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Central neurocytoma: an immunohistochemical, ultrastructural and cell culture study.

Abstract
To clarify the histogenesis and differentiation potential of central neurocytoma, a pathological investigation of seven tumors from three patients was conducted using immunohistochemistry and ultrastructural analysis in addition to systematic in vitro studies. Six tumors were studied immunohistochemically and five were examined ultrastructurally. All cases that were immunostained were positive for synaptophysin in nuclear-free neuropil islands. In five tumors, a few tumor cells, in addition to reactive astrocytes, were positive for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). Vimentin staining was also positive in a few tumor cells of five specimens. Neurofilament staining was always negative. All cases for which ultrastructure was examined showed various synaptic abnormalities. Cultured cells were subdivided into three distinct tumor cell types: neuronal cells which stained for neurofilament proteins with neurosecretory granules; small flat undifferentiated cells with a high nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio and scant cytoplasmic organelles; and small round or multipolar astrocytic cells with 10-nm intermediate filaments which stained for GFAP. Our tissue culture studies disclosed that cultured neurocytoma cells form a cellular mosaic similar to subependymal plate layers that are composed of mitotically active cells, neurons and glia.
AuthorsS Ishiuchi, M Tamura
JournalActa neuropathologica (Acta Neuropathol) Vol. 94 Issue 5 Pg. 425-35 (Nov 1997) ISSN: 0001-6322 [Print] Germany
PMID9386774 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Catecholamines
  • Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
  • Neurofilament Proteins
  • Vimentin
Topics
  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms (metabolism, pathology, ultrastructure)
  • Catecholamines (metabolism)
  • Female
  • Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (metabolism)
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurocytoma (metabolism, pathology, ultrastructure)
  • Neurofilament Proteins (metabolism)
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • Vimentin (metabolism)

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