Mismatch repair protein expression and microsatellite instability: a comparison of clear cell sarcoma of soft parts and metastatic melanoma

Modern Pathology : an Official Journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc
Joaquin J GarciaAndrew E Horvai

Abstract

Clear cell sarcoma of soft parts is a rare soft tissue malignancy that shows phenotypic overlap with cutaneous melanoma but can be distinguished by the presence of a t(12;22) translocation. Microsatellite instability (MSI), a variation in the lengths of short repeat DNA segments in the genome, has been implicated in melanoma tumorigenesis, but is rare or absent in clear cell sarcoma. Defects in the mismatch repair (MMR) enzyme complex correlate with MSI in some tumor types, allowing the use of immunohistochemistry for the MMR proteins hMLH1 and hMSH2 to predict the presence of MSI. To determine if the association between MMR defects and MSI extends to clear cell sarcoma, we compared a group of nine clear cell sarcomas to 11 metastatic melanomas on the basis of MSI and the expression of MMR proteins. MSI was studied using fluorescence-based multiplexed PCR of five loci. Immunohistochemistry was evaluated on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue for hMLH1, hMHS2 and hMSH6. MSI was present in only 1/9 (11%) clear cell sarcoma case and in 8/11 (73%) melanoma cases. Immunostaining for hMLH1 and hMSH2 was preserved in all the clear cell sarcomas but loss of immunostaining for one or both proteins was seen in 6/11 melanomas (55%). h...Continue Reading

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