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ING3 and ING4 immunoexpression and their relation to the development of benign odontogenic lesions

2021; Fundação Odontológica de Ribeirão Preto; Volume: 32; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/0103-6440202104279

1806-4760

Yailit del Carmen Martinez-Vargas, TIAGO JOÃO DA SILVA FILHO, Denise Hélen Imaculada Pereira de Oliveira, Rani Iani Costa Gonçalo, Lélia María Guedes Queiroz,

Bone and Dental Protein Studies

The Inhibitor of Growth (ING) gene family is a group of tumor suppressor genes that play important roles in cell cycle control, senescence, DNA repair, cell proliferation, and apoptosis. However, inactivation and downregulation of these proteins have been related in some neoplasms. The present study aimed to evaluate the immunohistochemical profiles of ING3 and ING4 proteins in a series of benign epithelial odontogenic lesions.The sample comprised of 20 odontogenic keratocysts (OKC), 20 ameloblastomas (AM), and 15 adenomatoid odontogenic tumors (AOT) specimens. Nuclear and cytoplasmic immunolabeling of ING3 and ING4 were semi-quantitatively evaluated in epithelial cells of the odontogenic lesions, according to the percentage of immunolabelled cells in each case. Descriptive and statistics analysis were computed, and the p-value was set at 0.05.No statistically significant differences were found in cytoplasmic and nuclear ING3 immunolabeling among the studied lesions. In contrast, AOTs presented higher cytoplasmic and nuclear ING4 labeling compared to AMs (cytoplasmic p-value = 0.01; nuclear p-value < 0.001) and OKCs (nuclear p-value = 0.007).ING3 and ING4 protein downregulation may play an important role in the initiation and progression of more aggressive odontogenic lesions, such as AMs and OKCs.