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Lack of vascular adventitial fibroblastic cells in tumour stroma of intestinal-type and solid-type gastric carcinomas
  1. H Nakayama1,
  2. H Enzan2,
  3. E Miyazaki2,
  4. N Kuroda2,
  5. M Toi2,
  6. M Hiroi2,
  7. W Yasui1
  1. 1Department of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
  2. 2Department of Pathology, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Okoh-cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr H Nakayama
 Department of Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan; nakayamhhiroshima-u.ac.jp

Abstract

Aims: To investigate the roles of vascular adventitial fibroblastic cells in tumour stroma, the distribution of vascular adventitial fibroblastic cells was studied in gastric carcinomas.

Methods: In total, 50 surgically resected gastric carcinomas (43 intestinal type, and seven solid type) and their normal tissues were examined. Vascular adventitial fibroblastic cells are positive for CD34 but negative for CD31. To differentiate vascular adventitial fibroblastic cells from vascular endothelial cells, immunostaining for CD34 and CD31 was performed. Immunostaining for high molecular weight caldesmon was also performed to recognise vascular media.

Results: In normal gastric tissues, CD34 positive fibroblastic cells were found just outside the vascular media, namely vascular adventitial fibroblastic cells. In contrast, all of the 43 intestinal-type and seven solid-type gastric carcinomas had no vascular adventitial fibroblastic cells in the tumour stroma.

Conclusions: These results suggest that a lack of vascular adventitial fibroblastic cells is associated with tumour stroma formation in intestinal-type and solid-type gastric carcinomas.

  • gastric carcinoma
  • tumour stroma
  • vascular adventitia
  • fibroblast
  • CD34
  • HCD, high molecular weight caldesmon
  • α-SMA, α smooth muscle actin

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