Immunohistochemical Expression of |C-kit (CD 117) protein in Retinoblastoma. / Expressão imuno-histoquímica da proteína C-kit no Retinoblastoma.

AUTOR(ES)

Leticia Rielo de Moura Santos

FONTE

IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

30/09/2009

RESUMO

Purpose: C-kit is a transmembrane tyrosine kinase protein thought to play an important role in tumorigenesis. With the development of the compound Imatinib Mesylate which specifically inhibits tyrosine kinase receptors, C-kit has emerged as a potential therapeutic target. This study aims to determine the immunoexpression of C-kit in retinoblastoma and correlate this expression with histopathological prognostic features. Methods: Eighty-four paraffin-embedded enucleation globes of retinoblastoma were collected from the archives of the Henry C. Witelson Ocular Pathology Registry. C-kit immunostaining was used according to the protocol provided by Ventana Medical System Inc., Arizona. Immunoreactivity was correlated with the presence or absence of invasion into the choroid and optic nerve and the degree of tumour defferentiation. Odds ratios were calculated to quantify differences in C-kit expression between tumours with different patterns of invasion. Results: C-kit expression was identified in 33/63 specimens analysed (53.8%).Two of 13 tumours without choroidal or optic nerve invasio (15.4%) were positive for C-kit. C-kit expression was seen in 31 of the 50 tumours with extraretinal invasion (62%, p<0.01), 26 of 44 specimens with choroidal involvement (59.9%, p<0.02), and 20 of the 29 with optic nerve involvement (68.96%, p<0.02). Fourteen of 25 moderate or well-diferentiated specimens (56%) and 19 of 38 undifferentiated specimens (50%) displayed positivity for C-kit (p>0.5). Conclusions: More than half of Retinoblastomas in this study expressed C-kit. The expression of Ckit in these retinoblastomas strongly correlated with histopathological features of worse prognosis including optic nerve and choroidal invasion.

ASSUNTO(S)

c-kit. 3. oftalmologia imuno-histoquímica. oftalmologia c-kit immunohistochemical expression retinoblastoma retinoblastoma

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