Immunolocalization of cathepsin B in human glioma: implications for tumor invasion and angiogenesis

Journal of Neurosurgery
T MikkelsenM L Rosenblum

Abstract

The poor prognosis of patients with malignant gliomas is at least partially due to the invasive nature of these tumors. In this study, the authors investigated the possibility that the cysteine protease cathepsin B (CB) is a participant in the process of glial tumor cell invasion. To accomplish this, an immunohistochemical analysis was made of the localization of antibodies to CB in biopsies of five specimens of normal brain, 16 astrocytomas, 33 anaplastic astrocytomas, and 33 glioblastomas multiforme. Staining was scored according to the percentage of positive cells and the intensity of the stain, graded from 0 to 3+. Staining for CB was not seen in any of five samples of normal brain except for occasional neuronal cell bodies and microglia. Only five (31%) of 16 astrocytomas showed a small percentage of positive cells (0.01%-3%) that were stained in a light, diffuse cytoplasmic pattern (1+). Twenty-nine (87.8%) of 33 anaplastic astrocytomas showed positive light, granular staining in 2% to 40% of cells. In anaplastic astrocytoma, the staining within a tumor was heterogeneous with intensities of 1+ (17%), 1+ to 2+ (29%), or 2+ (55%). In contrast, all 33 (100%) glioblastomas were positive in 10% to 90% of cells. The staining wa...Continue Reading

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