title: Lectin histochemistry of experimental murine rhabdomyosarcomas.
abstract: Methylcholanthrene-induced murine rhabdomyosarcomas and skeletal muscle of 10 and 18 d old murine embryos were investigated by lectin histochemistry (WGA, RCA-I, LCA, Con-A, PSA, UEA-I, PNA) and by immunohistochemistry (vimentin, desmin, myoglobulin). In rhabdomyosarcomas as well as in the developing skeletal muscle a clear trend was visible. A decrease of vimentin positivity and an increase of desmin positivity were associated with a diminution of binding sites for WGA, RCA, and LCA. No binding moieties for these lectin could be demonstrated in myoglobin positive normal and neoplastic rhabdomyomatous cells at all. The homologous expression or absence of markers reflected the cellular variability in rhabdomyosarcomas and may be explained as a phenomenon of different tumor cell maturation. The results show that rhabdomyosarcomatous cells are imitating the normal skeletal muscle development.
authors.affiliation: Institut of Pathological Anatomy, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, GDR.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Langbein
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kosmehl
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Katenkamp
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000378:metabolism; D003893:Desmin / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D037102:Lectins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008748:Methylcholanthrene; D051379:Mice; D009132:Muscles / Q000032:analysis / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009211:Myoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D037121:Plant Lectins; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000032:analysis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D014746:Vimentin / Q000032:analysis; D014909:Wheat Germ Agglutinins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003893:Desmin; D037102:Lectins; D009211:Myoglobin; D037121:Plant Lectins; C017707:Ricinus communis agglutinin-1; D014746:Vimentin; D014909:Wheat Germ Agglutinins; C033619:lentil lectin; D003208:Concanavalin A; D008748:Methylcholanthrene