Abstract | BACKGROUND: OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare serum TALP, BALP, and other ALP isoenzyme activities in dogs with mammary malignant neoplasms with and without osseous transformation. METHODS: Twenty-one female dogs with malignant mammary neoplasms were compared with 21 clinically healthy, age-matched female control dogs. Physical, clinicopathologic (including preprandial and postprandial serum bile acids, ACTH stimulation, and low-dose dexamethasone suppression tests), radiographic, and ultrasonographic examinations were performed on all dogs with tumors to assess coexisting conditions. On the basis of histologic examination of excised tumors, dogs were further classified as having epithelial (n = 11) or mesenchymal/mixed (epithelial-mesenchymal) (n = 10) neoplasms, the latter of which had histologic and radiologic evidence of bone formation. Serum TALP, BALP, liver alkaline phosphatase (LALP), and corticosteroid-induced alkaline phosphatase (CALP) activities were measured using biochemical methods. RESULTS: Dogs with malignant mammary tumors had significantly higher (P < .05) median serum TALP (170 U/L), BALP (59 U/L), LALP (49 U/L), and CALP (24 U/L) activities, compared with control dogs (81, 32, 37, and 5 U/L, respectively). Significantly higher activities of BALP and LALP were found in dogs with epithelial neoplasms; whereas, only CALP activity was higher in dogs with mesenchymal/mixed neoplasms. There was no significant difference in TALP or isoenzyme activitities between epithelial and mesenchymal/mixed groups. CONCLUSION: BALP activity is increased in some dogs with malignant mammary tumors but does not account for the increase in TALP in dogs with neoplasms that have osseous transformation.
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Authors | M Karayannopoulou, Z S Polizopoulou, A F Koutinas, A Fytianou, N Roubies, E Kaldrymidou, V Tsioli, M N Patsikas, T C Constantinidis, C K Koutinas |
Journal | Veterinary clinical pathology
(Vet Clin Pathol)
Vol. 35
Issue 3
Pg. 287-90
(Sep 2006)
ISSN: 0275-6382 [Print] United States |
PMID | 16967410
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Isoenzymes
- Alkaline Phosphatase
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Topics |
- Alkaline Phosphatase
(blood, metabolism)
- Animals
- Biomarkers, Tumor
(blood)
- Bone Neoplasms
(blood, enzymology, secondary, veterinary)
- Carcinoma
(blood, enzymology, pathology, veterinary)
- Case-Control Studies
- Dog Diseases
(blood, enzymology, pathology)
- Dogs
- Female
- Immunoradiometric Assay
- Isoenzymes
(blood, metabolism)
- Liver
(enzymology)
- Mammary Neoplasms, Animal
(blood, enzymology, pathology)
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