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ArticleBrain tumor pathology2021

Revisiting vimentin: a negative surrogate marker of molecularly defined oligodendroglioma in adult type diffuse glioma.

Seong-Ik Kim, Kwanghoon Lee, Jeongmo Bae, Sungyoung Lee, Hongseok Yun, Chul-Kee Park, Seung Hong Choi, Christopher Alec Maquiling, Sung-Hye Park, Jae-Kyung Won

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Seong-Ik Kim *Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, College of Medicine, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-799, South Korea.
Kwanghoon Lee *Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, College of Medicine, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-799, South Korea.
Jeongmo BaeDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, College of Medicine, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-799, South Korea.
Sungyoung LeeCenter for Precision Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, 03080, South Korea.
Hongseok YunCenter for Precision Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, 03080, South Korea.
Chul-Kee ParkDepartment of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, College of Medicine, Seoul, 03080, South Korea.
Seung Hong ChoiDepartment of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, College of Medicine, Seoul, 03080, South Korea.
Christopher Alec MaquilingDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, College of Medicine, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-799, South Korea.
Sung-Hye ParkDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, College of Medicine, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-799, South Korea.
Jae-Kyung WonDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, College of Medicine, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-799, South Korea. jkwon@snuh.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1459-8093
Seoul National University Hospital · KRSeoul National University · KR

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Ministry of Health and Welfare HI14C1277
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vimentin is a marker of epithelial-mesenchymal transformation and indicates poor prognosis in various cancers, but its role in diffuse gliomas remains unknown. We investigated the vimentin expression of diffuse gliomas according to the upcoming 2021 WHO classification, its variations due to mutational status, and its prognostic effects. We analyzed vimentin immunohistochemistry in 315 gliomas: a test set (n = 164) and a validation set (n = 151). RNA-seq and mutational information from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA, n = 422) were also used for validation. Vimentin was diffusely positive in astrocytic tumors but negative in oligodendroglial tumors (ODGs) and its expression was significantly higher in isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) wild-type tumors. High vimentin expression was correlated with poor prognosis (hazard ratio [HR]: 5.99), but it was dependent on the new WHO grade which reflects both histologic features and genetics (HR: 1.28). Using the significant difference in vimentin expression between ODGs and astrocytic tumors, the positive and negative predictive values of the vimentin-based diagnosis for ODGs were 93.5% and 97.8% in the validation set. Along with additional alpha-thalassemia/mental retardation, X-linked (ATRX) immunohistostaining, the values were 98.3% and 97.8%, respectively. Vimentin is a useful ancillary marker for identifying ODGs when combined with routine histochemistry markers.

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Brain NeoplasmsGliomaOligodendrogliomaVimentinAdultBiomarkersHumansIsocitrate DehydrogenaseMutationBiomarkersIsocitrate DehydrogenaseVimentinAstrocytomaDiagnosisGeneticsOligodendrogliomaVimentin

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