Browsing by Subject "Seminoma"

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    CD10 is frequently expressed in classical seminomas
    (F. Hernández y Juan F. Madrid. Universidad de Murcia: Departamento de Biología Celular e Histología, 2014) Del Sordo, Rachele; Ascani, Stefano; Bellezza, Guido; Ferri, Ivana; Sbaraglia, Marta; Sidoni, Angelo
    Summary. CD10 is a cell surface metalloproteinase widely expressed in various normal tissue and in epithelial, stromal or both components of various malignancies. The aim of our study was to investigate, for the first time, the expression of CD10 in a series of 135 cases of testicular germ cell tumours in order to asses its possible diagnostic and biologic significance. The expression of CD10 was studied, using immunohistochemistry, in 96 pure forms and 39 mixed forms of germinal cell tumours of the testis. Immunostaining for CD10 was positive in 68/74 (92%) seminomas and 16/24 (67%) seminomatous component of mixed germ cell tumours. The intratubular germ cell neoplasia of the unclassified type always expressed CD10. Anaplastic seminomas, embryonal carcinomas, teratoma and spermatocytic seminomas were negative for CD10. Our findings indicate that only seminomas and intratubular germ cell neoplasia, the precursors of germ cell tumours, express CD10, but when they differentiate along embryonal, somatic, trophoblastic, yolk sac lines they lose CD10 expression. CD10 could be considered a useful marker to differentiate seminoma from other forms of testicular germ cell tumours and for a better estimation of the seminomatous component in mixed germ cell tumours.
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    Micronodular thymic epithelial tumors with lymphoid hyperplasia and mimicking lesions
    (Universidad de Murcia, Departamento de Biologia Celular e Histiologia, 2025) Thomas de Montpréville, Vincent; Chalabreysse, Lara; Hofman, Véronique; de Muret, Anne; Sizaret, Damien; Dubois, Romain; Piton, Nicolas; Mansuet Lupo, Audrey; Molina, Thierry J
    Micronodular arrangement of epithelial cells and lymphoid B-cell hyperplasia with follicles are both peculiar histological features in thymic tissue. Such features may especially occur in thymic epithelial tumors. The most common form is called micronodular thymoma with lymphoid stroma. We have recently described some characteristics of thymic micronodular carcinoma with lymphoid hyperplasia, highlighting how this carcinomatous counterpart should not be misdiagnosed as a thymoma. In this review, we discuss these two entities but also other mimics, which may occur in the anterior mediastinum. These mimics include various types of cellular micronodules and lymphoid backgrounds encompassing a wide range of mediastinal lesions. Non-neoplastic lesions, such as thymic nodular epithelial hyperplasia, thymic lymphoid hyperplasia, or sarcoidosis, as well as tumors of very varying aggressiveness, such as micronodular thymic epithelial tumors, low-grade lymphoma, seminoma, or lympho-epithelial carcinoma, are discussed. We show how these lesions may be misleading and we describe how a correct diagnostic may be obtained in current practice.
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    Oxidative stress markers 8-OHdG, Trx-1, and Prx6 are expressed in seminoma and are connected to TXNDC2, 3, and 6 expression levels
    (Universidad de Murcia, Departamento de Histología e Histopatología, 2025) Rantala Inka; Teppo Hanna-Riikka; Händelin Jonas; Kemppainen Janette; Ollikainen Riina K.; Kuittinen Outi; Kuusisto Milla E.L.; Biología Celular e Histología
    Testis-specific thioredoxins (TXNDCs) and oxidative stress have not been studied before in seminoma. We studied the immunohistochemical (IHC) expression of 8-OHdG, Prx6, Trx-1, TXNDC2, 3, and 6 in 25 testicular seminoma and 24 control samples. We retrospectively collected patient details and treatments from hospital records and combined them with IHC results. In normal testis, IHC expression of 8-OHdG, Prx6, TXNDC2, and 3 was higher than in seminoma samples (p<0.001 each), and the absence of n8-OHdG (p=0.002) and nTXNDC2 expression (p=0.044) was clinically associated with elevated lactate dehydrogenase levels. On the contrary, Trx-1 and TXNDC6 were over-expressed in seminoma samples (p=0.035 and p<0.001, respectively), and TXNDC6 was negatively associated with age over 40 (p=0.036). Concordant with the IHC expression, PRDX6 mRNA levels were downregulated with a fold change of -2517.4 (p<0.001), and TXN mRNA levels were upregulated with a fold change of 11637.4 (p=0.008) in seminoma samples compared with healthy controls. The oxidative stress markers studied had a correlation between the nuclear and cytoplasmic localization, a mutual correlation in expression between different markers, and mutual protein-protein interactions according to STRING Enrichment analysis. Our results show that oxidative stress markers and their expression in seminoma differ from that in normal testis tissue. Trx-1 and cTXNDC6 are seemingly overexpressed in seminoma, which might indicate their relevance in seminoma biology
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    Reg I protein in healthy and seminoma human testis
    (Murcia : F. Hernández, 2008) Mauro, V.; Carette, D.; Chevallier, D.; Michiels, J.F.; Segretain, D.; Pointis, G.; Sénégas-Balas, F.
    Regenerating gene (Reg), encodes a secretory protein with growth and differentiation stimulating effects mostly in digestive tissues. Overexpression of Reg proteins and specifically of Reg I, one member of the Reg family, is associated with several human diseases and cancers. In the present study we analyzed the expression of Reg I in normal rodent and human testes where germ cells normally proliferate and differentiate into spermatozoa, and in seminoma testis, the most common cancer of young men. Western blot analyses demonstrated the presence of a specific band at 19 kDa in human and rodent testis extracts. Immunofluorescence and deconvolution microscopy demonstrated that Reg I was present within the seminiferous tubules in both Sertoli and germ cells. By using a Sertoli cell line we demonstrated that Reg I was localized at the plasma membrane even in the absence of contact between neighboring cells and appeared before the tight junction associated protein ZO-1 was revealed at this location. Reg I was strongly expressed in human seminoma testis tissue and in a human tumor germ cell line where the immunoreactive signal was mainly detected at the plasma membrane level. These data showing for the first time the weak presence of Reg I in the normal testis and its strong expression in the testis cancer suggest a potential role of Reg I in normal and neoplastic germ cell proliferation.