Cellular kinetics and K-ras codon 12 mutations according to histomorphometric type of colorectal polyps with epithelial serrated proliferation

  • Authors:
    • Shigeharu Hamatani
    • Ryo Wada
    • Ayako Morita
    • Chikako Hasegawa
    • Aki Mitsuda
    • Tsutomu Hatori
    • Hiroko Nonaka
    • Keiji Takahashi
    • Shina Gomi
    • Kazutoshi Shibuya
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  • Published online on: July 1, 2005     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.14.1.121
  • Pages: 121-127
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Abstract

Recent studies have examined cellular kinetics and genetic abnormalities in colorectal polyps with epithelial serrated proliferation (CP-ESP), including hyperplastic polyps, serrated adenomas, and tubulovillous adenomas. However, difficulty in histologically classifying these lesions and the lack of clear-cut diagnostic criteria have led to inconsistent findings. Some 60 cases of CP-ESP and 6 cases of CP-ESP with malignant transformation were studied. When nuclear size progressively decreased from the bottom and middle layers to the surface layer of the crypts, maturation gradient was considered positive. CP-ESP and CP-ESP adjacent to carcinoma were morphologically classified as being positive or negative for maturation gradient and inferior and lateral glandular branching. Cellular kinetics were evaluated using Ki-67 immunostaining, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-dependent preferential homoduplex formation assay was performed to detect the presence or absence of K-ras codon 12-point mutations. CP-ESPs were morphologically classified into five types. In CP-ESP of types 1 to 4, the proliferation zone was confined to the bottom layer of the crypts or extended from the bottom to middle layers. In contrast, the proliferation zone extended throughout the crypts in most type 5 lesions. K-ras codon 12 mutations were detected in only types 3 and 5 CP-ESP. The five histomorphologic types of CP-ESP have distinct patterns of cellular kinetics. Histomorphologically, type 3 CP-ESP is considered an atypical hyperplastic polyp, occasionally associated with an elongated proliferation zone or K-ras mutations. Preliminary evidence indicates some relation between K-ras mutations and structural atypia associated with lateral branching of the crypts.

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Hamatani S, Wada R, Morita A, Hasegawa C, Mitsuda A, Hatori T, Nonaka H, Takahashi K, Gomi S, Shibuya K, Shibuya K, et al: Cellular kinetics and K-ras codon 12 mutations according to histomorphometric type of colorectal polyps with epithelial serrated proliferation. Oncol Rep 14: 121-127, 2005
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Hamatani, S., Wada, R., Morita, A., Hasegawa, C., Mitsuda, A., Hatori, T. ... Shibuya, K. (2005). Cellular kinetics and K-ras codon 12 mutations according to histomorphometric type of colorectal polyps with epithelial serrated proliferation. Oncology Reports, 14, 121-127. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.14.1.121
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Hamatani, S., Wada, R., Morita, A., Hasegawa, C., Mitsuda, A., Hatori, T., Nonaka, H., Takahashi, K., Gomi, S., Shibuya, K."Cellular kinetics and K-ras codon 12 mutations according to histomorphometric type of colorectal polyps with epithelial serrated proliferation". Oncology Reports 14.1 (2005): 121-127.
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Hamatani, S., Wada, R., Morita, A., Hasegawa, C., Mitsuda, A., Hatori, T., Nonaka, H., Takahashi, K., Gomi, S., Shibuya, K."Cellular kinetics and K-ras codon 12 mutations according to histomorphometric type of colorectal polyps with epithelial serrated proliferation". Oncology Reports 14, no. 1 (2005): 121-127. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.14.1.121