Dickkopf (Dkk)-3 and β-catenin Expressions Increased in the Transition from Normal Oral Mucosal to Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Overview

Journal J Mol Histol

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 2011 Sep 21

PMID 21932035

Citations 19

Authors

Masae Fujii

Naoki Katase

Mathieu Lefeuvre

Mehmet Gunduz

Rosario Rivera Buery

Ryo Tamamura

Hidetsugu Tsujigiwa

Hitoshi Nagatsuka

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Abstract

Dickkopf (Dkk)-3, an inhibitor of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway, is reported as a potential tumor suppressor gene in many cancers. To gain a better comprehension of the mechanisms involved in the carcinogenesis of oral squamous epithelium, protein expression and localization of Dkk-3 and β-catenin was investigated in normal epithelium, dysplasias and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). An increase in β-catenin and Ki-67 expressions was observed from dysplasias to poorly differentiated SCC. Interestingly, an increase in Dkk-3 positive cells was also noted, which was correlated to the cancer progression step. A change in Dkk-3 localization during the transformation of normal oral epithelium to SCC was clearly observed. Dkk-3 was localized in the cell membrane in normal oral epithelium and in dysplasias, whereas that was localized in both cell membrane and cytoplasm in SCC. These results suggest that Dkk-3 is involved in the carcinogenesis of SCC with a distinct function from those in other cancers.

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