Orosomucoid-1 Expression in Ameloblastoma Variants

Authors

  • Alejandro García-Muñoz Laboratorio de Investigación en Odontología, ALMARAZ/UBIMED, FES Iztacala, UNAM. State of Mexico, Mexico.
  • Mario A. Rodríguez Department of Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis, CINVESTAV-IPN, México, D.F, México.
  • Nelly Molina-Frechero Health Care Department, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco, UAM, México City, Mexico.
  • Saray Aranda-Romo Biochemistry, Microbiology and Pathology Laboratory, Faculty of Stomatology, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
Abstract:

Odontogenic tumors constitute a group of heterogeneous lesions of benign and malignant neoplasms with variable aggressiveness. Ameloblastomas are a group of benign but locally invasive neoplasms that occur in the jaws and are derived from epithelial elements of the tooth-forming apparatus. We previously described orosomucoid-1 protein expression in odontogenic myxomas. However, whether orosomucoid-1 is expressed in other odontogenic tumors remains unknown. Since orosomucoid-1 belongs to a group of acute-phase proteins and has many functions in health and disease, we identified and analyzed orosomucoid-1 expression in ameloblastoma variants and ameloblastic carcinoma using western blot and immunohistochemical techniques. Thirty cases of ameloblastoma were analyzed for orsomucoid-1; five specimens were fresh for western blot study (four benign ameloblastomas and one ameloblastic carcinoma), and 25 cases of benign ameloblastoma for immunohistochemical assays. Orosomucoid-1 was widely expressed in each tumor variant analyzed in this study, and differential orosomucoid-1 expression was observed between benign and malignant tumor. Orosomucoid-1 may play an important role in the behavior of ameloblastomas and influence the biology and development of the variants of this tumor.

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volume 5  issue None

pages  49- 56

publication date 2016-02

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