ALK Expression in Rhabdomyosarcomas: Correlation with Histologic Subtype and Fusion Status

Author:

Corao Diana A.1,Biegel Jaclyn A.23,Coffin Cheryl M.4,Barr Frederic G.3,Wainwright Luanne M.2,Ernst Linda M.23,Choi John K.23,Zhang Paul J.3,Pawel Bruce R.23

Affiliation:

1. Department of Pathology, A. I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA

2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

3. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

4. Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Abstract

Immunohistochemical staining for anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) has been described in rhabdomyosarcomas (RMS), especially the alveolar subtype. Previous studies have yielded conflicting results regarding the pattern of staining (nuclear versus cytoplasmic), and there has been no correlation with PAX3–7/FKHR fusion status. This study was undertaken to evaluate ALK receptor protein expression in a large series of RMS; to correlate these results with fusion status; and to investigate the possibility of 2p23 amplification or translocation using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Sixty-nine cases of RMS were examined and classified as alveolar RMS (ARMS), embryonal RMS (ERMS), or unclassifiable RMS (URMS) subtypes. Anaplastic lymphoma kinase immunohistochemistry was performed using anti-human CD246 antibody; cases were considered positive when more than 50% of cells had moderate or intense cytoplasmic and/or nuclear staining. There were 30 ARMS, 37 ERMS, and 2 URMS subtypes. Reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction for PAX3/PAX7-FKHR fusion analysis had been done in all cases of ARMS, in 27 of 37 cases of ERMS, and in both URMS cases. Anaplastic lymphoma kinase staining was positive in 16 of 30 ARMS (53%) and 9 of 39 nonalveolar RMS (23%) cases ( P < 0.05). Of the 21 ARMS cases with PAX3-FKHR fusion, 10 of 21 (48%) were positive for ALK staining; of the 6 ARMS cases with PAX7-FKHR fusion, 3 of 6 (50%) were positive for ALK staining; and 3 of 3 (100%) of the fusion-negative ARMS were positive with ALK staining. When comparing each of the ARMS subtypes, statistical significance was not reached. All positive cases showed dot-like cytoplasmic staining; nuclear staining was not seen. Of a subset of 6 ALK-positive ARMS submitted for break-apart FISH for the ALK locus, there was no evidence of a translocation; 1 case had ALK amplification and 2 had low-level gains of the ALK gene. We conclude that there is ALK overexpression in RMS, more commonly in ARMS than in ERMS, most likely independent of fusion status. Amplification or upregulation of ALK may underlie ALK protein overexpression.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Medicine,Pathology and Forensic Medicine,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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