Table 1: Tumor Immunohistochemistry. A uterine nodule biopsy was sent to pathology, which demonstrated a low-grade papillary neoplasm of unknown origin. Immunoprofiling of the uterine nodule biopsy showed that the cells were PAX8+, ER+, PR+, claudin 4+, Ber-EP4+, WT1-, D240-, calretinin focally+, and had WT p53 expression, which suggests serous differentiation. Positive tumor markers are displayed in bold.
|
Tumor Marker |
Function & Clinical Context |
Commonly Associated Gynecologic Cancers |
|
PAX8 |
Migration & adhesion of epithelial cells [8]
Development and differentiation of thyroid, kidney, brain, eyes, and Müllerian system epithelial cells [8,9]
Regulates expression of the Wilms tumor suppressor gene (WT1) [9] |
High grade serous ovarian carcinoma [10]
Ovarian endometrioid adenocarcinoma [10]
Mixed carcinoma of ovary [10]
Endometrial adenocarcinoma [10] |
|
ER |
Maintain ovarian granulosa cell differentiation [11]
Follicle and oocyte growth and development [11] |
ER+ breast cancers
Uterine cancers
Ovarian cancers
Granulosa cell tumors [12] |
|
PR |
Increases vascularization of endometrium [12]
Inhibits lactation [12]
Reduces uterine Contractility [12]
Upregulates osteoblast activity [12] |
PR+ breast cancers [13]
Ovarian cancers [13]
Granulosa cell tumors [12] |
|
Claudin 4 |
Alteration of tight junction permeability in epithelial cells [14] |
Epithelial ovarian cancers [15]
Epithelial breast cancers [15] |
|
Ber-EP4 |
Monoclonal antibody which detects epithelial-glycoprotein-adhesion-molecules (epCAM) proteins present on both normal and abnormal epithelia [16] |
Serous ovarian carcinoma [16]
Mucinous ovarian Carcinoma [16]
Endometrioid ovarian carcinoma [16]
Clear cell ovarian Carcinoma [16] |
|
WT1 |
Encodes a zinc finger transcription factor that plays an important role in cell growth and differentiation in renal, mesothelial, gonadal, uterine, and progenitor tissues [17]
mRNA metabolism [18] |
High grade serous ovarian carcinoma [18]
Gonadoblastoma [19] |
|
D240 |
Monoclonal antibody marker for lymphatic endothelium which is used to indicate lymphatic invasion of a primary tumor [20] |
n/a |
|
Calretinin |
Calcium binding protein which controls intracellular calcium signaling in some neurons, ovarian stroma, adipocytes, and mesothelial cells [21] |
Sex cord stromal tumors [21]
Serous ovarian carcinoma [21]
Endometrioid ovarian carcinoma [21]
Clear cell ovarian carcinoma [21] |
|
Wild Type p53 |
Inhibits cell cycle at G1/S and G2/M checkpoints [22]
Induces apoptosis [23]
|
n/a |