Keratin pearl degradation in oral squamous cell carcinoma : reciprocal roles of neutrophils and macrophages

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BACKGROUND: We have reported that neutrophilic infiltration was associated with round-shaped dyskeratosis foci, a kind of keratin pearl, of oral carcinoma in situ and that those inflammatory cells are recruited from intra-epithelially entrapped blood vessels. Based on these lines of evidence, we have formulated a hypothesis that keratin pearls are terminally degraded by neutrophils. To confirm this hypothesis, we investigated immunohistochemically stepwise degradation of keratin pearls in oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) to clarify any other type scavenger cells in addition to neutrophils are involved in this particular degradation process.

METHODS: Neutrophils (neutrophil elastase) and macrophage subpopulations (CD68, CD163 and CD204) were immunohistochemically localized in 30 cases of oral SCC with typical round-shaped keratin pearls. SCC cells were revealed by immunohistochemistry for keratin (K) 17, and blood vessels were demonstrated by CD31.

RESULTS: Keratin pearl degradation process was divided into four steps: (i) intact stage: no macrophage infiltration but minimal neutrophils were found in keratin pearls; (ii) neutrophil recruit stage: no macrophage infiltration but focal neutrophilic infiltration within the pearls; (iii) neutrophil predominant stage: dense neutrophil infiltration with minimal macrophages and segregated keratinized cancer cells strongly positive for K17; and (iv) macrophage predominant stage: dense infiltration of CD68-, CD163 (mononuclear)- and CD204 (multinucleated)-positive macrophages engulfing detached keratinized SCC cells.

CONCLUSION: Keratin pearl degradation in oral SCC is strictly regulated by two types of scavenger cells: neutrophils, which perform initial tasks, and macrophages, which reciprocally take over from neutrophils the role to finalize the degradation processes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology - 43(2014), 10 vom: 30. Nov., Seite 778-84

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Essa, Ahmed A M [VerfasserIn]
Yamazaki, Manabu [VerfasserIn]
Maruyama, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Abé, Tatsuya [VerfasserIn]
Babkair, Hamzah [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Saku, Takashi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

68238-35-7
Antigens, CD
Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic
CD163 antigen
CD68 antigen, human
EC 3.4.21.37
Journal Article
Keratin 17
Keratin pearl degradation
Keratin-17
Keratins
Leukocyte Elastase
MSR1 protein, human
Macrophages
Neutrophils
Oral squamous cell carcinoma
Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
Receptors, Cell Surface
Receptors, Scavenger
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Scavenger Receptors, Class A

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Date Completed 06.10.2015

Date Revised 13.12.2017

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jop.12197

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM239206622