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Interaction between tumor cells and stroma plays a central role in cancer progression. Local growth and invasion of neoplasms depend on the controlled modification of components of the extracellular matrix. The invasive front has been considered the most aggressive part of a tumor whose cells have the greatest ability to invade surrounding tissue. Therefore, this is the most crucial area at the tumourhost interface. The aim of this study was to investigate the immunohistochemical expression and distribution of the basement membrane proteins laminin and collagen type IV, and the extracellular matrix proteins collagen type III, fibronectin and tenascin, in the invasive front region of lip SCC, the most frequent malignancy of the oral cavity, and compare the findings to the histological malignancy grading of the invasive front. Twenty cases of lip SCC, all showing solar elastosis, were studied. Histological grading of the invasive front was carried out according to the criteria proposed by Bryne et al. (1989), using 5μm sections stained with H&E. Immunohistochemistry reactions were performed in 3μm sections obtained from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue, using the streptavidin-biotin-peroxidase method and appropriate antibodies. Of the 20 cases studied, 10 were graded welldifferentiated (WD), 7 moderately-differentiated (MD) and 3 poorly-differentiated (PD). Both laminin and collagen IV had similar results presenting frequent discontinuity. Almost every case showed at least some discontinuity in the invasive front. A few cases have showed a total loss of immunostaining in the area. It was not possible to determine a correlation between histological grade and degree of basement membrane discontinuity. Seventeen cases have shown total loss of collagen III expression in the invasive front. The three cases that presented positivity were represented by 2 WD and 1 MD SCC. Fibronectin was very abundant in all cases. It was present in a thick area starting from the basement membrane. Staining for tenascin was very variable among the cases and it was not correlated to the histological grading or intensity of inflammatory response. The results for laminin, collagen IV and III suggest invasive activity in the tumoral invasive front. Although the pattern of the proteins were altered in the invasive front of lip SCC in comparison to normal lining epithelium, these changes were not correlated to histological malignancy grade.

"Comparação entre presença e distribuição de proteínas da matriz extracelular e graduação histológica de malignidade da fronte de invasão no carcinoma epidermóide de lábio"