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. 2019 Dec 31:14:920-927.
doi: 10.1515/med-2019-0109. eCollection 2019.

CHL1 and NrCAM are Primarily Expressed in Low Grade Pediatric Neuroblastoma

Robin Wachowiak  1 , Steffi Mayer  1 , Anne Suttkus  1 , Illya Martynov  1 , Martin Lacher  1 , Nathaniel Melling  2 , Jakob R Izbicki  2 , Michael Tachezy  2
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CHL1 and NrCAM are Primarily Expressed in Low Grade Pediatric Neuroblastoma

Robin Wachowiak et al. Open Med (Wars). .

Abstract

Background: Neural cell adhesion molecules like close homolog of L1 protein (CHL1) and neuronal glia related cell adhesion molecule (NrCAM) play an important role in development and regeneration of the central nervous system. However, they are also associated with cancerogenesis and progression in adult malignancies, thus gain increasing importance in cancer research. We therefore studied the expression of CHL1 and NrCAM according to the course of disease in children with neuroblastoma.

Methods: CHL1 and NrCAM expression levels were histologically assessed by tissue microarrays from surgically resected neuroblastoma specimens of 56 children. Expression of both markers was correlated to demographics as well as clinical data including metastatic dissemination and survival.

Results: CHL1 was expressed in 9% and NrCAM in 51% of neuroblastoma tissue samples. Expression of CHL1 was higher in patients with low Hughes grade 1a/b (p=0.01). NrCAM was more often detected in patients with a low International Staging System (INSS) score 1/2 (p=0.04).

Conclusion: CHL1 and NrCAM expression was associated with low-grade pediatric neuroblastoma. These adhesion molecules may play a role in early tumor development of neuroblastoma.

Keywords: CHL1; Immunohistochemistry; Neuroblastoma; Neuropathology; NrCAM; Tumor markers.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: Authors state no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Expression of CHL1 and NrCAM in pediatric neuroblastoma. Representative examples of CHL1 positive (A) and CHL-1 negative (B) (magnification x100) as well as NrCAM positive (C) and NrCAM negative (D) immunostaining (magnification x200).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Kaplan-Meier survival curves for overall and event-free survival. No association was found for CHL1-expression (A/B). Survival rates were better by trend in children with NrCAM positive tumors (C/D) but without statistical significance (p=0.07 and p=0.06).
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