Abstract
The expression of the p53 protein was investigated in flat serrated neoplasias as well as in other histological phenotypes of flat or exophytic hyperplasias or neoplasias of the colorectal, mucosa. A total of 104 such lesions were analyzed: 24 were flat serrated neoplasias (22 flat serrated adenomas and 2 flat serrated adenocarcinomas), 26 flat tubular adenomas, 17 flat hyperplastic polyps, 29 exophytic tubular and/or villous neoplasias (23 adenomas and 6 exophytic adenocarcinomas) and the remaining 8, exophytic hyperplastic polyps. Deparaffinized, rehydrated sections were treated immunohistochemically to detect those overexpressing the p53 protein. Lesions having slight (+), moderate (++) or intense (+++) staining were considered immunoreactive. The results showed that 50% of the flat serrated adenomas with low-grade dysplasia (LGD) and 66.7% of those with high-grade dysplasia (HGD) had p53 immunoreactivity. None of the flat tubular or of the exophytic adenomas with LGD expressed p53, but immunoreactivity was present in 61.5% of the flat tubular adenomas with HGD and in 52.3% of the exophytic adenomas with HGD. All adenocarcinomas had an intense p53 reaction. Weak p53 expression was demonstrated by 11.7% of the flat hyperplastic polyps but none of the exophytic polyps reacted. The occurrence of p53 expression in flat serrated adenomas with LGD suggested that, despite its low histological profile, one-half of those lesions could be biologically already committed to independent growth. The occurrence of p53 expression in nearly 12% of the flat hyperplastic polyps was totally unexpected and deserves further investigation. Flat serrated adenoma emerges as a novel, independent histological entity among the various phenotypes of flat neoplasias of the colorectal mucosa.
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Abbreviations
- LGD :
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low-grade dysplasia
- HGD :
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highgrade dysplasia
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Rubio, C.A., Rodensjö, M. p53 overexpression in flat serrated adenomas and flat tubular adenomas of the colorectal mucosa. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 121, 571–576 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01197772
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