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Recently Ge et al reported LAC-122, LAC-210 and LAC-163 McAbs against Human non-small cell lung cancer and LSC McAbs against human lung small cell carcinoma. The immunotoxin, composed of McAb LAC-122 conjugated with Ricin A chain has been reported to have the significant cytotoxic effect in vitro on lung adenocarcinoma cell line SPC-A-1 by Tan et al. The LAC-122 alone has no effect on this target cell in the presence of complement from human, rabbit or guinea pig. The tumor associated antigens of human lung cancer have been recognized for many years, but only few reports deal with the common antigens or common epitopes of the lung cancer. From one fusion, 20 hybrids had been observed, all of these culture supernatants could react with target cell by IF. One of them after 4 th cloning, immunoglobulin isotype of the monoclonal antibody thus far obtained belonged to IgM and named to LC-1. Table 1 showed the results of ABC staining of LC-1 with a variety of tumors, normal adult and fetal tissues. From 12 non-small cell lung cancers, including 7 lung adenocarcinoma, 2 lung squamous carcinoma, 3 lung giant cell carcinoma, only one adenocarcinoma gave negative staining. As for 6 small cell lung cancers, all of them showed the positive reaction. It could be also reacted with 11 other tumors.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:[McAb LC-1 against human lung cancer]. 255 85

42 tissue samples of gastric carcinoma were stained by HE, PAS and AB, and treated by Immuno-histochemistry ABC with 7 kinds of Lectin to study the meaning of the changes of glycoprotein in their different types and different sites of the gastric mucosa. The binding indexes of Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA) (6.81) and Soybean agglutinin (SBA) (7.02) were strong (P less than 0.01) in mucus carcinoma. In undifferentiated glandular carcinoma, Wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) was high (6.98, P less than 0.05). WGA staining in the tumor of invaded nerves or vessels was strong. The reactions of Ricinus communis agglutinin (RCA) and WGA in most tumors were stronger than those of the other Lectins. Some positive areas of Lectin binding were negatively presented after treating with PAS and AB methods. The results indicated that Lectin binding was more sensitive than classical histochemical methods. The changes of DBA and SBA showed increased N-acetyl-D-galactosamine in mucus carcinoma. The changes of WGA suggested that the increased sialic acid reaction was related to the differentiation, invasion and metastasis of tumor.
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PMID:[The quantity and distribution of specific glycoproteins in gastric carcinoma]. 255 37

Paraffin-embedded materials from 104 patients with breast cancer were assayed for the expression of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and androgen receptor (AR) with avidin-biotin complex method. A significant positive correlation was found between SR status and cell differentiation or lymph node status. Tumors with elastosis tend to contain ER, PR and AR more frequently. Patients with positive ER, PR or AR tumors were 1.2 to 2.6 times more likely to survive than those with negative ones. The five-year survival rate increased with the increase of number and amount of positive SR. These results indicate that ER, PR and AR detected by ABC method may be used as biomarkers for tumor differentiation and have prognostic values in breast cancer.
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PMID:[Correlation of steroid hormone receptors (SR) with clinical and pathological features of human breast cancer]. 256 32

Seventy five prostatic specimens from cancer, BPH and normal controls were studied by light microscopic histochemical methods for the demonstration of complex carbohydrates and some proteins: 1) alcian blue (AB) (pH 1.0), 2) alcian blue (AB) (pH 2.5), 3) Periodic Acid-Schiff (PAS), 4) peroxidase labelled-Ricinus communis agglutinin-diaminobenzidine (PO-RCA-DAB), 5) Concanavalin A-peroxidase-diaminobenzidine (ConA-PO-DAB), 6) ConA-PO-DAB-periodic acid-m-aminophenol Fast black salt K (ConA-PO-DAB-PA-AP-FBK). For identifying individual acidic and neutral carbohydrates, following procedures of enzyme digestion were performed upon some tissue sections prior to the above histochemical staining: a) sialidase (prior to staining with AB at pH 2.5), b) streptomyces hyaluronidase (prior to staining with AB at pH 2.5), c) testicular hyaluronidase (prior to staining with AB at pH 1.0 or pH 2.5), d) chondroitinase ABC (prior to staining with AB at pH 1.0 or pH 2.5), e) chondroitinase AC (prior to staining with AB at pH 1.0 or pH 2.5), f) alpha-amylase (prior to staining with PAS). In addition, the tissue specimens from prostatic cancer were stained immunohistochemically for demonstration of prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) and the serum PAP levels were also measured by radioimmunoassay. The histochemical differences in the prostatic tissue among normal control, BPH and cancer as follows. In the tissue of prostatic cancer, chondroitin sulfate A, C and hyaluronic acid were present in the interstitium. Chondroitin sulfate, hyaluronic acid and sialic acid were present in the cytoplasm of cancer cells. In the tissue of BPH chondroitin sulfate B and hyaluronic acid was present in the interstitium and hyaluronic acid was present in the cytoplasm of epitherial cells. In the epithelial basement membrane of the tissue from BPH, chondroitin B and hyaluronic acid were present. 1,2-Glycol groups of neutral complex carbohydrates in the interstitium of prostatic cancer were shown to exist in smaller amounts than in that of BPH. In the cytoplasm of cancer cells the intensity of both PO-RCA-DAB and ConA-PO-DAB staining could be divided into three groups: strong, moderate and weak. In the prostatic cancer there was a good correlation between the intensity of PO-RCA-DAB staining and tumor grade, and intensity of ConA-PO-DAB staining was correlated well with serum PAP level. The cytoplasm of cancer cells showed a positive reaction to PAP immunostaining and no appreciable difference was observed according to tumor grade.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:[The histochemistry of complex carbohydrates in the prostatic tumor]. 258 29

The immunohistochemical study of tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) was performed by Avidin-Biotin-Peroxidase complex method (ABC method) in the human bladder tumors. Thirteen bladder tumors (4 cases with transitional cell carcinoma grade 1, 6 cases with grade 2 and 3 cases with grade 3; 7 cases with pTa, 3 cases with pT1 and 3 cases with pT3) were subjected to this study. Prior to the experiment, it was confirmed that the TPA reactivity was not diminished by the tissue fixation with buffered formalin within 72 hours. Bladder tumors of grade 1 and 2 were strongly stained for TPA, whereas bladder tumors of grade 3 appeared to be stained weakly. There were no relationships between TPA stainings and the tumor staging, and between the TPA stainings and the prognosis of the patients. We have concluded that the TPA staining might be a useful method for determination of the bladder tumor grading.
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PMID:[Immunohistochemical study of tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) in human urinary bladder tumors]. 260 Dec 16

Proliferative activity of soft tissue sarcomas (STS) in 34 cases was estimated by immunohistochemical procedures (avidin-biotin complex [ABC] method) with monoclonal antibody Ki-67 which reacts with a nuclear antigen expressed in all phases of cell cycle except G0. In 20 of 34 cases (59%), varying numbers of Ki-67-positive tumor cells were detected with a range from 5 to 382 per 10 high power fields (HPF) (mean 57.2/10 HPF). Ki-67 index (the number of Ki-67-positive tumor cells/10 HPF) positively correlated with mitotic count (r = 0.428, P less than 0.02), cellularity (r = 0.447, P less than 0.01), and histologic grade (r = 0.473, P less than 0.01). The Ki-67 low index group (less than 50/10 HPF) showed more favorable prognosis than the high index group (more than 50/10 HPF) (P less than 0.005). Three cases with low mitotic count and unfavorable prognosis were proved to be the Ki-67 high index group (142-382/10 HPF). These results indicated that reactivity of tumor cells for Ki-67 is a useful prognostic marker in the patients with STS, and might be used as one of the histologic factors for the grading of STS.
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PMID:Prognostic significance of Ki-67 reactivity in soft tissue sarcomas. 264 78

Twenty-one cases of cutaneous neuroendocrine (Merkel cell) carcinoma (CNEC) were examined by the ABC-immunoperoxidase method with a panel of antibodies to 5 intermediate filaments, 6 neuroendocrine-associated antigens, 6 peptide hormones, as well as melanoma-associated cytoplasmic antigen (HMB-45) and leukocyte common antigen. All tumors showed strong cytokeratin staining in characteristic dense, inclusion-like, cytoplasmic globules and in a reticular peripheral cytoplasmic pattern. Cytoplasmic coexpression of inclusions of neurofilament antigen was observed in 9/21 cases. Staining for one or more neuroendocrine markers in formalin-fixed tissue (bombesin, 7/20; chromogranin, 11/21; synaptophysin, 6/21) was weak and focal but present in 17/21 cases. In 3 cases, sections of unfixed, snap-frozen tumor were compared with formalin-fixed tissue, and these showed strong, diffuse staining for multiple neuroendocrine antigens. Immunostaining for peptide hormones was not observed, with the exception of weak, focal staining for insulin (1 case), calcitonin (1 case) and somatostatin (2 cases). In 13 cases DNA indices and S-phase fractions (SPF) were determined by flow cytometry on nuclear suspensions from paraffin blocks. DNA histograms in 12 of 13 cases had normal range DNA content (diploid) and elevated S-phase fractions (mean 15%, range 8 to 22%). Mean SPF was not significantly different in the group of patients who developed recurrent and/or metastatic disease (15.6%, N = 10) compared with patients without recurrence (15.8%, N = 10).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Cutaneous neuroendocrine (Merkel cell) carcinoma: an immunophenotypic, clinicopathologic, and flow cytometric study. 266 40

Colon cancer cells in culture synthesize and secrete mucin glycoproteins, which carry a number of cancer-associated antigens. However, the structures and mechanisms of biosynthetic processing are not well understood. Mucins synthesized and secreted by LS174T human colon cancer cells were compared to those in LS174T xenografts in athymic mice. Mucins radiolabeled with glucosamine or sulfate were purified by gel filtration and cesium chloride density gradient centrifugation. The mucins were of high molecular weight and were resistant to chondroitinase ABC, hyaluronidase and HNO2 treatment. They were, however, susceptible to pronase digestion and mild alkaline treatment. Using radiochemical precursors, the cellular mucin was shown to contain fucose, galactose, N-acetylgalactosamine, N-acetylglucosamine, N-acetylneuraminic acid, and sulfate. Oligosaccharides released by beta-elimination had N-acetylgalactosaminitol as the reduced amino sugar and also unreduced galactosamine, indicating that there is N-acetyl-galactosamine O-glycosidically attached to protein core and also peripheral N-acetyl-galactosamine not directly linked to protein. DEAE-cellulose chromatography of mucins showed two major peaks with both intracellular and secreted mucins, but xenograft mucins also had more acidic components. Sulfate-labeled mucins were shifted to less acidic peaks by neuraminidase digestion, which indicates that the same mucin molecules are both sialylated and sulfated. We conclude that the intracellular mucins of cultured colon cancer cells, those secreted into the medium, and those in nude mouse xenografts are chemically similar, but differ in sialic acid and sulfate content. This experimental model system, LS174T cells maintained in culture and as nude mouse xenografts, may be useful for further biosynthetic and structural studies of colon cancer mucin.
Tumour Biol 1989
PMID:Comparison of metabolically labeled mucins of LS174T human colon cancer cells in tissue culture and xenograft. 273 49

Female C3H/He mice aged 14 weeks with transplanted MM46 tumor were used to investigate the effect of an immunomodulator, Z-100 (an arabinomannan lipid extracted from Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain Aoyama B) combined with local irradiation of 30 Gy (3,000 rad). Daily doses of 5 micrograms, 50 micrograms and 500 micrograms/kg of Z-100 were injected intramuscularly for 14 consecutive days after irradiation, and 2 times a week for 6 weeks thereafter. The antitumor effect was evaluated by the changes in tumor volume and survival curves. In groups administered 50 micrograms and 500 micrograms/kg of Z-100, tumor growth decreased significantly compared with the control group (radiotherapy group). Concerning survival rates of each group of mice, there were no marked differences between Z-100 administered groups and the control group. To clarify the mechanisms of action of Z-100, the changes in the lymphocyte subsets infiltrated into tumor tissue after Z-100 treatment were analysed immunohistochemically using monoclonal antibodies, anti-Thy 1.2, anti-Lyt-1, anti-Lyt-2, anti-L3T4, MAS034b and MAS053c and avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex method (ABC method). In the findings of immunohistochemical studies, differences were hardly observed between groups administered Z-100 and groups treated with radiation only. From these results, it was concluded that immunological effects of Z-100 resembled that of radiotherapy on the topical tumor tissue.
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PMID:[Experimental study of the antitumor effect of Z-100 in the treatment of MM46 tumor transplanted in C3H/He mice. 2. Effect of the combination therapy of radiation and long term administration of Z-100]. 273 40

Cell kinetics of human carcinomas was studied in vivo using immunohistochemical technique with bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU). Relationship between tumor growth and DNA synthesis was analysed in 7 human tumor xenografts serially transplanted into nude mice by in vivo administration of BrdU. The specimens were processed in immunohistochemical staining of ABC method using anti-BrdU monoclonal Ab. The labeling index (LI) was determined as the ratio of stained cells to tumor cells. It was found that LI tended to increase transiently at the initial stage of exponential growth phase and remained stable thereafter. Correlation between tumor doubling time and LI was observed with statistical significance. In 29 cancer patients including 24 gastric and 5 colorectal cancers, LI was also determined in vivo. In advanced gastric cancers, LIs were higher at the site of invasion than the central area. LIs of gastric cancers in stage I were lower than those in stage II, III and IV. Considering the data of human tumor xenografts, it was suggested that the stage II, III and IV gastric cancers might be biologically different types of cancers compared to stage I gastric cancers.
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PMID:[Cell kinetic study of human carcinomas using bromodeoxyuridine and immunohistochemistry]. 277 Jun 79


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