Immunohistochemical investigation of tumorigenic pathways in small intestinal adenocarcinoma: a comparison with colorectal adenocarcinoma

Modern Pathology : an Official Journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc
Megan Q ZhangHanlin L Wang

Abstract

Small intestinal adenocarcinoma is an uncommon neoplasm morphologically similar to or indistinguishable from colorectal adenocarcinoma. Although much has been learned about genetic pathways critical to colorectal tumorigenesis, little is known about molecular alterations involved in the development of small intestinal adenocarcinoma. In this study, we immunohistochemically compared non-ampullary small intestinal adenocarcinomas with sporadic colorectal adenocarcinomas for the expression of several proteins known to serve pivotal roles in colorectal tumorigenesis. These included adenomatous polyposis coli and beta-catenin involved in the Wnt signaling pathway, and DNA mismatch repair enzymes hMLH1, hMSH2 and hMSH6 involved in the microsatellite instability pathway. The expression of two important tumor suppressors, p53 and RB, was also examined. The results show that complete loss of adenomatous polyposis coli immunoreactivity, presumably resulting from its gene mutations, was observed in eight of 26 (31%) small intestinal adenocarcinomas and 36 of 51 (71%) colorectal adenocarcinomas (P = 0.0008). Nuclear localization of beta-catenin, an indirect evidence of deregulated Wnt signaling pathway, was observed in 5 (19%) small intest...Continue Reading

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