Immunohistochemical characterization of human retinoblastomas in situ with multiple markers

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serval:BIB_B18391917F40
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Immunohistochemical characterization of human retinoblastomas in situ with multiple markers
Journal
American Journal of Ophthalmology
Author(s)
Perentes  E., Herbort  C. P., Rubinstein  L. J., Herman  M. M., Uffer  S., Donoso  L. A., Collins  V. P.
ISSN
0002-9394 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
05/1987
Volume
103
Number
5
Pages
647-58
Notes
Journal Article --- Old month value: May 15
Abstract
We studied paraffin-embedded specimens from 18 surgically enucleated eyes with retinoblastoma by peroxidase-antiperoxidase immunohistochemistry with antibodies against glial fibrillary acidic protein, S-100 protein, Leu 7 epitopes, neuron-specific enolase, the 200-kilodalton subunit of the neurofilament triplet polypeptide, and retinal S-antigen. We found that (1) glial fibrillary acidic protein, S-100 protein, and Leu 7 epitopes were detected only in well-differentiated glial cells that were interpreted as reactive and not neoplastic, (2) undifferentiated neoplastic cells expressed both neuron-specific enolase and retinal S-antigen immunoreactivity, and (3) differentiated cells forming Flexner-Wintersteiner rosettes were found to express neuron-specific enolase, retinal S-antigen, and, occasionally, neurofilament protein. These results support the view that retinoblastomas are composed of neuron-committed cells and favor the origin of these tumors from photoreceptor progenitor cells. We did not find any morphologic or immunohistochemical evidence of glial differentiation from tumor cells that would support the concept that retinoblastoma arises from a primitive neuroectodermal cell capable of divergent differentiation along neuronal and glial lines.
Keywords
Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology Eye Neoplasms/analysis/*immunology Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein/analysis Humans Immunoenzyme Techniques Phosphopyruvate Hydratase/analysis Retinoblastoma/analysis/*immunology S100 Proteins/analysis
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