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Trefoil factor family 2 protein: a potential immunohistochemical marker for aiding diagnosis of lobular endocervical glandular hyperplasia and gastric-type adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix

Authors: Shiho Asaka, Tomoyuki Nakajima, Masanobu Momose, Tsutomu Miyamoto, Takeshi Uehara, Hiroyoshi Ota

Published in: Virchows Archiv | Issue 1/2019

Abstract

Gastric-type adenocarcinoma (GA) is an aggressive subtype of cancer of the uterine cervix. Several immunohistochemical markers for gastric mucins, such as mucin 6 (MUC6) and N-acetylglucosamine α1 → 4galactose → R (αGlcNAc-R), which is recognized by HIK1083 antibody, have been introduced for diagnosis of GA and lobular endocervical glandular hyperplasia (LEGH). However, MUC6 is also expressed in normal endocervical glands and HIK1083 antibody has limited availability. Trefoil factor family 2 protein (TFF2) is secreted by gastric, but not normal endocervical glands. Here, we evaluated TFF2 immunostaining for detection of a gastric immunophenotype in endocervical glandular lesions. We compared TFF2, αGlcNAc-R, and MUC6 expression in 103 endocervical glandular lesions: LEGH (n = 23), adenocarcinoma in situ/microinvasive adenocarcinoma (AIS–MIA) (n = 29), and invasive adenocarcinoma (usual type [UA], n = 26; GA, n = 11; intestinal type [IA], n = 2; signet ring cell type [Sig], n = 2; and mucinous adenocarcinoma not otherwise specified [NOS], n = 10). TFF2 and αGlcNAc-R expression was completely concordant in each subtype: LEGH (100%), AIS–MIA (44.8%), UA (26.9%), GA (90.9%), IA (100%), Sig (0%), and NOS (20%). TFF2 staining scores were significantly correlated with those of αGlcNAc-R in these lesions. TFF2 and αGlcNAc-R immunoreactivity was present in cytoplasmic mucins and luminal secretions. TFF2 and αGlcNAc-R were not expressed in the normal endocervical glands. MUC6 was frequently expressed in normal endocervical glands and endocervical glandular lesions. Endocervical adenocarcinomas sometimes stained only for MUC6. TFF2 is a promising immunohistochemical marker and its identification in uterine cervical secretion is a potentially useful diagnostic test for endocervical glandular lesions with gastric differentiation.

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Title: Trefoil factor family 2 protein: a potential immunohistochemical marker for aiding diagnosis of lobular endocervical glandular hyperplasia and gastric-type adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix
Authors: Shiho Asaka
Tomoyuki Nakajima
Masanobu Momose
Tsutomu Miyamoto
Takeshi Uehara
Hiroyoshi Ota
Publication date: 01-01-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Virchows Archiv / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0945-6317
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2307
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-018-2469-z

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