Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences

Immunohistochemical Eexpression of Endothelin A Receptor in Dysplastic Oral Mucosa

Document Type : Short Communication

Authors

Taymaz Shirali 1
hamid abbaszadeh 2
Forough Foroughi 3
hemmat Gholinia 4

1 Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

4 Institute of Health, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22062/jkmu.2020.90622
Abstract
Background: Recent researches have provided evidences of the importance of endothelin axis in carcinogenesis. According to our knowledge, no data exists about endothelin A receptor (ETA) expression in dysplastic oral mucosa (DOM). Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate immunohistochemical expression of ETA in DOM.
Methods:In this cross-sectional study, paraffin-embedded tissue blocks of 20 cases of DOM and 20 cases of normal oral mucosa (NOM) were studied. Three-micron sections were prepared from tissue blocks and stained with ETA antibody using immunohistochemistry. Percentage of stained cells and staining intensity were compared between DOM and NOM groups and also between different grades of DOM using Mann-Whitney, Chi-Square and Kruskal-Wallis statistical tests.
Results:In DOM group, 11 cases were stained positive for ETA and in NOM group 17 cases were not stained. Comparison of percentage of stained cells and staining intensity for ETA revealed significant difference between DOM and NOM groups (P=0.01 and 0.02, respectively). There were significant differences among different grades of DOM with respect to the percentage of stained cells (P=0.001) and staining intensity (P=0.02), so that higher grades showed greater expression for ETA.
Conclusion:Our results supported ETA receptor role in the initiation of carcinogenesis process in oral cavity.

Keywords

Dysplasia
Normal mucosa
Endothelin A receptor
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Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences
Volume 27, Issue 2
March and April 2020
Pages 183-189

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