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Query: EC:3.2.1.17 (lysozyme)
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Specimens obtained from eyes with various ocular diseases were examined immunohistochemically using a panel of monoclonal antibodies (Ki-M1P, K1-M4, CD68, anti-lysozyme, and anti-cytokeratins) to establish the occurrence of macrophages in the retina and periretinal tissues and to determine whether they can be distinguished from migrated cells of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Eyes with proliferative diseases and intraocular melanomas were found to contain more macrophages in the retina than those with uveitis and glaucoma. The epiretinal membranes and subretinal space in eyes of the former group often exhibited additional clustered macrophages and migrated RPE cells. In all specimens studied, RPE cells reacted with antibodies KL-1, CK7, CK18, or CK19 but not with the CD68, Ki-M1P, or lysozyme antibodies. Control eyes without any known disease also contained rare macrophages in the retina. In conclusion, macrophages are regular and normal constituents of the retina that can be clearly distinguished immunohistochemically from migrated RPE cells. Their frequency varies depending on the type of ocular disease involved.
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PMID:The occurrence of macrophages in the retina and periretinal tissues in ocular diseases. 822 98

Primary myocardial diseases in the pediatric age group encompass a variety of metabolic, infectious, congenital, and acquired disorders, one of which is "histiocytoid cardiomyopathy." We describe clinical and pathologic features in two infants. Autopsy findings in the first case were consistent with sudden cardiac death. The second infant has survived for 2 years on antiarrhythmic therapy with amiodarone. Microscopically, cells with vacuolated to granular cytoplasm were grouped in fascicles, imparting a pseudonodular appearance, but following a distribution reminiscent of conduction fibers. Ultrastructurally, the cells lack a T-tubule system, possess scattered lipid droplets and desmosomes rather than side-to-side junctions, and contain leptomeric fibrils that predominantly marginate to the cell periphery without sarcomeres. Immunostaining of paraffin-embedded tissue reveals perimembranous immunoreactivity for muscle-specific actin, but not for the histiocytic markers CD68 (KP1) and lysozyme. Immunohistochemistry may be a practical alternative when tissue is not saved for electron microscopy. The clinical and pathologic features of this disorder in light of the current literature suggest that it may be hamartoma, possibly of conduction system origin.
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PMID:Infantile histiocytoid cardiomyopathy--myocardial or conduction system hamartoma: what is the cell type involved? 824 22

Thirteen cases of juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) and 13 cases of adult-type xanthogranuloma (AXG) were compared at the light and immunohistochemical levels. Histologically, four main cell types (vacuolated, xanthomatized, spindle-shaped, and "oncocytic") were seen in variable proportions (from monomorphous to mixed variants) with different types of giant cells (nonspecific, foreign body, Touton, and "ground-glass"). Giant cells were more prominent in AXG than in JXG; oncocytic cells (characterized by an eosinophilic, slightly granular cytoplasm similar to thyroid oncocytic cells) and mostly periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) negative giant cells with a ground-glass appearance (6 of 26) were not observed in classic JXG (i.e., occurring in children < 2 years old). Immunohistochemically, JXG and AXG gave similar results: most xanthogranuloma cells labeled strongly with KiM1P and vimentin, while HHF35 and HAM56 stained less intensively. Factor-XIIIa (FXIIIa), KP1 (CD68), and HAM56 stained mostly in the periphery of the lesions. Some markers gave variable results: peanut agglutinin (PA), 60%; alpha-1-antitrypsin, 50%; lysozyme, 25%; LN3 (HLA-DR), < 10% of cells positive. Others were negative: S-100, MAC387 (L1 antigen), LeuM1 (CD15), desmin, smooth muscle-specific actin, and QBEND10 (CD34). This profile helps to delineate xanthogranuloma from histological stimulants such as dermatofibroma (which is FXIIIa+, LN3+, KP1-, and PA-) and multicentric reticulohistiocytosis (which is FXIIIa-, KP1+, PA-, and HHF35-).
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PMID:Juvenile and adult xanthogranuloma. A histological and immunohistochemical comparison. 829 51

True histiocytic lymphoma (THL) and malignant histiocytosis (MH) have been defined by clinical and histologic findings and enzyme histochemistry. We reviewed cases previously diagnosed as cutaneous histiocytic lymphoma (HL) and MH with cutaneous lesions. These cases had been classified as "histiocytic" on the basis of previous enzyme histochemistry profiles of frozen tissue. Cutaneous tumor cells were reevaluated using a panel of immunohistochemical stains in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue in correlation with histopathologic examination. The antibodies used in this study were directed against CD45 (leukocyte common antigen [LCA]), CD20 (L26) for B cells, CD3 and CD45RO (UCHL-1) for T cells, CD68 (KP-1) and lysozyme for histiocytes, as well as CD30 (BerH2) for Ki-1 positive cells. On re-evaluation, the seven cases originally classified as HL were reclassified as one case of THL with neoplastic cells positive for CD68 (KP-1) and lysozyme, two cases with immunohistochemical features of Ki-l lymphoma (including one of T-cell lineage), three cases of T-cell lymphoma, and one case of B-cell lymphoma, all associated with variable degrees of reactive histiocytosis. The four cases originally classified as MH were reclassified as two cases of MH and two cases of uncertain lineage. Although rare, histiocytic malignancies do exist. However, the diagnosis of histiocytic malignancy should be made only after careful correlation of atypical tumor cells in histopathologic sections and sections stained immunohistochemically. Erroneous classification of reactive histiocytes as neoplastic histiocytes using only enzyme histochemistry in frozen sections is a pitfall to be avoided.
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PMID:Cutaneous histiocytic malignancy. Immunohistochemical re-examination of cases previously diagnosed as cutaneous "histiocytic lymphoma" and "malignant histiocytosis". 832 Mar 54

In an attempt to correlate the morphologic and immunophenotypic findings in extramedullary myeloid cell tumors (EMT), we studied 28 cases with a large panel of antibodies using paraffin section immunohistochemistry. A previous or concurrent diagnosis of acute myelogenous leukemia or chronic myelogenous leukemia was made in 25 cases. Six EMT were morphologically classified as well differentiated (WD-EMT), 17 as poorly differentiated (PD-EMT), and five as blastic EMT. The WD-EMT were easily recognized morphologically and displayed a relatively mature myeloid phenotype, with elastase, CD15, and CD68 positivity in all cases. On the other hand, the five blastic-EMT displayed no morphologic evidence of myeloid derivation, were completely negative for CD15, and were weakly positive for elastase in only one case. The PD-EMT, with a morphologic appearance that resembles large cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, variably expressed CD15 and elastase. CD68 and lysozyme were present in the majority of PD-EMT, with some variability, but were negative in most blastic-EMT. CD45 (LCA) was detected in 75% of all EMT and CD34 was positive in 36%; neither antigen was significantly associated with a specific morphology. CD30 reactivity was not evident in any case, but slight positive staining was seen with CD20 (L26) in one WD-EMT. CD43 (Leu 22) was the only antibody that was positive in 100% of cases; staining was always intense and widespread. Antimyeloperoxidase (MPO) was positive in all cases but two, both with a blastic morphology. We conclude that (a) an immunohistochemical panel including CD20, CD43, CD68, and MPO can successfully identify the vast majority (96%) of EMT in paraffin sections, and (b) there is an association between morphology and phenotype in these lesions.
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PMID:Extramedullary myeloid cell tumors. An immunohistochemical and morphologic study of 28 cases. 837 41

Two cases of true histiocytic lymphoma of the small intestine occurred in middle-aged patients, manifesting as tumors causing intestinal obstruction. One of the patients died of uncontrollable local and metastatic disease, 16 months after surgery and polychemotherapy, and the other patient is alive 12 months after surgery and chemotherapy. The histologic characteristics of the tumor cells, namely complex nuclear outlines and abundant variably eosinophilic cytoplasm, suggested histiocytic differentiation. Both cases had negative results for B-cell and T-cell markers but stained for the histiocytic markers lysozyme, CD68, and HLA-DR and had positive results for S-100 protein and vimentin. Acetone-fixed frozen sections of one case showed positive results for several histiocytic markers, including CD11c, CD14, CD33, CD68, and BerMac3 (unclustered monoclonal antibody). CD4, a T-cell antigen present in a subset of histiomonocytic cells, had positive results in the cytoplasm. The tumor cells had negative results for CD1a, CD15, and CD30. Immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor gene probes showed germline configuration in one case studied. These results indicate the tumors are true histiocytic lymphomas, which have immunophenotypic features of both ordinary histiocytes and interdigitating reticulum cells.
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PMID:True histiocytic lymphoma of small intestine. Analysis of two S-100 protein-positive cases with features of interdigitating reticulum cell sarcoma. 837 37

The monoclonal antibodies KP1 (CD68), PG-M1 (CD68), and Ki-M1P can be used to detect normal and neoplastic monocytes/macrophages in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue. However, systematic investigations undertaken on various tissues have revealed that reactivity with these antibodies is also found in a few cells that do not belong to the mononuclear phagocyte system. The immunoreactivity of normal, reactively altered, and neoplastic Schwann cells with these antibodies was investigated using intact peripheral myelinated nerves, nerves exhibiting Wallerian degeneration, traumatic neuromas, appendixes with neurogenic appendicopathy, granular cell tumors, neurofibromas, and neurogenic sarcomas. The results obtained by light microscopy showed that Schwann cells of nerves with Wallerian degeneration and those in traumatic neuroma, neurofibroma, and granular cell tumor exhibit intracytoplasmic immunoreactivity, which is usually intense, with KP1, Ki-M1P, and PG-M1, but normal myelinated nerves, neurogenic sarcoma, and Schwann cells in neurogenic appendicopathy do not react with these antibodies. No Schwann cells were stained by MAC387 or anti-lysozyme. The site of immunoreactivity with these antibodies was also investigated by electron microscopy. One of the granular cell tumors and macrophages in lymphoid tissue were investigated by the immunogold technique using both pre- and postembedding methods. In granular cell tumor the reaction product was located in phagolysosomes; in macrophages it was found in phagosomes and/or lysosome-like granules. Our findings therefore indicate that immunoreactivity with KP1, Ki-M1P, and PG-M1 can also be expected in cells that do not belong to the mononuclear phagocyte system if they exhibit phagocytosis and/or autophagy.
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PMID:Aberrant expression of macrophage-associated antigens (CD68 and Ki-M1P) by Schwann cells in reactive and neoplastic neural tissue. Light- and electron-microscopic findings. 841 93

Giant cell tumor of the bone is usually located within the epiphysis of a long bone, the majority of the lesions occurring in the third and fourth decades of life. We report an unusual case of giant cell tumor (GCT) arising in the parietal skull bone of a 9-year-old girl. The tumor exhibited histologic findings typical for GCT, with conspicuous intravascular giant cells. Based on microscopic features, not only conditions like aneurysmal bone cyst or bone changes associated with hyperparathyroidism but also tumors such as chondroblastoma or osteosarcoma had to be considered. Immunohistochemistry revealed strong reactivity of the tumor giant cells and normal bone osteoclasts with CD68 but not Mac-387; tumor stromal cells were uniformly negative for both. The stromal cells exhibited two immunohistochemically distinct phenotypes. One, involving 50-80% of the tumor cells, exhibited negative lysozyme staining with positivity of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in about 30% of the nuclei. The other showed reactivity with lysozyme but negative PCNA staining. Immunohistochemistry thus helped to distinguish chondroblastoma and osteosarcoma, in which lysozyme positivity would reside in macrophages but not within stromal cells. Instead, chondroblastoma would exhibit protein S-100 positivity in the tumor cells. The biological behavior of GCT is difficult to predict based on morphology alone, although the malignant potential seems to rest in the stromal cells rather than the giant cells. Specifically, in reported cases, the intravascular occurrence of giant cells in GCT is not associated with an increased incidence of metastasis.
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PMID:Giant cell tumor in the skull of a 9-year-old child: immunohistochemistry to confirm a diagnosis rare for age and site. 859 62

Quantitative analysis of lysozyme- and CD68-positive Kupffer cells was carried out in connection with diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in non-human primates. The number of Kupffer cells/mm2 was determined in 28 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and seven age-matched controls. The Kupffer cell counts (mean +/-SEM) gradually decreased in the following order, irrespective of the histochemical markers (lysozyme or CD 68) used: healthy control liver (101.7 +/- 13.5 and 103.2 +/- 11.9 respectively), non-cirrhotic and non-neoplastic host liver (54.3 +/- 13.6 and 50.5 +/- 15.4), cirrhotic host liver (26.2 +/- 8.2 and 27.2 +/- 3.3), HCC tissue (20.7 +/- 4.4 and 19.3 +/- 4.1) and metastatic foci in the lung (9.8 +/- 1.8 and 9.7 +/- 2.8). The difference between the normal liver and the non-neoplastic, non-cirrhotic portions of the HCC-bearing liver was significant (P < 0.05). A highly significant difference was found between the number of Kupffer cells found in healthy control or non-neoplastic liver and those found in HCC nodules (P < 0.0001 and P < 0.0005 respectively). The results obtained by hematoxylin and eosin staining and lysozyme/CD68 immunohistochemistry were highly similar, indicating that this decrease was attributable primarily to numeric loss of Kupffer cells. The results suggest that the reduction in the number of Kupffer cells in HCC is a constant feature of hepatocarcinogenesis not only in rodent models, but also in non-human primates.
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PMID:Quantitative evaluation of lysozyme- and CD68-positive Kupffer cells in diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocellular carcinomas in monkeys. 860 89

Using only morphological criteria as proposed by the French-American-British (FAB) Study Group, the subclassification of acute monocytic leukemia (FAB M5) into the categories M5a and M5b can be difficult. We therefore investigated 13 cases of well-established M5 leukemias. The results show that immunohistochemical techniques allow a better subdivision of the acute monocytic leukemias. The less-mature types are characterized by a focal lysozyme and a negative CD68 reaction, whereas the more differentiated types express a diffusely positive lysozyme and also a positive CD68 phenotype: a staining pattern also found in the rare true histiocytic lymphomas. We regard these results as a useful addition to the FAB classification.
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PMID:Enzyme and immunohistochemical studies on acute monocytic leukemia (FAB M5): proposal for a new immunohistochemical subclassification. 863 37


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