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ArticleVirchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology2025

Correlation between p53 immunoexpression and TP53 mutation status in extrapulmonary small cell neuroendocrine carcinomas and its association with patient survival.

Klára Pavlíčková, Jan Hojný, Petr Waldauf, Pavel Dundr, Nikola Hájková, Marián Švajdler, Pavel Fabian, Iva Staniczková Zambo, Miroslava Flídrová, Jan Laco and 5 more

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Klára PavlíčkováDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Thomayer University Hospital, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Jan HojnýDepartment of Pathology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in , Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
Petr WaldaufDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic.
Pavel DundrDepartment of Pathology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in , Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
Nikola HájkováDepartment of Pathology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in , Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
Marián ŠvajdlerBioptická laboratoř S.R.O. and Šikl's, Department of Pathology, Charles University, Medical Faculty in Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Pavel FabianDepartment of Oncological Pathology, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic.
Iva Staniczková Zambo1, st Institute of Pathologic Anatomy, St. Anne's University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Miroslava FlídrováDepartment of Pathology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in , Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
Jan LacoThe Fingerland Department of Pathology, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové and University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
Helena HornychováThe Fingerland Department of Pathology, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové and University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
Patricie DelongováDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Pathology and Medical Genetics, University Hospital Ostrava and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Jozef ŠkardaDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Pathology and Medical Genetics, University Hospital Ostrava and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Jan HrudkaDepartment of Pathology, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Radoslav MatějDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Thomayer University Hospital, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. radoslav.matej@ftn.cz.

Funding

Agentura Pro Zdravotnický Výzkum České Republiky NU22-03-00130Cooperatio Medical Diagnostics and Basic Medical Sciences (BBMRI_CZ LM2023033Cooperatio Medical Diagnostics and Basic Medical Sciences EF16_013/0001674Fakultní Thomayerova nemocnice 00064190Všeobecná Fakultní Nemocnice v Praze 00064165
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extrapulmonary small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (EP-SCNC) is a rare malignancy with a poor prognosis. Despite its morphological similarity to lung small cell carcinomas, its oncogenesis remains uncertain. One hundred and seventy-one EP-SCNC were enrolled in a multicenter study, and all tissue samples underwent an immunohistochemical p53 analysis. One hundred twenty-five samples were molecularly analyzed using next-generation sequencing (NGS), comprising DNA and RNA analysis. p53 normal/wild type expression was detected in 68 cases (39.8%), whereas aberrant expression was detected in 103 cases (60.2%). Molecular TP53 alteration was detected in 92 out of 125 tumors (73.6%). The TP53 mutation was shown to be prognostic and associated with shorter overall survival (p = 0.041). The multivariate analysis of p53 and TP53 mutational status found that it impacted overall survival relative to distinct sites of tumor locations (p = 0.004 and p = 0.001, respectively). Age did not influenced survival in the multivariate analysis of p53 and TP53 (p = 0.002; p < 0.001 resp.). Among tumors with paired immunohistochemical and molecular results, 108 exhibited concordance between the immunohistochemical and molecular analysis, whereas 17 were discordant. Accordingly, p53 aberrant expression was tightly associated with a TP53 mutation (p < 0.001). In discordant cases, molecular analysis revealed no alteration in three tumors with p53 overexpression. In contrast, in 14 tumors with wild-type p53 expression, TP53 genetic alteration was detected. Possible causes of discordance are discussed in this manuscript. Furthermore, the incidence of aberrant p53 expression / TP53 molecular alteration was noticeably lower in EP-SCNC than in small-cell lung carcinomas. Therefore, in EP-SCNC, other driver mutations should be sought since personalized therapy can improve patient prognosis.

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Biomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, NeuroendocrineCarcinoma, Small CellMutationTumor Suppressor Protein p53AdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisBiomarkers, TumorTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53Extrapulmonary small cell neuroendocrine carcinomaNext generation sequencingp53 immunohistochemical analysisTP53 molecular analysis

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PMID39843568
PMCPMC12488773

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