Acta Veterinaria Hungarica
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Volume 59: Issue 1
Claudin-7-positive synchronous spontaneous intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, adenocarcinoma and adenomas of the gallbladder in a Bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)
Authors: Csaba Jakab 1 , Miklós Rusvai 1 , Zoltán Szabó 2 , Péter Gálfi 3 , Miklós Marosán 1 , Janina Kulka 4 , and János Gál 1
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  • 1 Szent István University Department of Pathology and Forensic Veterinary Medicine István u. 2 H-1078 Budapest Hungary
  • 2 Szent István University Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Science István u. 2 H-1078 Budapest Hungary
  • 3 C. J. Hall Veterinary Surgeons — Exotic Centre London UK
  • 4 Semmelweis University 2nd Department of Pathology Budapest Hungary
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/avet.59.2011.1.9
Page Count:
99–112
Publication Date:
01 Mar 2011
Online Publication Date:
25 Feb 2011
Article Category:
Research Article
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In this study, synchronous spontaneous, independent liver and gallbladder tumours were detected in a Bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps). The multiple tumours consisted of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma as well as in situ adenocarcinoma and two adenomas of the gallbladder. The biliary epithelial cells and the cholangiocarcinoma showed membranous cross-immunoreactivity for claudin-7. The gallbladder epithelial cells, its adenoma and adenocarcinoma showed basolateral cross-reactivity for claudin-7. We think that the humanised anti-claudin-7 antibody is a good marker for the detection of different primary cholangiocellular and gallbladder tumours in Bearded dragons. The cholangiocytes, the cholangiocarcinoma, the endothelial cells of the liver and the epithelial cells and gallbladder tumours all showed claudin-5 cross-reactivity. The humanised anti-cytokeratin AE1–AE3 antibody showed cross-reactivity in the biliary epithelial cells, cholangiocarcinoma cells, epithelial cells and tumour cells of the gallbladder. It seems that this humanised antibody is a useful epithelial marker for the different neoplastic lesions of epithelial cells in reptiles. The humanised anti-α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) antibody showed intense cross-reactivity in the smooth muscle cells of the hepatic vessels and in the muscle layer of the gallbladder. The portal myofibroblasts, the endothelial cells of the sinusoids and the stromal cells of the cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder tumours were positive for α-SMA. The antibovine anti-vimentin and humanised anti-Ki-67 antibodies did not show crossreactivity in the different samples from the Bearded dragon.

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Acta Veterinaria Hungarica
Print ISSN:
0236-6290
Online ISSN:
1588-2705
Keywords:
Claudin-7; spontaneous synchronous tumours; liver; gallbladder; Bearded dragon

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