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Methods. Three different techniques FISH, CISH and SISH for in situ<br />

hybridization were evaluated regarding their use in routine pathology.<br />

Furthermore, a multi-colour probe in malignant melanoma samples was<br />

evaluated as test tool in histological bor<strong>der</strong>line melanoma cases and a<br />

computer based algorithm was implemented for simplifying and standardization.<br />

Results. EGFR SISH amplification studies in archival paraffin-embedded<br />

glioblastoma samples showed that SISH can accelerate the diagnostic<br />

process in a cost-effective way. Melanoma FISH probes failed to detect<br />

a sufficient amount of chromosomal changes necessary for a clinically<br />

useful diagnostic tool. Computer based algorithms helped to standardize<br />

ISH evaluation.<br />

Conclusions. Specific genetic alterations will define new disease entities,<br />

requiring ISH as prerequisite to establish the diagnosis. ISH can help to<br />

sub-classify morphologically similar neoplasia in terms of therapeutical<br />

response and will help to define genetic subgroups within distinct diagnostic<br />

groups for treatment purposes.<br />

FR-020<br />

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition of non-small cell lung cancer<br />

A . Soltermann1 , V . Tischler1 , L . Morra1 , W . We<strong>der</strong>2 , H . Moch1 1University of Zurich, Institute of Surgical Pathology, Zurich, Switzerland,<br />

2University Hospital Zurich, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Zurich, Switzerland<br />

Aims. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a highly fibrotic malignancy,<br />

elaborating a prominent desmoplastic stroma reaction or tumor microenvironment,<br />

respectively. Four main modes of carcinoma invasion<br />

into its own newly formed stroma are generally recognized: Epithelialmesenchymal<br />

transition (EMT), amoeboid, infiltration in cohorts and<br />

in collective sheets. We aimed for characterization of the matricellular<br />

N-glycoprotein periostin, a major EMT indicator, in the tumor microenvironment<br />

of NSCLC.<br />

Methods. Malignant pleural effusions from lung adenocarcinoma were<br />

screened for N-glycoproteins by shotgun proteomics using liquid chromatography<br />

following tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The<br />

identified EMT protein periostin was validated on both a tissue microarray<br />

of surgically resected patients with NSCLC (n total=532) and on tumor<br />

whole sections (n=30) by immunohistochemistry. Isoform-specific<br />

PCR following sequencing was performed in frozen specimens.<br />

Results. In the pleural effusions, 170 non-redundant N-glycoproteins<br />

were identified with high protein probability >0.9, belonging mainly to<br />

serum factors and extracellular matrix (ECM) constituents. Periostin<br />

was the most robustly identified ECM protein in malignant effusions.<br />

On tissue microarrays, strong protein upregulation was predominantly<br />

observed at the invasive front in both tumor epithelia and the surrounding<br />

extracellular matrix, the so-called matricellular space. In comparison<br />

to structural ECM proteins such as collagen, elastin, vimentin and<br />

versican, high periostin was found to be most closely associated with<br />

clinicopathologic parameters of tumor progression such as higher stage,<br />

higher pT and larger size; as well as the squamous cell histotype (all<br />

p-values

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