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Variable Expression of Podocyte-related Markers in the Glomeruloid Bodies in Wilms Tumor

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Journal Pathol Int
Specialty Pathology
Date 2003 Sep 26
PMID 14507316
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Several podocyte-related markers are organized to express in glomerular differentiation. However, whether expression of them is virtually synchronized and a reliable indicator of the state of differentiation is unknown. The present study investigated, by immunohistochemistry, the divergent expression of several podocyte markers in the improperly differentiated glomeruloid bodies from four cases of Wilms tumors. The glomeruloid bodies were classified into immature (IGB) or mature forms (MGB) based on morphology and epithelial features. Podocytes in IGB expressed WT1, synaptopodin, podocalyxin, and nephrin, and their expression was stronger in MGB. In contrast, Pax2 was strong in IGB and diminished in MGB. p27 was first expressed in MGB. The expression pattern in each molecule mimics normal glomerulogenesis. Podocytes in MGB showed persistent expression of bcl-2 and cytokeratin with synaptopodin, podocalyxin, and nephrin by serial section, a finding unusual for normal glomerulogenesis. Moreover, parietal cells in MGB also occasionally expressed these podocyte markers. The ultrastructure revealed that podocytes in MGB showed tight junctions without foot process formations, which indicated incomplete differentiation. These results suggest that a set of podocyte differentiation markers are occasionally diversely expressed, and raise the possibility that expression of these markers is insufficient to determine the state of terminal differentiation in podocytes.

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