Lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor 1 immunocytochemical staining for pancreatic islets and pancreatic endocrine tumors.
OBJECTIVE
Immunocytochemical staining for lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor 1 (LYVE-1) is able to recognize lymphatic vessel endothelium and pancreatic endocrine cells (PETs). Pancreatic endocrine tumors were studied for LYVE-1 immunocytochemical staining compared with normal pancreatic islets to detect possible presence of LYVE-1 in PETs.


METHODS
Twenty-five cases of primary and metastatic PETs were immunocytochemically stained for LYVE-1, including insulinomas, glucagonomas, somatostatinoma, pancreatic polypeptidomas, gastrinomas, and nonfunctioning tumors. With routinely formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissues, LYVE-1 immunostaining was performed with polyclonal goat antihuman LYVE-1.


RESULTS
All normal pancreatic islet cells were positive for LYVE-1, whereas 2 cases of 25 PETs, 1 each of gastrinoma and nonfunctioning tumor, were positive for LYVE-1, retaining immunocytochemical reactivity of islet cells.


CONCLUSIONS
Normal pancreatic islets were positive for LYVE-1, whereas only 2 of 25 PETs were positive, suggesting that most PETs lost LYVE-1 or contained below detectable levels of LYVE-1. The presence of LYVE-1 in pancreatic islets and in some PETs may suggest structure-function relationship of LYVE-1/lymphatic vessel in hormone synthesis and secretion.
Tomita
Tatsuo
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Department of Integrative Biosciences, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239-3097, USA. tomitat@ohsu.edu
D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000737:chemistry; D015536:Down-Regulation; D015408:Gastrinoma / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D005935:Glucagonoma / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007340:Insulinoma / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D042601:Lymphatic Vessels / Q000737:chemistry; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D013005:Somatostatinoma / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins / Q000032:analysis*
C119248:LYVE1 protein, human; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins