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Implications of p53 protein expression in clear cell sarcoma of the kidney.

Abstract
Eight histologically-confirmed cases of clear cell sarcoma of the kidney (CCSK) were studied for possible mutations in the p53 tumor suppressor gene by the immunohistochemical demonstration of mutant p53 proteins using a monoclonal (DO7: Dako) and a polyclonal (AB565: Chemicon) antibody to p53 protein. All cases exhibited p53 protein nuclear immunopositivity, although in varying numbers of tumor cells and with different staining intensities. p53 protein (DO7 or AB565) was expressed in < 25% of the tumor cells in four (50%) of the cases, including the one case with a known long term survival of 13 years from the time of diagnosis. The other tumors showed p53 protein immunopositivity in > 25% of the tumor cells when stained with either DO7 or AB565 or both. The intensity of staining, graded on visual impression into weak, moderate or strong, did not correlate well with the ratio of positive staining tumor cells. While this study is unable to clarify the relative prevalence and importance of p53 mutational events in the pathogenesis of this aggressive renal tumor of childhood, it is reasonably suggestive that alterations in the p53 tumor suppressor gene do occur in CCSK.
AuthorsP L Cheah, L M Looi
JournalPathology (Pathology) Vol. 28 Issue 3 Pg. 229-31 (Aug 1996) ISSN: 0031-3025 [Print] England
PMID8912350 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
Topics
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Genes, p53
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Infant
  • Kidney Neoplasms (genetics, metabolism, pathology)
  • Male
  • Mutation
  • Sarcoma, Clear Cell (genetics, metabolism, pathology)
  • Survival Rate
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 (metabolism)
  • Wilms Tumor (metabolism, pathology)

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