Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors with t(X;18). A Pathologic and Molecular Genetic Study
摘要:
Spindle cell sarcomas often present the surgical pathologist with a considerable diagnostic challenge. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, leiomyosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, and monophasic synovial sarcoma may all appear similar histologically. The application of ancillary diagnostic modalities, such as immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy, may be helpful in the differentiation of these tumors, but in cases in which these adjunctive: techniques fail to demonstrate any more definitive evidence of differentiation, tumor categorization may remain difficult. Cytogenetic and molecular genetic characterization of tumors have provided the basis for the application of molecular assays as the newest components of the diagnostic armamentarium. Because the chromosomal translocation t(X;18) has been observed repeatedly in many synovial sarcomas, it has been heralded as a diagnostic hallmark of synovial sarcoma To formally test the specificity of this translocation for the diagnosis of synovial sarcoma, RNA extracted from formalin-fixed, parrafin-embedded tissue from a variety of soft tissue and spindle cell tumors was evaluated fbr the presence of t(X;18) by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Although 85% of the synovial sarcomas studied demonstrated t(X;18), 75% of the malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors in our cohort also demonstrated this translocation. We conclude that the translocation t(X;18) is not specific to synovial sarcoma and discuss the implications of the demonstration of t(X;18) in a majority of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors.
The photolysis of octaisopropylcyclotetrasilane; evidence for the formation of hexaisopropylcyclotrisilane and tetraisopropyldisilene
作者:Hamao Watanabe、Yuichi Kougo、Yoichiro Nagai
DOI:10.1039/c39840000066
日期:——
Irradiation of octaisopropylcyclotetrasilane (1) in a hydrocarbon solvent successively afforded hexaisopropylcyclotrisilane [Pri2Si]3(2)(λmax320 nm) and tetraisopropyldisilene [Pri2SiSiPri2](3)(λmax 400 nm) with extrusion of di-isopropylsilanediyl (4).
在烃溶剂中辐照八异丙基环四硅烷(1),依次得到六异丙基环三硅烷[Pr i 2 Si] 3(2)(λmax 320 nm)和四异丙基二ilene [Pr i 2 Si SiPr i 2 ](3)(λmax 400 nm)。二异丙基硅烷二基(4)的挤出。
The kinetics of the reaction of n-butyl- and isopropylmagnesium chloride with alkyltriethoxysilanes (RSi(OEt)(3)) in diethyl ether were determined. The rate constants correlate well with the steric parameters E-s(Si). The resulting steric factors delta fit the range of available susceptibility values for the reactions of organosilicon compounds. The thermodynamic activation parameters for six reactions of ethoxysilanes with alkylmagnesium chlorides in dibutyl ether were determined. The entropy values indicated that two Grignard molecules are involved in the transition state of the reaction. From the correlation analysis of the activation enthalpies for the reactions, it appeared that the inductive effect controls the rate of replacement more considerably than steric requirements in the transition state.