, PAb 1801, DO7, PAb240) nach Antigendemaskierung durch feuchtes Autoklavieren. Eine p53-Immunoreaktivität wurde in 55% der Karzinome mit mindestens einem Antikörper nachgewiesen. In der nichtneoplastischen und dysplastischen Mukosa konnte p53 in etwa 70% der Fälle gezeigt werden. Es fand sich jedoch keine statistisch signifikante Korrelation zwischen den klinisch-pathologischen Parametern (Alter, Geschlecht, Überleben, histologischem Grading) und dem p53-Expressionsmuster. Unsere Studie legt nahe, daß das p53-Tumor-suppressorgen höchstwahrscheinlich in der frühen Phase der oralen Karzinomentstehung beteiligt ist; der immuhistochemische p53-Nachweis ist jedoch ohne statistisch signifikante Bedeutung für die Prognose der betreffenden Tumoren.

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Routinely formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded material of 123 squamous cell carcinomas of the floor of the mouth and tongue bordered by non-tumorous mucosa were immunohistochemically investigated for the expression of p53 protein using a panel of four anti-p53 antibodies (CM1, PAb 1801, DO7, PAb240) following wet autoclave antigen retrieval. p53 immunoreactivity was detected in 55–67% of the carcinomas, with the different antibodies used showing a preferential accumulation of the p53-positive tumour cells at the invasive tumour front. In dysplastic and normal epithelium focal or dispersed p53 immunopositivity could be detected in 62–72% and 57–70% of the cases, respectively, regardless of the p53 immunostatus of the carcinomas. No statistically significant correlations between p53 immunophenotype of the tumours and clinico-pathological parameters, or survival of the patients, could be detected statistically. It is concluded that immunohistochemically detectable p53 accumulation in oral cancer might indicate an early stage of carcinogenesis. The immunohistochemical detection of p53 in these tumours, however, is without prognostic significance.

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Piffkó, J., Bánkfalvi, Á. Immunhistochemische Expression des p53-Proteins in Plattenepithelkarzinomen und normalem und dysplastischem Epithel der Mundhöhle. Mund Kiefer GesichtsChir 1, 104–107 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03043523

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