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Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) Expression in The Neovasculature of High Grade Gliomas (Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Study)

BACKGROUND: Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) was first noticed in prostate cancer cells, thereafter, It has been found in the endothelial cells of neovasculature in a variety of tumors, but not in normal vascular endothelium, This specificity makes PSMA an ideal molecule for vascular target...

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Autores principales: Abdel Maguid, Mona Salah-Eldin, Saad El Dine, Menna-t-Allah Gamal, Gabal, Samia Mohamed, Abou Fandoud, Sara Mahamad
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Publicado: West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10495893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37247303
http://dx.doi.org/10.31557/APJCP.2023.24.5.1797
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author Abdel Maguid, Mona Salah-Eldin
Saad El Dine, Menna-t-Allah Gamal
Gabal, Samia Mohamed
Abou Fandoud, Sara Mahamad
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Saad El Dine, Menna-t-Allah Gamal
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description BACKGROUND: Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) was first noticed in prostate cancer cells, thereafter, It has been found in the endothelial cells of neovasculature in a variety of tumors, but not in normal vascular endothelium, This specificity makes PSMA an ideal molecule for vascular targeting in Cancer theranostics (i.e., combined diagnostic and therapeutic). OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to evaluate the immunohistochemical (IHC) expression of PSMA in the neovasculature (identified by CD 31) of high-grade gliomas (HGGs) and to Correlate PSMA IHC expression in HGGs with clinicopathological features, to detect its possible role in tumor angiogenesis, where PSMA can be used as a future diagnostic and therapeutic target. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective study included a total of 69 archived, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue blocks of HGGs, including 52 cases classified as WHO grade IV (75.4%) and 17 cases as WHO grade III (24.6%). The samples were immunohistochemically analyzed for PSMA expression (in both TMV and parenchymal tumor cells) which was assessed using the composite PSMA immunostaining score. A score (0) was considered negative while scores 1-7 were considered positive (1–4, 5–6, or 7; weak, moderate, or strong respectively). RESULTS: PSMA is expressed specifically and significantly in endothelial cells of tumor microvessels (TMV) of HGGs, A statistically significant relationship was detected between PSMA IHC expression in both TMV and in parenchymal tumor cells (TC) and various glioma subtypes (P-value < 0.05 and <0.001 respectively). Positive PSMA immunostaining in TMV was detected in all anaplastic ependymoma cases and in near all cases of classic GB and GB with oligodendroglial features more than other subtypes, with P-value specifically for PSMA positivity/negativity in TMV statistically significant (0.022). While for Tumor cells, Positive PSMA immunostaining was detected in all anaplastic ependymoma, most anaplastic astrocytoma and classic GB cases in contrary to other variants, with P-value statistically extremely significant (< 0.001). Comparing PSMA IHC expression in TMV and its expression in TC, it was significantly expressed in TMV of 82.7% versus TC of 51.9% of grade IV cases. Likewise, in GB with oligodendroglial features and gliosarcoma, the majority of cases showed positive staining in their TMV [8/8 (100%), 9/13 (69.2%) respectively], and, the reverse occurs in tumor cells where the majority of cases did NOT show staining in the tumor cells for PSMA (5/8 (62.5%), 11/13 (84.6%) of cases respectively), which was statistically significant (P-value ≤ 0.05) besides the significant difference in the pattern of staining according to composite PSMA scoring (P-value ≤ 0.05). CONCLUSION: PSMA has a possible role in tumor angiogenesis, therefore it might be considered a potential promising endothelial target for Cancer theranostics with PSMA-based agents, in addition, PSMA was expressed significantly in TC of HGGs, thus, it appears to be involved in biologic behavior, carcinogenesis and tumor progression.
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spelling pubmed-104958932023-09-13 Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) Expression in The Neovasculature of High Grade Gliomas (Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Study) Abdel Maguid, Mona Salah-Eldin Saad El Dine, Menna-t-Allah Gamal Gabal, Samia Mohamed Abou Fandoud, Sara Mahamad Asian Pac J Cancer Prev Research Article BACKGROUND: Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) was first noticed in prostate cancer cells, thereafter, It has been found in the endothelial cells of neovasculature in a variety of tumors, but not in normal vascular endothelium, This specificity makes PSMA an ideal molecule for vascular targeting in Cancer theranostics (i.e., combined diagnostic and therapeutic). OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to evaluate the immunohistochemical (IHC) expression of PSMA in the neovasculature (identified by CD 31) of high-grade gliomas (HGGs) and to Correlate PSMA IHC expression in HGGs with clinicopathological features, to detect its possible role in tumor angiogenesis, where PSMA can be used as a future diagnostic and therapeutic target. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective study included a total of 69 archived, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue blocks of HGGs, including 52 cases classified as WHO grade IV (75.4%) and 17 cases as WHO grade III (24.6%). The samples were immunohistochemically analyzed for PSMA expression (in both TMV and parenchymal tumor cells) which was assessed using the composite PSMA immunostaining score. A score (0) was considered negative while scores 1-7 were considered positive (1–4, 5–6, or 7; weak, moderate, or strong respectively). RESULTS: PSMA is expressed specifically and significantly in endothelial cells of tumor microvessels (TMV) of HGGs, A statistically significant relationship was detected between PSMA IHC expression in both TMV and in parenchymal tumor cells (TC) and various glioma subtypes (P-value < 0.05 and <0.001 respectively). Positive PSMA immunostaining in TMV was detected in all anaplastic ependymoma cases and in near all cases of classic GB and GB with oligodendroglial features more than other subtypes, with P-value specifically for PSMA positivity/negativity in TMV statistically significant (0.022). While for Tumor cells, Positive PSMA immunostaining was detected in all anaplastic ependymoma, most anaplastic astrocytoma and classic GB cases in contrary to other variants, with P-value statistically extremely significant (< 0.001). Comparing PSMA IHC expression in TMV and its expression in TC, it was significantly expressed in TMV of 82.7% versus TC of 51.9% of grade IV cases. Likewise, in GB with oligodendroglial features and gliosarcoma, the majority of cases showed positive staining in their TMV [8/8 (100%), 9/13 (69.2%) respectively], and, the reverse occurs in tumor cells where the majority of cases did NOT show staining in the tumor cells for PSMA (5/8 (62.5%), 11/13 (84.6%) of cases respectively), which was statistically significant (P-value ≤ 0.05) besides the significant difference in the pattern of staining according to composite PSMA scoring (P-value ≤ 0.05). CONCLUSION: PSMA has a possible role in tumor angiogenesis, therefore it might be considered a potential promising endothelial target for Cancer theranostics with PSMA-based agents, in addition, PSMA was expressed significantly in TC of HGGs, thus, it appears to be involved in biologic behavior, carcinogenesis and tumor progression. West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10495893/ /pubmed/37247303 http://dx.doi.org/10.31557/APJCP.2023.24.5.1797 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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Abdel Maguid, Mona Salah-Eldin
Saad El Dine, Menna-t-Allah Gamal
Gabal, Samia Mohamed
Abou Fandoud, Sara Mahamad
Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) Expression in The Neovasculature of High Grade Gliomas (Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Study)
title Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) Expression in The Neovasculature of High Grade Gliomas (Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Study)
title_full Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) Expression in The Neovasculature of High Grade Gliomas (Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Study)
title_fullStr Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) Expression in The Neovasculature of High Grade Gliomas (Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Study)
title_full_unstemmed Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) Expression in The Neovasculature of High Grade Gliomas (Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Study)
title_short Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) Expression in The Neovasculature of High Grade Gliomas (Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Study)
title_sort prostate-specific membrane antigen (psma) expression in the neovasculature of high grade gliomas (histopathological and immunohistochemical study)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10495893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37247303
http://dx.doi.org/10.31557/APJCP.2023.24.5.1797
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