Immunohistochemical panel for the diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease using antibodies to MAP2, calretinin, GLUT1 and S100.

Bachmann, Leonhard; Besendörfer, Manuel; Carbon, Roman; Lux, Philipp; Agaimy, Abbas; Hartmann, Arndt; Rau, Tilman (2015). Immunohistochemical panel for the diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease using antibodies to MAP2, calretinin, GLUT1 and S100. Histopathology, 66(6), pp. 824-835. Blackwell Scientific Publications 10.1111/his.12527

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AIMS

The diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease is currently based on the identification of aganglionosis and the presence of an increase in acetylcholinesterase-positive hypertrophic nerve fibres in the large bowel submucosa. However, acetylcholinesterase staining is laborious and requires a skilled technician. The aim of this study was to identify a method for diagnosing Hirschsprung's disease reliably using an immunohistochemical panel of recently proposed markers.

METHODS AND RESULTS

Sixty-nine specimens from 37 patients were evaluated. MAP2 and calretinin antibodies were shown to stain ganglia reliably in the submucosal and myenteric plexuses of normal tissue. By contrast, reduced staining of ganglia was observed in patients with Hirschsprung's disease. Staining for GLUT1 and S100 was used to evaluate the number and thickness of nerve fibres. Gain of GLUT1 and S100 expression was in contrast to the loss of calretinin and MAP2. Hypertrophic submucosal nerve fibres in Hirschsprung's disease develop a perineurium with a ring-like GLUT1 staining pattern similar in size and intensity to that observed in deeper subserosal tissue.

CONCLUSIONS

The diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease using immunohistochemical panels could be as accurate as with conventional frozen section techniques. In particular, the use of a combination of markers for ganglia and hypertrophic nerve fibres highlighting a prominent perineurium in Hirschsprung's disease could be an alternative method.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Pathology > Clinical Pathology

UniBE Contributor:

Rau, Tilman

ISSN:

0309-0167

Publisher:

Blackwell Scientific Publications

Language:

English

Submitter:

Doris Haefelin

Date Deposited:

13 Jul 2015 15:35

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:48

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/his.12527

PubMed ID:

25123159

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Glut1; Hirschsprung's disease; Map2; S100; calretinin

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.70196

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/70196

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