Neuroendocrine differentiation in Ewing's sarcomas and primitive neuroectodermal tumors revealed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction of chromogranin mRNA.
Diagn Mol Pathol
; 7(1): 36-43, 1998 Feb.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9646033
ABSTRACT
Ewing's sarcomas (ESs), primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs), and neuroblastomas (NBs) are closely related neoplasms supposedly derived from the neural crest and belonging to the family of the small blue round cell tumors of infancy and childhood. We investigated the expression of the neuroendocrine and neuroectodermal markers chromogranin A (CgA) and secretogranin II (SgII) in ESs, PNETs, and NBs, both in primitive tumors (five, nine, and four cases, respectively) and in established cell lines (three ES and two PNET cell lines). Different technical approaches, namely immunohistochemistry, Northern blot analysis, and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were used in parallel. Chromogranin A and secretogranin II production was constantly detectable in NBs by all procedures. CgA mRNA was detectable in most ESs and PNETs only by RT-PCR, whereas SgII mRNA was detectable in some ESs and PNETs by Northern blot analysis and in all tumors by RT-PCR. CgA and SgII proteins were never detectable by immunohistochemistry in ESs and PNETs. We conclude that neuroendocrine differentiation is shared by all three tumor entities, being more overt in NBs and rudimentary in ESs and PNETs; traces of chromogranin mRNA are detectable only by a highly sensitive RT-PCR procedure.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sarcoma, Ewing
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RNA, Messenger
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Chromogranins
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Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive
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Neurosecretory Systems
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Animals
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Diagn Mol Pathol
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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PATOLOGIA
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italy