Immunohistochemical studies of steroidogenic enzymes (aromatase, 17 alpha-hydroxylase and cholesterol side-chain cleavage cytochromes P-450) in sex cord-stromal tumors of the ovary

Hum Pathol. 1989 May;20(5):452-7. doi: 10.1016/0046-8177(89)90010-5.

Abstract

Aromatase, 17 alpha-hydroxylase, and cholesterol side-chain cleavage P-450 cytochromes (P-450AROM, P-450(17 alpha,) and P-450SCC, respectively) were immunohistochemically localized in nine granulosa cell tumors, 15 thecomas, ten Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors, two steroid cell tumors, five fibromas, and five sclerosing stromal tumors. In the thecomas, P-450SCC and P-450(17 alpha) were positive in luteinized theca cells and in cells with vacuolated cytoplasm, while P-450AROM was not observed. In the steroid cell tumors, all the P-450 cytochromes were intensely stained. P-450SCC and P-450(17 alpha) were present in cells with vacuolated cytoplasm in two cases of sclerosing stromal tumor. P-450AROM was weakly demonstrated in one of the granulosa cell tumors. P-450(17 alpha,) P-450SCC, and P-450AROM were all faintly stained in the Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors. No P-450 cytochrome immunoreactivity was observed in any fibroma.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aromatase / metabolism*
  • Cholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Fibroma / enzymology
  • Granulosa Cell Tumor / enzymology
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Leydig Cell Tumor / enzymology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / enzymology*
  • Sertoli Cell Tumor / enzymology
  • Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase / metabolism*
  • Steroid Hydroxylases / metabolism*
  • Thecoma / enzymology

Substances

  • Steroid Hydroxylases
  • Aromatase
  • Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase
  • Cholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme