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- Title
Biosynthesis of glycosaminoglycans and aggrecan by tumor cells in salivary pleomorphic adenoma: ultrastructural evidence.
- Authors
Zhao, Ming; Takata, Takashi; Kudo, Yasusei; Sato, Sunao; Ogawa, Ikuko; Wakida, Kazuyoshi; Uchida, Takashi; Nikai, Hiromasa; Zhao, M; Takata, T; Kudo, Y; Sato, S; Ogawa, I; Wakida, K; Uchida, T; Nikai, H
- Abstract
The present study attempted to discover the sites of synthesis of various glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and aggrecan in salivary pleomorphic adenoma (PA) with the use of a highly sensitive and specific post-embedding immunogold-silver staining technique at the ultrastructural level. Silver particles representing various GAGs and aggrecan were found to accumulate frequently in the intercellular spaces of non-luminal cells in the epithelial clusters and were dispersed in the myxoid matrix of the mesenchyme-like areas. Furthermore, the non-luminal epithelial cells were demonstrated to contain immunopositive intracytoplasmic vesicles and vacuoles, some of which were of Golgi complex origin. In contrast, intracellular silver particles for hyaluronic acid were mostly attached to the inner surface of the cell membrane. These observations agree well with the current theories of the biosynthesis of GAGs and proteoglycans and provide direct evidence for the production of various GAGs and aggrecan by tumor epithelial cells of PA. Such findings support the ideas that in PA a loss of epithelium occurs by stromalization following epithelial secretion of extracellular matrix substances and transformation of epithelium to mesenchyme represents the basic principle of the tissue heterogeneity in this tumor.
- Subjects
GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; ADENOMA; SALIVARY gland diseases; ULTRASTRUCTURE (Biology); EPITHELIAL cells; CELL membranes
- Publication
Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine, 1999, Vol 28, Issue 10, p442
- ISSN
0904-2512
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0714.1999.tb02104.x