Expression of c-erbB2, p53, Bcl-2, Bax, c-myc and Ki-67 in apocrine metaplasia and apocrine change within sclerosing adenosis of the breast

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Selim, A., Elayat, G. and Wells, C. 2002. Expression of c-erbB2, p53, Bcl-2, Bax, c-myc and Ki-67 in apocrine metaplasia and apocrine change within sclerosing adenosis of the breast. Virchows Archiv. 441, p. 449–455. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-002-0691-0
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TitleExpression of c-erbB2, p53, Bcl-2, Bax, c-myc and Ki-67 in apocrine metaplasia and apocrine change within sclerosing adenosis of the breast
AuthorsSelim, A., Elayat, G. and Wells, C.
Abstract

Molecular evidence has recently suggested a number of different pathways leading to the development of ductal carcinoma of the breast. The links between atypical ductal hyperplasia and low-grade ductal carcinoma in situ and lobular neoplasia and lobular carcinoma are well known pathologically, but high-grade in situ and invasive carcinomas appear to have a different biological oncogenetic pathway. Morphologically there is a similarity between apocrine cells and some cases of high-grade ductal carcinoma. In order to investigate this possibility a number of different biological markers known to occur in high-grade breast carcinomas were assessed in both apocrine metaplasia (APM) and a putative premalignant lesion called apocrine change within sclerosing adenosis (AA). In 64 cases of APM and 18 cases of AA we examined for expression of c-erbB2, p53, Bcl-2, Bax, c-myc and Ki-67 proteins using immunocytochemistry. c-erbB2 expression was seen in 55.6% of AA cases and in 10.9% of APM cases. p53 expression was detected in 27.8% of AA cases but only 1.6% of APM cases. All cases of AA and APM were negative for the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2, but all the APM and 33.3% of AA cases showed cytoplasmic positivity for Bax, a pro-apoptotic protein. All the cases of AA and APM were positive for c-myc oncoprotein, however, the mean percentage of nuclear positivity was 50% in AA and 37% in cases of APM cases. The mean percentage positivity for Ki-67, a proliferation associated antigen, was 3.6% in AA and 1.3% in APM. The results indicate that a subset of breast lesions containing APM epithelium show abnormal oncoprotein and apoptosis-related protein expression and have a higher proliferation rate.

PublisherSpringer
JournalVirchows Archiv
ISSN0945-6317
Electronic1432-2307
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PrintNov 2002
Publication process dates
Accepted27 Apr 2002
Deposited26 Sep 2023
Output statusPublished
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-002-0691-0
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