The clinicopathological significance of the adipophilin and fatty acid synthase expression in salivary duct carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Salivary duct carcinoma (SDC) is an aggressive, uncommon tumor histologically comparable to high-grade mammary ductal carcinoma. SDCs are usually androgen receptor (AR)-positive and often HER2-positive. Recently, therapies targeting these molecules for SDC have attracted attention. Lipid metabolism changes have been described in association with biological behavior in various cancers, although no such relationship has yet been reported for SDC. We therefore analyzed the clinicopathological relevance of the immunohistochemical expression of adipophilin (ADP) and fatty acid synthase (FASN), representative lipid metabolism-related proteins, in 147 SDCs. ADP and FASN were variably immunoreactive in most SDCs (both 99.3%), and the ADP and FASN expression was negatively correlated (P?= 0.014). ADP-positive (??5%) SDCs more frequently exhibited a prominent nuclear pleomorphism and high-Ki-67 labeling index than those ADP-negative (P?= 0.013 and 0.011, respectively). In contrast, a high FASN score, calculated by the staining proportion and intensity, (??120) was correlated with the high expression of AR and FOXA1 (P?

SUBMITTER: Hirai H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7371671 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature