Immunohistochemistry with keratin,vimentin, desmin,and α‐smooth muscle actin monoclonal antibodies in canine mammary gland: Malignant mammary tumours

Summary

Ten malignant canine mammary gland tumours and five metastases from three of these tumours were studied immunohistochemically with monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) directed against different human keratin types (K), α‐smooth muscle actin, vimentin, and desmin.

In all tumours the neoplastic epithelium was rather homogeneously labelled with the keratin MoAbs RCK 102 (K 5 and 8) and CAM 5.2 (K 8). The adenocarcinomas (n=5), the solid carcinomas (n=2), and the carcinosarcoma (n=1) showed heterogeneous labelling with the MoAbs specific for luminal cell antigens in the normal canine mammary gland, i.e., K 18, K 7 and K 19 MoAbs. These cells were also immunoreactive with K 4 and K 10 MoAbs. The spindle cell carcinomas (n=2), however, did not react with these MoAbs.

All tumours except one adenocarcinoma were characterized by the absence of immunoreactive labelling with the α‐smooth muscle actin MoAb. In the solid carcinomas this was associated with the absence of labelling with one or both basal cell specific keratin MoAbs, i.e., 8.7 (K 14 and 17) and RCK 107 (K 14), respectively. In contrast, the other malignant tumours showed marked labelling of neoplastic epithelium with these MoAbs. Another remarkable finding was the labelling of a limited to moderate number of neoplastic epithelial cells with the vimentin MoAb. The presence of such labelling patterns in canine mammary gland tumours may be indicative of malignancy. Metastatic tumour tissues had a labelling pattern largely similar to that of the primary tumour, although also loss of reactivity for some keratin MoAbs was seen.     

山羊乳腺上皮细胞的生长特性

用组织块培养法获得山羊乳腺细胞原代培养物。根据山羊乳腺成纤维细胞与上皮细胞对胰蛋白酶的敏感性不同将二者分离纯化，对细胞生长特性进行了光镜观察。结果如下：细胞可形成闭合型细胞群和开放型细胞群。乳腺上皮细胞与成纤维细胞混生时，细胞之间形成许多腔状结构。纯化的乳腺上皮细胞通过单细胞悬浮后传代，部分细胞形成岛屿状聚集，部分细胞以贴壁的自由单个细胞散在形式存在。上皮细胞增殖可形成圆顶型结构，呈乳头状，称之为乳球体；可产生乳腺上皮细胞并分泌乳汁。山羊乳腺上皮细胞含不同的细胞类型．大多数上皮细胞呈短梭形或多角形。细胞之间紧密相靠。互相衔接。连接成片，呈蜂窝状；细胞核呈圆形或椭圆形．核仁2～4枚；部分细胞呈圆饼状，体积较大；出现部分长形细胞；接触抑制的上皮细胞形态不均一。纯化的山羊乳腺上皮细胞传代至第15代时其生长仍正常，经透射电镜观察发现细胞表面微绒毛极为发达，细胞质中线粒体和粗面内质网丰富，细胞质内有大量脂滴及小泡，表明第15代山羊乳腺上皮细胞增殖活力旺盛。染色体数目分析表明．该细胞系稳定，在离体培养条件下细胞不发生转化。山羊乳腺上皮细胞系的细胞染色体数目为60．染色体组型为2n=60。     

动物乳腺干细胞研究进展

乳腺是一个高度活跃的器官,在青春期和生殖周期中,其上皮细胞发生了极大的变化。这些变化是由专门的干细胞和祖细胞推动的。研究乳腺干细胞对动物乳腺发育、哺乳和乳腺癌等方面都有着重大意义。如今,在乳腺干细胞生物学研究方面已经取得了显著进步。乳腺干细胞是组织学上未分化的上皮细胞,可以对称分裂产生两个相同的干细胞,或不对称地产生一个干细胞和一个腔上皮祖细胞或基底/肌上皮祖细胞。通过标记滞留细胞、染料排斥法、干细胞抗原-1标记、细胞表面标记物标记以及谱系示踪等方法可以鉴定出多种不同类型的乳腺干/祖细胞,应用多种不同方法分离鉴定乳腺干细胞有助于深入了解其异质性。乳腺的研究主要分为6个阶段：胚胎期、青春期、性成熟期、妊娠期、泌乳期和退化期。在乳腺不同发育阶段,乳腺干/祖细胞的类型及特性不同。有研究表明,在胚胎期就有基底和管腔谱系的祖细胞产生,静止的乳腺干细胞也可能来自于胚胎期,出生后,静止干细胞可以在卵巢激素的刺激作用下重新进入细胞周期,产生乳腺细胞谱系和自我更新。作者介绍了乳腺干细胞和祖细胞的存在、形态特征、鉴定方法,简述了乳腺干细胞在胚胎期、青春期和妊娠期的特征,分析了目前该领域研究的不足之处以及对未来应用的展望。     

DNA measurement and immunohistochemical characterization of epithelial and mesenchymal cells in canine mixed mammary tumours: putative evidence for a common histogenesis.

DNA measurement by image cytometry, and a detailed immunohistochemical study using monoclonal antibodies directed against different human cytokeratin types, muscle-specific actin, vimentin and S100 protein were carried out on normal canine mammary tissue (n =4), benign canine mammary mixed tumours (n =20) and malignant canine mammary mixed tumours (n =13). The results showed that ductal and alveolar luminal cells in normal and neoplastic tissue were immunoreactive with CAM5.2 and AE1/AE3 antibodies recognizing human keratins.Basal/myoepithelial cells were clearly differentiated from ductal and alveolar epithelial cells, since the latter only expressed cytokeratins, whereas the former also expressed vimentin and muscle-specific actin. This immunohistochemical study showed that there is loss of expression of muscle-specific actin and cytokeratins in areas of myoepithelial proliferation, and enhanced expression of vimentin and S100 protein in proliferative areas with osseous and/or chondroid metaplasia. The ploidy studies revealed that 20% (4/20) of benign and 54% (7/13) of malignant mixed tumours of canine mammary gland were aneuploid and that the epithelial and myoepithelial components of the mixed tumours had identical DNA content.Our results reinforce the role of myoepithelial cells in mesenchymal metaplasia in mixed mammary tumours and suggest the possibility of a common origin of both components from a totipotential stem cell with capacity for divergent differentiation.     

Establishment and characterization of a dairy goat mammary epithelial cell line with human telomerase (hT‐MECs)

Although research on dairy goat mammary gland have referred extensively to molecular mechanisms, research on lines of dairy goat mammary epithelial cells (MECs) are still rare. This paper sought to establish an immortal MEC line by stable transfection of human telomerase. MECs from a lactating (45 days post‐parturition) Xinong Saanen dairy goat were cultured purely and subsequently transfected with a plasmid carrying the sequence of human telomerase. Immortalized MECs by human telomerase (hT‐MECs) exhibited a typical cobblestone morphology and activity and expression levels of telomerase resembled that of MCF‐7 cells. hT‐MECs on passage 42 grew vigorously and ‘S’ sigmoid curves of growth were observed. Moreover, hT‐MECs maintained a normal chromosome modal number of 2n = 60, keratin 8 and epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) were evidently expressed, and beta‐casein protein was synthesized and secreted. Beta‐casein expression was enhanced by prolactin (P < 0.05). Lipid droplets were found in hT‐MECs, and messenger RNA levels of PPARG, SREBP, FASN, ACC and SCD in hT‐MECs (passage 40) were similar to MECs (passage 7). In conclusion, the obtained hT‐MEC line retained a normal morphology, growth characteristics, cytogenetics and secretory characteristics as primary MECs. Hence, it can be a representative model cell line, for molecular and functional analysis, of dairy goat MECs for an extended period of time.     

绵羊透明质酸酶-2的真核表达及鉴定

为了构建绵羊透明质酸酶-2(hyaluronidase 2,Hyal-2)的真核表达载体并实现其在牛乳腺上皮细胞内瞬时表达,根据GenBank中绵羊Hyal-2基因序列(登录号:NM_001009754)设计2对引物,并分别在前段上游和后段下游引物5'端引入HindⅢ酶切位点和BamHⅠ酶切位点,同时在上游引物酶切位点后加入KOZAK序列,进行分段PCR扩增。以扩增的两段产物为共同模板运用重叠(overlapping)PCR技术扩增Hyal-2基因全长。通过连接反应将双酶切并纯化后的目的片段克隆于真核表达载体pEGFP-C1上,并通过脂质体转染法将构建好的真核表达载体转染牛乳腺上皮细胞,运用RT-PCR及Western blotting方法分别从核酸及蛋白质水平验证其表达。经测序分析,目的片段与模板核苷酸同源性为99%,氨基酸同源性为99%,且片段插入方向正确。RT-PCR及Western blotting方法检测均出现目的条带,证明成功构建了绵羊透明质酸酶-2的真核表达载体,并在牛乳腺上皮细胞中获得表达。     

Tubulopapillary carcinoma with spindle cell metaplasia of the mammary gland in a cat

Sarcomatous proliferation of spindle cells was present in the mammary gland and many metastatic sites in a 10-year-old female domestic cat with tubulopapillary carcinoma in the mammary gland. Transition from neoplastic tubular structures to spindle cells in the primary site and fascicular proliferation of the spindle cells with or without coexistance of tubulopapillary carcinoma in the primary and metastatic sites were observed. Most of spindle cells were positive for cytokeratin CAM5.2 as well as the normal luminal epithelium but not the myoepithelium. From these results, this case was diagnosed as tubulopapillary carcinoma with spindle cell metaplasia and it was clarified that neoplastic luminal epithelial cells can transform to sarcomatous appearence.     

奶牛乳腺上皮细胞的克隆与特性分析

用组织块接种法分离培养奶牛乳腺上皮细胞,进行形态学观察、生长曲线的绘制和核型分析等生物学性状的检测,并进行酪蛋白基因的RT-PCR鉴定。结果显示,体外培养的奶牛乳腺上皮细胞生长旺盛,具有典型的上皮细胞形态特征;染色体数目为60;能够正常表达奶牛乳腺上皮细胞的2种特异性酪蛋白基因,即as1-酪蛋白基因和β-酪蛋白基因。表明成功获得了奶牛乳腺上皮细胞克隆。     

Localization of fibroblast growth factor I (acid fibroblast growth factor) and its mRNA in the bovine mammary gland during mammogenesis, lactation and involution

Growth factors are involved in development and function of the mammary gland. The aim of this study was the localization of fibroblast growth factor 1 (FGF-1) and its mRNA in the bovine mammary gland during different developmental and functional stages. Mammary tissue was obtained from German Brown Swiss cows (n = 23) during defined stages of mammogenesis (before and during pregnancy), lactogenesis, peak lactation and involution. The distribution of FGF-1 mRNA was studied using non-radioactive in situ hybridization, the corresponding FGF-protein was analysed using immunohistochemistry [avidin-biotin peroxidase complex (ABC)-method]. A moderate to distinct staining for FGF-mRNA was found in the epithelium of ducts and developing alveoli during mammogenesis. Post-partum at the same cellular locations, a considerable amount of FGF-1 mRNA, was seen that decreased during lactation. Also during early involution clear staining for FGF-mRNA could still be observed. Immunoreactive FGF-1 was found in considerable concentration in the epithelium of the mammary gland in heifers. The staining intensity generally decreased somewhat during mammogenesis and lactation, but could be always clearly demonstrated in the secretory epithelial cells of alveoli and glandular ducts. Also during the first day after the end of milking, the epithelium displayed a moderate to distinct epithelial immunostaining. Notably, After 4 weeks of involution, in many alveoli a shedding of the FGF-1 positive luminal cell layer was found. In our localization studies, no strict correlation between FGF-1 mRNA and its corresponding protein was found. The various reasons for this finding are discussed.     

A freeze-etching study on experimental murine mastitis.

Streptococcal mastitis was produced experimentally in mice inoculated by the intramammary route; freeze-etched preparations from the affected mammary glands were studied by electron microscopy. The inoculated cocci were seen free in the acinar lumen, within luminal phagocytes and within cells of the epithelium. No significant pathological changes were noted in the junctional complexes between secretory epithelial cells. The results were comparable to those obtained by ultrathin sectioning and indicated that, while cocci can transfer from the acinar lumen into the substance of the epithelium and towards a subepithelial location, the junctional complexes between epithelial cells present a potential barrier to movement through the intercellular spaces.     

Mammary carcinoma arising in an adenoma in a ewe

A large, firm, multi-cystic mammary gland mass grew slowly over 4 y in a 12-y-old, female Finn–Shetland cross sheep. A diagnosis of epithelial malignancy was suspected following fine-needle aspiration cytology at 30 mo after initial observation. The sheep was euthanized when the flock was downsized 18 mo later. A field postmortem examination revealed a large mammary mass, but an absence of metastases to internal organs. Imprint cytology of the mammary tissue supported a benign proliferative process. Histologically, mammary tissue was obliterated by cystic, tubular, and papillary adenomatous arrangements of mammary epithelium, with an anaplastic component, consistent with mammary carcinoma arising in an adenoma. IHC showed strong nuclear positivity to the antibody against progesterone receptor and minimal positivity to the antibody against estrogen receptor alpha expression. Intrinsic subtyping for basal or luminal epithelial origin was attempted through adaptation of companion animal IHC classification panels; high- and low-molecular-weight cytokeratins (CK5, CK8, CK18) failed to stain, but p63 expression for basal epithelium was positive.     

猪乳腺细胞分离培养及EGFP基因转化

本研究旨在从猪乳腺组织中分离得到上皮细胞和成纤维细胞,并将EGFP基因导入这些细胞.利用乳腺细胞堵养体系从成年猪乳腺组织中分离培养上皮细胞和成纤维细胞,并利用脂质体介导转染技术将EGFP基因导入这些细胞.结果,从成年猪乳腺组织中成功分离培养出上皮细胞和成纤维细胞,获得转EGFP基因上皮细胞和成纤维细胞.上皮细胞呈短梭形或多角形,细胞之间紧密相靠,互相衔接,连接成片;细胞核呈圆形或椭圆形,核仁2～4枚,比较明显.成纤维细胞呈长梭形.结果表明,可以从猪乳腺组织中分离上皮细胞和成纤维细胞,EGFP可以在这些细胞中表达.     

Tracheal lesions in young turkeys infected with Bordetella avium

Forty-six turkeys were inoculated intranasally with Bordetella avium at 3 days of age. Inoculated and non-inoculated turkeys (n = 72) were necropsied sequentially from post-exposure days (PED) 3 to 53. Tracheal lesions were studied histologically. Mild fibrinopurulent tracheitis, associated with bacterial colonization of ciliated epithelium, was seen at PED 7 to 10. At PED 14 and 21, there were numerous bacterial colonies, loss of ciliated cells, epithelial hyperplasia, depletion of mucus, and diffuse infiltration of lymphocytes and macrophages. At PED 28, the mucosa and tracheal rings were severely distorted. The mucosal epithelium, composed of immature epithelial cells and nononuclear leukocytes, had formed prominent longitudinal folds. Mucous glands were cystic and lined by low cuboidal epithelium. At PED 42 and 53, tracheas appeared normal, except for residual distortion of tracheal rings and shortened luminal epithelium.     

FADS2基因在奶牛乳腺细胞中的过表达和干扰研究

为了研究脂肪酸脱氢酶2(fatty acid desaturases 2,FADS2)基因在奶牛乳腺细胞脂肪酸代谢中的作用,本研究在奶牛乳腺上皮细胞中对FADS2基因进行过表达和干扰,研究FADS2基因表达对脂肪酸合成相关基因的调控及对奶牛乳腺上皮细胞中甘油三酯含量的影响。针对FADS2基因的CDS序列设计siRNA和过表达载体pcDNA3.1-FADS2-EGFP,转染奶牛乳腺细胞检测FADS2基因过表达和干扰对脂肪酸代谢相关基因表达的影响及细胞中甘油三酯含量的变化。结果显示,试验成功获得过表达载体pcDNA3.1-FADS2-EGFP和干扰片段,转染细胞后具有良好的过表达和干扰效果。FADS2基因过表达后,1-酰基甘油磷酸酰基转移酶(AGPAT1)、固醇调节元件结合蛋白裂解激活蛋白(SCAP)、3-磷酸甘油转移酶(GPAM)、脂肪酸延长链5(ELOVL5)、乙酰辅酶A酰基转移酶1(ACAA1)、脂肪酸脱氢酶1(FADS1)、二酰基甘油转酰基酶1(DGAT1)和过氧化物酶体增殖激活受体α(PPARα)基因显著下调(P<0.05),脂滴蛋白2(PLIN2)基因极显著上调(P<0.01)。FADS2基因干扰过后可引起AGPAT1、GPAM、ELOVL5、ACAA1、PLIN2和FADS1基因显著上调(P<0.05),脂肪酸合成胰岛素诱导基因1(INSIG1)极显著上调(P<0.01),DGAT1和PPARα基因显著下调(P<0.05)。甘油三酯检测结果显示,FADS2基因过表达和干扰均可降低奶牛乳腺上皮细胞中甘油三酯的含量。综上所述,在奶牛乳腺上皮细胞中,FADS2基因能调控脂质合成相关基因的表达,对乳腺脂质合成具有调控作用。     

Histological and histochemical characterisation of mammary gland tissue of cows infected with foot-and-mouth disease by contact exposure

Foot-and-mouth disease virus was observed to replicate in secretory epithelial cells of bovine mammary gland alveoli as a result of systemic infection initiated by exposure to infected animals. Viral antigens were demonstrated using fluorescent antibody and immunoperoxidase labelling techniques before the development of signs of clinical disease. In addition, labelled antigens were observed associated with cytoplasmic-like fragments in luminal membrane limited structures. Histologically, lesions of the alveolar secretory epithelium consisted of focal necrosis of these cells which eventually sloughed into the lumen.     

Differences in lectin-binding properties between the common mucosal epithelium and follicle-associated epithelium in the rabbit small intestine

Differences in sugar distribution between the villous epithelium and follicle-associated epithelium (FAE) were compared using lectins in the rabbit small intestine. In every portion, villous columnar epithelial cells primarily exhibited a positive reaction to the GalNAc, GlcNAc, galactose, and oligosaccharide. In the ileal Peyer's patch (PP), whereas microvillous epithelial cells exhibited positive reactions, M cells tended to be negative. The villous epithelial reaction to the fucose group was negative, but M cells and microvillous epithelial cells showed a positive to the fucose. No epithelium had a positive reaction to the mannose and glucose. The variety of lectin-binding properties of villous epithelial cells and M cells may reflect specificity for the recognizing luminal substances such as antigenic molecules and bacterial elements.