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- Title
Expression of aquaporins and PAX-2 compared to CD10 and cytokeratin 7 in renal neoplasms: a tissue microarray study.
- Authors
Mazal, Peter R; Stichenwirth, Martin; Koller, Anke; Blach, Sabine; Haitel, Andrea; Susani, Martin
- Abstract
Diagnostic use of antibodies against aquaporin water channel proteins and PAX-2, a nuclear transcription factor in renal development, was tested in 202 renal neoplasms, using tissue microarray technique. Immunohistochemistry for aquaporin-1, aquaporin-2, PAX-2, CD10, and cytokeratin 7 was performed on 102 clear cell renal cell carcinomas, 44 papillary renal cell carcinomas (among them 34 type 1 and 10 type 2), 24 chromophobe renal cell carcinomas, three collecting duct carcinomas (carcinomas of the collecting ducts of Bellini), and 29 oncocytomas. Aquaporin-1 expression was found in clear cell renal cell carcinomas and papillary renal cell carcinomas of both types (78 and 73%, respectively), but not in chromophobe renal cell carcinomas, collecting duct carcinomas, and oncocytomas. Aquaporin-2 expression was not seen in any of the tested tumors. PAX-2 and CD10 was found in the majority of clear cell renal cell carcinomas (88 and 85%, respectively) but only in few papillary renal cell carcinomas, chromophobe renal cell carcinomas and oncocytomas. Decrease or loss of aquaporin-1 and PAX-2 was shown in higher grades compared to lower grades of clear cell renal cell carcinomas (P<0.0001 and<0.0245, respectively). Cytokeratin 7 was rarely seen in clear cell renal cell carcinomas, type 2 papillary renal cell carcinomas, and oncocytomas, but was found in the majority of type 1 papillary renal cell carcinomas (97.1%) and chromophobe renal cell carcinomas (88%). Aquaporin-1 and PAX-2 expression was found to correlate with nuclear grading for clear cell renal cell carcinomas but not for papillary renal cell carcinomas. No correlation of tumor stage and aquaporin-1 and PAX-2 expression was seen. Aquaporin-1 and PAX-2 are reliable markers for clear cell renal cell carcinomas of lower grades but not for higher grades. CD10 expression remains stable, independent of nuclear grading.Modern Pathology (2005) 18, 535-540, advance online publication, 22 October 2004; doi:10.1038/modpathol.3800320
- Subjects
RENAL cell carcinoma; AQUAPORINS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; TRANSCRIPTION factors; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY
- Publication
Modern Pathology, 2005, Vol 18, Issue 4, p535
- ISSN
0893-3952
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/modpathol.3800320