IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF NEUROD1, NKX2.2, ISL1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, SOMATOSTATIN AND CHROMOGRANIN A IN DIFFERENT FORMS OF CONGENITAL HYPERINSULINISM

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29296/24999490-2020-01-07

L.B. Mitrofanova, A.O. Hazratov, B.E. Galkovsky, A.A. Sukhotskaya, V.G. Bairov, D.V. Ryzhkova, M.D. Poyda, I.L. Nikitina Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Akkuratova str. 2, St. Petersburg, 197143, Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected]

Objective: a morphological study of the transcription factors NeuroD1, Nkx2.2, Isl1; somatostatin and chromogranin A in various forms of CH The methods included immunohistochemistry examination with antibodies to NeuroD1, insulin, somatostatin, ChrA, Nkx2.2, Isl1, and morphometric analysis of pancreas fragments from 18 CH children and 9 pancreases of children, who died of heart failure. Results. Somatostatin was expressed in 26,3±3,3% of endocrine cells (EC) in diffuse CH (DCH), and in 41,1±6,8% of EC in focal CH (FCH). Isl1 was expressed in 59,8±7,1% of EC in DCH and in 87,3±3,2% of EC in FCH. Nkx2.2 was expressed by 55,9±7,9% and 69,3±10,4% of EC in DCH and in FCH respectively. Its expression level was comparable to Isl1 in adenomatous structures and in true adenomas. NeuroD1 was expressed in 58,4±9,7% and 83±4,7% of EC in DCH and in FCH respectively. This transcription factor was expressed by 65,5±7,4% and 77,3±9,4% of exocrine cells in DCH and in FCH respectively. The number of cells with the expression of chromogranin A, Isl1, Nkx2.2 and NeuroD1 in the endocrine part, and NeuroD1 – and in the exocrine part with DCH and FCH was significantly higher than in the normal pancreas. Conclusion. Immunohistochemical analysis established the number of cells expressing chromogranin A, Isl1, Nkx2.2 and NeuroD1 in the endocrine portion to be significantly higher than in the normal pancreas in any form of CH. The most demonstrative marker of CH is NeuroD1.
Keywords: 
congenital hyperinsulinism, immunohistochemical study, transcription factors, chromogranin A, somatostatin

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