Veterinary Pathology, Vol 31, Issue 3 308-315, Copyright © 1994 by American College of Veterinary Pathologists

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Parathyroid hormone-related protein in normal and neoplastic canine tissues: immunohistochemical localization and biochemical extraction

A. Grone, J. R. Werkmeister, C. L. Steinmeyer, C. C. Capen and T. J. Rosol
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Ohio State University, Columbus.

Two polyclonal antibodies, directed against N-terminal amino acids (1-36) or the midregion (amino acids 34-53) of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP), were used to localize PTHrP in a variety of normal and neoplastic canine tissues. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) immunoreactivity was demonstrated using anti-bovine PTH (amino acids 14-34). The following tissues (among others) stained strongly positive for PTHrP: all layers of epidermal keratinocytes, with the most intense staining of the basal layer; hair follicle keratinocytes; myoepithelial cells of dermal apocrine glands, mammary glands, and apocrine glands of the anal sac; anal sac epithelium; mammary duct epithelium; and thyroid C cells. Adenocarcinomas of the anal sac stained moderately positive (5/22 dogs), weakly positive (11/22 dogs), or did not stain (6/22 dogs). Most parathyroid gland adenomas stained moderately (2/6 dogs) or weakly positive (3/6 dogs) for PTHrP. Squamous cell carcinomas (6/6 dogs) stained strongly positive. Lymphomas stained weakly positive (2/10 dogs) or did not stain (8/10 dogs). There was no consistent relationship between the staining intensity of the tumors and serum calcium concentrations of the dogs. The anti-PTH antibodies stained only parathyroid chief cells strongly positive. Concentrations of PTHrP were measured by radioimmunoassay in protein extracts from an adenocarcinoma derived from the apocrine glands of the anal sac, pancreas, kidney, liver, heart, thyroid, adrenal, and parathyroid glands. PTHrP concentrations varied from undetectable up to 150 pg/mg in normal tissues as compared with 2,000 pg/mg in apocrine adenocarcinoma of the anal sac.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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