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C-Kit (CD117) Expression in AIDS-Related, Classic, and African Endemic Kaposi Sarcoma

C-Kit (CD117) Expression in AIDS-Related, Classic, and African Endemic Kaposi Sarcoma Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a multicentric vascular neoplasm characterized histologically by the progressive proliferation of spindle-shaped tumor cells in all epidemiologic (AIDS-related, classic, endemic, and iatrogenic) forms. Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) is associated with all epidemiologic forms of KS and has been shown in vitro to induce the tyrosine receptor kinase c-kit in HHV8-infected cells. To date, c-kit immunoreactivity has not been systematically studied in KS lesions. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate c-kit expression by immunohistochemistry in different proliferative stages and epidemiologic forms of KS. Archival cases of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded KS lesions, including 9 classic, 11 AIDS-related, and 15 African (endemic) forms at various histologic stages (5 patch, 8 plaque, 22 nodular), biopsied from different sites, were stained using immunohistochemistry with antibodies to HHV8 (LNA-1) and c-kit (CD117). C-kit immunoreactivity of lesional cells was demonstrated in 15 (43%) cases overall. A total of five (56%) classic, five (45%) AIDS-related, and five (33%) endemic KS cases were positive for c-kit. There was no difference in the intensity of c-kit staining between the different epidemiologic groups and histologic stages of KS. HHV8 (LNA-1) immunoreactivity was present in all (100%) classic, 10 (91%) AIDS-related, and 9 (60%) endemic cases. LNA-1 staining was demonstrated in 13 (93%) of the c-kit-positive and 15 (75%) of the c-kit-negative KS lesions. These findings indicate that c-kit expression in lesional cells can be detected by immunohistochemistry in different epidemiologic forms and histologic stages of KS. Furthermore, the expression of c-kit does not correspond with the presence of HHV8 (LNA-1) immunoreactivity in KS lesions. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology Wolters Kluwer Health

C-Kit (CD117) Expression in AIDS-Related, Classic, and African Endemic Kaposi Sarcoma

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Abstract

Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a multicentric vascular neoplasm characterized histologically by the progressive proliferation of spindle-shaped tumor cells in all epidemiologic (AIDS-related, classic, endemic, and iatrogenic) forms. Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) is associated with all epidemiologic forms of KS and has been shown in vitro to induce the tyrosine receptor kinase c-kit in HHV8-infected cells. To date, c-kit immunoreactivity has not been systematically studied in KS lesions. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate c-kit expression by immunohistochemistry in different proliferative stages and epidemiologic forms of KS. Archival cases of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded KS lesions, including 9 classic, 11 AIDS-related, and 15 African (endemic) forms at various histologic stages (5 patch, 8 plaque, 22 nodular), biopsied from different sites, were stained using immunohistochemistry with antibodies to HHV8 (LNA-1) and c-kit (CD117). C-kit immunoreactivity of lesional cells was demonstrated in 15 (43%) cases overall. A total of five (56%) classic, five (45%) AIDS-related, and five (33%) endemic KS cases were positive for c-kit. There was no difference in the intensity of c-kit staining between the different epidemiologic groups and histologic stages of KS. HHV8 (LNA-1) immunoreactivity was present in all (100%) classic, 10 (91%) AIDS-related, and 9 (60%) endemic cases. LNA-1 staining was demonstrated in 13 (93%) of the c-kit-positive and 15 (75%) of the c-kit-negative KS lesions. These findings indicate that c-kit expression in lesional cells can be detected by immunohistochemistry in different epidemiologic forms and histologic stages of KS. Furthermore, the expression of c-kit does not correspond with the presence of HHV8 (LNA-1) immunoreactivity in KS lesions.

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