Intracranial neoplasia in dogs: immunohistochemistry evaluation of cellular proliferation markers and p53 expression

Author(s)

Kalan Bastos Violin

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD)
• Defense date: 2009-08-26

Examining board members

Paulo César Maiorka; Fernanda Bernardi; Idércio Luiz Sinhorini

• Advisor: Paulo César Maiorka

Abstract

The study of neoplastic alterations of dogs nervous system (NS) presents huge challenges due their particularities, between domestic animals species the dog Canis familiars presents the highest of these neoplasms. The development of this research aims to establish the anatomical-pathological, molecular and epidemiology study in veterinary neuro-oncology, evaluating by Immunohistochemistry technique markers of cell proliferation PCNA and Ki-67, expression of p53 protein and markers of cell differentiation. In this study were used 18 animals, dogs, which had entry at the Pathology Service of the Veterinary Hospital (HOVET) and at the Department of pathology from Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia of University of São Paulo, which had confirmed diagnose of primary intracranial neoplasia, among them (8) meningiomas and (3) astrocytomas. There wasn\'t sexual preference and the mean age of tumor manifestation was 9 years old. The mean value of labelling index (LI) of benign meningiomas for PCNA is 4,8% and Ki-67 is 2,8%, in fibrillary astrocytoma the mean value of LI is 1% for PCNA and 1% for Ki-67, in anaplastic astrocytoma the mean value of LI is 10% for PCNA and 5% for Ki-67 and in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma the mean value of LI is 20% for PCNA and 4% for Ki-67. The p53 alterations wasn\'t detected and the LI was useful to set the benign or malign tumor behavior and two tumor types which had not been described in dogs: pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma and pineal parenchymal tumour of intermediate differentiation could be diagnosed through the set of information collected, cell morphology, markers of cell differentiation and labelling index. (AU)