Neuron-specific enolase as a serum marker for immature teratoma and dysgerminoma
1989; Elsevier BV; Volume: 32; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0090-8258(89)80032-0
ISSN1095-6859
AutoresMakoto Kawata, Souei Sekiya, Ryoki HATAKEYAMA, H Takamizawa,
Tópico(s)Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
ResumoNeuron-specific enolase (NSE) was measured with an enzyme-immunoassay in sera from 54 patients with malignant (24 cases) and benign (30 cases) germ cell tumors of ovarian origin. Serum NSE contents were clearly raised above control value (> 10 ng/mg) in 4 of 8 patients with immature teratomas and 5 of 6 with dysgerminomas. NSE was also measured in nine cell lines of germ cell tumors. Among these cell lines, high NSE contents were detected in the cell extracts and culture supernatants from PA-1 and Tera-II lines. In immunohistochemical study, widespread positive staining for NSE was shown in dysgerminomas, whereas the immunostaining was confined to neural elements in both an immature teratoma and xenograft tumors derived from PA-1 and Tera-II lines in nude mice. These findings suggest that serum NSE measurements are of diagnostic value not only for immature teratomas but also for dysgerminomas. Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) was measured with an enzyme-immunoassay in sera from 54 patients with malignant (24 cases) and benign (30 cases) germ cell tumors of ovarian origin. Serum NSE contents were clearly raised above control value (> 10 ng/mg) in 4 of 8 patients with immature teratomas and 5 of 6 with dysgerminomas. NSE was also measured in nine cell lines of germ cell tumors. Among these cell lines, high NSE contents were detected in the cell extracts and culture supernatants from PA-1 and Tera-II lines. In immunohistochemical study, widespread positive staining for NSE was shown in dysgerminomas, whereas the immunostaining was confined to neural elements in both an immature teratoma and xenograft tumors derived from PA-1 and Tera-II lines in nude mice. These findings suggest that serum NSE measurements are of diagnostic value not only for immature teratomas but also for dysgerminomas.
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