title: Absence of either gastric or intestinal phenotype in microscopic differentiated gastric carcinomas.
abstract: Differentiated gastric carcinoma (DGC) corresponds roughly to the intestinal type of gastric carcinoma described by Laurén. It has been suggested that DGCs arise from intestinalized gastric mucosa, but recent findings regarding their mucin expression do not support this hypothesis. To evaluate the histogenetic relationship between DGCs and intestinal metaplasia, lesions that are as small as possible should be examined. Twenty-five DGCs, ranging in their greatest dimension from 0.4 to 2.7 mm, were collected and divided into two groups by size. Group A consisted of 13 lesions less than 1.4 mm across, and group B of 12 lesions 1.4 mm or more. The presence of mucin and a brush border was assessed by immunostaining with antibodies against human gastric mucin, pyloric-gland-type mucin, Muc-2 glycoprotein, and CD10 antigen, and the lesions were classified as having the gastric phenotype (G-type), intestinal phenotype (I-type), mixed gastric and intestinal phenotype (M-type), or null phenotype (N-type). Thirteen (52%) of the 25 lesions were N-type, 5 (20%) lesions were G-type, 5 (20%) were I-type, and 2 (8%) were M-type. Group A had a larger proportion of N-type lesions than B (10/13, or 77%, vs. 3/12, or 25%; p = 0.027, chi-square test for proportions). Group B had a larger proportion of G-type lesions than A (5/12, or 42%, vs. 0/13, or 0%; p = 0.033). The phenotypes of the carcinomas and their surrounding mucosa were unrelated. Therefore, DGCs may arise from gastric mucosa affected by intestinal metaplasia or not, without having either the gastric or intestinal phenotype.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Pathology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawachi
authors.forename: Touichiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takizawa
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Eishi
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Funata
authors.forename: Morio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koike
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D005260:Female; D005752:Gastric Mucins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008679:Metaplasia; D008871:Microvilli / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010641:Phenotype; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005752:Gastric Mucins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53