Imunodetecção do VEGF e das angiopoietinas 1 e 2 em líquen plano oral = Immunodetection of VEGF and angiopoietins 1 and 2 in oral lichen planus

• Autor(a) principal: Payeras, Márcia Rodrigues
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_RS
• Texto Completo: http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/1227
• topic: ODONTOLOGIA; ESTOMATOLOGIA CLÍNICA; LÍQUEN PLANO BUCAL; ANGIOGÊNESE; NEOPLASIAS BUCAIS; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ODONTOLOGIA

In this study we investigated the immunodetection of VEGF, ANG-1 and ANG-2, as well as the number of blood vessels in specimens of reticular (ROLP) and atrophic-erosive oral lichen planus (AEOLP). In addition, were included the control groups oral epithelial hyperplasia (OFH), oral epithelial dysplasia (OED) and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) in order to find a relation between those angiogenics growth factors and biological behavior. Biopsy specimens diagnosed at the Oral Medicine Division of PUCRS, Brazil, were selected and distributed into the following groups ROLP (n=21); AEOLP (n=11); OFH (n=10); OED (n=10); and OSCC (n=10). They were subjected to immunohistochemical processing with primary antibodies anti-VEGF, anti-ANG-1 and anti-ANG-2. The results do not revelead significant difference in the immunodetection of ANG-1 and ANG-2 between the OLP groups. The ROLP group showed significantly higher immunodetection of VEGF (P=0.01) compared with the AEOLP group. There was no significant difference in the number of blood vessels between the OLP groups (P=0.393). In comparative analysis of OLP with control groups, ROLP and AEOLP cases were considered together, forming the OLP group (n=32). The comparison of immunodetection of those growth factors between the OLP group and each control group showed significantly higher values of ANG-1 in the OLP group compared to the OFH group (P=0.043) and no significant difference in ANG-2. VEGF immunodetection in the OLP group was significantly higher than in the OFH group (P=0.003) and significantly lower compared to the OSCC group (P=0.032). No correlation was observed between growth factors evaluated in the different groups studied. The results of immunodetection of VEGF, ANG-1 and ANG-2 and the lack of significant difference in the number of blood vessels between ROLP and AEOLP groups indicate that angiogenesis in OLP can not be associated to the different clinical forms of this disease. The lack of correlation between the growth factors in the different lesions indicates the involvement of other pro-angiogenic agents in vascular neoformation and reflects the complexity of this process. Furthermore, immunodetection of growth factors evaluated was similar between OLP and OED, suggesting that angiogenesis in OLP may behave similarly to the epithelial dysplastic lesions.