Johnson MD. Do mesothelin/MUC16 interactions facilitate adenocarcinoma metastases to intracranial meningiomas?
Surg Neurol Int 2016;
7:S1049-S1052. [PMID:
28144481 PMCID:
PMC5234303 DOI:
10.4103/2152-7806.196367]
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Abstract
Background:
Meningiomas have been shown to express mesothelin, a high affinity binding site for MUC16, a transmembrane protein on adenocarcinoma cells. The mechanisms underlying adenocarcinoma metastases to meningiomas may provide insight into tumor-to-tumor metastases and adenocarcinoma metastases to leptomeningeal cells.
Methods:
Two meningiomas containing metastases from adenocarcinomas were identified and evaluated immunohistochemically for the expression and localization of mesothelin and MUC16.
Results:
Both meningiomas show extensive mesothelin immunoreactivity, and the adenocarcinomas metastatic to the meningiomas show mesothelin and MUC16 immunoreactivity at the interface with meningioma.
Conclusions:
Interactions between MUC16 and/or mesothelin on the cell membrane of adenocarcinoma cells with mesothelin on meningioma cells may facilitate adenocarcinoma metastases to meningiomas and possibly the leptomeninges.
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