44例犬乳腺肿瘤的病理学分析及p53和HER-2的蛋白表达

为了对犬乳腺肿瘤分类,分析表皮生长因子受体-2(HER-2)与p53的过表达在肿瘤类型上的差异及影响,对所收集的犬乳腺肿瘤标本,进行石蜡切片、H.E.染色,划分肿瘤的病理类型,应用免疫组织化学法检测犬乳腺肿瘤中HER-2基因与p53基因的表达情况。结果 44例犬乳腺肿瘤病理组织切片中,共观察到纤维腺瘤、叶状肿瘤、导管乳头状瘤、浸润性导管癌、浸润性小叶癌(腺泡型)、小叶癌、黏液癌、髓样癌伴随淋巴细胞浸润、混合样癌9种类型;42例犬乳腺肿瘤的免疫组化结果中,HER-2在良性肿瘤中无表达,在恶性肿瘤中的表达率为38.9%,p53在犬乳腺肿瘤中的表达可达78.6%,而在恶性肿瘤中的表达率100%。结论 HER-2与p53的过表达有肿瘤类型的差异性。     

犬乳腺肿瘤病理组织学观察及ER PR C-erbB-2的表达分析

通过对20例犬乳腺肿瘤进行病理组织学观察、免疫组织化学染色,探讨犬乳腺肿瘤病理形态学特点,ER、PR、Cerb B-2表达与乳腺肿瘤的关系。结果显示,20例犬乳腺肿瘤,70%为恶性肿瘤,其中良性肿瘤有导管内乳头状瘤和纤维性瘤,恶性肿瘤有浸润性导管癌,单纯癌,小叶原位癌,癌肉瘤,腺癌,恶性肿瘤发病率高于良性肿瘤。免疫组化结果显示-ER、PR在良性肿瘤的表达率均高于恶性肿瘤,P<0.05,差异显著;C-erb B-2在恶性肿瘤中的表达高于良性肿瘤,P<0.05,差异显著。提示,犬乳腺肿瘤恶性肿瘤发病率较高,ER、PR、C-erb B-2对犬乳腺肿瘤发病中的诊断、治疗及预后有重要意义。     

犬乳腺复合型腺瘤的组织病理学观察

<正>犬乳腺肿瘤是兽医临床上常见的肿瘤疾病之一,在雌犬中属最易发生的肿瘤,其发病率约1.988‰[1]。乳腺肿瘤分为恶性乳腺肿瘤和良性乳腺肿瘤。良性乳腺肿瘤包括单纯性腺瘤、嗜碱性腺瘤、复合型腺瘤、良性混合瘤、纤维腺瘤、导管乳头状瘤等。犬乳腺肿瘤在其发病病因、肿瘤性质、药物及手术治疗以及预后等方面均与人类乳腺肿瘤较为相似[2]。笔者于2012年接收一例患乳腺肿物病犬,经     

浅析一例犬的乳腺肿瘤诊治

乳腺肿瘤是雌性犬在临床上的常见病,是一种犬乳腺发生癌病变的疾病。犬的乳腺肿瘤分良性和恶性两种,犬乳腺实质性纤维瘤是犬乳房良性肿瘤的一种临床症状,以无痛性乳房肿块为主要特征。对一例雌性哈士奇乳腺肿瘤的病例采用了临床检查、实验室检查确诊该犬患良性的实质性肿瘤,通过手术方法摘除肿瘤,该哈士奇犬术后恢复良好。     

犬乳腺肿瘤组织病理学观察及腱糖蛋白C表达的检测

为了探讨腱糖蛋白C(TNC)表达与犬乳腺肿瘤生物学关系,对23例犬乳腺肿瘤临床病例进行病理学观察及分类,然后采用免疫组化SABC方法检测TNC蛋白在23例犬乳腺肿瘤和2例犬正常乳腺组织中的表达情况。结果显示:23例病例中,良性肿瘤有7例,占30.43%;恶性肿瘤有13例,占56.52%;增生病变有3例,占13.05%。在良性肿瘤中良性混合瘤最多,为3例,其余2例为导管内乳头状腺瘤,1例复杂腺瘤及1例纤维腺瘤。恶性肿瘤中,5例未分化癌,3例癌肉瘤,2例筛状癌,2例固体癌,1例纤维肉瘤,1例混合瘤引起的癌。TNC蛋白主要表达于细胞外基质。犬恶性乳腺肿瘤中,TNC蛋白阳性表达率为46.15%(6/13);良性乳腺肿瘤中,其阳性表达率为42.85%(3/7);乳腺增生病变和正常乳腺组织中,未见其表达。研究结果表明,TNC蛋白可以为犬乳腺肿瘤的鉴别诊断提供参考。     

10例犬乳腺肿瘤病理组织学分析

为加强对犬乳腺肿瘤病理组织诊断水平,收集了10例犬乳腺肿瘤并进行了病理组织学分析。采用常规病理组织学技术,在光学显微镜下观察肿瘤的恶性程度及类型。结果发现:10例犬乳腺肿瘤恶性程度较高的有3种类型,分别是腺癌、乳腺恶性淋巴瘤、浸润性小叶癌;其余恶性程度较低的有5种类型,分别是围管型腺纤维瘤、小管癌、小叶原位癌、导管癌早期浸润、导管内癌。观察结果显示犬乳腺肿瘤的病理组织结果与人类具有相似性,对人类乳腺肿瘤的研究具有一定的参考价值。     

一例犬左侧乳腺肿块的病理组织学观察

一例5岁未绝育雌性犬左侧乳腺肿大,经主人同意手术摘除后送检,制作石蜡切片,H.E.染色后光镜下观察。结果发现肿块内乳腺小叶数量增多,小叶内可见大量新生导管,小叶内和小叶间导管明显扩张,部分导管上皮细胞显著增生,围绕间质形成乳头状结构。根据组织学结构特点诊断为乳腺导管乳头状瘤。     

38例犬肿瘤的病理诊断及分析

收集深圳市2010年－2012年部分宠物医院的犬肿瘤病例41例，采用组织病理学方法对犬肿瘤病例进行组织学分类，并对患病动物的年龄、性别和发生部位进行了统计分析。38例确诊肿瘤病例中，皮肤肿瘤有19例，包括鳞状细胞癌4例、基底细胞癌5例、乳头状瘤3例，皮脂腺瘤和肛周腺癌各2例，脂肪瘤、黑色素瘤、角化棘皮瘤各1例；乳腺肿瘤9例，包括乳腺癌3例、乳腺鳞状细胞癌2例、乳腺癌肉瘤2例、黏液癌1例，患犬以雌性为主；其他部位肿瘤分别有纤维肉瘤2例，血管瘤、肺癌、淋巴瘤、睾丸精原细胞瘤、睾丸支柱细胞瘤、组织细胞癌、鳞状细胞癌、乳头状瘤各1例。上述结果显示，犬肿瘤的高发部位是皮肤，其次是乳腺，其发生年龄以7岁以上为多，在发病动物的品种上没有明显差别；除乳腺肿瘤外，其余肿瘤的性别差异不大。本研究为犬肿瘤的流行病学及诊断提供了参考依据。     

犬乳腺纤维肉瘤的病理学观察

正犬乳腺肿瘤是成年雌性犬多发的一种疾病,主要表现为乳腺部有硬块状物,身体消瘦等临床症状。犬乳腺肿瘤包括乳腺原发性癌、肉瘤、癌肉瘤及良性肿瘤。来源于乳腺间叶组织的恶性肿瘤包括恶性叶状肿瘤、血管肉瘤、恶性纤维组织细胞瘤、基质肉瘤、纤维肉瘤、脂肪肉瘤等,乳腺纤维肉瘤是原发性乳腺肉     

犬口腔乳头状瘤的诊疗病例

正犬口腔乳头状瘤是一种接触性良性肿瘤病,由犬乳头状瘤病毒引起。该病毒的表现型有两种,一种是感染1岁以下的幼犬引起口腔肿瘤,另一种是感染老年犬引起皮肤肿瘤。犬口腔乳头状瘤在临床中不多见,大量或较大的口腔肿瘤会引起吞咽困难、口臭、流涎、口腔炎症等。因此该病需要尽早进行手术治疗。     

Development, anatomy, histology, lymphatic drainage, clinical features, and cell differentiation markers of canine mammary gland neoplasms

Mammary neoplasms are the most common neoplasm in female dogs. This article describes the embryologic development, normal anatomy, and histology of the canine mammary gland from the onset of first estrous and the changes that occur in the mammary gland during the estrus cycle. The clinical features of canine mammary gland tumors and their relation to prognosis are discussed, including age, hormones, breed, diet, and obesity. Additional clinical prognostic factors including clinical presentation, tumor size, and lymph node status at the time of presentation are discussed in relation to diagnosis and tumor staging. Immunohistochemical evaluation of the cell differentiation markers of the normal and neoplastic canine mammary gland is described and compared with similar studies in humans; the ways these markers may be used to assist with the prognosis of canine mammary neoplasms are discussed.     

Influence of host factors on survival in dogs with malignant mammary gland tumors

The purpose of our study was to determine if specific host factors, such as age at diagnosis, obesity, and hormone status, influence the prognosis of canine mammary gland carcinomas and to confirm if previously reported risk factors (ie, histologic subtype, tumor size, and World Health Organization [WHO] stage) were important in a large series of affected dogs. Ninety-nine female dogs with mammary gland carcinomas, no previous therapy, an excisional biopsy, and known cause of death were studied. No significant association with survival was noted for age at diagnosis (chronologic or physiologic), obesity, or hormone status (ie, spayed versus intact, regardless of time of being spayed). Of the tumor factors analyzed, the histologic subtype anaplastic carcinoma (P = .02), WHO stage I (P = .01), evidence of metastasis at the time of diagnosis (P = .004), and tumor size of 3 cm or smaller (P = .005) all significantly influenced survival. Dogs that were classified as having tumor-related mortality had a shorter postoperative survival compared to dogs that died of other causes (14 months versus 23 months; P = .03). In conclusion, histologic subtype, WHO stage, and tumor size remain important prognostic factors in canine mammary gland tumors. Further study of other prognostic factors is needed to determine which tumors are adequately addressed with local therapy only and which dogs may require adjuvant treatment with chemotherapy.     

Secretory carcinoma of the canine mammary gland

Secretory carcinoma is an uncommon variant of breast cancer, characterized by the presence of intracellular and extracellular eosinophilic secretion. Here, we report the cytologic, histologic, and immunohistochemical findings of a secretory carcinoma diagnosed in the left inguinal mammary gland of a 3-year-old female German Shepherd Dog. The fine-needle aspiration cytology showed numerous large branching sheets of neoplastic cells and isolated cells with cytoplasmic vacuoles. Histologically, the tumor was composed of cells with clear cytoplasm and prominent vacuoles that pushed the nuclei to the periphery, resembling signet ring cells. These cells were arranged in solid or tubular structures with lumenal spaces filled with eosinophilic secretion. Immunohistochemical reactions to cytokeratin (CAM 5.2) and alpha-lactalbumin were strongly positive in all neoplastic cells, and staining for vimentin and S100 protein was negative. The cytomorphologic and immunohistochemical features of this tumor are similar to those seen in tumors in women, hence enabling the diagnosis of a rare case of primary secretory carcinoma of the canine mammary gland.     

Mammary mucinous carcinoma in the cat

Mucinous carcinoma of the mammary gland is a rare tumor characterized by excessive mucin production. In human and canine pathology, the diagnosis of mucinous carcinoma is based on the demonstration of an epithelial phenotype of mucus-producing cells and periodic acid-Schiff (PAS)-diastase positivity of the mucin. The histologic and immunohistologic characteristics of feline mucinous mammary carcinoma were examined. Of 656 cases of feline mammary neoplasms and dysplasias, 3.2% were found to be mucin-producing tumors. Cytokeratin 19 (16 cases positive, 4 heterogenous, and 1 negative) and vimentin (15 cases positive, 2 heterogenous, and 4 negative) expression were examined, and the mucin produced was alcian blue positive. PAS-diastase staining was variable (38.1%). Based on these findings, mucinous mammary carcinoma in the cat varies significantly from the human and canine varieties and alcian blue is the prominent stain in the diagnosis of feline mucinous carcinoma.     

Relationship between receptors for insulin-like growth factor- I, steroid hormones and apoptosis-associated proteins in canine mammary tumors

In the veterinary literature there are few data concerning the expression of insulin-like growth factor type I (IGF-IR) in the canine mammary gland tumors. The aim of the present study was the evaluation of IGF-IR expression and its correlation to the expression of estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) and progesterone receptor (PR), proteins: Bcl-2, Bax, p53 in canine mammary gland tumors, and also a correlation with other features: bitch's age, tumor diameter, histologic type of tumor, degree of histologic malignancy, proliferate activity. The study was done on 112 epithelial neoplasms: 21 (19%) were adenoma, 38 (34%) complex carcinoma (adenocarcinoma), 47 (42%) simple carcinoma (adenocarcinoma) and 6 (5%) solid carcinoma. Histochemistry and immunohistochemistry methods were employed. It was shown that more common and/or higher IGF-IR expression in cells of canine mammary gland tumors was related to the histologic type of cancer of worse prognostic (solid and simple carcinoma), high histologic degree of malignancy (III degrees) but the statistical analysis did not reveal any significant differences. We observed the high degree of IGF-IR expression in tumors which displayed the high ERalpha and PR expression. These results suggest the involvement of IGF-IR in the development of hormonosensitive canine mammary tumors. Additionally, the significant positive correlation between expression of IGF-IR and p53, Bax was found. Our study provides some evidence that interactions exist between the IGF-IR and these apoptosis-associated proteins may contribute to the development and progression of canine mammary gland tumors. These results require further investigations.     

Canine mammary gland tumors.

The National Consensus Group recommends that all women with tumors larger than 1 cm be offered chemotherapy regardless of tumor histology of lymph node status. This recommendation is to ensure that everyone at risk for failing, even though the risk may be low in women with relatively small tumors and favorable histology, has a choice and receives the benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy. This type of treatment recommendation may also be made in dogs based on recognized, well-accepted prognostic factors such as tumor size, stage, type, and histologic differentiation. Based on the limited clinical information available in veterinary medicine, the drugs that are effective in human breast cancer, such as cyclophosphamide, 5-fluorouracil, and doxorubicin, may also have a role in the treatment of malignant mammary gland tumors in dogs. Randomized prospective studies are needed, however, to evaluate the efficacy of chemotherapy in dogs with high-risk mammary gland tumors and to determine which drugs and protocols are the most efficacious. Until such studies are performed, the treatment of canine mammary gland tumors will be based on the individual oncologist's understanding of tumor biology, experience, interpretation of the available studies, and a little bit of gut-feeling. Table 2 is a proposal for treatment guidelines for malignant canine mammary gland tumors according to established prognostic factors, results from published veterinary studies, and current recommendations for breast cancer treatment in women.     

Cellular proliferative and telomerase activity in canine mammary gland tumors

In canine mammary tumors, we examined the telomerase activity, proliferative activity by proliferative cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) immunohistochemistry, and percentage of apoptotic cells by the deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end-labeling (TUNEL) method. The relationship between these measures and histopathologic malignancy was also investigated. PCNA index was highest in malignant tumors (adenocarcinoma: 27.0%; malignant mixed tumor: 15.7%), followed by benign tumors (adenoma: 4.4%; benign mixed tumor: 5.3%), hyperplasia (2.1%), and normal mammary gland (0.9%). In adenoma and adenocarcinoma, papillary and solid types showing higher cellularity tended to have higher PCNA indices than did cystic and tubular types. Although the TUNEL index was <1% in all cases, the relationship between this measure and histopathologic diagnosis showed the same tendency as observed in PCNA immunostaining. Telomerase activity was detectable in all adenomas, benign mixed tumors, and adenocarcinomas examined. In contrast, all normal mammary glands, hyperplasias, and malignant mixed tumors were negative for telomerase. Relative telomerase activity (RTA) of adenocarcinoma (56.5) was significantly higher than that of adenoma (27.8) and benign mixed tumor (33.9), and a significant positive correlation (P < 0.001) was noted between RTA and PCNA index. No significant correlations were noted between either PCNA or TUNEL index and clinical features such as metastasis and tumor diameter. PCNA index and telomerase activity may be useful markers for judging malignancy of canine mammary tumors.     

PTEN 基因在犬乳腺肿瘤组织中的表达及临床意义

有关酪氨酸磷酸酶基因（Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosometen,PTEN）在乳腺肿瘤中的检测在人医早有报道。为了研究PTEN基因在犬乳腺肿瘤组织中的表达情况,笔者运用实时荧光PCR定量检测了38例不同的犬乳腺肿瘤组织（包括15例良性乳腺肿瘤和23例恶性乳腺肿瘤）、4例正常犬乳腺组织。结果发现：PTEN基因在犬恶性乳腺肿瘤组织中表达量明显低于其在良性乳腺肿瘤和正常乳腺组织中的表达量,两者差异极显著（P〈0.001）;PTEN在良性乳腺肿瘤组织中的表达与正常犬乳腺组织相比,差异不显著（P〉0.05）;发生了淋巴结转移的乳腺癌PTEN基因的表达量与未发生转移的乳腺癌组织的表达量间差异亦不显著（P〉0.05）,且PTEN的表达量与肿瘤组织的大小和发病动物年龄无关。结论：PTEN蛋白表达异常可能与乳腺肿瘤发生、发展相关,可考虑作为判断犬乳腺肿瘤生物学行为和预测的指标。     

The oncolytic effects of reovirus in canine solid tumor cell lines

Oncolytic virotherapy is a new strategy for cancer treatment for humans and dogs. Reovirus has been proven to be a potent oncolytic virus in human medicine. Our laboratory has previously reported that canine mast cell tumor and canine lymphoma were susceptible to reovirus. In this study, canine solid tumor cell lines (mammary gland tumor, osteosarcoma and malignant melanoma) were tested to determine their susceptibility towards reovirus. We demonstrated that reovirus induces more than 50% cell death in three canine mammary gland tumors and one canine malignant melanoma cell line. The reovirus-induced cell death occurred via the activation of caspase 3. Ras activation has been shown to be one of the important mechanisms of reovirus-susceptibility in human cancers. However, Ras activation was not related to the reovirus-susceptibility in canine solid tumor cell lines, which was similar to reports in canine mast cell tumor and canine lymphoma. The results of this study highly suggest that canine mammary gland tumor and canine malignant melanoma are also potential candidates for reovirus therapy in veterinary oncology.     

Expression patterns of the slit subfamily mRNA in canine malignant mammary tumors

Slit, a secreted protein, functions as a chemorepellent factor in axon guidance and neuronal migration and as an inhibitor in leukocyte chemotaxis. In humans, slit2 protein attracts endothelial cells and promotes tube formation in the tumor angiogenic mechanism. In this study, we cloned a part of the canine slit subfamily and examined the expression of slit subfamily mRNAs in 3 normal canine mammary glands and 11 mammary tumor samples by RT-PCR. The cloned part of the slit gene sequences showed high similarity to those of the human, mouse, and rat. The mRNAs were expressed at low levels in the normal mammary gland. The expression levels of slit1 mRNA were low in both the normal and tumor tissues. In contrast, the expression of slit2 mRNA increased in most of the malignant mammary tumors, and an increase in slit3 mRNA expression was observed in 2 of the malignant mixed tumors. These results suggest that the expression of slit2 plays an important role in tumor angiogenesis in canine mammary gland tumors and that slit2 can be a putative marker for malignancy diagnosis of these tumors.