Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
Gewählte Publikation:
Smolle, J; Soyer, HP; Kerl, H.
Tubulin expression in melanocytic skin tumors. An immunohistochemical study.
Am J Dermatopathol. 1990; 12(1):17-24
Doi: 10.1097/00000372-199002000-00003
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- Führende Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Smolle Josef
- Co-Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Kerl Helmut
- Soyer Hans Peter
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- Abstract:
- The microtubulus system as a part of the cellular cytoskeleton contributes to cell movement. Microtubulus assembly and disassembly is considered to be essential for tumor invasion and serves as a target for tumor chemotherapy. Using immunohistochemical methods, we investigated the distribution of tubulin in normal skin and 34 melanocytic skin tumors. In normal skin, tubulin was strongly expressed in dermal nerves, melanocytes, fibroblasts within the papillary dermis and in myoepithelial cells. In melanocytic skin tumors, nevus cells and melanoma cells stained positive, particularly at the periphery of the lesions, where there were single cells and small nests. The main difference between benign and malignant melanocytic tumors was found in the stromal cells: In melanocytic nevi, the stromal fibroblasts were entirely tubulin negative; whereas, adjacent to the invasive edge in primary and metastatic malignant melanoma, the stroma fibroblasts were strongly positive. Our results show that tubulin is regularly expressed in melanocytic skin tumors and may serve as a prerequisite for cell movement. The pronounced expression of tubulin in fibroblasts surrounding malignant melanocytic skin lesions reflects a stromal alteration that might contribute to tumor invasion.
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