QUANTITATIVE-ANALYSIS OF DISTURBED CELL MATURATION IN DYSPLASTIC LESIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY-TRACT EPITHELIUM
QUANTITATIVE-ANALYSIS OF DISTURBED CELL MATURATION IN DYSPLASTIC LESIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY-TRACT EPITHELIUM
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DOI:
10.1093/carcin/1.12.1007
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
OLSON, AC
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作者:
KLEINSZANTO, AJP;NETTESHEIM, P;OLSON, AC
Autoradiographic patterns [seen with light microscopy] of [3H]thymidine incorporation, nuclear/cytoplasmic ratios (N/C) and the percentage of dark epithelial cells were analyzed in a group of epithelial lesions induced by [the carcinogen] 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) in rat tracheal transplants. Similar lesions of different age exhibit the same labeling indices (LIs). Squamous metaplasia without or with only mild atypia, squamous metaplasia with moderate atypia, squamous metaplasia with severe atypia, carcinoma in situ microinvasive carcinoma, normal tracheal and esophageal epithelial were analyzed. Whereas the normal tracheal basal layer exhibited an LI < 1%, a clear difference between the carcinomas (LI .apprx. 32%) and all the remaining epithelial (LI .apprx. 18%) was detected. The LIs of the suprabasal cells exhibited a statistically significant difference between the squamous epithelia without atypia (LI .apprx. 2%) and the group comprising all the atypical lesions (LI .apprx. 9%). Gradients of increasing N/C (nucleus-cytoplasm ratios) values were observed as the lesions increased in severity, especially in the middle and surface layers. Dark cells were absent in the normal esophageal epithelium, were present in moderate numbers in the basal layer of regular squamous metaplasia (18%), and increased markedly in the atypical epithelial lesions. In the suprabasal layer dark cells increased from 3% in squamous metaplasia with moderate atypia to 28% in metaplasia with severe atypia and 56% in carcinoma in situ. Disturbances of cell maturation and cell proliferation are key features of dysplastic lesions induced by chemical carcinogens. The use of objective parameters for evaluation and classification of preneoplastic alterations is suggested.