目的:伴有肠母细胞分化的胃癌(gastric cancer with enteroblastic differentiation,GCED)是一种新的胃癌类型。该肿瘤表达胚胎干细胞标志物为SALL4以及癌胚蛋白(AFP和GPC3)等。本研究旨在探讨GCED的临床病理学特征及其分子表型。方法:...目的:伴有肠母细胞分化的胃癌(gastric cancer with enteroblastic differentiation,GCED)是一种新的胃癌类型。该肿瘤表达胚胎干细胞标志物为SALL4以及癌胚蛋白(AFP和GPC3)等。本研究旨在探讨GCED的临床病理学特征及其分子表型。方法:回顾性分析2013年3月至2017年3月浙江大学医学院附属第一医院就诊的胃部肠型腺癌337例,其中8例可诊断为GCED,患者均为老年人,其中男性6例,女性2例,年龄68～83岁,平均年龄为76.6岁。2例治疗前血清AFP≥200μg/L。收集相关临床资料,根据其组织病理学形态,采用免疫组织化学法分析免疫学表型,应用逆转录PCR(RT-PCR)方法检测SALL4基因。结果:显微镜下观察,所有病例均具有原始的肠样结构,由立方或柱状细胞组成,胞质透明、清晰,免疫组织化学法检测显示AFP和GPC3阳性,或SALL4阳性。RT-PCR检测结果显示SALL4基因mRNA的表达水平显著增高。随访1～5年,其中5例出现肝及其他脏器转移,2例死亡,1例无瘤生存。结论:GCED是一种罕见的侵袭性肠型腺癌,预后比普通肠型腺癌差,按照普通肠型腺癌的治疗方法效果甚微。其组织学上具有特征性的改变,熟悉其瘤谱及基因学特征有助于鉴别和诊断,有助于对原始标记物,制定如SALL4的靶向治疗方案。展开更多
Gastric cancer(GC)is the fifth most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide[1],Metastasis is the leading cause of GC mortality.The complex dynamic interactions between tumor cells a...Gastric cancer(GC)is the fifth most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide[1],Metastasis is the leading cause of GC mortality.The complex dynamic interactions between tumor cells and stromal cells in the tumor microenvironment are crucial for tumor metastasis.Many secreted cytokines have been well documented to mediate the crosstalk between tumor cells and stromal cells in a paracrine manner[2].However,how the juxtacrine signals transduced by adjacent cellcell adhesion modulate cancer metastasis has yet to be elucidated[3].As one of the most important cell-cell adhesion molecules,the classical cadherin superfamily also initiates different intracellular signaling cascades and regulates cytoskeletal dynamics,permeability,cell polarity,and tumor progression[4,5].展开更多
文摘目的:伴有肠母细胞分化的胃癌(gastric cancer with enteroblastic differentiation,GCED)是一种新的胃癌类型。该肿瘤表达胚胎干细胞标志物为SALL4以及癌胚蛋白(AFP和GPC3)等。本研究旨在探讨GCED的临床病理学特征及其分子表型。方法:回顾性分析2013年3月至2017年3月浙江大学医学院附属第一医院就诊的胃部肠型腺癌337例,其中8例可诊断为GCED,患者均为老年人,其中男性6例,女性2例,年龄68～83岁,平均年龄为76.6岁。2例治疗前血清AFP≥200μg/L。收集相关临床资料,根据其组织病理学形态,采用免疫组织化学法分析免疫学表型,应用逆转录PCR(RT-PCR)方法检测SALL4基因。结果:显微镜下观察,所有病例均具有原始的肠样结构,由立方或柱状细胞组成,胞质透明、清晰,免疫组织化学法检测显示AFP和GPC3阳性,或SALL4阳性。RT-PCR检测结果显示SALL4基因mRNA的表达水平显著增高。随访1～5年,其中5例出现肝及其他脏器转移,2例死亡,1例无瘤生存。结论:GCED是一种罕见的侵袭性肠型腺癌,预后比普通肠型腺癌差,按照普通肠型腺癌的治疗方法效果甚微。其组织学上具有特征性的改变,熟悉其瘤谱及基因学特征有助于鉴别和诊断,有助于对原始标记物,制定如SALL4的靶向治疗方案。
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81972276,31771540,82173040,91740205,and 31620103911)Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(LYY19H310011)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2021QNA7004)。
文摘Gastric cancer(GC)is the fifth most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide[1],Metastasis is the leading cause of GC mortality.The complex dynamic interactions between tumor cells and stromal cells in the tumor microenvironment are crucial for tumor metastasis.Many secreted cytokines have been well documented to mediate the crosstalk between tumor cells and stromal cells in a paracrine manner[2].However,how the juxtacrine signals transduced by adjacent cellcell adhesion modulate cancer metastasis has yet to be elucidated[3].As one of the most important cell-cell adhesion molecules,the classical cadherin superfamily also initiates different intracellular signaling cascades and regulates cytoskeletal dynamics,permeability,cell polarity,and tumor progression[4,5].
