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Isabella Barth1, Ursula Schneider1, Tobias Grimm2, Alexander Karl2, David Horst3, Nadine T Gaisa1, Ruth Knüchel4, Stefan Garczyk1.
Abstract
The stratification of bladder cancer into luminal and basal tumors has recently been introduced as a novel prognostic system in patient cohorts of muscle-invasive bladder cancer or high-grade papillary carcinomas. Using a representative immunohistochemistry panel, we analyzed luminal and basal marker expression in a large case series (n = 156) of urothelial carcinoma in situ (CIS), a precancerous lesion that frequently progresses to muscle-invasive disease. The majority of CIS cases was characterized by a positivity for luminal markers (aberrant cytokeratin (CK) 20 85% (132/156), GATA3 median Remmele score (score of staining intensity (0-3) multiplied with percentage of positive cells (0-4)): 12, estrogen receptor (ER) β Remmele score > 2: 88% (138/156), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (Her2) Dako score 3+ 32% (50/156), Her2 Dako score 2+ 33% (51/156)), and marginal expression of basal markers (CK5/6+ 2% (3/156), CK14+ 1% (2/156)). To further investigate phenotypic stability during disease progression, we compared 48 pairs of CIS and invasive tumors from the same biopsy. A highly significant loss of luminal marker expression (p < 0.001) was observed in the course of progression whereas an increase of basal marker expression (p < 0.01) was noted in the invasive compartment. Importantly, 91% of CIS cases demonstrated a positivity for at least one of the two predictive markers Her2 and ERβ, indicating that the analysis of Her2 and ERβ may help to identify CIS-patient subgroups prone to more efficient targeted treatment strategies. Larger prospective and biomarker-embedded clinical trials are needed to confirm and validate our preliminary findings.Entities:
Keywords: Bladder Cancer; Carcinoma in situ (CIS); Estrogen receptor Beta (ERβ); Her2/neu; Molecular subtypes; Targeted therapy
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29654370 PMCID: PMC5978840 DOI: 10.1007/s00428-018-2354-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virchows Arch ISSN: 0945-6317 Impact factor: 4.064
Fig. 1Immunohistochemical staining of carcinoma in situ (CIS) representative of median marker protein expression. a Cytokeratin (CK) 20: 85% of cases showed aberrant expression. b GATA3: median Remmele score 12. c Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (Her2) median Dako score 2, with underlying Her2-negative basal cells. d Estrogen receptor (ER) β median Remmele score 12. e CK5/6 98% of cases negative, with positivity limited to basal cells only. f CK14 99% of CIS cases negative. g p53-negative CIS (38% of cases). h p53-positive CIS (62% of cases). Scale bar 50 μm
Protein expression of luminal and basal markers in CIS
| All CIS cases | Median | |
|---|---|---|
| CK20 | ||
| Positive | 132 (85%) | Positive |
| Negative | 24 (15%) | |
| Her2 | ||
| 0–1 | 55 (35%) | 2 |
| 2 | 51 (33%) | |
| 3 | 50 (32%) | |
| ERβ | ||
| 0–2 | 18 (12%) | 12 |
| 3–12 | 138 (88%) | |
| GATA3 | ||
| 0–2 | 5 (3%) | 12 |
| 3–12 | 151 (97%) | |
| CK5/6 | ||
| Positive | 3 (2%) | Negative |
| Negative | 153 (98%) | |
| CK14 | ||
| Positive | 2 (1%) | Negative |
| Negative | 154 (99%) | |
Overview of protein expression of luminal and basal markers in a cohort of 156 CIS cases. Cytokeratin (CK) 20, GATA3, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (Her2), and estrogen receptor (ER) β are luminal markers; CK5/6 and CK14 are basal markers. For CK 20, CK5/6, and CK14, percentage of positive cells was determined, and tumors were considered positive if > 50% of cells expressed the CK. GATA3 expression was scored with the Dako score; Her2 and ERβ expression was scored with the Remmele score
Fig. 2Marker expression of CIS and concomitant invasive tumor. a Cytokeratin (CK) 20 (percentage of positive cells evaluated). b GATA3 (Remmele Score). c Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (Her2) (DAKO Score). d Estrogen Receptor (ER) β (Remmele Score). e CK5/6 (percentage of positive cells). f CK14 (percentage of positive cells). Band indicates median, bottom, and top of box show first and third quartiles, whiskers demonstrate range of data distribution (minimum/maximum). A significant downregulation of luminal markers and an upregulation of basal markers were observed in the invasive compartment
Dako score results for 126 CIS cases analyzed by Her2 FISH
| Dako score | 0,1+ | 2+ | 3+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neutral | 33 | 29 | 19 | |
| Polysomy 17 | 8 | 11 | 18 | |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) results and immunohistochemical (IHC) staining (Dako score 0–3+) for Her2, showing the distribution of neutral (non-polysomic, non-Her2-amplified), chromosome 17 polysomic, and Her2-amplified cases in the different IHC categories
Fig. 3Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). a Neutral (non-amplified, non-polysomic). b Polysomy 17. c Her2 amplification. d Distribution of Her2-amplified (Amp), chromosome 17 polysomic, and neutral cases among the various Her2 protein-staining intensities, measured by Dako score. Red hybridization signals indicate the centromeric region of chromosome 17; green signals bind to the Her2 gene locus on chromosome 17