Synaptic Vesicle Protein 2 and Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 1 and 2 Are Expressed in Neuroblastoma
Autor: | Apostolos V. Tsolakis, Rolf Christofferson, Eva Tiensuu Janson, Kleopatra Georgantzi, Lars Grimelius, Åke M. Jakobson |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism markers Vesicular monoamine transporter 1 Pediatrics Neuroblastoma chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine Endocrinology Child urine-dopamine Membrane Glycoproteins Chemistry urine-HVA Pediatrik General Medicine Prognosis Immunohistochemistry Cell biology Treatment Outcome Child Preschool 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis immunohistochemistry Female Antineoplastic Agents Nerve Tissue Proteins 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Synaptic vesicle Pathology and Forensic Medicine neuroblastoma 03 medical and health sciences Stomach Neoplasms Biomarkers Tumor medicine neuroendocrine Humans neoplasms urine-VMA Cancer och onkologi Kirurgi Infant Newborn Infant medicine.disease nervous system Cancer and Oncology Case-Control Studies Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins Surgery |
Zdroj: | Endocrine Pathology. 30:173-179 |
ISSN: | 1559-0097 1046-3976 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s12022-019-09584-3 |
Popis: | Neuroblastoma (NB), the most common extracranial cancer in childhood, exhibits neuroendocrine (NE) differentiation. Two well-established NE markers, chromogranin A (CgA) and synaptophysin (syn), are used in the histopathological diagnostics. Our aims were to explore if the NE markers synaptic vesicle protein 2 (SV2) and vesicular monoamine transporter 1 (VMAT1) and 2 (VMAT2) also are expressed in human NB and if so, evaluate their usefulness in NB histopathological diagnostics. Tumor specimens from 21 NB patients, before and/or after chemotherapy, were immunostained for CgA, syn, SV2, VMAT1, and VMAT2. Clinical data was extracted from patients' records. SV2 was highly expressed in NB, as was CgA while syn was less frequently expressed compared to the other two. Both VMATs were expressed in several NB, VMAT2 in more cases than VMAT1 and its expression was similar to syn. Chemotherapy did not affect the immunoreactivity in an obvious way. SV2 was highly expressed in NB and can thus be useful marker in NB diagnostics. VMAT1 and VMAT2 were also expressed in NB but similar to syn less reliable as tumor markers. |
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