Tuber and subependymal giant cell astrocytoma associated with tuberous sclerosis: an immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and immunoelectron microscopic study
Tuber and subependymal giant cell astrocytoma associated with tuberous sclerosis: an immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and immunoelectron microscopic study
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与结节性硬化症相关的结节和室管膜下巨细胞星形细胞瘤:免疫组织化学、超微结构和免疫电子显微镜研究
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发表时间:
2004
影响因子:
12.7
通讯作者:
J. C. Charlesworth
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作者:
Takanori Hirose;B. W. Scheithauer;M. Lopes;H. Gerber;H. Altermatt;M. Hukee;Scott R Vandenberg;J. C. Charlesworth
The cellular nature of the giant eosinophilic cells of tuber and of the cells comprising subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA) in tuberous sclerosis (TS) remains unclear. To assess the characteristics of these lesions, 13 tubers and 6 SEGA were immunohistochemically studied with glial and neuron-associated antigens. In addition to conventional ultrastructure, 6 tubers and 8 SEGA were fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and somatostatin. Eosinophilic giant cells of tubers were positive for vimentin (100%), GFAP (77%) and S-100 protein (92%); such cells were also found to a various extent to be reactive for neuron-associated antigens, including neurofilament (NF) proteins (38%) or class III β-tubulin (77%). SEGA also showed variable immunoreactivity for GFAP (50%) or for S-100 protein (100%); NF epitopes, class III β-tubulin, and calbindin 28-kD were expressed in 2 (33%), 5 (83%) and 4 (67%) cases, respectively. Cytoplasmic staining for somatostatin (50%), met-enkephalin (50%), 6-hydroxytryptamine (33%), β-endorphin (33%) and neuropeptide Y (17%) was noted in SEGA, but not in tubers. Ultrastructurally, the giant cells of tubers and the cells of SEGA contained numerous intermediate filaments, frequent lysosomes and occasional rectangular or rhomboid membrane-bound crystalloids exhibiting lamellar periodicity and structural transition to lysosomes. Some SEGA cells showed features suggestive of neuronal differentiation, including stacks of rough endoplasmic reticulum, occasional microtubules and a few dense-core granules. Furthermore, in one case of tuber, a process of a single large cell was seen to be engaged in synapse formation. Intermediate filaments within a few cells of both lesions were decorated by gold particle-labeled GFAP antiserum. Within the tumor cells of SEGA, irregular, non-membrane-bound, electron-lucent areas often contained somatostatin-immunoreactive particles, whereas the latter could not be detected in tuber. The present study provides further evidence of divergent glioneuronal differentiation, both in the giant cells of tubers and the cells of SEGA. The findings of similar cells at different sites, including the subependymal zone, white matter (“heterotopias”), and cortex indirectly supports the idea that these lesions of TS result from a migration abnormality.
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发表时间:
1989-11
期刊:
The American journal of pathology
影响因子:
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作者:
D. Caccamo;Mary M. Herman;A. Frankfurter;Christos D. Katsetos;V. Collins;L. J. Rubinstein
通讯作者:
D. Caccamo;Mary M. Herman;A. Frankfurter;Christos D. Katsetos;V. Collins;L. J. Rubinstein
影响因子:
12.7
作者:
Bonnin,JM;Rubinstein,LJ;Papasozomenos,SC;Marangos,PJ
通讯作者:
Marangos,PJ
影响因子:
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作者:
LEE, MK;TUTTLE, JB;FRANKFURTER, A
通讯作者:
FRANKFURTER, A