PAX5 by IHC-12376 - Technical only, 12379 - Technical & interpretation

Test info

  
PAX5 by IHC
  
12376 - Technical only, 12379 - Technical & interpretation
  
LAB12376
LAB12379
  
B-cell lineage-specific activator protein
BSAP
  
  • All IHC stains will include a positive control tissue
  
  • Intended for the identification of cells of B-cell lineage (reacts with 94 to 100% of B-cell neoplasms); diffuse large B-cell lymphomas not expressing Pax5 are usually those with terminal B-cell differentiation
  • PAX5 has been reported to stain Reed-Sternberg cells in 97% of classic Hodgkin lymphomas
  • PAX5 is a more specific marker than CD79a for B-cell ALL, and will also react with t(8;21) AML (due to aberrant expression of B-cell genes)
  • Multiple myelomas and normal plasma cells will usually show no staining; PAX5 will stain rare cases of CD20-positive multiple myeloma
  • PAX5 will also stain neuroendocrine carcinomas, such as Merkel cell carcinoma (93%) and small cell carcinoma (73%); no carcinoid tumors show staining according to one report; some neuroblastomas have also been shown to express PAX5

Specimen

  
Tissue
  

Submit a formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded tissue block

  

Formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue block

  

FFPE tissue section mounted on a charged, unstained slide

  

Ambient (preferred)

  
  • Unlabeled/mislabeled block
  • Insufficient tissue
  • Slides broken beyond repair

Performance

  
AHL - Immunohistochemistry
  
Mo - Fr
  
1 - 2 days
  

Immunohistochemical staining and microscopic examination

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

If requested, an interpretive report will be provided

  

Specifications

  • PAX5, is a transcription factor that is necessary for B-lineage commitment and development
  • PAX5 exceeds the specificity and sensitivity of CD20, because of its earlier expression in B-cell differentiation and its ability to detect all committed B cells (until the plasma cell stage where it will be negative)
  • Virtually B-cell specific

 Staining pattern

  • Nuclear

References

  1. Torlakovic E, et al: The value of anti-pax5 immunostaining in routinely fixed and paraffin-embedded sections: a novel pan pre-B and B-cell marker. Am J Surg Pathol. 2002 Oct;26(10):1343-50.
  2. Dong HY et al: B-cell specific activation protein encoded by the Pax5 gene is commonly expressed in merkel cell carcinoma and small cell carcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2005 May;29(5): 687-92.
  3. Robichaud GA et al: Human Pax5 C-terminal isoforms possess distinct transactivation properties and are differentially modulated in normal and malignant B cells. J Biol Chem. 2004 Nov 25;279(48):49956-63.
  4. Tiacci E et al: Pax5 expression in acute leukemias: higher B-lineage specificity than CD79a and selective association with t(8;21)-acute myelogenous leukemia. Cancer Res 2004 Oct 15;64(20):7399-404.
  5. Lin P et al: Expression of Pax5 in CD20-positive multiple myeloma assessed by immunohistochemistry and oligonucleotide microarray. Mod Pathol 2004 Oct;17(1): 1217-22.
  6. Feldman AL et al: Diagnostic uses of Pax5 immunohistochemistry. Adv Anat Pathol 2007;14:323-334.

Billing

  
88342 - 1st stain
88341 - each additional stain

Tracking

  
08/07/2017
  
10/19/2018
  
01/12/2024