First Analysis of Expression of Napsin-A in Ovine Pulmonary Adenomatosis of Sheep and Goat at Duhok Governorate

Abstract

Ovine Pulmonary Adenomatosis is a chronic respiratory disease of sheep or contagious lung cancer of sheep, and less commonly of goats. A total of 4061 lung samples were selected randomly from slaughtered sheep and goats. All samples of lungs with typical lesions were fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin and examination is performed by macrocsopical and microscopical observation. To perform IHC technique, we used TMA with a polymer system by application of specific markers Napsin A. Results showed 35 lungs suspected from natural cases are diagnosed as OPA. Histologically results showed that the presence of multiple proliferations foci of neoplastic cells in the epithelial cell of alveoli and bronchi, these proliferations appears either papillary or as impression of solid growths appearance or acinar shape which is classified as classical and atypical form. The current study found that the expression of Nnapsin A was observed in 85.71% of the OPA as a granular cytoplasmic staining but there was staining in the nucleus of tumor cells. In conclusion, these findings indicate for the first time that Napsin A is extremely specific for adenocarcinoma of lung in primary origin and use of this important biomarker is guaranteed to help disconnect primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma for diagnosis from other types of lung cancer.