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There is disagreement concerning the expression of thyroid peroxidase (TPO) in thyroid cancer, some studies finding qualitative as well as quantitative differences compared to normal tissue. To investigate TPO protein expression and its antigenic properties, TPO was captured from a solubilizate of thyroid microsomes by a panel of murine anti-TPO monoclonal antibodies and detected with a panel of anti-human TPO IgGκ Fab. TPO protein expression in 30 samples of malignant thyroid tissue was compared with TPO from adjacent normal tissues. Virtual absence of TPO expression was observed in 8 cases. In the remaining 22 malignant thyroid tumours the TPO protein level varied considerably from normal to nearly absent when compared to normal thyroid tissue or tissues from patients with Graves’ disease (range less than 0.5 to more than 12.5 μg mg–1 of protein). When expressed TPO displayed similar epitopes, to that of TPO from Graves’ disease tissue. The results obtained by the TPO capturing method were confirmed by SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis with both microsomes and their solubilizates. The present results show that in about two-thirds of differentiated thyroid carcinomas, TPO protein is expressed, albeit to a more variable extent than normal; when present, TPO in malignant tissues is immunologically normal. © 2001 Cancer Research Campaign http://www.bjcancer.com
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Czarnocka, B., Pastuszko, D., Janota-Bzowski, M. et al. Is there loss or qualitative changes in the expression of thyroid peroxidase protein in thyroid epithelial cancer?. Br J Cancer 85, 875–880 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.2001.2015
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