title: [Expression of desmoplakin II in tumors].
abstract: Desmoplakin II (DPII) is a new marker for identification of epithelium and epithelial tumors. Expression of DPII in 217 tumors cases was studied immunohistochemically by ABC method using an anti-DPII monoclonal antibody which reacts with tissue on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections. A monoclonal antibody against cytokeratin (CK) was employed to compare with the antibody. Immunohistochemical staining showed that 147 of the 163 epithelial tumors and bi-directional differentiation tumors expressed DPII (90.7%); 92 of the 163 tumors expressed CK (56.4%); 54 tumors lacking desmosome expressed neither DPII nor CK. All CK positive staining was located in cytoplasm while most DPII positive dotty staining was located at the cell-cell borders, some DPII staining was present in cytoplasm. These results demonstrate that the anti-DPII monoclonal antibody is a useful immunohistochemical probe for identification of desmosome-containing tumors. Antibodies against other epithelial markers such as keratin should be employed together with anti-DPII monoclonal antibody when differentiation is made between epithelial and non-epithelial tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kunming General Hospital, Chengdo Command of PLA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000737:chemistry; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000737:chemistry; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051180:Desmoplakins; D003896:Desmosomes / Q000737:chemistry; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry*; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; C495294:DSP protein, human; D051180:Desmoplakins