scholarly journals Histopathologic and Immunohistochemistry Findings in Feline Renal Cell Carcinoma

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 663-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isao Matsumoto ◽  
James K. Chambers ◽  
Kazumi Nibe ◽  
Ryohei Kinoshita ◽  
Ryohei Nishimura ◽  
...  

The biological behavior and immunohistochemical features of feline renal cell carcinoma (RCC) have not been well characterized. In the present study, immunohistochemical examinations were performed in 12 feline cases of RCC. The RCC consisted of solid ( n = 2), solid-tubular ( n = 2), tubular ( n = 3), papillary ( n = 2), tubulopapillary ( n = 2), and sarcomatoid ( n = 1) type lesions. Of the cases with RCC, 1 developed metastatic disease and 6 cases had no evidence of recurrence at 80 to 2292 days after surgery. One papillary-type tumor had cuboidal cells with scant cytoplasm and monomorphic nuclei, and the other had pseudostratified columnar cells with abundant cytoplasm. Immunohistochemistry revealed that the tumor cells in most cases were positive for cytokeratin (CK)7, CK20, KIT, and CD10, with the exception of cases of the solid type with clear cytoplasm (solid anaplastic), papillary type with columnar cells, and sarcomatoid types. A small number of tumor cells in the solid anaplastic and in the sarcomatoid types were positive for aquaporin-1. Increased expression of N-cadherin and Twist along with nuclear accumulation of β-catenin were observed in the sarcomatoid type. These results indicated that CK, KIT, and CD10 are relatively strongly expressed in most feline RCC. The solid anaplastic RCC exhibited CD10 expression with the absence of distal tubule marker expression. Although immunohistochemistry profiles were relatively consistent with those described in human RCC, the histopathologic features were different from those seen in humans. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) marker expression in the current cases may suggest the involvement of an EMT-like mechanism in the development of sarcomatoid RCC in cats.

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junhui Hu ◽  
Wei Guan ◽  
Libin Yan ◽  
Zhangqun Ye ◽  
Lily Wu ◽  
...  

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common histological subtype of kidney cancer. We previously reported that CD105(+) subpopulation in human ccRCC tumors possesses tumor cell self-renewal and chemoresistance capability. In this study, we showed that CD105(+) ACHN tumor cells exhibit epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) phenotype with high expression of mesenchymal marker N-cadherin and low expression of epithelial marker E-cadherin. They are more motile and invasive compared to the unselected parental ACHN tumor cells. The knockdown of CD105 by RNA interference led to the downregulation of N-cadherin and the upregulation of E-cadherin and reduced motility and invasiveness of CD105(+) cells. Overexpression of stem cell factor MYC in CD105 knocked down cells increased mesenchymal markers and cell motility. However, the CD105(+) population of tumor cells does not exhibit an increase metastatic potential in vivo. Findings from this study support that CD105 plays a functional role in maintaining cancer stem cell and EMT phenotype, with MYC as a common mediator for both of these traits. Our work suggests that the ability to metastasize does not coincide with the cancer stem cell or EMT function of CD105.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 588-596
Author(s):  
Haibao Zhang ◽  
Guodong Zhu

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is one of the common urologic neoplasms, and its incidence has been increasing over the past several decades; however, its pathogenesis is still unknown up to now. Recent studies have found that in addition to tumor cells, other cells in the tumor microenvironment also affect the biological behavior of the tumor. Among them, macrophages exist in a large amount in tumor microenvironment, and they are generally considered to play a key role in promoting tumorigenesis. Therefore, we summarized the recent researches on macrophage in the invasiveness and progression of RCC in latest years, and we also introduced and discussed many studies about macrophage in RCC to promote angiogenesis by changing tumor microenvironment and inhibit immune response in order to activate tumor progression. Moreover, macrophage interactes with various cytokines to promote tumor proliferation, invasion and metastasis, and it also promotes tumor stem cell formation and induces drug resistance in the progression of RCC. The highlight of this review is to make a summary of the roles of macrophage in the invasion and progression of RCC; at the same time to raise some potential and possible targets for future RCC therapy.


2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1109-1119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming-Yi Ho ◽  
Shye-Jye Tang ◽  
Mei-Jen Chuang ◽  
Tai-Lung Cha ◽  
Jing-Yao Li ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Makoto Sumitomo ◽  
Kiyoshi Takahara ◽  
Kenji Zennami ◽  
Tomomi Nagakawa ◽  
Yasuhiro Maeda ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e16577-e16577
Author(s):  
Matias Bustos ◽  
Rebecca Gross ◽  
Rebeka Dejenie ◽  
Ryu Suyeon ◽  
Negin Rahimzadeh ◽  
...  

e16577 Background: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has shown an increase in incidence based on continued incidental finding of these tumors by imaging. There is a need for reliable biomarkers like MicroRNAs (miRNA) that are released by the tumor cells and can be detected in assays using blood or urine samples. The first aim of the present pilot study is to determine the diagnostic ability of cell-free miRNA (cfmiR) biomarkers released by RCC tumor cells in urine and plasma samples. The secondary aim was to determine cfmiRs utility in monitoring RCC before and after radical or partial nephrectomy. Methods: We profiled tumor tissues (n = 11), pre-operative (pre-P n = 18; pre-U n = 17) and post-operative (post-P n = 18; post-U n = 17) plasma and urine paired samples from 18 RCC patients with a median follow-up of 18.4 months. As a control, we utilized plasma (n = 73) and urine (n = 16) samples taken from normal healthy donors (NHD). All specimens (n = 170) were processed and analyzed using HTG EdgeSeq miRNA whole transcriptome assay. All of the samples were normalized and DESeq2. Only miRNAs with a FC < -1.5 or > 1.5, FDR < 0.05, normalized counts > 30 were considered Results: We assessed urine, plasma, and tissue for 2083 miRNAs. The pre-U profiles from patients with RCC and NHD were compared to find differentially expressed (DE) cfmiRs. We found 182 cfmiRs DE in pre-U RCC, of which 106 were upregulated and 76 were downregulated. Similarly, we found 830 cfmiRs DE in the pre-P from RCC compared to NHD, of which 192 were upregulated and 638 were downregulated. We then searched for the top 100 miRNAs most frequently detected and identified in the tumor and in pre-P and pre-U samples. Forty miRNAs were consistently found and highly detected in all of the specimens. Of those 40 miRNAs, 33 cfmiRs were found DE in pre-P and 9 cfmiRs significantly decreased in post-P samples after surgery to the level values observed in the plasma from NHD. In the pre-P and pre-U samples from RCC patients, let-7a-5p, let-7b-5p, miR-23b-3p, and miR-30d-5p were found to be consistently upregulated compared to their respective controls. By using receiving operating characteristic (ROC) curves we assessed the area under the curve (AUC) of all the four cfmiRs in detecting RCC patients. The values of AUC for the four cfmiRs detected in pre-P ranged from 76.2-81% [sensitivity, 61.1-83.3%; specificity, 74-86.3%] and in pre-U samples ranged from 76.1-82.4% [sensitivity, 64.7-70.6%; specificity, 100%]. We observed that the four cfmiRs significantly decreased in the post-U samples from RCC patients after surgery to the level values observed in urine from NHD. Conclusions: Our results propose a four cfmiR signature as a potential diagnostic/monitoring urine biomarker that is also detectable in the plasma and tumor tissues from RRC. Further studies to validate these cfmiRNAs as biomarkers for RCC in blood and urine are ongoing.


1986 ◽  
Vol 136 (4) ◽  
pp. 795-798
Author(s):  
Jean B. deKernion ◽  
Laszlo Lovrekovich ◽  
Dominique Chopin ◽  
Urs E. Studer

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 6-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Chipollini ◽  
Mounsif Azizi ◽  
Charles C Peyton ◽  
Dominic H Tang ◽  
Jasreman Dhillon ◽  
...  

The purpose of this study was to assess the prognostic value of programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) positivity in a non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma (non-ccRCC) cohort. PD-L1 expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry (IHC) using formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) specimens from 45 non-ccRCC patients with available tissue. PD-L1 positivity was defined as ?1% of staining. Histopathological characteristics and oncological outcomes were correlated to PD-L1 expression. Cancer-specific survival (CSS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) stratified by PD-L1 status were estimated using the Kaplan–Meier method. Median age was 58 years and median follow-up was 40 months. Non-ccRCC subtypes included sarcomatoid (n = 9), rhabdoid (n = 6), medullary (n = 2), Xp11.2 translocation (n = 2), collecting duct (n = 1), papillary type I (n = 11), and papillary type II (n = 14). PD-L1 positivity was noted in nine (20%) patients. PD-L1 positivity was significantly associated with higher Fuhrman nuclear grade (P = 0.048) and perineural invasion (P = 0.043). Five-year CSS was 73.2 and 83% for PD-L1 positive and negative tumors, respectively (P = 0.47). Five-year RFS was 55.6 and 61.5% for PD-L1 positive and negative tumors, respectively (P = 0.58). PD-L1 was expressed in a fifth of non-ccRCC cases and was associated with adverse histopathologic features. Expression of biomarkers such PD-L1 may help better risk-stratify non-ccRCC patients to guide treatment decisions and follow-up strategies.


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