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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Nick ReynoldsORCiD, Carole Todd, Dr Brian Angus
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Protein kinase C (PKC) isozymes transduce signals from cell surface receptors and thereby regulate important cellular functions in skin including keratinocyte growth and differentiation. Overexpression of individual PKC isozymes results in aberrant cell growth and in certain instances tumorigenicity. PKC is implicated in tumour promotion in mouse skin. Abnormal expression of PKC has been reported in several human cancers. We have, therefore, investigated expression of PKC-α and -β in basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) by immunohistochemistry. Sections were stained with specific antibodies to PKC-α, PKC-β, CD1a, T cells, B cells and dermal dendritic cells (factor XIIIa), using an immunoperoxidase technique. PKC-α and PKC-β were not detected in tumour cells in BCCs or SCCs. In SCCs, PKC-β immunostaining revealed positively stained inflammatory and dendritic cells scattered through the stroma: PKC-α immunostaining was essentially negative. In contrast, in BCCs, PKC-α and PKC-β+ dendritic and spindle-shaped cells were observed in the stroma, immediately adjacent to the tumour islands. Double-labelling experiments showed that a proportion (approximately 20%) of PKC-β+ dendritic cells also expressed factor XIIIa. BCCs depend on stroma for growth: PKC regulates expression of type IV collagenase and stromelysin III and interactions between tumour and stroma may be important in determining tumour invasion and metastasis. Therefore, overexpression of PKC-α and -β by stromal dendritic cells in BCCs suggests that PKC activation may be involved in stromal/tumour interactions in these tumours.
Author(s): Reynolds NJ, Todd C, Angus B
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: British Journal of Dermatology
Year: 1997
Volume: 136
Issue: 5
Pages: 666-673
Print publication date: 01/05/1997
ISSN (print): 0007-0963
ISSN (electronic): 1365-2133
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2133.1997.6531617.x
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1997.6531617.x
PubMed id: 9205496
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