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Vet Pathol 41:275-277 (2004)
© 2004 American College of Veterinary Pathologists
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Expression of Myogenic Regulating Factors, Myogenin and MyoD, in Two Canine Botryoid Rhabdomyosarcomas

M. Kobayashi, H. Sakai, A. Hirata, K. Yonemaru, T. Yanai, K. Watanabe, K. Yamazoe, T. Kudo and T. Masegi

Abstract

Myogenin and MyoD regulate the development of skeletal muscle, and their expressions are specific to the stages of myogenesis. Therefore, these myogenic regulatory proteins could be considered as sensitive and specific markers for rhabdomyosarcoma. In this report we investigated the immunohistochemical reactivities of myogenin and MyoD in two canine bladder botryoid rhabdomyosarcomas that were different in the degree of differentiation. MyoD was stained in the Ki-67 antigen–positive undifferentiated mesenchymal cells, which had proliferative activity similar to myoblasts differentiated from mesoblasts. In contrast, multinucleated neoplastic cells were positive for myogenin and {alpha}-sarcomeric actin but not for Ki-67 antigen, similar to the myotubes differentiated from myoblastic cells. The expressions of myogenin and MyoD were closely correlated to the histologic features of myogenic neoplastic cells.

Key words: Botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma; dogs; immunohistochemistry; MyoD; myogenin.

Request reprints from Dr. H. Sakai, Department of Veterinary Pathology and Surgery, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193 (Japan). shiroki{at}cc.gifu-u.ac.jp.




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