Pyloric gland adenoma in Lynch syndrome

Am J Surg Pathol. 2014 Jun;38(6):784-92. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000185.

Abstract

The prevalence of gastric cancer associated with Lynch syndrome (LS) is highly variable, and the underlying histologic pathway or molecular mechanisms remain unclear. From 1995 to 2012, 15 patients had been treated for both gastric and colonic adenocarcinomas and diagnosed as LS. In all cases, pathologic review, immunohistochemical analysis for mismatch-repair proteins, and microsatellite instability (MSI) tests were performed. To confirm LS, germline mutation tests and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification were performed. All gastric and colonic carcinomas were MSI-high and lost expressions of MLH1/PMS2 in 11 (73%) cases and MSH2/MSH6 in 4 (27%) cases. Remarkably, in a patient with LS and germline mutation of MLH1 gene, pyloric gland adenoma (PGA) transformed to adenocarcinoma during follow-up. In 2 additional cases, PGA was found adjacent to advanced gastric cancers. All PGAs in LS patients were MSI-high and lost expression of mismatch-repair proteins (MLH1/PMS2 in 2 cases and MSH2/MSH6 in 1 case), whereas none of the 14 sporadic PGAs was MSI-high or had lost expression of mismatch-repair proteins. On the basis of these observations, although very rare, we suggest the possibility that PGA may be a precursor lesion to gastric adenocarcinoma in LS and that the mismatch-repair deficient pathway of carcinogenesis is involved early in the gastric carcinogenesis pathway.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / analysis
  • Adenocarcinoma / chemistry
  • Adenocarcinoma / genetics
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Adenoma / chemistry
  • Adenoma / genetics
  • Adenoma / pathology*
  • Adenosine Triphosphatases / analysis
  • Adult
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics
  • Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis / chemistry
  • Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis / genetics
  • Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis / pathology*
  • DNA Mismatch Repair
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • DNA Repair Enzymes / analysis
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / analysis
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Gastric Mucins / analysis
  • Gastric Mucosa / chemistry
  • Gastric Mucosa / pathology*
  • Gastroscopy
  • Germ-Line Mutation
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Microsatellite Instability
  • Middle Aged
  • Mismatch Repair Endonuclease PMS2
  • MutL Protein Homolog 1
  • Nuclear Proteins / analysis
  • Prognosis
  • Stomach Neoplasms / chemistry
  • Stomach Neoplasms / genetics
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Gastric Mucins
  • MLH1 protein, human
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Adenosine Triphosphatases
  • PMS2 protein, human
  • Mismatch Repair Endonuclease PMS2
  • MutL Protein Homolog 1
  • DNA Repair Enzymes