Human telomerase reverse transcriptase expression in ovarian tumors

被引:8
作者
Maraei, Awadh Ali Makhashen [1 ]
Hatta, Ahmad Zailani [2 ]
Shiran, Mohd Sidik [3 ]
Tan, Geok Chin [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Dept Pathol, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
[2] Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
[3] Univ Putra Malaysia, Dept Pathol, Serdang, Malaysia
关键词
Borderline ovarian tumor; CA-125; hTERT; immunohistochemistry; ovary; MUCINOUS TUMORS; CARCINOMA; BORDERLINE; CANCER; PATHOLOGY; HTERT; MUC16; GENE; P53;
D O I
10.4103/0377-4929.97865
中图分类号
R36 [病理学];
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100104 ;
摘要
Background: Ovarian cancer is the 6th most common cancer among women. In ovarian tumors, the borderline category is not well defined due to the difficulty in assessing stromal invasion. The World Health Organization (WHO) defined it as tumor that lacks obvious invasion of the stroma with mitotic activity and nuclear abnormalities intermediate between clearly benign and unquestionably malignant. Telomerase is expressed in many human cancers and is hence a potential biomarker for cancer. Immunohistochemical study of anti-human telomerase enzyme reverse transcriptase (hTERT) antibody allows direct visualization of its expression. The aim of this study was to determine the expression of hTERT and serum CA-125 level in ovarian epithelial tumors, and their ability to distinguish borderline tumor from malignancy. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study on 68 ovarian epithelial tumors, comprising of 41 cystadenocarcinoma, 22 borderline tumor and five cystadenoma. By immunohistochemistry, hTERT expression was graded as negative (0-10%), focal (11-25%), regional (26-75%) and diffuse (>75%) positivity. Results: hTERT protein expression in ovarian cystadenocarcinoma, borderline tumor and cystadenoma were 71.4%, 59.1% and 0%, respectively. hTERT and CA-125 had a linear relationship with tumor grade and stage. hTERT protein is detected as large granules/speckled in the cytoplasm and nuclei of ovarian tumors. Conclusions: hTERT protein was highly expression in ovarian epithelial carcinoma. However, the difference between carcinoma and borderline tumor was not statistically significant (P-value = 0.51). It is not an independent biomarker to differentiate borderline tumor from malignant tumor. We suggest using the combination of hTERT immunohistochemistry and serum CA-125 to evaluate difficult situations where histological evaluation fails to distinguish malignant from borderline ovarian tumor.
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