Ameloblastoma is a locally aggressive odontogenic tumor. Etiopathogenesis and locally aggressive growth properties of ameloblastoma can be attributed to a hypoxic microenvironment conducive to tumor cell survival. Epithelial-derived follicular ameloblastoma cells (EP-AMCs) display enhanced basal autophagy, but the interplay of hypoxia and autophagy in EP-AMCs survival and ameloblastoma recurrence is unclear. We evaluated differential expression of autophagic markers in primary and recurrent ameloblastomas and hypothesized that hypoxia-induced autophagy supports EP-AMC survival. Primary and recurrent ameloblastomas were comparatively assessed for expression levels of pan-cytokeratin, Vimentin, and autophagic markers SQSTM1/p62, LC3, and pS6. EP-AMCs compared with human odontoma-derived cells (HODCs) were subjected to severe hypoxia to determine the interplay of hypoxia and autophagic process in posthypoxia survival. Pan-cytokeratin and SQSTM1/p62 were expressed by both primary and recurrent ameloblastoma epithelial cells while the ameloblastoma connective tissues displayed weak reactivity to vimentin. Under hypoxia, EP-AMC expression levels of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α, p62, and LC3 were increased while pS6 was decreased posthypoxia. The combined decrease in pS6 and enhanced LC3 in EP-AMCs under hypoxia indicate that EP-AMCs re-establish basal autophagy under hypoxia. Taken together, these suggest a possible role of LC3-associated phagocytosis (LAP) in ameloblastoma cell survival.
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