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Vet Pathol 44:276-284 (2007)
© 2007 American College of Veterinary Pathologists

Uveal Spindle Cell Tumor of Blue-Eyed Dogs: An Immunohistochemical Study

M. K. Zarfoss, G. Klauss, K. Newkirk, M. Kiupel, Y. Jones, C. M. H. Colitz and R. R. Dubielzig

Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (MZ, RD), the University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center, St. Paul, MN (GK), The Ohio State University Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Columbus OH (KN, CC), and the Michigan State University Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, Lansing, MI (MK, YJ)

Immunohistochemical techniques were used to investigate the origin of a spindle cell tumor in the anterior uveal tract of dogs and the influence of ultraviolet radiation on the development of this tumor. Thirteen tumors were identified from the 4,007 canine ocular samples examined at the Comparative Ocular Pathology Laboratory of Wisconsin between 1978 and 2005. Siberian Husky and Siberian Husky mix dogs were overrepresented (10/13 dogs, overall median age 10 years). Light microscopic evaluation (all dogs) and electron microscopy (2 dogs) were performed. Immunohistochemical staining included alpha-smooth muscle actin (SMA), vimentin, S-100, desmin, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), Melan A, microphthalmic transcription factor (MITF-1), protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5), laminin, gadd45, p53, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), anti-UVssDNA (antibody for detection of (6-4)-dipyrimidine photoproducts), and telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT). All tumors occurred in the iris with or without ciliary body involvement and were composed of spindle cells arranged in fascicles and whorls (variable Antoni A and B behavior). All tumors were positive when immunostained for vimentin and S-100. Nine of 13 tumors exhibited GFAP immunopositivity. All tumors were negative for SMA, desmin, Melan A, and MITF-1. Tumors were variably positive for PGP 9.5, laminin, gadd45, p53, PCNA, anti-UVssDNA, and TERT. Electron microscopy revealed intermittent basal laminae between cells. These tumors are morphologically and immunohistochemically most consistent with schwannoma. The relationship between spindle cell tumors of the anterior uvea of dogs, altered neural crest, blue iris color, and ultraviolet radiation has not yet been fully elucidated.

Key words: Canine; eye; immunohistochemistry; iris; neural crest; schwannomas; spindle; tumor.

Request reprints from R. R. Dubielzig, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, 2015 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706 (USA). E-mail: dubielzr{at}svm.vetmed.wisc.edu






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