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Steroid receptor expression was assessed by immunohistochemistry in neoplastic, hyperplastic/dysplastic, and normal mammary tissue samples removed from 68 queens and 47 bitches, using monoclonal antibodies against human oestrogen-alpha (ER) and progesterone receptors (PR). Mammary lesions were classified according to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, and all animals with invasive carcinomas were clinically followed for 2 years. Stromal and/or lymphatic invasion and histological grading were also recorded. In both species, ER expression was significantly higher in healthy tissues, hyperplastic/dysplastic lesions, and benign tumours than in carcinomas. The loss of ER expression was more marked in feline than in canine carcinomas. In queens, PR expression increased in dysplastic lesions and "in situ" carcinomas and decreased in invasive carcinomas, even if parts of these tumours were still PR-positive. In bitches no significant variation in PR expression was observed between normal tissue, dysplasias, and benign neoplasms, but was significantly lower in carcinomas. In both species ER and PR expression in invasive carcinomas did not correlate either with histological parameters or overall survival time. This study demonstrates several differences in steroid hormone dependency between the two species. The percentage of PR-positive feline carcinomas suggests a possible role of progesterone in promoting early tumour cell growth in queens. The low percentage of ER-positive invasive carcinomas further demonstrated the aggressive phenotype and behaviour of feline mammary tumours.  相似文献   

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The concentrations of receptors for epidermal growth factor (EGF-R), oestrogen (ER) and progesterone (PR) were measured in 108 samples from canine mammary tumours and 132 samples of normal mammary tissue removed surgically from 84 bitches. The history and clinical signs were also recorded. Binding sites of high affinity were detected in 70 per cent of both types of tissue and no significant variations in EGF-R concentrations or positivity were observed with the histology, location, size or number of mammary tumours or the age of the animal. A significant direct correlation (P=0002) was observed between the concentrations of ER and EGF-R only in malignant tumours. The concentrations of EGF-R were significantly correlated (P=0.04) in normal mammary tissues adjacent to and distant from the lesions, but not between normal tissue and tumour tissue. No significant differences were observed in the expression of EGF-R in normal and neoplastic tissues from the same bitches. The direct correlation between the concentrations of EGF-R and ER in malignant tumours could be related to an oestrogen-dependent expression of EGF-R or to a similar pattern of regulation of the receptors.  相似文献   

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The PI3K/AKT/PTEN pathway is involved in the pathogenesis of several human cancers. This study investigated the biological and prognostic value of PI3K/AKT/PTEN pathway dysregulation in feline mammary tumours. Expression of p-AKT, HER2, PTEN and steroid receptors was assessed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in 27 malignant and 12 benign mammary tumours from 39 female cats followed up over a 24-month period. Feline mammary carcinoma (FMC) cell lines were analyzed by Western blot and the feline AKT gene sequence was characterized. p-AKT expression statistically correlated with tumour malignancy, histological dedifferentiation and clinical recurrence. The animals with tumours expressing p-AKT had a shorter disease-free period than those with p-AKT-negative tumours. AKT activation was associated with HER2 expression and PTEN down-regulation, as occurs in human breast cancer, and feline AKT sequencing showed high homology with the human AKT gene. No AKT activation was observed in relation to either oestrogen receptor α (ERα) or progesterone receptor expression. Taken together, these data offer an explanation for AKT signalling and its role in FMC pathogenesis and prognosis, shedding new light on similarities between feline mammary tumours and hormone-independent breast cancer.  相似文献   

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Tissue samples taken from the mammary gland of 42 dogs (age: 6 to 12 years) were examined. Thirty-eight samples showed neoplasia: 36 were epithelial while the remaining 2 proved to be connective tissue tumours. Thirty-four % of the neoplasms were new benign tumours (most frequently adenoma and fibroadenoma) and 66% were malignant ones (mainly adenocarcinoma). The oestrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) binding capacity was determined on 21 tissue samples using the method of EORTC (1980). The connective tissue tumours and non-tumourous tissues contained no sexual steroid receptor. 71.4% of all tissue samples contained receptors. 61.9% of the samples was ER+, 42.8% was PR+, 33.3% contained both receptors, 28.6% was only ER+ and 9.5% only PR+. The average ER and PR binding capacity was 120.3 (5.0-622.8) and 266.7 (92.3-475.0) fmol/mg cytosol protein, respectively. No difference in receptor positivity was demonstrable between the benign and the malignant tumours. PR negativity accompanied by ER positivity was more common in the case of benign tumours. ER binding capacity tended to be correlated with age: this correlation could be described with a hyperboloid regression curve (r = -0.5931; 0.06 > p > 0.05).  相似文献   

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Estrogen receptors (ER) were determined by both the biochemical dextran-coated charcoal (DCC-ER) and the immunohistochemical Avidin biotin-peroxidase complex (IHC-ER) methods in proliferative mammary lesions collected from 37 cats: 20 malignant tumors without metastasis at first presentation, seven malignant tumors with lung and/or lymph node metastases and 10 benign tumors and dysplasias. Total number of samples analyzed by both methods was 44. The DCC-ER method was applied to frozen tissue samples and the IHC-ER method was applied to neutral buffered formalin-fixed, paraffin wax-embedded tissue samples by using the NCL-6F11 monoclonal antibody. Biochemically, 21 (47.7%) cases had equal or more than 5 fmol/mg of protein (standard positivity threshold). Immunohistochemically, 11 (25%) cases were scored positive, the percentage of positive nuclei being statistically linked to the intensity of immunostaining. Normal mammary gland tissue (13 cases) and/or dysplastic areas (5 cases) found in the surroundings of the main lesion were IHC-ER positive in 76.9% and 40% of the cases, respectively. Concordance between DCC-ER and IHC-DCC was 72.7% and the results of the DCC and the IHC-ER methods were significantly correlated (P < 0.05) by the chi2 test. Specificity (true negatives) and sensitivity (true positives) of the ICH-ER method were 95.6% and 47.6%, respectively. One out of eleven DCC-ER positive and IHC-ER negative discordant cases (9.09%) was a DCC-ER false positive, because the surrounding normal mammary gland tissue was IHC-ER positive. The remaining 10 cases had ER content values equal or lower than 23 fmol/mg of protein, a figure that could represent the sensitivity threshold of the immunohistochemical method employed.  相似文献   

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TopBP1 is aberrantly expressed in human and feline mammary carcinomas, but expression of this BRCA1-related protein has not been investigated in canine mammary carcinomas. In this study, 132 canine mammary tumours (46 benign, 86 carcinomas) were examined immunohistochemically for expression of TopBP1, oestrogen receptor α (ERα), Ki67 and p53. Positive staining for TopBP1 was evident in all canine mammary lesions, although five samples had <20% positive cells. The number of samples with high levels of staining increased in different categories from benign mixed tumour to adenoma to carcinoma. Most TopBP1 staining was nuclear, but both nuclear and cytoplasmic staining were observed as the degree of malignancy increased, similar to human and feline mammary carcinomas. Benign mixed tumours, however, had more cytoplasmic staining than adenomas. Expression of p53 and the proliferation marker Ki67 increased from benign mixed tumour to adenoma to carcinoma, but the differences between benign and malignant tumours were more distinct than for TopBP1 expression. ERα expression decreased from malignant to benign tumours, although over half of the benign mixed tumours were negative. TopBP1 was expressed in canine mammary tumours at higher levels than has been reported previously for cats, although the shift in cellular localisation with malignancy was similar.  相似文献   

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the estrogen receptor (ER) content of canine mammary gland tumors by use of immunohistochemical (IHC) examination of formalin-fixed sections. SAMPLE POPULATION: 21 mammary gland tumors from 20 adult dogs. PROCEDURE: ER were detected in formalin-fixed tissues, using an avidin-biotin alkaline phosphatase IHC assay and were quantified on fresh-frozen tumor samples, using a modified dextran-coated charcoal (DCC) assay. RESULTS: 7 of 21 tumors had visually detectable nuclear ER by use of IHC staining, whereas 8 of 21 tumors were positive for ER by use of the DCC assay. The ER-positive cells in 5 IHC-positive tumors were epithelial cells with histologic criteria of early malignancy. The remaining 2 ER-positive tumors detected by use of IHC had ER-positive mast cells within areas of connective tissue around the tumor. CONCLUSIONS: Immunohistochemistry is an additional method for detection of ER in canine mammary tumors. The major advantage of this type of assay is that it may be performed on formalin-fixed tissues, and individual ER-positive cells may be identified. Discovery of ER-positive mast cells by use of IHC is of concern, particularly if the ER status of a tumor is based on DCC results alone. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Because most canine mammary tumors are fixed in formalin prior to histologic evaluation, an IHC assay that identifies ER-positive cells is desirable. Adjunctive antiestrogen therapy could be administered to dogs with ER-positive tumors.  相似文献   

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A series of 131 local and regional lymph nodes from 40 dogs with malignant mammary tumours were evaluated by staining with haematoxylin and eosin and immunohistochemically for antibodies to pancytokeratin (AE1/AE3) and cytokeratin 14. The immunohistochemical tests detected occult micrometastases in 9.2 per cent of the lymph nodes that were negative by haematoxylin and eosin staining. Under the modified TNM classification of canine mammary tumours, these results raised the clinical stage of 12.5 per cent of the affected dogs. However, if the latest TNM classification of human breast cancer had been applied, none of the animals would have been reclassified.  相似文献   

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Over the period from March 1990 to December 1998, veterinary surgeons in general practice were invited to submit tissues suspected of being neoplastic which had been removed from flat-coated retrievers. When possible, pedigree details were obtained from the owners. In addition, data were collected from flat-coated retrievers known to have suffered from a neoplastic condition and for which a histopathological report was available. A total of 1023 submissions was obtained from 782 dogs. These included 165 non-neoplastic lesions (16 per cent), 447 benign samples (44 per cent) and 411 malignant samples (40 per cent). Soft tissue sarcomas accounted for 55 per cent of the malignant samples (26 per cent of all tumour samples and 22 per cent of all submissions) with 63 per cent of them being diagnosed as undifferentiated. Carcinomas accounted for 20 per cent of malignant samples (8 per cent of all submissions). Of the benign tumours, cutaneous histiocytoma was the most common diagnosis (48 per cent of benign tumours, 25 per cent of all tumours and 21 per cent of all submissions).  相似文献   

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To investigate the possible role of E-cadherin in canine mammary tumours 20 benign and 40 malignant tumours were evaluated by immunohistochemistry in formalin-fixed paraffin wax-embedded samples. In all the benign tumours, E-cadherin was strongly expressed at the intercellular borders of epithelial cells, but it was less strongly expressed in 17 (43 per cent) of the malignant tumours. Furthermore, poorly differentiated carcinomas were less immunoreactive for E-cadherin than moderately and well differentiated carcinomas.  相似文献   

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Summary Feline mammary tumours and dysplasias were studied by various methods: morphological, electron-microscopical, immunological and virological. The most important conclusion was that cats with mammary tumours (benign and malignant tumours and lesions, the significance of which is not known so far) may be suitable animal models for the study of certain features of human mammary tumours; for instance, the study of the relationship between particular histological and biological characteristics of mammary carcinoma and the prognosis; the study of the question whether a virus (or viruses) does (do) or does (do) not play a role in the pathogenesis or growth of mammary tumours; the study of the possible presence of specific cellular and/or humoral immunity to mammary tumours and the study of the possible effects of progestogens on the mammary gland. As the study can not be regarded as a self-contained entity, it should be continued; this applies particularly to those parts of the study, that offer the best prospects for comparative investigations.  相似文献   

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The involvement of cyclin A, cyclin D1 and p53 proteins in canine and feline tumorigenesis was analyzed immunohistochemically. In the present study, a total of 176 cases were examined, among which there were 108 canine cases (75 mammary lesions, 16 squamous cell carcinomas and 17 basal cell tumors) and 68 feline cases (43 mammary lesions, 20 squamous cell carcinomas and 5 basal cell tumors). Speckled nuclear staining for cyclin A was observed in 19/38 (50%) canine malignant mammary tumors and 18/37 (48.6%) feline mammary carcinomas, while this was not seen in benign mammary tumors of either dogs or cats. Marked intense nuclear cyclin A staining was seen in 7/16 (43.8%) canine squamous cell carcinomas and 18/20 (90.0%) feline squamous cell carcinomas. Only 3/17 (17.6%) canine basal cell tumors showed slight and scattered staining for cyclin A. Expression of cyclin D1 was very rare in both canine and feline tumors. Nuclear staining of p53 was found in 7/37 (18.9%) feline mammary carcinomas. Intense immunoreactivity for p53 was found in 6/16 (37.5%) canine squamous cell carcinomas and 8/20 (40%) feline squamous cell carcinomas. These results suggest that cyclin A may have a role in the proliferation of canine malignant mammary tumors, feline mammary carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas of dogs and cats, and p53 may associate with the tumorigenesis of feline mammary carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas of dogs and cats.  相似文献   

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Feline mammary tumours and dysplasias were studied by various methods: morphological, electron‐microscopical, immunological and virological.

The most important conclusion was that cats with mammary tumours (benign and malignant tumours and lesions, the significance of which is not known so far) may be suitable animal models for the study of certain features of human mammary tumours; for instance, the study of the relationship between particular histological and biological characteristics of mammary carcinoma and the prognosis; the study of the question whether a virus (or viruses) does (do) or does (do) not play a role in the pathogenesis or growth of mammary tumours; the study of the possible presence of specific cellular and/or humoral immunity to mammary tumours and the study of the possible effects of progestogens on the mammary gland.

As the study can not be regarded as a self‐contained entity, it should be continued; this applies particularly to those parts of the study, that offer the best prospects for comparative investigations.  相似文献   

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Stained cytological specimens from 35 feline mammary gland epithelial tumours (4 adenomas, 11 tubulopapillary carcinomas 13 solid carcinomas and 7 cribriform carcinomas) were analysed by computer-assisted nuclear morphometry. In each case, the nuclei of at least 100 neoplastic cells were measured, and the mean nuclear area (MNA), mean nuclear perimeter (MNP), mean nuclear diameter (MND) and nuclear roundness (NR) were calculated. The study aimed to evaluate (1) the possibility of using nuclear cytomorphometry as an auxiliary diagnostic method to differentiate between benign and malignant feline mammary gland epithelial tumours, and (2) the prognostic value of nuclear morphometry in feline mammary carcinomas. The results indicated that MNA, MNP, MND and NR could be a useful adjunct in diagnosis but are not reliable prognostic indicators for feline mammary gland carcinomas.  相似文献   

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The histologic and immunohistochemical features of a case of mammary gland carcinoma are described in a 14-yr-old female tiger (Panthera tigris). Immunoreactivity to estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), tumoral protein 53 (p53), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2), and cyclooxigenase-2 (COX-2) was investigated. Neoplastic cells were negative for ER, PR, and p53 but showed positivity for VEGF, HER-2, and COX-2, both in the primary and the metastatic lesions. Histopathologic findings and immunohistochemistry results suggested that the malignant behavior of the reported case could be comparable with some aggressive cat mammary carcinomas.  相似文献   

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