VEGF in 105 pheochromocytomas: enhanced expression correlates with malignant outcome

APMIS : Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica, Et Immunologica Scandinavica
K SalmenkiviJ Arola

Abstract

Pheochromocytomas are rare sympathoadrenal tumors that are highly vascular. Their malignancy is extremely difficult to estimate on the basis of histopathological features. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is one of the most important angiogenic factors involved in both tumor growth and metastasis. In our search for new prognostic markers, we investigated the expression of VEGF in normal adrenal gland, in 105 primary pheochromocytomas, and in 6 metastases by using immunohistochemistry and Northern blot analysis. We also calculated the microvessel density of these tumors by staining the endothelial cells with monoclonal CD34 antibody. VEGF messenger ribonucleic acid was found in all pheochromocytomas studied. Immunohistochemically, VEGF was not found in normal adrenal medullary cells. Interestingly, all malignant pheochromocytomas (n=8), regardless of their primary location, had strong or moderate VEGF immunoreactivity, while most benign adrenal pheochromocytomas (26 of 37, 70.3%) were either negative or only weakly positive. The staining was heterogenous in extraadrenal pheochromocytomas as well as in a group of tumors that had histologically suspicious features but had not metastasized, here called borderline tumors (n...Continue Reading

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