Overexpression of regenerating gene Iα appears to reflect aberration of crypt cell compartmentalization in sessile serrated adenoma/polyps of the colon

Diagnostic Pathology

Hiroyuki Mitomi⁷  Hiroyuki Kato^1,10  Tsutomu Chiba²  Hirokazu Fukui¹  Akira Sekikawa⁸  Toshihiro Kusaka³  Shigehiko Fujii³  Takashi Yao⁴  Yasuo Ohkura⁹  Johji Imura⁵  Tamotsu Sugai⁶  Shigeki Tomita⁷  Kazuhito Ichikawa⁷  Takeshi Yamaguchi^1,10  Takahiro Fujimori⁷  Kentaro Okamoto^1,10 

[1] Division of Upper Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan;Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto, University Graduate School of Medicine, Yoshida-Konoe, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan;Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto Katsura Hospital, 17 Yamada Hirao, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8256, Japan;Department of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 3-1-3 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8431, Japan;Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama City, Toyama 930-0194, Japan;Division of Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, 19-1 Uchimaru, Morioka, Iwate 020-8505, Japan;Department of Surgical and Molecular Pathology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Shimotsuga, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan;Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, 5-30 Fudegasaki, Tennoji-ku, Osaka 543-8555, Japan;Department of Pathology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan;First Department of Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Shimotsuga, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan

关键词: Sessile serrated adenoma/polyp;    REG Iα;    Hyperplastic polyp;    Crypt cell compartmentalization;    Colon;   

Others  :  803936
DOI  :  10.1186/1746-1596-8-187

 received in 2013-10-07, accepted in 2013-10-29,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Colorectal sessile serrated adenoma/polyps (SSA/Ps) are characterized by asymmetrical distribution of Ki67-positive cells, which varies among crypts and involves the crypt length to a variable extent; the pattern has been designated as aberration of crypt cell compartmentalization. The regenerating gene (REG) Iα is a cell growth and/or anti-apoptotic factor and its overexpression might be associated with aberration of crypt cell compartmentalization in SSA/Ps. We investigated REG Iα expression in SSA/Ps in comparison to hyperplastic polyps (HPs).

Methods

A total of 64 cases of serrated polyps (≥10 mm in size), including 53 SSA/Ps and 11 HPs, were included in the present study. Immunostaining was performed using a labeled streptavidin-biotin method. REG Iα expression was classified as follows: (i) expression of endocrine cells: grade 0 (a few positive cells) to 3 (marked increase in positive cells); (ii) expression of goblet cells: grade 0 (negative) to 2 (positive for crypts and surface epithelial cells); (iii) staining intensity of goblet cells: grade 0 (negative) to 2 (strong); (iv) staining intensity of crypt (absorptive) cell membranes: grade 0 (negative) to 2 (strong). The presence of aberration of crypt cell compartmentalization was assessed using Ki67 immunostaining.

Results

With regard to the REG Iα expression of endocrine cells, 8 out of 11 HPs (73%) were grade 0, whereas 51 of 53 SSA/Ps (96%) were grade 1 or higher (p < 0.001). With regard to the distribution of REG Iα-immunoreactive goblet cells, 10 of 11 HPs (91%) were grade 1, whereas 50 of 53 SSA/Ps (94%) were grade 2 (p < 0.001). A similar trend was found in the staining intensity of goblet cells or crypt cell membranes (p = 0.011). Aberration of crypt cell compartmentalization was more frequently identified in SSA/Ps (72%) than in HPs (18%; p = 0.002). A significant association was observed between REG Iα overexpression and the aberration of crypt cell compartmentalization in serrated polyps (p = 0.037).

Conclusions

REG Iα overexpression is a characteristic of SSA/Ps, which appears to reflect aberration of crypt cell compartmentalization.

Virtual slides

The virtual slide(s) for this article can be found here: http://www.diagnosticpathology.diagnomx.eu/vs/7240956081100040 webcite

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Okamoto et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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