Transcript hKIM-1

Journal Reading:
Human Kidney Injury Molecule-1 (hKIM1): A Useful Immunohistochemical
Marker for Diagnosing Renal Cell
Carcinoma and Ovarian Clear Cell
Carcinoma
Am J Surg Pathol Volume 31, Number 3, March 2007
Fan Lin, MD, PhD,etc
From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Geisinger
Medical Center
Presented by Intern 賴妮均
Introduction (1)
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9th most Common malignant tumors in U.S.
Notorious for distant metastasis
 Lung,
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lymph node, liver, bone, and brain
Subtypes:
 Conventional; (clear cell) carcinoma
 Papillary carcinoma
 Chromophobe carcinoma
 D/D with oncocytoma (benign)
 Collecting duct carcinoma
 Unclassified
carcinoma
Introduction (2)
Immunostaining Markers in RCC
CD10
90% of RCCs
also detected in many hepatocellular
carcinomas, prostatic carcinomas,
and urothelial carcinomas
Positive in normal renal tissue
RCC Ma
(RCC marker)
84-92% of primary RCC and
67-84% 0f metastatic RCC
Positive in normal renal tissue
Coexpression of epithelial
membrane antigen and
vimentin
clear cell RCC
MN/CA9
(Carbonic anhydrase IX)
100% of clear cell RCC and
papillary RCC
Also expressed in cervical dysplasia
and carcinoma
P504S
100% of papillary RCCs and
some primary and metastatic
clear cell RCC
marker for prostatic adenocarcinoma
Positive in normal renal tissue
CD9/MPR1),
Antimitochondrialantibody
(113–1),
E-cadherin and vinculin
high sensitivity for
chromophobe RCC, papillary
RCC, and oncocytoma
Osteonectin (SPARC)
sarcomatoid RCC
Introduction (3)
B defensin-1 (+), parvalbumin
(+), and vimentin (-)
100 % of Chromophobe RCC and
oncocytoma
glutathione S-transferase-a
and carbonic anhydrase
II(CAII)
Clear cell RCC and chromophobe
RCC
kidney-specific cadherin
(Ksp-cadherin) and
Ron proto-oncogene
Majority of both chromophobe RCC
and oncocytoma
CD117 (c-kit)
chromophobe RCC and some
oncocytoma
S-100 protein
70% of clear cell RCC and 90% of
oncocytoma
frequently absent in clear
cell RCC
Ksp-cadherin :Positive in
normal renal tissue
frequently absent in clear
cell RCC
only observed in 6% of
chromophobe RCC
Positive in normal renal
tissue
 none of the aforementioned markers is absolutely sensitive and specific for RCC
Introduction (4)
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Human kidney injury molecule-1 (hKIM-1)
= TIM-1 (T cell immunoglobin domain andmucin domain protein 1)
= HAVCR1 (hepatitis A virus cellular receptor 1)
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Gene: located in human chromosome 5q
Type I transmembranous glycoprotein
containing an extracellular immunoglobulinlike domain topping a long
mucinlike sequence
As biomarker for regeneration of renal proximal tubules after tubular injury.3
Material and Method (1)
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Case Selection
 264
cases of renal epithelial neoplasm
 anonymous and disassociated from any
clinical data
Material and Method (2)
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TMA sections
 221 cases of nonrenal tumors from various organs to
test the specificity of anti-hKIM-1 antibody
Material and Method (3)
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TMA construction
 H&E
stain sections were reviewed
 remove 1.0-1.5 mm tissue core from marked
area of paraffin block
 inserted into recipient paraffin block
 (Beecher Instruments Inc, Sun Prairie, WI)
Material and Method (4)
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Immunohistochemistry
 Formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded 4μm sections
 Antibody to hKIM-1
 AKG7 monoclonal antibody
 Confirmed by ABE3 antibody in CCCO and uterus
 Positive control: Kidney tissues with acute tubular
necrosis
 Negative control: replacement of the primary
antibody with nonimmune mouse serum
 Interpretation: 2 surgical pathologists
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indicates negative; 1+, <10%; 2+, 11% to 50%; 3+, >50%.
Material and Method (5)
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Western Blot
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cases of renal tumor with different subtypes
 Normal renal tissue from a clear cell RCC case
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Frozen tissue blocksLysed tissue homogenatws 
Electrophoresed on 10% sodium dodecyl sulfatepolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)
Transferred onto polyvinyl diflouride membranes 
Incubated with AKG7 monoclonal antibody
 Evenness
of the protein loading: antibody to β-actin
Material and Method (6)
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Gene Expression Microarray
 tissues
were frozen promptly after surgery
and stored at -80℃.
 hKIM-1 mRNA level
Results (1)
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Non-neoplastic renal tissue
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Negative:
Glomeruli,
vessels,
inflammatory cells,
interstitialcells,
lymphoid aggregates
interstitial tissues
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Positive immunoreactivity was
observed in proximal tubules,
with a cytoplasmic /
membranous staining pattern
during acute tubular necrosis
2 of 20 case in TMA showed
focal immunostaining
occasional proximal tubules
Result (2)
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Renal Epithelial Neoplasm
(2/15) in TMA
Result (3)
 Clear
cell RCC, Papillary RCC
Result (4)
 Chromophobe
RCC
Result (5)
Diffuse immunoreactivity was more frequently observed in highgrade clear cell RCC (56%) than in low-grade clear cell
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2/2 sacromatoid RCC were positive
1 case of Wilms tumor and no immunoreactivity was observed (data
not shown)
Result (6)
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Metastatic clear
cell RCC
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The percentages of positive
cases were not significantly
different among
theseanatomic sites.
Result (7)
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Non-renal Neoplasms
Result (8)
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CCCO
Result (9)
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Clear cell carcinoma of uterus
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Adenocarcinoma of the colon
Result (10)
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Western Blot
Result (11)
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hKIM-1 mRNA in Renal Tumors From
Affymetrix Microarrays
537
285
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-131
-126
Discussion
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Do we really need another
immunohistochemical marker?
Discussion
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Differentiated from normal renal tissue
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The previously reported biomarkers are expressed in normal renal tissue
Murine KIM-1 expressed in actived T cells and linked to air hypersensitivity, but
hKIM-1 does not
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Negative staining in:
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Non-neoplastic renal tissues
Transplanted renal biopsy with acute cellular rejection
Positive staining in:
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(1) proximal tubules adjacent to renal tumors
(2) proximal and distal tubules in the tumorous kidney, probably secondary to tumor
obstruction and compression
(3) atrophic renal tubules;
(4) proximal tubules associated with tubular injury,such as hypoxia, ischemia, toxin,
infection, etc
Discussion
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More specific to clear cell RCC and papillary RCC
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Oncocytoma: only 4 of 41 (9.8%) with focally positive stained
Chromophobe RCC: all negative
CD-10 also expressed in oncocytoma
RCC Ma also expressed in chromophobe RCC
P504S also expressed in both oncocytoma and chromophobe
RCC
S-100 also expressed in >90% oncocytoma
Discussion
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More specific to metastatic RCC
 Han
et al: only 1 of 450 nonrenal tumor was positive
(HCC)
 CD10, RCC Ma, S-100, P504S, glutathione Stransferase-a, CD117: well-documented in other
nonrenal tumors
 Why
higher positive reaction than previoud Han’s
study?
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CCCO and uterus were not included
The previous study only checked TMA
Discussion
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What are the unique features and utility of
this antibody?
Discussion
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Expression of hKIM-1 in CCCO (93.8%)
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Both ovary and uterus serous carcinoma and endometroid carcinoma
lacked hKIM-1 expression
 Dent and coworkers: gene amplification in CCCO was most common at
chromosome 3
 Von Hippel-Lindau tumor-suppressor genes:
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located at the chromosome 3p25; and the von Hippel-Lindau
tumorsuppressor
closely linked to the tumorigenesis of both sporadic and hereditary clear cell
RCC
hKIM-1 had similar role in both clear cell RCC and CCCO?
Anti-hKIM-1Ab may be used in targeted cancer therapy for CCCO?
Discussion
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clear cell carcinoma of the uterus
 only
33% expressed hKIM-1
 not related to chromosome 3 alternation
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Clear cell carcinoma of uterus
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Adenocarcinoma of the colon
Discussion
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Focal positive staining in adenocarcinoma of the colon
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5 of 40 cases
Pattern: apical portions of neoplastic glands
Only in well and moderately differentiatied colonic
adenocarcinoma
the AKG7 anti-hKIM-1 monoclonal antibody:against the
extracellular mucin domaincross reaction
Disscusion
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Conventional RCC
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Chromophobe RCC
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S-100+/hKIM-1+/MSH2-/CK7MSH2+ (cytoplasmic staining) /CK7+/S-100-/hKIM-1-
Oncocytoma
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S-100+/MSH2+ (apical and nuclear staining) /hKIM-1-/CK7-or
focal +
Conclusion
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HKIM-1 is a relatively sensitive and
specific marker for
 confirming
the diagnosis of papillary RCC,
clear cell RCC, and metastatic RCC
 distinguishing clear cell RCC from
chromophobe RCC and oncocytoma
 identifying CCCO
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