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Characterization of a Rat Subcutaneous Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma and Its Tumor Lines, with Reference to Histiocytic Features

Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Gakuencho 1-1, Sakai, Osaka, Japan (JY, SF, MK, TK), and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (JL)

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is regarded as soft tissue–derived undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, of which the histogenesis remains to be proven. To investigate the cellular characteristics, a homotransplantable tumor line (KJ) was established from a spontaneous MFH that developed in the subcutis of an aged F344 rat. KJ tumors have been produced in syngeneic rats by serial subcutaneous implantation of tissue fragments. The original and KJ tumors consisted of oval and fusiform cells arranged in interlacing bundles with fibrous stroma. Occasional giant cells with bizarre nuclei were observed. Enzyme/immunohistochemically, neoplastic cells reacted to ED1 and ED2 (antibodies specific for rat histiocytes/macrophages), and showed a positive reaction to vimentin and lysosomal enzyme markers such as acid phosphatase (ACP) and nonspecific esterase (Non-SE). Electron microscopically, neoplastic cells possessed lysosomal granules in cytoplasm. A cloned cell line (KJ-A) was isolated from a KJ tumor. KJ-A cells showed positive reactions to ED1, ED2, ACP, and Non-SE, and had cytoplasmic lysosomal granules. Tumors induced by KJ-A cells exhibited histologic and enzyme/immunohistochemical findings similar to those of KJ tumors. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) treatment increased the number of ED1-positive cells and the expression of tumor necrosis factor- mRNA by reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction. Collectively, it is likely that rat MFH cells originally possess histiocyte/macrophage-like features that may be enhanced by LPS. Because tumor lines are useful for in vivo and in vitro studies concerning different characteristics of the original neoplasms. KJ and KJ-A should prove useful for studies concerning the morphogenesis of MFH.

Key words: Cultured cell line; F344 rats; immunohistochemistry; malignant fibrous histiocytoma; pleomorphic sarcoma; rat transplantable tumor line; tumor necrosis factor-.

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