Adult Xp11 translocation renal cell carcinoma diagnosed by cytogenetics and immunohistochemistry.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the incidence of Xp11 translocation renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in adult patients using cytogenetics and immunohistochemstry.


METHODS
Cytogenetic studies were prospectively done using tumor samples from 443 consecutive adult Japanese patients (ages 15-89 years) who underwent nephrectomy for RCC. TFE3 immunohistochemistry was done for cases in which cytogenetic results were not obtained. Clinicopathologic characteristics of Xp11 translocation RCC were examined.


RESULTS
Mitotic cells suitable for cytogenetic analysis were obtained in 244 tumor samples (55%); among these, we identified 4 cases (1.6%) of Xp11 translocation RCC. TFE3 immunohistochemistry identified 3 positive cases (1.5%) among the remaining 199 cases. The median age of the 7 patients was 41 years (range, 15-59 years), and 15% of RCC patients (4 of 26) who were younger than ages 45 years had this type of RCC. Of the four Xp11 translocation RCC patients whose karyotypes were determined, two had an ASPL-TFE3 gene fusion. Of these 2, 1 had pulmonary metastasis at presentation, and the other developed liver metastasis 12 months after nephrectomy and died of the disease. The remaining two patients had PRCC-TFE3 and PSF-TFE3 gene fusions, respectively. Both had nodal involvement but remained disease free for 3 and 5 years, respectively, after surgical resection of lymph node metastases. Of the 3 immunohistochemically diagnosed patients, 1 had nodal metastases at presentation and died 9 months after surgery.


CONCLUSIONS
This is the first report to determine the incidence of Xp11 translocation RCC in adult patients. We found that this disease is relatively common in young adults.
Komai
Yoshinobu
Y
Department of Urology, The Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.
Fujiwara
Mutsunori
M
Fujii
Yasuhisa
Y
Mukai
Hiroyuki
H
Yonese
Junji
J
Kawakami
Satoru
S
Yamamoto
Shinya
S
Migita
Toshiro
T
Ishikawa
Yuichi
Y
Kurata
Morito
M
Nakamura
Takuro
T
Fukui
Iwao
I
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors / Q000032:analysis*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D041321:Chromosomes, Human, X; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met; D017978:Receptors, Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D017978:Receptors, Growth Factor; C069203:TFE3 protein, human; C491743:MET protein, human; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met