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1995 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Immunopathologic and molecular pathologic study of thymic epithelial tumors

Research Project

Project/Area Number 06670198
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Human pathology
Research InstitutionNagoya City University

Principal Investigator

EIMOTO Tadaaki  Nagoya City University, Medical School, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (60140779)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TATEYAMA Hisashi  Nagoya City University, Medical School, Lecturer, 医学部, 講師 (80207068)
Project Period (FY) 1994 – 1995
KeywordsThymus / Thymoma / Thymic carcinoma / Immunohistochemistry / p53 / Apoptosis / bc1-2 protein / Fas antigen
Research Abstract

1. p53 protein expression and p53 gene mutation were examined in 34 thymic epithelial tumors. All the tumors were positive for p53 protein. The noninvasive thymomas were predominantly low expressors ; many of the invasive/metastatic thymomas were moderate expressors ; and the thymic carcinomas were moderate to high expressors. The difference in the positivity between thymic carcinoma and each of noninvasive or invasive/metastatic thymomas was significant. The DNA sequencing study confirmed the presence of p53 gene point mutation in all 10 cases examined, including three low expressors. These results suggests that p53 gene mutation is an early event in thymic tumorigenesis, and the p53 protein-positive cells increase with the progression of the tumor.
2. Fas antigen and bcl-2 protein were immunohistochemically examined in 11 noninvasive thymomas, 8 invasive/metastatic thymomas, and 10 thymic carcinomas. The apoptotic cells were also visualized, using the TUNEL method. The Fas expression … More seemed to be related to the tumor cell types in thymoma and was recognized only in a few cells in thymic carcinoma. The bcl-2 protein was negative in all thymomas regardless of the stages, but was positive in all thymic carcinomas, suggesting the usefulness of this protein expression in differentiation of thymic carcinoma from thymoma. The TUNEL method demonstrated a significantly higher positivity in noninvasive thymomas than other thymic tumors, suggesting an important role of apoptosis in thymoma progression.
3. To define the phenotype and kinetics of spindle cell thymoma, the Fas antigen, various cytokeratins, CD1a antigen, and cell proliferation-related antigens (PCNA,MIB1) were immunohistochemically examined in spindle cell-type and nonspindle cell-type tumors in comparison. The spindle cell thymomas were characterized by a higher expression of Fas antigen, relatively higher content of low molecular weight cytokeratins, much less infiltration of CD1a-posiitve cortical thymocytes, and lower proliferative activity of the tumor cells. These results are compatible with the features of thymic medullary epithelium and the benign biologic behavior of this type thymoma. Less

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  • [Publications] 立山尚ら: "胸腺上皮性腫瘍における異常p53蛋白発現" 日本病理学会会誌. 83. 239- (1994)

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  • [Publications] 立山尚ら: "胸腺上皮性腫瘍におけるアポトーシスの解析" 日本病理学会会誌. 84. 305- (1995)

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  • [Publications] Tateyama H,Eimoto T,et al.: "p53 protein expression and p53 gene mutation in thymic epithelial tumors. An immunohistochemical and DNA sequencing study." American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 104. 375-381 (1995)

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  • [Publications] 服部日出雄ら: "紡錘細胞型胸腺腫の免疫組織化学的検討" 日本病理学会会誌. 85. 238- (1996)

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  • [Publications] 栄本忠昭: "標準病理学(町並陸生・泰順一編)分担執筆:胸線病変" 医学書院, 印刷中 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Takeyama H,et al.: "Analysis of apoptosis in thymic epithelial tumors" Transact Soc Pathol Jpn. 84(in Japanese). 305 (1995)

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  • [Publications] Tateyama H,Eimoto T,et al.: "p53 protein expression and p53 gene mutation in thymic epithelial tumors. An immunohistochemical and DNA sequencing study" Am J Clin Pathol. 104. 375-381 (1995)

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  • [Publications] Hattori H,et al.: "Immunohistochemical study of spindle cell thymoma" Transact Soc Pathol Jpn. 58(in Japanese). 238 (1996)

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