The Utility of Mitochondrial Detection Methods Applied as an Additional Tool for the Differentiation of Renal Cell Tumors

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The precise differentiation of renal cell tumors (RCTs) is sometimes hard to achieve using standard imaging and histopathological methods, especially for those with eosinophilic features. It has been suggested that the vast overabundance of mitochondria, as a well-known hallmark of eosinophilic cytoplasm, and could be a characteristic of distinct tumor types with opposing clinical outcomes. Thus, we intended to explore the associations between mitochondrial distribution patterns in different RCTs, including 43 cell renal cell carcinomas (ccRCCs), 15 papillary renal cell carcinomas (pRCCs), 20 chromophobe renal cell carcinomas (chRCCs), and 18 renal oncocytomas (ROs). Tumor samples were stained with two anti-mitochondrial antibodies (mitochondrial antibody Ab-2, clone MTC02; prohibitin, II-14-10, MA5-12858), applying immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence to define mitochondrial distribution patterns (coarse scanty, moderate granular, and diffuse granular). Our results revealed significantly different expression patterns among the investigated RCTs (p < 0.001). The majority of ccRCCs exhibited coarse scanty mitochondrial staining, while all chRCCs had moderate granular expression. Nevertheless, all ROs, all pRCCs, and two cases of ccRCC presenting with higher nuclear grade and eosinophilic cytoplasm had diffuse granular mitochondrial expression. Moreover, with increased distribution of mitochondria, the intensity of staining was higher (p < 0.001). Here we present a strategy that utilizes fast and easy mitochondrial detection to differentiate RO from chRCC, as well as other eosinophilic variants of RCC with high accuracy.
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renal cell tumors, renal cell carcinomas, immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, mitochondria, electron microscopy
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