Journal
HUMAN PATHOLOGY
Volume 45, Issue 1, Pages 71-77Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2013.08.007
Keywords
Pituitary tumors; Somatostatin receptors; Immunohistochemistry; Monoclonal antibodies; Somatostatin analogs
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- Sectorial Operational Programme Human Resources Development
- European Social Fund
- Romanian Government [POSDRU 80641]
- Sectorial Operational Programme Human Resources Development
- European Social Fund
- Romanian Government [POSDRU 80641]
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Medical treatment of endocrine pituitary tumors with somatostatin analogs depends on tumor type and somatostatin receptor (SSTR) expression. Immunohistochemical detection of these receptors using polyclonal antibodies has given conflicting results. We studied the expression of SSTR2A and SSTR5 with new procedures in 108 pituitary tumors. Using 2 new, specific monoclonal antibodies (clone UMB-1 and UMB-4), 2 fixatives (Bouin-Hollande and zinc-formalin) and 2 technical procedures (manual and automated), SSTR2A and SSTR5 expression was studied in 60 GH (growth hormone), 15 ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone), 23 FSH/LH (follicle-stimulating hormone/luteinizing hormone), 7 PRL (prolactin), and 3 TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) tumors. Only membrane staining was taken into account, and the SSTR expression was considered positive when more than 5% of the cells were immunoreactive. GH tumors were classified as GH or GH/PRL, densely or sparsely granulated, and into 3 groups according to the percentage of SSTR-immunoreactive cells (group 1: <25%; group 2: 25%-75%; group 3: >75%). Almost all GH tumors expressed SSTR2A (93%) and SSTR5 (83%) at high levels (group 3: >75%) in 52% and 37%, respectively. SSTR2A expression was significantly higher in densely than in sparsely granulated tumors. Moreover, SSTR2A was also expressed in the 3 TSH tumors and weakly expressed in 26% of the FSH/LH tumors, although not in ACTH or PRL tumors. SSTR5 expression was noted in 2 of the 3 TSH tumors, in only 20% of ACTH tumors, and was absent from FSH/LH and PRL tumors. The immunohistochemical detection of SSTR is a reproducible and specific method that could help direct the choice of postoperative medical treatment. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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