Immunohistochemical detection of P-glycoprotein (clone C494) in canine mammary gland tumours. 2006

C Petterino, and E Rossetti, and D Bertoncello, and M Martini, and V Zappulli, and L Bargelloni, and M Castagnaro
Department of Public Health, Comparative Pathology, and Veterinary Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Padua, Via dell'Università 16, Agripolis, 35020, Legnaro (PD), Italy. claudio.petterino@unipd.it

Elevated levels of P-glycoprotein have been reported in multidrug-resistant tumours in both humans and dogs. In the present study, we investigated the expression of P-glycoprotein in 57 canine mammary gland tumours, 10 mammary gland hyperplasia and seven normal mammary glands by immunohistochemistry. Tissue sections were incubated with an anti-Pgp monoclonal antibody and visualized with En Vision-DAB polymer. Normal and hyperplastic mammary tissues were negative or showed slight cytoplasmic immunoreactivity. Neoplastic cells in benign mammary tumours showed diffuse cytoplasmic staining, in contrast to malignant tumours that showed mainly a membranous staining pattern for Pgp (C494). We observed statistically significant differences among all the different groups of tissues analysed except for benign tumours versus hyperplasia (P = 0.221). Receiver-operating characteristic analysis showed that the best cut-off point to differentiate the threshold to differentiate negative from positive tissue samples was 18.40% of immunostained cells. These results provide a first indication that routine evaluation of Pgp expression in canine mammary gland tumours, taking into consideration a cut-off point for positivity, may be useful for selecting cases for chemotherapy.

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
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D004283 Dog Diseases Diseases of the domestic dog (Canis familiaris). This term does not include diseases of wild dogs, WOLVES; FOXES; and other Canidae for which the heading CARNIVORA is used. Canine Diseases,Canine Disease,Disease, Canine,Disease, Dog,Diseases, Canine,Diseases, Dog,Dog Disease
D004285 Dogs The domestic dog, Canis familiaris, comprising about 400 breeds, of the carnivore family CANIDAE. They are worldwide in distribution and live in association with people. (Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, p1065) Canis familiaris,Dog
D005260 Female Females
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000911 Antibodies, Monoclonal Antibodies produced by a single clone of cells. Monoclonal Antibodies,Monoclonal Antibody,Antibody, Monoclonal
D012680 Sensitivity and Specificity Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed) Specificity,Sensitivity,Specificity and Sensitivity
D015674 Mammary Neoplasms, Animal Tumors or cancer of the MAMMARY GLAND in animals (MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL). Animal Mammary Carcinoma,Mammary Carcinoma, Animal,Mammary Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Mammary,Animal Mammary Carcinomas,Animal Mammary Neoplasm,Animal Mammary Neoplasms,Carcinoma, Animal Mammary,Carcinomas, Animal Mammary,Mammary Carcinomas, Animal,Mammary Neoplasm,Mammary Neoplasm, Animal,Neoplasm, Animal Mammary,Neoplasm, Mammary,Neoplasms, Animal Mammary
D019540 Area Under Curve A statistical means of summarizing information from a series of measurements on one individual. It is frequently used in clinical pharmacology where the AUC from serum levels can be interpreted as the total uptake of whatever has been administered. As a plot of the concentration of a drug against time, after a single dose of medicine, producing a standard shape curve, it is a means of comparing the bioavailability of the same drug made by different companies. (From Winslade, Dictionary of Clinical Research, 1992) AUC,Area Under Curves,Curve, Area Under,Curves, Area Under,Under Curve, Area,Under Curves, Area

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