PMID: 15218694Jun 29, 2004Paper

AgNOR quantification in cells of normal oral mucosa exposed to smoking and alcohol. A cytopathologic study

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology
Ricardo Losekann PaivaPantelis Varvaki Rados

Abstract

To evaluate cell proliferative activity by counting and measuring argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions (AgNORs) per nucleus in cell smears from mucosa clinically exposed to smoking and alcohol. Group 1 (control) consisted 17 patients, group 2 (smoking) of 25 and group 3 (smoking and alcohol) of 18. Cell smears collected from the mucosa of the lower lip, border of the tongue and floor of the mouth underwent AgNOR staining. Mean number and mean area of AgNORs per nucleus were calculated for the first 50 cells in each smear. ANOVA and the Tukey test were used for statistical analyses at a 5% significance level. Statistical analyses revealed a greater mean number and larger mean area of AgNORs per nucleus in groups 2 (smoking) and 3 (smoking and alcohol). Samples from the border of the tongue had the lowest mean values for number and area of AgNORs per nucleus in comparison with samples from the lower lip and floor of the mouth in the 3 groups. Anatomic sites exposed to smoking or to smoking and alcohol had increased cellular proliferative activity.

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