Journal: Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology
Article Title: Immunoprofile of some surface and cytoplasmic peripheral cell adhesion molecules in oral squamous cell carcinoma
doi: 10.47162/RJME.66.1.17
Figure Lengend Snippet: Integrin αvβ6 immunoreactivity: (A) In well-differentiated OSCC, the ortho- and parakeratotic pearls were negative; (B) In the moderately differentiated OSCC, the predominant reactivity is cytoplasmic, maintaining membrane reactivity only at the level of well-differentiated neoplastic cells; (C) In the less differentiated OSCC, cells lose their membrane reactivity and acquire a predominantly cytoplasmic and even nuclear pattern more evident towards the periphery of the proliferations and in the invasion front; (D) An intense membrane and cytoplasmic reactivity observed at the level of acantholytic neoplastic cells in those variants with extensive foci of acantholysis; (E) In the poorly differentiated OSCC, pattern of reactivity is the same as in moderately differentiated variant with an intensification of the nuclear staining; (F) Regardless of the degree of differentiation, the reactivity was more evident in the invasion front, the invasive islands having a predominantly cytoplasmic and nuclear pattern. Anti-Integrin αvβ6 immunolabeling: (A, C and F) ×100; (B, D and E) ×200. OSCC: Oral squamous cell carcinoma
Article Snippet: Then, we incubated the slides, overnight, at 4°C, with the primary antibodies: Integrin αvβ6 (rabbit, polyclonal, 1:150, bs-5791R, Bioss), CD44 (mouse, monoclonal, 1:50, M7082, Agilent) and Ezrin (rabbit, polyclonal, 1:75, 3145, Cell Signaling).
Techniques: Membrane, Variant Assay, Staining, Immunolabeling