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An "expressionistic" look at serrated precancerous colorectal lesions.
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Diagnostic pathology [Diagn Pathol] 2021 Jan 10; Vol. 16 (1), pp. 4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jan 10. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Background: Approximately 60% of colorectal cancer (CRC) precursor lesions are the genuinely-dysplastic conventional adenomas (cADNs). The others include hyperplastic polyps (HPs), sessile serrated lesions (SSL), and traditional serrated adenomas (TSAs), subtypes of a class of lesions collectively referred to as "serrated." Endoscopic and histologic differentiation between cADNs and serrated lesions, and between serrated lesion subtypes can be difficult.<br />Methods: We used in situ hybridization to verify the expression patterns in CRC precursors of 21 RNA molecules that appear to be promising differentiation markers on the basis of previous RNA sequencing studies.<br />Results: SSLs could be clearly differentiated from cADNs by the expression patterns of 9 of the 12 RNAs tested for this purpose (VSIG1, ANXA10, ACHE, SEMG1, AQP5, LINC00520, ZIC5/2, FOXD1, NKD1). Expression patterns of all 9 in HPs were similar to those in SSLs. Nine putatively HP-specific RNAs were also investigated, but none could be confirmed as such: most (e.g., HOXD13 and HOXB13), proved instead to be markers of the normal mucosa in the distal colon and rectum, where most HPs arise. TSAs displayed mixed staining patterns reflecting the presence of serrated and dysplastic glands in the same lesion.<br />Conclusions: Using a robust in situ hybridization protocol, we identified promising tissue-staining markers that, if validated in larger series of lesions, could facilitate more precise histologic classification of CRC precursors and, consequently, more tailored clinical follow-up of their carriers. Our findings should also fuel functional studies on the pathogenic significance of specific gene expression alterations in the initiation and evolution of CRC precursor subtypes.
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- Adenoma pathology
Adenomatous Polyps pathology
Biomarkers analysis
Colon pathology
Colorectal Neoplasms pathology
Female
Humans
In Situ Hybridization
Male
Precancerous Conditions pathology
RNA, Messenger analysis
Rectum pathology
Adenoma classification
Adenomatous Polyps classification
Colorectal Neoplasms classification
Precancerous Conditions classification
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1746-1596
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Diagnostic pathology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33423702
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13000-020-01064-1