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dc.contributor.authorStefanou, D. G.en
dc.contributor.authorNonni, A. V.en
dc.contributor.authorKalpouzos, G.en
dc.contributor.authorEvangelou, A.en
dc.contributor.authorAgnantis, N. J.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-24T19:11:45Z-
dc.date.available2015-11-24T19:11:45Z-
dc.identifier.issn0258-851X-
dc.identifier.urihttps://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/20956-
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dc.subjectAnimalsen
dc.subjectBenzo(a)pyrene/toxicityen
dc.subjectCytoskeletal Proteins/metabolismen
dc.subjectImmunoenzyme Techniquesen
dc.subjectImmunophenotypingen
dc.subjectLeiomyosarcoma/chemically induced/metabolism/*pathologyen
dc.subjectMaleen
dc.subjectOncogene Protein p21(ras)/genetics/*metabolismen
dc.subjectRatsen
dc.subjectRats, Wistaren
dc.subjectSoft Tissue Neoplasms/chemically induced/metabolism/*pathologyen
dc.subjectTumor Markers, Biological/metabolismen
dc.subjectTumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics/*metabolismen
dc.titleImmunophenotype, ras oncogenes and p53 onco-suppressor gene in benzo(a)pyrene induced malignant soft tissue tumours in Wistar ratsen
heal.typejournalArticle-
heal.type.enJournal articleen
heal.type.elΆρθρο Περιοδικούel
heal.identifier.secondaryhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9827359-
heal.languageen-
heal.accesscampus-
heal.recordProviderΠανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικήςel
heal.publicationDate1998-
heal.abstractThis study was designed to identify the immunophenotypic characteristics of malignant soft tissue tumours, induced experimentally with benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), and to evaluate the immunohistochemical expression of the ras oncogene family and p53 onco-suppressor gene in these tumours, in association with prognostic factors. Seventy-five male Wistar rats were subcutaneous injected, dorsally, with a single dose of 10.08 mgr BaP. A solid, well-circumscribed tumour was formed at the injection site, in 70 of the animals, 80-100 days after the carcinogen's administration. The tumour as well as selected main organs were excised and studied after the animals' death. All the specimens were fixed in formalin 10%, embedded in paraffin and stained with H + E. The immunohistochemical avidin-biotin method was performed in the tumour sections, using the following monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies: vimentin, desmin, muscle specific actin (MSA), a-smooth muscle actin (SMA), myoglobin, smooth muscle myosin, a-1-antitrypsin, a-1-antichymotrypsin, S-100 protein, epithelial membrane antigen (EMA), K-ras, H-ras, Pan-ras and p53. The induced tumours of the animals were almost well-circumscribed, with a partly storiform cut surface. Histologically, their appearance was more conventional with high grade leiomyosarcomas; about half of them showed highly anaplastic areas, resembling other pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcomas. Pulmonary metastatic foci were detected in 37 animals. Immunohistochemically, all the tumours displayed positive expression of vimentin, MSA and SMA. Desmin was positively expressed in 40 tumours, smooth muscle myosin in 57 tumours and EMA in 12 tumours. All the tumours were negative for myoglobin, a-1-antitrypsin, a-1-antichymotrypsin and S-100 protein. In addition, five tumours showed a positive reaction for K-ras p21, 37 for H-ras p21, 41 for Pan-ras p21 and 14 for p53 protein. The overexpression of the oncoproteins H-ras p21 and Pan-ras p21 in these tumours was significantly associated with a non-advanced tumour stage (absence of metastatic focus). In conclusion, the histological as well as the immunophenotypic features of the induced tumours are more conventional with leiomyosarcomas mostly of high grade; many of them are "dedifferentiated". The identification of both ras and p53 gene products in these tumours indicates that alterations of these genes are common but not specific events, implicated in the tumourigenesis, which may become prognostic markers for this subtype of soft tissue sarcomas.en
heal.journalNameIn Vivoen
heal.journalTypepeer-reviewed-
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