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Expression of keratin 14 and 19 mRNA and protein in normal oral epithelia, hairy leukoplakia, tongue biting and white sponge nevus.

Abstract
This study was undertaken to analyze keratin gene expression at both the mRNA and protein level in oral hairy leukoplakia (OHL). Comparisons were made with normal lingual epithelium from a similar site, tongue biting, normal buccal mucosa and another condition which disturbs oral epithelial differentiation, white sponge nevus. Combined immunocytochemical and in situ hybridization studies for keratins 14 and 19 were carried out on 2 specimens of OHL from HIV-positive males and one sample each of the other cases. Keratin 14 protein expression was uniform throughout all the epithelia. In normal epithelia and in lesions other than OHL, keratin 14 mRNA was most strongly expressed in basal cells with weaker but still significant amounts in the spinous cell layer. In both cases of OHL there was weaker basal cell expression of keratin 14 mRNA and frequent absence in koilocytoid cells. Keratin 19 protein expression was heterogeneous in the basal layer of all specimens with suprabasal staining of occasional groups of cells. Its mRNA was uniformly distributed in all cases. The findings indicate the keratin mRNA expression does not always parallel that of protein and that, in the case of keratin 14, expression may be influenced by the presence of EBV.
AuthorsL Su, P R Morgan, J A Thomas, E B Lane
JournalJournal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology (J Oral Pathol Med) Vol. 22 Issue 4 Pg. 183-9 (Apr 1993) ISSN: 0904-2512 [Print] Denmark
PMID7686226 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Keratins
Topics
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections (metabolism)
  • Adult
  • Autoradiography
  • Basement Membrane (chemistry)
  • Epithelium (chemistry)
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • In Situ Hybridization
  • Keratins (biosynthesis, genetics)
  • Leukoplakia, Oral (chemistry, microbiology)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mouth Diseases (metabolism, pathology)
  • Mouth Mucosa (chemistry)
  • Mouth Neoplasms (chemistry)
  • Nevus (chemistry)
  • RNA, Messenger (analysis)
  • Tongue Diseases (etiology, metabolism)
  • Tongue Habits (adverse effects)
  • Tumor Virus Infections (metabolism)

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