Observational studyDiagnostic pathology2021
Key proteins of invadopodia are overexpressed in oral squamous cell carcinoma suggesting an important role of MT1-MMP in the tumoral progression.
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- Differential expression of TKS4 isoforms and their role in cellular processes in breast cancer.Journal of cell communication and signaling · 2026Article
- SH3PXD2B is the critical host factor promoting the entry of mycobacteria.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- A collaborative immunohistochemical study of Drp1 and cortactin in the epithelial dysplasia and oral squamous cell carcinoma.Diagnostic pathology · 2025Article
- Assessment of Protein Immunoexpression Associated with Tumor Proliferation and Invasion in Histological Subtypes of Unicystic and Conventional Ameloblastoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Potential target within the tumor microenvironment - MT1-MMP.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Morphological Changes Induced by TKS4 Deficiency Can Be Reversed by EZH2 Inhibition in Colorectal Carcinoma Cells.Biomolecules · 2024Article
- Starvation-inactivated MTOR triggers cell migration via a ULK1-SH3PXD2A/TKS5-MMP14 pathway in ovarian carcinoma.Autophagy · 2023Article
- Analysis of Genes Related to Invadopodia Formation and CTTN in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma-A Systematic Gene Expression Analysis.Current issues in molecular biology · 2023Article
- A diagnostic circulating miRNA signature as orchestrator of cell invasion via TKS4/TKS5/EFHD2 modulation in human gliomas.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2023Article
- Absence of Scaffold Protein Tks4 Disrupts Several Signaling Pathways in Colon Cancer Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
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- The Multiple Roles of CD147 in the Development and Progression of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: An Overview.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundOral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most relevant malignant neoplasm among all head and neck tumours due to its high prevalence and unfavourable prognosis. Tumour invasion and metastasis that affect prognosis are result of a set of complex events that cells with invasive potential use to spread to other regions. These cells use several mechanisms to invade tissues, including a type of finger-like membrane protrusion called invadopodia. This study aims to investigate the immunoexpression of invaopodia related-proteins TKs5, cortactin, TKs4 and MT1-MMP in OSCC and correlate it to clinicopathological data.
methodsAn immunohistochemical evaluation of fifty cases of OSCCs and 20 cases of oral mucosa (OM) were assessed. The expression of invadopodia proteins were analysed in comparison to normal tissue (OM) and correlated to different clinical-stage and histological grade of OSCC.
resultsTKs5, cortactin, TKs4 and MT1-MMP were significantly overexpressed in OSCC when compared to OM (p < 0.0001). Among tumour stages, TKs5 showed a statistical difference in immunolabelling between stage I and III (p = 0.026). Cortactin immunolabelling was statistically higher in grade I than in grade II and III. No differences were seen on TKs4 expression based on tumour staging or grading. MT1-MMP was higher expressed and showed statistical difference between stages I and III and grades I compared to II and III.
conclusionsThe invadopodia related-proteins were found to be overexpressed in OSCC when compared to OM, suggesting invadopodia formation and activity. Besides overexpressed in OSCC, cortactin, TKs4 and TKs5 showed no or ambiguous differences in protein expression when compared among clinical-stages or histological grades groups. Conversely, the expression of MT1-MMP increased in advanced stages and less differentiated tumours, suggesting MT1-MMP expression as a promising prognostic marker in OSCC.
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