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  • Title: Antibodies to intermediate filaments as diagnostic tools: human gastrointestinal carcinomas express prekeratin.
    Author: Altmannsberger M, Weber K, Hölscher A, Schauer A, Osborn M.
    Journal: Lab Invest; 1982 May; 46(5):520-6. PubMed ID: 6176780.
    Abstract:
    Twenty-five primary gastrointestinal carcinomas have been studied using immunofluorescence microscopy with affinity-purified antibodies to prekeratin and to vimentin. The tissues were alcohol fixed and paraffin embedded before use. In all cases (i.e., one case of esophagal carcinoma, seven stomach carcinomas, and 17 large bowel carcinomas) the tumor cells are stained by antibodies to prekeratin. In cases in which only very few tumor cells are present, such as signet ring carcinoma, immunofluorescence with prekeratin antibody provides an easy way to visualize single tumor cells. When the same specimens were tested with antibodies to vimentin, the tumor cells were unstained, and only the fibroblasts and vessels of the stroma were decorated. Four of the tumors were also negative when tested with antibodies specific for either desmin, or glial fibrillary acidic protein or neurofilaments. Three metastases to the abdominal region from tumors originating in the ovary, stomach, and large bowel were like the primary tumors in that the tumor cells were positive when stained with antibodies to prekeratin and negative when tested with the antibodies to vimentin.
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