Abstract
ObjectiveTo study the expression and the significance of Angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1) through observing the correlations among the expression of Ang-1 to clinicopathologic characteristics and microvessel density (MVD) in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).MethodsExpressions of Angiopoietin-1 and CD34 in 41 human OSCC tissues, 30 adjacent noncancerous oral tissues and 10 normal oral mucosas were detected by immunohistochemical SABC method. MCD was also assessed.ResultsOf the 41 OSCC tissues, 41.46% (17/41) was Ang-1 positive. The expression of Ang-1 was significantly lower in OSCC than that in adjacent noncancerous oral tissues (P<0.05) and normal oral mucosa (P<0.05). The Ang-1 expression was significantly higher in high differentiated tumor than that in moderately differentiated tumor (P<0.05). The MVD was significantly higher in Ang-1-negative OSCC than in Ang-1-positive OSCC (P<0.01), and negatively correlated with the expression of Ang-1 (r=−0.32, P<0.05).ConclusionDown-regulated expression of Ang-1 may play a crucial role in the development of OSCC. It negatively regulated the angiogenesis of tumor.
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