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Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are implicated in a wide range of physiological and pathological processes, including morphogenesis, wound healing, angiogenesis, inflammation, and cancer. The purpose of this study was to characterize the role of MMPs as depicted by the expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9 during 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide-induced rat tongue carcinogenesis. Male Wistar rats were distributed into three groups of 10 animals each and treated with 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide solution at 50Â ppm through their drinking water for 4, 12, and 20Â weeks. Ten animals were used as control group. No histopathological abnormalities were induced in the epithelium after 4Â weeks of carcinogen exposure; however, immunoexpression of MMP-2 was noticed. The same picture occurred to MMP-9, in which positive expression was detected for this immunomarker. MMP-2 and MMP-9 showed positive expression either in pre-neoplastic lesions at 12Â weeks following carcinogen exposure or in well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma induced after 20Â weeks of treatment with 4NQO. Taken together, our results support the belief that MMP-2 and MMP-9 play important role during malignant transformation and conversion of oral mucosa as assessed by immunohistochemistry.
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This work was supported by FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) (Grant numbers: 07/01228-4 and 07/08210-3), CNPq and CAPES. DAR is a recipient of the CNPq fellowship.
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Ana Carolina Cuzzuol Fracalossi and Sandra Regina Miranda contributed equally to this study.
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Fracalossi, A.C.C., Miranda, S.R., Oshima, C.T.F. et al. The role of matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 during rat tongue carcinogenesis induced by 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide. J Mol Hist 41, 19–25 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10735-010-9258-6
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