Análise do fenômeno da imunotolerância na fotocarcinogênese em lábio / Analysis of the immunotolerance phenomenon of in the lip photocarcinogenesis
AUTOR(ES)
Renata Helena Ferreira Caramez Pierroni Dias
FONTE
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
07/12/2011
RESUMO
Ultraviolet radiation (UV) is the main cause of non-melanoma skin cancer and induces biological effects that promote photocarcinogenesis by causing mutations directly on DNA. However, there seems to be an indirect effect, which induces immunosuppession. The physiological phenomenon of immune tolerance, which is responsible for the prevention of autoimmune diseases and the modulation of inflammatory response, may be used by certain tumors to escape immune control. This phenomenon is enhanced by UV radiation. Immature dendritic cells, regulatory T cells (Treg), and also several immunosuppressive cytokines play a central role in immune tolerance associated to the tumor environment. In order to assess the immune tolerance in lip photocarcinogenesis, we analyzed 75 samples represented by 44 cases of actinic cheilitis (AC), 18 cases of lip squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) and 12 specimens of normal lip. Sections were submitted by means of immunohistochemistry, to the antibodies against CD83, DEC-205, FOXP3, CD1a and CD207. Positive cells for each marker were counted in three high-power fields in each section and the results expressed by the mean number of cells per field. The results showed a large amount of Treg FOXP3+ in both AC and LSCC. There was also a strong staining for DEC-205 in the cases studied. There were an increased number of CD1a+/CD207+ Langerhans cells in the AC epithelium and LSCC islets, as well as a few cells in the connective tissue. For the marker CD83, the count of positive cells was low compared to other markers for both lesions. Therefore, we suggest an immune tolerant microenvironment both at the beginning, and in the establishment of the lip photocarcinogenesis process.
ASSUNTO(S)
carcinoma de células escamosas células de langerhans fotocarcinogênese immune tolerance queilite actínica squamous cell carcinoma tolerância imunológica actinic cheilitis langerhans cells
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