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Intermediate filament expression and lectin histochemical features of canine transmissible venereal tumour
E J Gimeno1, A R Massone, F P Marino
1Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, La Plata, Argentina.
APMIS : Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica, Et Immunologica Scandinavica
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
Immunocharacterization of intermediate filament proteins and lectin-binding studies were carried out in canine transmissible venereal tumour (TVT), a unique neoplasia sharing some epidemiological features with Kaposi's sarcoma in humans. Neoplastic cells express vimentin, but neither cytokeratin nor desmin. Regarding lectins, TVT cells express receptors for Triticum vulgaris (WGA), Concanavalia ensiformis (Con A) and Ricinus communis I (RCA-I). They appear to be negative for Ulex europaeus-I (UEA-I), Arachis hypogaea (PNA), Glycine maximus (SBA) and Dolichos biflorus (DBA).