Vim3 antibody - Use of Vimentin3 for the diagnosis

Vim 3 antibodyUse of Vimentin 3 for the
diagnosis and differentiation
of benign and malignant renal
carcinoma
Prof. Dr. Jochen Fries, Dr. Melanie von Brandenstein
Facts about kidney cancer
• ca. 338,000 new cases worldwide each year
(World Cancer Research Fund)
• kidney tumors: benign or malignant
• malignant tumors:
3 subtypes according to their morphological
appearance
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1. Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) (81%)
2. Papillary renal cell carcinoma (10%)
3. Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (4%)
• benign tumor: Oncocytoma (5%)
The importance of
correct classification
Renal
Benign
Carcinoma Oncocytoma
Operation
Renal vein
infiltration
Lymph node (LN)
resection
Follow - up
Kidney removal
>Tu-enucleation
about 20%
frequently
necessary
if LN +
if tumor in vein +
Metastases >10yrs
++
(bone, lung,adrenal)
Death
++
Tu-enucleation >
Kidney removal
none
none
none
none
none
Current standard diagnosis
for tumor differentiation
• Immune histology:
Malignant RCC:
Combination of antibodies against cytokeratins AND
Vimentin
• RCC subtypes positive for Vimentin (full length)
• Oncocytoma should be Vimentin (full length) negative
Correct diagnosis determines operative procedure
Clear cell
Papillary
Chromophobe
Oncocytic
Why do we need an antibody to
identify the Oncocytoma?
1) Operative planning, follow-up, and survival risk
assessment is the same for any subtype of
malignant RCC but different in Oncocytoma
2) No antibody specific for any renal tumor subtype
3) Malignant RCC subtypes have eosinophilic
variants, which mimic Oncocytoma !!
4) Vimentin (marker for malignant RCC) is positive
in 20% of all Oncocytomas ( false positivity??)
5) Tumor regression greatly compromises
light microscopic diagnosis
Problem: Renal tumors are often regressive;
Difficulties when biopsied
Malignant RCC eosinophilic
subtypes can mimic Oncocytoma
Benign oncocytoma??
Renal cell carcinoma??
SOLUTION !?!
Vimentin 3 Antibody
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What is it?
Specificity and sensitivity
Applicability
Usefulness in daily diagnostics
Solution - the new HOPE – Vim 3
V3 Antikörper
The Antibody
3B4 Antikörper
SP20 Antikörper
Vimentin FL ~ 57 kDa
V9 Antikörper
Vimentin 3 ~ 47 kDa
Solution – Vim 3 antibody
Established on paraffinized tissue and by Western blot
proof of specificity via blast against the designed AA sequence:
 only Vim 3 with this kDa size
 only Vim 3 has the exact AA sequence
 AA of the C-terminal ending of Vim 3 is 8 AA
Solution – tumor collective
Design of specific primers which
only detect the Vim 3 variant
proof of specificity via Sanger
Sequenzing of the PCR product
qRT-PCR results of the tumor
collective
qRT-PCR results of Vim 3 expression in the different tumor types
-ß-actin was used as normalization
Immune histology
Full
length
Vim3
Immune flourescence
Vim3
Vimentin
full length
Malignant RCC eosinophilic
subtypes can mimic Oncocytoma
Benign oncocytoma??
Renal cell carcinoma??
Eosinophilic Tumor = Papillary Carcinoma
FL
V3
Benign Oncocytoma
FL
FL
V3
V3
Conclusion
• Vimentin3 (Vim3) antibody detects only the Vim 3
isoform of Vimentin (high specificity) =
Differentiation marker of Vimentin positivity
• Vim 3 identifies specifically benign oncocytoma :
a) First specific antibody for renal tumors
b) Renal cell carcinoma and all subtypes are
negative for Vim 3 expression
• Convenient and easy detection by routine methods,
e. g. immune histology, immune fluorescence
• Applicable for Western blotting (high sensitivity)
• Handling requires only normal pathology lab routine
IP-Status - Developmental Status - Offer
IP-Status: PCT application has been filed
Developmental Status:
20 tumors (fresh tissue; own archive)
40 tumors (paraffinized tissue;Prof.Störkel, Wuppertal)
qRT-PCR (triplicates);
Matching
immune histology/fluorescence (duplicates)
results
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Offer:
In-licensing and co-development
contact: PROvendis GmbH, Kordula Kruber
Thank you for your attention!
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