Objective: Although class III beta-tubulin (TUBB3) is not expressed in normal epithelium, its expression in cancers of some organs has been reported. Herein, we investigated the expression pattern and expression levels of TUBB3 in oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and assessed whether TUBB3 immunostaining could improve the diagnostic accuracy of oral scraping liquid-based cytology (LBC).
Methods: Paraffin sections of biopsies from 107 patients with primary SCC and 30 patients with squamous papilloma of the tongue or gingiva were immunostained for TUBB3. In addition, 15 LBC samples obtained from the study participants with SCC were immunostained for TUBB3. Seven LBC samples were false-negative. The TUBB3 expression level in each sample was evaluated and classified as 3+, 2+, 1+, or 0.
Results: TUBB3 expression was confirmed in 91.6% of paraffin-embedded SCC specimens. Clear and diffuse positivity (2+ or above) was observed in 77.6% of the total cases. In the well-differentiated type, tumour cells in the middle layer of the parenchyma specifically expressed TUBB3. In almost LBC samples, cancerous intermediate cells showed immunopositivity similar to that of paraffin samples, even if cellular atypia was not clear in Papanicolaou staining.
Conclusions: TUBB3 immunostaining is useful for diagnosing oral SCC in scraping LBC, especially when samples consist of intermediate cells with little morphological change. Moreover, TUBB3 immunostaining could improve the diagnostic accuracy of oral scraping LBC by reducing false-negatives.
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