CancerPathology

MUC5AC expression is linked to mucinous/endometroid subtype, absence of nodal metastasis and mismatch repair deficiency in ovarian cancer

Presented in Emirates Pathology, Digital Pathology & Cancer Conference Holiday Inn Dubai, UAE & Virtual
Poster Presenter Name: Dr. Sebastian Dwertmann Rico (Germany)
Global Journal of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Unified Citation Journals, Pathology 2024, ISSN 2754-0952
Biography: Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Keywords: Immunohistochemistry, Mucin 5AC, ovarian cancer, tissue microarray, prognostic marker

Sebastian Dwertmann Rico, Frank Jacobsen, Christian Bernreuther, Till Clauditz, Ronald Simon, Stefan Steurer, Eike Burandt, Till Krech

Abstract:
Mucin 5AC (MUC5AC) is a secreted gel-forming mucin which is expressed by mucus producing cells of several organs but can also be found in cancer cells of the ovary, pancreas, and gastrointestinal tract. This study aimed to characterize the expression of MUC5AC in different ovarian cancer types and its potential prognostic implications. MUC5AC expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry on a tissue microarray containing 603 ovarian cancers. MUC5AC was commonly expressed in mucinous (27/36; 75%) and endometrioid (12/39; 31%) carcinomas, whereas malignant mixed Mullerian tumors (2/27; 7%), high-grade serous (20/373; 5%) and clear cell carcinomas (1/28; 4%) were only rarely MUC5AC positive and also showed lower expression levels.  MUC5AC positive endometroid carcinomas and high-grade serous carcinomas lacked lymph node metastases (p=0.0495 and p=0.0216) suggesting a more favorable prognosis. Deficient mismatch repair (dMMR), associated with a favorable prognosis in different cancer types, was found in 4/39 (10%) MUC5AC positive cancers but in only 5/375 (1%) of MUC5AC negative cancers (p=0.0052). In subgroup analyses, MUC5AC positive endometroid carcinomas more frequently showed dMMR (4/10; 40%) as opposed to MUC5AC negative endometroid carcinomas (3/23; 13%; p=0.0932). In summary, the results of our study show that MUC5AC expression is associated with mucinous and endometrioid ovarian carcinomas, lack of nodal metastases and dMMR. MUC5AC expressing ovarian cancers should be evaluated for dMMR.

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Cancer, Immunodeficiency States, Immunophenotyping, Molecular Diagnostics & Proteomics, Evolutionary Medicine, Functional Identification & Biomarkers, Hematopoietic & other Malignancies, Anatomical Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Dermato Pathology, Forensic Pathology, Hemato Pathology, Histopathology, Molecular Pathology, Surgical Pathology, Histopathology, Chemical Pathology, Hematopathology, Histopathology, Cytopathology, Forensic Pathology, Dermatopathology, Clinical Biochemistry, Infection Control, Cytokines, Enzymology, Endocrinology, Cellular Lineage, Virology, Rheology, Toxicology, Neuropathology, Diagnostic Pathology, Mesothelial Proliferations, Transfusion medicine, Clinical microbiology, Cytogenetics, Molecular Genetics Pathology, Immunopathology, Veterinary Pathology, Anatomical Pathology, General Pathology

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