Mucinous bronchioloalveolar carcinomas display a specific pattern of mucin gene expression among primary lung adenocarcinomas. 2001

M C Copin, and M P Buisine, and E Leteurtre, and C H Marquette, and H Porte, and J P Aubert, and B Gosselin, and N Porchet
Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital A. Calmette, Lille, France.

Lung adenocarcinomas are heterogeneous clinically and histologically. Expression of the mucin genes was analyzed as a molecular marker of glandular cytodifferentiation in primary lung adenocarcinomas. Expression was correlated with histopathologic subtypes of World Health Organization classification with the aim of investigating the histogenesis of primary lung adenocarcinomas. Thirty-four primary lung adenocarcinomas were examined by in situ hybridization for mucin gene expression (MUC1-4, MUC5AC, MUC5B, MUC6-7) and by immunohistochemistry for MUC5AC and MUC5B apomucin expression. Mucinous bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) had a homogeneous pattern of mucin gene expression different from those of other types of lung adenocarcinoma, involving secreted mucins (MUC5AC, MUC5B, and MUC6) and membrane-bound mucins (MUC1, MUC3, and MUC4). Non-BAC adenocarcinoma and mucinous BAC aberrantly expressed mucin genes MUC3, and MUC3 and MUC6, respectively, which are undetectable in normal fetal and adult lung. Our results show the particular phenotype of mucin gene expression in mucinous type of BACs and the heterogeneous expression of respiratory and nonrespiratory mucins in the other types. This finding supports the theory of a common progenitor cell with the potential of multicellular differentiation. From a practical point of view, the aberrant expression of MUC3 and MUC6 could serve as a diagnostic marker in the management of the mucinous type of bronchioloalveolar carcinomas. HUM PATHOL 32:274-281.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007150 Immunohistochemistry Histochemical localization of immunoreactive substances using labeled antibodies as reagents. Immunocytochemistry,Immunogold Techniques,Immunogold-Silver Techniques,Immunohistocytochemistry,Immunolabeling Techniques,Immunogold Technics,Immunogold-Silver Technics,Immunolabeling Technics,Immunogold Silver Technics,Immunogold Silver Techniques,Immunogold Technic,Immunogold Technique,Immunogold-Silver Technic,Immunogold-Silver Technique,Immunolabeling Technic,Immunolabeling Technique,Technic, Immunogold,Technic, Immunogold-Silver,Technic, Immunolabeling,Technics, Immunogold,Technics, Immunogold-Silver,Technics, Immunolabeling,Technique, Immunogold,Technique, Immunogold-Silver,Technique, Immunolabeling,Techniques, Immunogold,Techniques, Immunogold-Silver,Techniques, Immunolabeling
D007633 Keratins A class of fibrous proteins or scleroproteins that represents the principal constituent of EPIDERMIS; HAIR; NAILS; horny tissues, and the organic matrix of tooth ENAMEL. Two major conformational groups have been characterized, alpha-keratin, whose peptide backbone forms a coiled-coil alpha helical structure consisting of TYPE I KERATIN and a TYPE II KERATIN, and beta-keratin, whose backbone forms a zigzag or pleated sheet structure. alpha-Keratins have been classified into at least 20 subtypes. In addition multiple isoforms of subtypes have been found which may be due to GENE DUPLICATION. Cytokeratin,Keratin Associated Protein,Keratin,Keratin-Associated Proteins,alpha-Keratin,Associated Protein, Keratin,Keratin Associated Proteins,Protein, Keratin Associated,alpha Keratin
D008175 Lung Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the LUNG. Cancer of Lung,Lung Cancer,Pulmonary Cancer,Pulmonary Neoplasms,Cancer of the Lung,Neoplasms, Lung,Neoplasms, Pulmonary,Cancer, Lung,Cancer, Pulmonary,Cancers, Lung,Cancers, Pulmonary,Lung Cancers,Lung Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Lung,Neoplasm, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Cancers,Pulmonary Neoplasm
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009077 Mucins High molecular weight mucoproteins that protect the surface of EPITHELIAL CELLS by providing a barrier to particulate matter and microorganisms. Membrane-anchored mucins may have additional roles concerned with protein interactions at the cell surface. Mucin
D002282 Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar A carcinoma derived from epithelium of terminal bronchioles, in which the neoplastic tissue extends along the alveolar walls and grows in small masses within the alveoli. Involvement may be uniformly diffuse and massive, or nodular, or lobular. The neoplastic cells are cuboidal or columnar and form papillary structures. Mucin may be demonstrated in some of the cells and in the material in the alveoli, which also includes denuded cells. Metastases in regional lymph nodes, and in even more distant sites, are known to occur, but are infrequent. (From Stedman, 25th ed) Carcinoma, Alveolar,Carcinoma, Bronchiolar,Carcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar,Adenocarcinoma, Alveolar,Alveolar Cell Carcinoma,Carcinoma, Bronchioloalveolar,Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo Alveolar,Adenocarcinomas, Alveolar,Adenocarcinomas, Bronchiolo-Alveolar,Alveolar Adenocarcinoma,Alveolar Adenocarcinomas,Alveolar Carcinoma,Alveolar Carcinomas,Alveolar Cell Carcinomas,Bronchiolar Carcinoma,Bronchiolar Carcinomas,Bronchiolo-Alveolar Adenocarcinoma,Bronchiolo-Alveolar Adenocarcinomas,Bronchiolo-Alveolar Carcinoma,Bronchiolo-Alveolar Carcinomas,Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma,Bronchioloalveolar Carcinomas,Carcinoma, Alveolar Cell,Carcinoma, Bronchiolo Alveolar,Carcinomas, Alveolar,Carcinomas, Alveolar Cell,Carcinomas, Bronchiolar,Carcinomas, Bronchiolo-Alveolar,Carcinomas, Bronchioloalveolar
D005260 Female Females
D006651 Histocytochemistry Study of intracellular distribution of chemicals, reaction sites, enzymes, etc., by means of staining reactions, radioactive isotope uptake, selective metal distribution in electron microscopy, or other methods. Cytochemistry
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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