Simple mucin-type Tn and sialosyl-Tn carbohydrate antigens in salivary gland carcinomas
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Simple mucin-type Tn and sialosyl-Tn carbohydrate antigens in salivary gland carcinomas. / Therkildsen, M H; Mandel, U; Christensen, M; Dabelsteen, E.
In: Cancer, Vol. 72, No. 4, 15.08.1993, p. 1147-54.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Simple mucin-type Tn and sialosyl-Tn carbohydrate antigens in salivary gland carcinomas
AU - Therkildsen, M H
AU - Mandel, U
AU - Christensen, M
AU - Dabelsteen, E
PY - 1993/8/15
Y1 - 1993/8/15
N2 - BACKGROUND: Neoplastic transformation is associated frequently with changes in the glycosylation process. Simple mucin-type glycosylation in cancer cells has been found to be characterized by incomplete synthesis with precursor accumulation, leading to the exposure of the structures Tn and sialosyl-Tn, which are normally cryptic in human cells and secretions, including saliva and salivary glands.METHODS: Paraffin sections from 50 salivary gland carcinomas of different histologic types were investigated with immunohistologic studies and a panel of monoclonal antibodies with well-defined specificity for Tn and sialosyl-Tn.RESULTS: Tn and sialosyl-Tn antigens were expressed in the cytoplasm of glandular differentiated cells; in the luminal membranes and mucinous content of the glandular differentiated areas in almost all mucoepidermoid carcinomas and adenocarcinomas; and in carcinoma in pleomorphic adenoma, when the malignant component was an adenocarcinoma. In contrast, acinic cell carcinomas and adenoid cystic carcinomas expressed only minimal amounts of Tn and sialosyl-Tn, and the staining was seen only in relation to the luminal membrane and mucin of a few glandular structures.CONCLUSIONS: Mucin-type Tn and sialosyl-Tn may be regarded as markers of a glandular differentiation pattern in salivary gland carcinomas. The cellular location of the antigen-antibody complex indicates that they are synthesized and secreted from the tumor cells into saliva or serum.
AB - BACKGROUND: Neoplastic transformation is associated frequently with changes in the glycosylation process. Simple mucin-type glycosylation in cancer cells has been found to be characterized by incomplete synthesis with precursor accumulation, leading to the exposure of the structures Tn and sialosyl-Tn, which are normally cryptic in human cells and secretions, including saliva and salivary glands.METHODS: Paraffin sections from 50 salivary gland carcinomas of different histologic types were investigated with immunohistologic studies and a panel of monoclonal antibodies with well-defined specificity for Tn and sialosyl-Tn.RESULTS: Tn and sialosyl-Tn antigens were expressed in the cytoplasm of glandular differentiated cells; in the luminal membranes and mucinous content of the glandular differentiated areas in almost all mucoepidermoid carcinomas and adenocarcinomas; and in carcinoma in pleomorphic adenoma, when the malignant component was an adenocarcinoma. In contrast, acinic cell carcinomas and adenoid cystic carcinomas expressed only minimal amounts of Tn and sialosyl-Tn, and the staining was seen only in relation to the luminal membrane and mucin of a few glandular structures.CONCLUSIONS: Mucin-type Tn and sialosyl-Tn may be regarded as markers of a glandular differentiation pattern in salivary gland carcinomas. The cellular location of the antigen-antibody complex indicates that they are synthesized and secreted from the tumor cells into saliva or serum.
KW - Adenocarcinoma
KW - Antibodies, Monoclonal
KW - Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate
KW - Carcinoma
KW - Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic
KW - Humans
KW - Mucins
KW - Salivary Gland Neoplasms
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 8393363
VL - 72
SP - 1147
EP - 1154
JO - Cancer
JF - Cancer
SN - 0008-543X
IS - 4
ER -
ID: 120192882