CASE REPORT

A case of PA (S2009-75) in a 61-year-old male patient exhibited an ulcerative lesion in the right mandibular molar area and diffuse osteolytic depression of alveolar bone by plain radiography. In addition, a case of OBCC (S2012-109) in a 33-year-old male patient presented as an ulcerative lesion in the gingiva of the right mandibular molar area, involving only regional periodontium by plain radiography. The primary gingival lesions in both cases were examined pathologically. The usage of biopsy specimens (S2009-75 and S2012-109) filed in the Department of Oral Pathology, Gangneung-Wonju National University Dental Hospital was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB2013-2).

Multiple serial microsections of the PA and OBCC excised tissue samples were immunohistochemically analyzed with the three-layered indirect immunostaining method using 50 antisera. The antisera were selected for important signaling pathways, including odontogenic differentiation, cellular proliferation, apoptosis, growth factors, tumor oncogenesis, inflammation, and angiogenesis (Table 1). All immunohistochemical (IHC) results were confirmed by repeat IHC staining, two times for clear IHC reactions and three times for obscure IHC reactions. The IHC images were obtained from similar representative areas of the PA and OBCC microsections, and immunoreactions for the PA and OBCC were compared.

Histological observations

The PA and OBCC both showed basaloid epithelial strands proliferating in the subepithelial area of the gingiva and gradually infiltrating into deep connective tissue (Fig. 1A, D). In the PA, epithelial follicles and strands directly proliferated from the basal layer of epithelium, which continuously grew into underlying connective tissue. Tumor epithelium was composed of a palisading basal layer composed of reversely polarized tall columnar cells (Fig. 1B, C), and formed epithelial bridges in a plexiform fashion (Fig. 1G, H).

The OBCC also showed tumor epithelial strands and cords connected with the basal layer of epithelium (Fig. 1E, F) that subsequently grew into adjacent fibrous connective tissue. Tumor epithelia were anastomosed with proliferating basal cells containing elongated nuclei (Fig. 1J, K).

Toluidine blue staining in the PA showed pinkish juxta-epithelial myxoid stromal tissue (Fig. 1I), whereas the OBCC tissues were infiltrated by many mast cells (Fig. 1L).

IHC comparison

During comparative IHC screening, the PA exhibited strong positive reactions for ameloblastin, KL1, p63, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), focal adhesion kinase (FAK), and cathepsin K, and slight positive reactions for amelogenin, Krox-25, E-cadherin, whereas the OBCC did not. On the other hand, the OBCC exhibited strong positive reactions for epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCam), matrix metalloprotease (MMP)-1, α1-antitrypsin, cytokeratin (CK)-7, p53, survivin, transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), N-RAS, v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 1, phosphorylated at Thr 308 (pAKT1), transglutaminase (TGase)-1, and tumor nescrosis factor-α (TNFα), and consistent positive reactions for β-catenin, MMP-2, cathepsin G, TGase-2, Son of sevenless-1 (SOS-1), sonic hedgehog (SHH), β-defensin-1, -2, -3, while the PA did not. Immunoreactions for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NFkB), MMP-9, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A), B-cell leukemia/lymphoma-2 (BCL-2), poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP), pivotal integration site 1 (PIM1), neurofibromin-1 (NF-1), heat shock protein-70 (HSP-70), 14-3-3, hypoxia inducible factor (HIF), von Willebrand factor (vWF), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were similarly positive in the PA and OBCC tissues (Table 2, Figs. 2, 3).

In terms of protein functions, the biomarkers of odontogenic epithelium (ameloblastin, amelogenin, Krox-25) (Fig. 2A-C) were conspicuously positive in the PA but rare in the OBCC. Tumor epithelia of the PA and OBCC showed contrasting cytodifferentiation characterized by positivity for KL1 (Fig. 2I) in the PA, but positivity for CK-7 and EpCam (Fig. 3B, C) in the OBCC. Furthermore, a transformation-related oncoprotein, p63, created by interactions between mesenchyme and epithelium (Fig. 2J); a biomarker of infiltrative growth (FAK) (Fig. 2H); a biomarker of bone resorption (cathepsin K) (Fig. 2G); and a biomarker of epithelial adhesion (E-cadherin) (Fig. 2F) were more strongly positive in the PA than in the OBCC. In particular, a cell surface-anchored glycoprotein (CEA) (Fig. 2D) was strongly positive in some tumor epithelium in the PA, at which juxta-epithelial myxoid stroma accumulated, but was rarely positive in the OBCC. In addition, a tumor suppressor protein functioning in the formation of embryonic structures and tumorigenesis (patched homologue 1 [PTCH1]) (Fig. 2E) was more strongly positive in the epithelium of the PA than in the epithelium of the OBCC.

Oncoproteins relevant to tumor progression (p53, survivin, β-catenin) (Fig. 2O-Q) were strongly positive in the OBCC, but weak in the PA. The cytokine-related proteins (β-defensin-1, -2, -3, TNFα, cathepsin G) (Figs. 2S, 2T, 2U, 3A) (cathepsin G, data not shown), the growth factor-related signaling proteins (TGF-β1, N-RAS, SOS-1) (Fig. 2K-M), the cross-linking enzymes for keratinocyte differentiation (TGase-1 and TGase-2) (Fig. 3G, H), and the serine/threonine-specific protein kinase signaling cell survival (pAKT1) (Fig. 3I) were more strongly positive in the OBCC than in the PA. The signaling molecule for developmental organogenesis (SHH) (Fig. 2N) was strongly positive in the epithelium of the OBCC, but not in that of the PA.

Biomarkers of cellular proliferation (PCNA) (Fig. 3M), DNA transcription (NFkB) (Fig. 3L), protein translation (eIF5A) (Fig. 3K), and angiogenesis (HIF, vWF, VEGF) (Fig. 3T, U, V) were consistently positive in the PA and OBCC.

Additionally, a biomarker of T cell receptor complex (CD3; data not shown), a ubiquitous heat shock protein (HSP-70) (Fig. 3S), an antiapoptotic protein (BCL-2) (Fig. 3N), and a proto-oncoprotein signaling for cell cycle progression, apoptosis, and transcriptional activation (PIM1) (Fig. 3R) were strongly positive in the PA and OBCC. A vital regulatory protein for diverse cellular functions (14-3-3) (Fig. 3P), and a tumor suppressor protein which is a negative regulator of the RAS signal transduction pathway (NF-1) (Fig. 3Q), were diffusely and slightly positive in both the PA and OBCC. The cellular apoptosis-related proteins (PARP, FAS, FAS [CD95/Apo1] ligand [FASL]) (Fig. 3O) (FAS and FASL; data not shown) and the epidermal growth factor receptor proteins (EGFR, c-erbB2) (Fig. 3J) (c-erbB2; data not shown) were weakly positive in the PA and OBCC. A transcription factor in response to cytokine and growth factors (signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 [STAT3]) and a signaling protein for developmental structures and oncogenesis (Wnt1) were rarely positive in the tumor epithelium of the PA or OBCC (data not shown). On the other hand, negative control staining done without primary antibody showed no background reaction (Fig. 3W).

DISCUSSION

PA is classified as an odontogenic tumor with the histopathological characteristics of intraosseous ameloblastomas, and mainly occurs in soft tissues covering the teeth and tooth-bearing tissues.1,14 Histologically, PAs are composed of islands and strands of columnar-appearing basaloid epithelial cells. A PA may demonstrate continuity with the surface epithelium, may have an associated mononuclear infiltrate, and may produce keratin pearls.14 However, no consistent histological features can easily differentiate OBCCs and PAs, which explains why it has been frequently been asserted that PAs are simply BCCs of the gingival epithelium.1

The two described cases of PA and OBCC occurred at the same area of the right mandibular molar area in male patients of different ages (61 and 31 years old, respectively). Histologically, the PA exhibited typical odontogenic differentiation mimicking dental lamina or enamel epithelium connected with a basal layer of gingival epithelium. The basal layer cells of the PA were well polarized in a reverse manner and arranged in a palisading fashion, whereas the OBCC showed proliferating epithelial strands and cords with undifferentiated basal cells, which had elongated, spindle shaped hyperchromatic nuclei. These findings suggest that the OBCC featured cellular malignancy and the PA did not.

The present study also demonstrates that the PA had abundant juxta-epithelial myxoid tissue, which was stained pink by the metachromasia of toluidine blue, implying the presence of the active ectomesenchymal interaction usually found in odontogenic tissue. The OBCC tissues were infiltrated by many mast cells found in toluidine blue stain, suggesting that the tumor growth of the OBCC is affected by pro-inflammatory reactions.

Continued progress in the elucidation of molecular signaling pathways makes it possible to explain normal developmental processes, organogenesis, tumorigenesis, and malignant transformation by the differential expressions of functional proteins. Several high throughput technologies such as DNA microarray and proteomics have been developed to detect the expressional changes of multiple genes/proteins. Nevertheless, IHC studies are still the preferred method for observing protein expressions in specific cells, and thus the present study used an IHC-based approach to compare protein expressions in the PA and OBCC.

The IHC reactions of the known differential biomarkers (EpCam and KL1) of PA and OBCC were found to be identical to previous reports.15 That is, EpCam was exclusively positive in the OBCC and KL1 was exclusively positive in the PA. However, this study also found that the odontogenic proteins amelogenin, ameloblastin, and Krox-25 were strongly positive in the PA but scarce in the OBCC. Therefore, the differential diagnosis of the present cases was more certain than the primary diagnosis based on histological observation alone.

Proteins associated with embryonal processes, epithelial adhesion, ectomesenchymal interaction, cellular migration, and bone resorption (CEA, E-cadherin, p63, FAK, cathepsin K, respectively) were more strongly positive in the PA than in the OBCC. These findings suggest that the PA has the characteristic properties of an active ectomesenchymal interaction and infiltrative growth into underlying bone, and that OBCC does not.16,17

Immunostaining of PTCH1 was strongly positive in the PA but weak in the OBCC, whereas the signaling molecule SHH (a ligand of PTCH1 receptor) was common in the OBCC but rare in the PA. These findings suggest that the pathogenesis of ameloblastoma is related to that of the OBCC.18,19,20

In the present study, the OBCC also exhibited dominant expression of growth factor-related proteins (N-RAS, SOS-1, TGF-β1), whereas the PA did not. In particular, the inflammation-related proteins, i.e., cytokine (TNFα), innate immunity proteins (β-defensin-1, -2, -3, and α1-antitrypsin), and matrix proteases (MMP-1, MMP-3, and MMP-9) were strongly positive in the OBCC but weak in the PA. These findings indicate that the tumorigenesis of OBCC is more affected by gingival inflammation compared to PA, and the production of cleft-like ulcerated lesions in OBCCs are caused by active inflammatory reactions.

The OBCC showed stronger reactions for p53, survivin, and pAKT1 than PA, suggestive of malignant transformation, and greater nuclear β-catenin overexpression indicative of a more aggressive behavior.

The cytodifferentiation of the OBCC was also distinct from that of the PA as indicated by the stronger immunostainings of CK-7 and TGase-1, -2 in the OBCC. This finding suggests that the OBCC forms solid epithelial tumor tissue with transitional or glandular structures.

On the other hand, many biomarkers of cellular proliferation, DNA transcription, protein translation, apoptosis, and angiogenesis were similarly positive in the PA and OBCC, which indicates that the two diseases have similar potential for tumor growth and propagation.

In conclusion, the present IHC-based, comparative study screened for differentially expressed proteins in the PA and OBCC using 50 antisera, and found that EpCam was exclusively expressed in the OBCC and that KL1 was dominantly expressed in the PA, as previously reported.15 Furthermore, immunostainings of ameloblastin, amelogenin, Krox-25, CEA, E-cadherin, p63, FAK, and cathepsin K were consistently positive in the PA, and N-RAS, TGF-β1, survivin, α1-antitrypsin, TNFα, and MMP-1 were consistently positive in the OBCC. These findings suggest that the above-mentioned proteins should be viewed as candidate biomarkers for the differential diagnosis of PA and OBCC. Although further investigations to elucidate characteristic protein expressions in PA and OBCC are required, the present IHC comparison identifies proteins differentially expressed in the cellular signaling pathways of cytodifferentiation and tumorigenesis in PA and OBCC. The present findings demonstrate that PA is clearly distinguishable from OBCC by IHC.

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Fig. 1

Photomicrographs, hematoxylin and eosin stain. (A-C, G-I) Peripheral ameloblastoma (PA). (D-F, J-L) Oral basal cell carcinoma (OBCC). (B, E, G, J) Low magnification. (C, F, H, K) High magnification. 1: Subepithelial area (B, C, E, F). 2: Deep connective tissue area (G, H, J, K). (B, C) Subepithelial area in PA. (G, H) Deep connective tissue in PA, note the palisading basal layer cells. (E, F) Subepithelial area in OBCC. (J, K) Deep connective tissue in OBCC, note the proliferating basal layer cells. (I, L) Toluidine blue stain. (I) Juxta-epithelial pink staining (arrows). (L) Many mast cells (arrows) in the stromal tissue.

Fig. 2

Photomicrographs of immunohistochemical staining results, no background stain. (A-T, upper panels) Peripheral ameloblastoma (PA). (A-T, lower panels) Oral basal cell carcinoma (OBCC). (A) Ameloblastin. (B) Amelogenin. (C) Krox-25. (D) Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). (E) Patched homologue 1 (PTCH1). (F) E-Cadherin. (G) Cathepsin K. (H) Focal adhesion kinase (FAK). (I) KL1. (J) p63. (K) N-RAS. (L) Son of sevenless-1 (SOS-1). (M) Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1). (N) Sonic hedgehog (SHH). (O) p53. (P) Survivin. (Q) β-Catenin. (R) α1-Antitrypsin. (S) β-Defensin 1. (T) β-Defensin 2. (U) β-Defensin 3.

Fig. 3

Photomicrographs of immunohistochemical stainings, no background stain. (A-V, upper panels) Peripheral ameloblastoma (PA). (A-V, lower panels) Oral basal cell carcinoma (OBCC). (A) Tumor nescrosis factor-α (TNFα). (B) Cytokeratin-7 (CK-7). (C) Epithelial cell adhesion molecule, Ber-EP4 (EpCam). (D) Matrix metalloprotease (MMP)-1. (E) MMP-2. (F) MMP-9. (G) Transglutaminase (TGase)-1. (H) TGase-2. (I) v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 1, phosphorylated at Thr 308 (pAKT1). (J) Epithelial growth factor receptor (EGFR). (K) Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF5A). (L) Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NFkB). (M) Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). (N) B-cell leukemia/lymphoma-2 (BCL-2). (O) Poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP). (P) 14-3-3. (Q) Neurofibromin-1 (NF-1). (R) Pivotal integration site 1 (PIM1). (S) Heat shock protein-70 (HSP-70). (T) Hypoxia inducible factor (HIF). (U) von Willebrand factor (vWF). (V) Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). (W) Negative control.

Table 1.

Antibodies used in this study

Group	n	Antibody
Odontogenic proteins	3	Ameloblastina, amelogenina, Krox-2513
Growth factor-related proteins	7	pAKTb, EGFRc, c-erbB2c, N-RASb, SHHa, SOS-1a, TGF-β1d
Proliferation-related proteins	4	eIF5Ab, NFkBc, p53a, PCNAb
Apoptosis-related proteins	4	BCL-2a, FASa, FASLa, PARPa
Oncoproteins	10	14-3-3a, CEAb, NF-1c, PIM1d, PTCH1a, STAT3a, survivind, β-cateninec, E-cadherinc, Wnt1a
Immune proteins	6	α1-ATa, CD3a, β-defensin-1a, β-defensin-2a, β-defensin-3a, TNFαa
Matrix-related proteins	13	Cathepsin Gc, cathepsin Kc, CK-7a, EpCama, FAKa, HSP-70a, KL1a, MMP-1b, MMP-2b, MMP-9a, p63a, TGase-1a, TGase-2a
Angiogenesis-related proteins	3	HIFd, VEGFd, vWFb
Total	50

pAKT1, v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 1, phosphorylated at Thr 308; EGFR, epithelial growth factor receptor; SHH, sonic hedgehog; SOS-1, Son of sevenless-1; TGF-β1, transforming growth factor-β1, eIF5A, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A; NFkB, nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells; PCNA, proliferating cell nuclear antigen; BCL-2, B-cell leukemia/lymphoma-2; FASL, FAS (CD95/Apo1) ligand; PARP, poly-ADP ribose polymerase; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; NF-1, neurofibromin-1; PIM1, pivotal integration site 1; PTCH1, patched homologue 1; STAT3, signal transducer and activator of transcription-3; α1-AT, α1-antitrypsin; TNFα, tumor nescrosis factor-α; CK, cytokeratin; EpCam, epithelial cell adhesion molecule, Ber-EP4; FAK, focal adhesion kinase; HSP-70, heat shock protein-70; KL1, pan cytokeratin 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18; MMP, matrix metalloprotease; TGase, transglutaminase; HIF, hypoxia inducible factor; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; vWF, von Willebrand factor.

^aSanta Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA;

^bNeomarkers, Fremont, CA, USA;

^cDAKO, Glostrup, Denmark;

^dZymed, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Table 2.

IHC array comparison between PA and OBCC

Groups/Contrast reaction	Dominant in PA	Dominant in OBCC	Similar in both
Odontogenic proteins	ameloblastin	-	-
	amelogenin, Krox-25
Growth factor-related proteins	-	N-RAS, SOS-1	EGFR
		TGF-β1, SHH	c-erbB2
		pAKT1
Proliferation-related proteins	-	p53	eIF5A, NFkB, PCNA
Apoptosis-related proteins	-	-	BCL-2, FAS, FASL, PARP
Oncoproteins	CEA, PTCH1	survivin, α1-AT	14-3-3, NF-1, PIM1
	E-cadherin	β-catenin	STAT3
Immune proteins	-	β-defensin-1	CD3
		β-defensin-2
		β-defensin-3, TNFα
Matrix-related proteins	cathepsin K	cathepsin G, CK-7	HSP-70, MMP-9
	FAK, KL1, p63	EpCam
		MMP-1, MMP-2
		TGase-1, TGase-2
Angiogenesis-related proteins	-	-	HIF, vWF, VEGF
Total (n = 50)	11	18	21

PA, peripheral ameloblastoma; OBCC, oral basal cell carcinoma; SOS-1, Son of sevenless-1; EGFR, epithelial growth factor receptor; TGF-β1, transforming growth factor-β1; SHH, sonic hedgehog; pAKT1, v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 1, phosphorylated at Thr 308; eIF5A, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A; NFkB, nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells; PCNA, proliferating cell nuclear antigen; BCL-2, B-cell leukemia/lymphoma-2; FASL, FAS (CD95/Apo1) ligand; PARP, poly-ADP ribose polymerase; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; PTCH1, patched homologue 1; α1-AT, α1-antitrypsin; NF-1, neurofibromin-1; PIM1, pivotal integration site 1; STAT3, signal transducer and activator of transcription-3; TNFα; tumor nescrosis factor-α; CK-7, cytokeratin 7; HSP-70, heat shock protein-70; MMP, matrix metalloprotease; EpCam, epithelial cell adhesion molecule, Ber-EP4; TGase, transglutaminase; HIF, hypoxia inducible factor; vWF, von Willebrand factor; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.

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