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An update on
immunohistochemical markers
in mesenchymal neoplasms
By Konstantinos Linos MD, FCAP, FASDP
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH, USA
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A general truth!
• Some of these markers may prove to be more
useful in clinical practice than others
• With time it is generally appreciated that significant overlap in staining patterns can be seen in different tumor types, some of which share similar biology or can be explained by known biologic mechanisms
• ERG
• PAX7• DUX4/ETV4• BCOR
• Claudin 4• STAT6• MUC4
Outline
ERG
• Member of the ETS family of regulatory transcription factors with diverse biological roles • Regulates endothelial cell differentiation,
angiogenesis, and expression of several endothelial-specific antigens
• Also required for embryonic stem cells to differentiate into endothelial cells
• Regulatory gene of cartilage skeletogenesis
• May have crucial role in permanent cartilage development
ERG in benign vascular tumors
ERG in
Hemangioendotheliomas
ERG in angiosarcoma in
comparison with CD31
ERG in non epithelial Mesenchymal,
Neuroectodermal and Hematopoietic
tumors
ERG in Epithelial Neoplams
ERG in nonvascular tumors
A hemorrhagic poorly
differentiated carcinoma
simulating angiosarcoma
ERG
• From these studies ERG is positive in >95% of
angiosarcomas, with a greater sensitivity
compared to CD31 and CD34
• ERG usually shows a diffuse pattern of
nuclear staining, which facilitates its interpretation in this context.
Ewing Sarcoma
with EWSR1-
ERG
FLI1
ERG
Ewing sarcoma with EWSR1-FLI1
EWSR1, FLI1, ERG and their
fusion proteins in Ewing Sarcoma
Leukemia cutis cases
Reactive Leukocytic Infiltrates
Soft Tissue Chondroma
Convetional Chondrosarcoma
ERG
FLI1 ERG
Conclusion
• ERG is therefore a useful marker for confirming endothelial differentiation in both benign and malignant neoplasms
• Potentially useful marker to distinguish Leukemia
Cutis vs reactive myeloid infiltrates
• Expression can also be seen in a subset of epithelioid sarcomas and a small percentage of
Ewing sarcomas, as well as approximately 45%
to 50% of prostatic carcinomas.• ERG can be seen in selected bone and soft tissue
tumor with cartilaginous differentiation
ERG
• ERG• PAX7
• DUX4-ETV4• BCOR
• Claudin 4• STAT6• MUC4
Outline
• Immunohistochemical detection in tumor cell nuclei of myogenin and MYOD1 currently benchmark for rhabdomyosarcoma diagnosis
• Sensitivity and specificity even in combination is imperfect
• Negative or focal myogenin in a considerable number of embryonal rhabdomyosarcomas
• MYOD1: high background and cytoplasmic staining
PAX7
• PAX7 is a paired box transcription factor required for mammalian skeletal muscle stem cells (aka satellite cells)
• It plays a critical role in mammalian myogenesis
• Controls early lineage specification, whereas MYOG and MYOD1 regulate subsequent lineage commitment
PAX7
Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma
Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma
Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma
PAX7 and Rhabdomyosarcoma
• Potential diagnostic value of PAX7 IHC in the evaluation of rhabdomyosarcoma, especially embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
• Less sensitive in ARMS • Could be used secondarily in desmin+,
MYOG/MYOD1 - cases
Ewing Sarcoma
CIC-DUX4
• PAX7 a sensitive marker for Ewing Sarcoma
• Positive in NKX2-2 negative cases
• Also positive in both common and variant forms of Ewing Sarcoma
• PAX7 expression differentiates Ewing Sarcoma from CIC-DUX4 sarcoma
What accounts for the robust PAX7
expression in Ewing Sarcoma?
EWSR1-FLI fusion protein binds at position 5 to the PAX7 promoter
Undifferentiated small round
cell or spindle-cell tumor
• PAX7 positivity: Rhabdo vs Ewing Sarcoma• Positivity for desmin, MYOG, MYOD1 would
strongly favor rhabdomyosarcoma• Rare cases of ES can express myogenic features
• Diffuse membranous CD99 would favor ES• Can be positive in rhabdomyosarcomas
• NKX2.2 would support ES• WT1+, PAX7- would support CIC-DUX4
• To date IHC focused on the aberrant expression of one of the genes involved in the pathogenic translocation• WT1 in DSMRCT (EWSR1-WT1)• STAT6 in SFT (NAB2-STAT6)• FLI1 in Ewing Sarcoma (ESWR1-FLI1)• BCOR in undifferentiated sarcomas
• PAX7 in ES exploits a characteristic
transcriptional read-out of the disease-
causing translocation
• ERG• PAX7• DUX4 & ETV4
• BCOR
• Claudin 4• STAT6• MUC4
Outline
• Emerging undifferentiated sarcomas resembling but distinct from Ewing Sarcoma• t(4;19) translocation involving CIC-DUX4
• t(10;19) translocation CIC-DUX4L
• Distinct transcriptional signature with poor clinical outcomes
DUX4 IHC
CD99 WT1 FISH CIC
Ewing Sarcoma Malignant Rhabdoid
Tumor
Synovial Sarcoma
• ETV4 (ETS Variant 4)• Member of the PEA3 subgroup in the ETS
transcription factor family • Upregulation of WT1 and ETV1/4/5 in CIC-
rearranged sarcomas
ETV4 and round cell sarcomas
• Sensitive but not entirely specific for CIC-rearranged sarcomas
• Diffuse, moderate-to-strong expression in ~90% sensitive and 95% specific
• ERG• PAX7• DUX4 & ETV4• BCOR
• Claudin 4• STAT6• MUC4
Outline
BCOR (BCL-6 interacting corepressor)
• A subset of undifferentiated round cell sarcomas:• BCOR-CCNB3
• BCOR-MAML3
• ZC3H7B-BCOR
• YWHAE-NUTM2B
• BCOR internal tandem duplication (ITD)• Clear cell sarcoma of the kidney• Primitive myxoid mesenchymal tumor of
infancy
BCOR and Synovial Sarcoma
BCOR
• BCOR IHC is highly sensitive in identifying sarcomas with BCOR abnormality• Triage for further molecular tests• Avoid extensive IHC and molecular workups in
small specimens• Synovial sarcoma should be included in the
DDx of round cell sarcomas with BCOR+
• ERG• PAX7• DUX4 & ETV4• BCOR
• Claudin 4
• STAT6• MUC4
Outline
Claudin 4 and SWI/SNF
complex-deficient tumors
• Claudins are integral components of tight junctions which for barriers in epithelial, endothelial and perineurial cells
• Claudin 4 is expressed in most epithelial
cells and carcinomas
• Has been validated as a useful marker in the distinction of mesothelioma (lack of expression) from metastatic adenocarcinoma (consistently +)
• It has been observed:• Epithelial component of biphasic synovial
sarcoma• Subset of Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor
Claudin 4
• Fundamental role in regulation of gene expression
• Tumor suppressor properties• SMARCB1 (INI-1)
• SMARCA2 (BRM)
• SMARCA4 (BRG1)
• ARID1A
SWI/SNF complex
• SMARCB1 deficiency (INI1 loss)
• Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor• Epithelioid Sarcoma• Subset of myoepithelial carcinomas• Epithelioid MPNST• Epithelioid Schwannoma
• SMARCA4 deficiency (BRG1 loss)
• Nearly all cases of ovarian small cell carcinomas of hypercalcemic type
• ARID1A deficiency
• ~half of ovarian clear cell carcinomas
SWI/SNF complex
Epithelioid
Sarcoma
Epithelioid
Angiosarcoma
Epithelioid
MPNST
Biphasic
Synovial
Sarcoma
Ovarian
Clear Cell
Carcinoma
Pancreatic
Rhabdoid
Carcinoma
Cecal
Rhabdoid
Carcinoma
INI1-
deficient
Sinonasal
Carcinoma
Claudin 4
• It may serve as a useful diagnostic adjunct in the distinction of SWI/SNF complex deficient carcinomas from sarcomas with epithelioid
morphology
• Strongly associated with true epithelial differentiation
• However absence of claudin 4 staining does not entirely exclude carcinoma
Keratin CD34
SMARCA4
• ERG• PAX7• DUX4 & ETV4• BCOR
• Claudin 4• STAT6
• MUC4
Outline
STAT6 and Solitaty Fibrous Tumor
• STAT6 is a member of the STAT family of
cytoplasmic transcription factors, which regulate gene expression by transmitting signals to the nucleus and binding to specific DNA promoter sequences
• NAB2 is a transcriptional corepressor, a regulator of the early growth response 1 (EGR1) transcription factor
Variable truncation of the
repressor domain of
NAB2 with replacement
by the transcriptional
activation domain of
STAT6
Subsequent translocation to the nucleus, where it acts as a transcriptional
activator resulting in increased proliferation
Synovial sarcoma
Cellular spindle cell lipoma
STAT6
STAT6
Dedifferentiated liposarcoma
Pitfall!• Presence of STAT6 expression in
approximately 7% to 15% of dedifferentiated
liposarcomas
• The staining pattern in dedifferentiated liposarcoma is variable and may be focal or diffuse, weak or medium to strong in intensity, unlike the generally strong diffuse pattern seen in solitary fibrous tumor
• Unlike the predominantly nuclear pattern of staining seen in solitary fibrous tumor, both cytoplasmic and nuclear expression is common in dedifferentiated liposarcoma.
• Diffuse expression of MDM2 and CDK4
helps favor a diagnosis of dedifferentiated liposarcoma
• If doubt persists, FISH for MDM2 amplification may also be useful
FISH vs PCR
• Because STAT6 and NAB2 are located close together on the long arm of chromosome 12, FISH to demonstrate rearrangement of the genes is technically challenging and not diagnostically useful
• ERG• PAX7• DUX4 & ETV4• BCOR
• Claudin 4• STAT6• MUC4
Outline
MUC4
• MUC4 is a useful marker for low-grade
fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS) and sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma
Sclerosing epithelioid sarcoma
Monophasic synovial sarcoma
and MUC4
Sclerosing epithelioid sarcoma,
MUC4 and carcinoma
• Importantly, regarding SEF, in which a poorly
differentiated carcinoma may fall into the differential diagnosis
• it should be remembered that MUC4
expression is seen in a variety of different
carcinomas, such as pancreaticobiliarycarcinomas, breast carcinoma, and colonic adenocarcinoma.
NEVER FORGET!
• The use of all of these markers requires careful clinical correlation and knowledge of the spectrum of staining in other tumor types, as no one marker is 100% sensitive or specific
for a given diagnosis
• Established in collaboration with Dartmouth University and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Pathology Department
• Free consultations from abroad• Includes second opinion, ancillary studies
(immunohistochemical, molecular studies) • Email: [email protected]• @KonstantinosLin
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