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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hadeel Maksoud M.D.[2]

Overview

It is thought that linitis plastica is generally a sporadic disease that may be inherited as a result of abnormal molecular pathways (Beta catenin/Wnt signaling) that causes defective intracellular adhesions.

Pathophysiology

  • In diffuse type gastric cancer, the cells experience a loss of expression for cell adhesion protein E-cadherin.[1]
  • The E-cadherin gene (CDH1) codes for a transmembrane cellular adhesion protein that provides a tail that adheres to other cells.
  • The tail interacts with catenins in the neighbouring cell and forms a cell to cell complex in what is known as Beta catenin/Wnt signaling.
  • The loss of these cellular interactions leads to the formation of cancerous cells that trigger a stromal reaction leading to diffuse schirrous (fibrous) changes.

Genetics

  • Linitis plastica is transmitted in an autosomal dominant pattern in hereditary diffuse gastric cancer.[2][3][4]
  • Genes involved in the pathogenesis of linitis plastica include CDH1 gene, located on chromosome 16q22.1, which codes for the E-cadherin protein.
  • The development of linitis plastica is the result of germline truncating mutations spread over several exons.
  • Consequently, the second allele coding for E-cadherin is inactivated in a two-hit theoretical manner.
  • Mutations include:

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Gross Pathology

  • On gross pathology, a thickened, rigid, and leather-like stomach wall is a characteristic finding of linitis plastica.
  • Linitis plastica may appear as plaques of fibrosis, which give the appearance of a segmental infiltration with a lack of distensibility.
Shown is diffuse cancer of the stomach, giving a "leather bottle appearance".Source: commons.wikimedia.org by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Samir_%28The_Scope%29 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Linitis_plastica.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1649074

Microscopic Pathology

On microscopic histopathological analysis, tumor cells are seen invading surrounding tissue, with no glandular formation and abundant mucin that push the nucleus to one side producing what is known as a signet ring cell. Signet ring cells are a characteristic finding of linitis plastica.[6]

Arrow indicates a signet ring cell characteristic of linitis plastica. Source:commons.wikimedia.org by Ed Uthman from Houston, TX, USA - Signet Ring CellsUploaded by CFCF, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30103742


References

  1. Graziano F, Humar B, Guilford P (2003). "The role of the E-cadherin gene (CDH1) in diffuse gastric cancer susceptibility: from the laboratory to clinical practice". Ann. Oncol. 14 (12): 1705–13. PMID 14630673.
  2. Guilford P, Hopkins J, Harraway J, McLeod M, McLeod N, Harawira P, Taite H, Scoular R, Miller A, Reeve AE (1998). "E-cadherin germline mutations in familial gastric cancer". Nature. 392 (6674): 402–5. doi:10.1038/32918. PMID 9537325.
  3. Barber M, Murrell A, Ito Y, Maia AT, Hyland S, Oliveira C, Save V, Carneiro F, Paterson AL, Grehan N, Dwerryhouse S, Lao-Sirieix P, Caldas C, Fitzgerald RC (2008). "Mechanisms and sequelae of E-cadherin silencing in hereditary diffuse gastric cancer". J. Pathol. 216 (3): 295–306. doi:10.1002/path.2426. PMID 18788075.
  4. Oliveira C, Sousa S, Pinheiro H, Karam R, Bordeira-Carriço R, Senz J, Kaurah P, Carvalho J, Pereira R, Gusmão L, Wen X, Cipriano MA, Yokota J, Carneiro F, Huntsman D, Seruca R (2009). "Quantification of epigenetic and genetic 2nd hits in CDH1 during hereditary diffuse gastric cancer syndrome progression". Gastroenterology. 136 (7): 2137–48. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2009.02.065. PMID 19269290.
  5. Sakamoto H, Yoshimura K, Saeki N, Katai H, Shimoda T, Matsuno Y, Saito D, Sugimura H, Tanioka F, Kato S, Matsukura N, Matsuda N, Nakamura T, Hyodo I, Nishina T, Yasui W, Hirose H, Hayashi M, Toshiro E, Ohnami S, Sekine A, Sato Y, Totsuka H, Ando M, Takemura R, Takahashi Y, Ohdaira M, Aoki K, Honmyo I, Chiku S, Aoyagi K, Sasaki H, Ohnami S, Yanagihara K, Yoon KA, Kook MC, Lee YS, Park SR, Kim CG, Choi IJ, Yoshida T, Nakamura Y, Hirohashi S (2008). "Genetic variation in PSCA is associated with susceptibility to diffuse-type gastric cancer". Nat. Genet. 40 (6): 730–40. doi:10.1038/ng.152. PMID 18488030.
  6. Piessen G, Messager M, Leteurtre E, Jean-Pierre T, Mariette C (2009). "Signet ring cell histology is an independent predictor of poor prognosis in gastric adenocarcinoma regardless of tumoral clinical presentation". Ann. Surg. 250 (6): 878–87. doi:10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181b21c7b. PMID 19855261.


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