Expression of Class II β-Tubulin by Proliferative Myoepithelial Cells in Canine Mammary Mixed Tumors
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- 1 November 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Veterinary Pathology
- Vol. 40 (6), 670-676
- https://doi.org/10.1354/vp.40-6-670
Abstract
Benign mammary mixed tumors in dogs resemble human salivary pleomorphic adenomas with regard to their histogenesis, including the occurrence of cartilaginous or bony metaplasia as well as the expression pattern of cytoskeletal proteins in proliferative myoepithelial cells. Recently, a monoclonal antibody specific for class II β-tubulin has been developed. The epitope it recognizes was determined to be the hepta-peptide Glu-Glu-Glu-Glu-Gly-Glu-Asp, which is the common sequence found among the canine, rat, mouse, and human class II β-tubulin-specific regions. We carried out immunohistochemical studies on mammary mixed tumors obtained from three female dogs using this the monoclonal antibody. The antibody to class II β-tubulin reacted intensely with proliferative myoepithelial cells in canine mammary mixed tumors, whereas staining was barely detectable in normal myoepithelial cells surrounding alveoli and alveolar ducts within the tumor and adjacent normal tissue. Proliferative myoepithelial cells also expressed vimentin, but α-smooth muscle actin (αSMA) staining was barely detectable. Immunoblot analysis showed that class II β-tubulin and vimentin were expressed in myoepithelial cell lines prepared from the three mammary mixed tumors. On the other hand, only one cell line, which was negative for αSMA, produced cartilage-specific type II collagen. These results suggest that class II β-tubulin could be a new molecular marker of proliferating myoepithelial cells in canine mammary mixed tumors and that differential expression of cytoskeletal components is associated with cartilaginous metaplasia of proliferative myoepithelial cells in mixed mammary tumors.Keywords
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