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Original Article
 Loss of Nuclear BAP1 Expression Is Associated with High WHO/ISUP Grade in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
Young Chan Wi, Ahrim Moon1, Min Jung Jung1, Yeseul Kim, Seong Sik Bang, Kiseok Jang, Seung Sam Paik, Su-Jin Shin,orcid
Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine 2018;52(6):378-385.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4132/jptm.2018.09.21
Published online: October 1, 2018

Department of Pathology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

1Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea

Corresponding Author Su-Jin Shin, MD, PhD Department of Pathology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 222-1 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea Tel: +82-2-2220-8250 Fax: +82-2-2296-7502 E-mail: charm@hanyang.ac.kr
• Received: July 13, 2018   • Revised: August 24, 2018   • Accepted: September 21, 2018

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  • Background
    BRCA1-associated protein 1 (BAP1) mutations are frequently reported in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC); however, very few studies have evaluated the role of these mutations in other renal cell carcinoma (RCC) subtypes. Therefore, we analyzed BAP1 protein expression using immunohistochemistry in several RCC subtypes and assessed its relationship with clinicopathological characteristics of patients.
  • Methods
    BAP1 expression was immunohistochemically evaluated in tissue microarray blocks constructed from 371 samples of RCC collected from two medical institutions. BAP1 expression was evaluated based on the extent of nuclear staining in tumor cells, and no expression or expression in < 10% of tumor cells was defined as negative.
  • Results
    Loss of BAP1 expression was observed in ccRCC (56/300, 18.7%), chromophobe RCC (6/26, 23.1%), and clear cell papillary RCC (1/4, 25%), while we failed to detect BAP1 expression loss in papillary RCC, acquired cystic disease-associated RCC, or collecting duct carcinoma. In ccRCC, loss of BAP1 expression was significantly associated with high World Health Organization (WHO)/International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) grade (p = .002); however, no significant correlation was observed between loss of BAP1 expression and survival in ccRCC. Loss of BAP1 expression showed no association with prognostic factors in chromophobe RCC.
  • Conclusions
    Loss of BAP1 nuclear expression was observed in both ccRCC and chromophobe RCC. In addition, BAP1 expression loss was associated with poor prognostic factors such as high WHO/ISUP grade in ccRCC.
  • Keywords: Carcinoma, renal cell; Clear cell; BAP1; Immunostaining
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for 2%–3% of all malignant diseases in adults [1]. Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common renal tumor subtype and is closely associated with von Hippel Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene mutations that lead to the stabilization of hypoxia-inducible factors in both sporadic and familial forms. Recently, three tumor suppressor gene mutations, namely, PBRM1, SETD2, and BAP1, located close to VHL on chromosome 3p were reported [2-4].
Studies have reported BAP1 mutation in about 10%–15% of ccRCC cases [5,6]. BRCA1-associated protein 1 (BAP1) is a nuclearlocalized deubiquitinating enzyme that was initially discovered as a BRCA1-associated protein and known to interact with multiple proteins. BAP1 was shown to exhibit a tumor suppressor role in several cancers through its deubiquitinase activity, thereby regulating target gene transcription, cell cycle control, DNA damage repair, and cellular differentiation [7]. Inactivation mutations of the BAP1 gene, including insertion, deletion, frameshift, nonsense, and missense mutations, have also been reported [8].
The germline mutation in the BAP1 gene is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern [9]. Affected individuals inherit a nonfunctional BAP1 allele, as observed with other tumor suppressors, and the remaining functional allele is inactivated later in life. There is a high risk for developing tumors, including atypical Spitz tumors, uveal melanoma, cutaneous melanoma, epithelioid malignant mesothelioma, and ccRCC [10]. BAP1 germline mutations are associated with poor prognosis in uveal melanoma, cutaneous melanoma, and ccRCC [10]. Sporadic BAP1 mutations have also been identified in several tumors, including uveal melanoma [11], malignant mesothelioma [12], and ccRCC. The loss of BAP1 expression in mesothelial cells in effusion cytology specimens is an indicator of possible mesothelioma [13]. Nearly half of the investigated uveal melanoma tumors harbor an inactivating BAP1 mutation, which was strongly associated with the loss of BAP1 nuclear staining and other aggressive prognostic features [14]. Furthermore, several studies have revealed the association between inactivating BAP1 mutation and high grade ccRCC [6], sarcomatoid transformation, and poor prognosis in patients with ccRCC [15], especially in those with low-grade RCC [16]. The loss of BAP1 expression in immunohistochemical staining has been reported as a highly reliable method for the detection of BAP1 mutation [6]. Although BAP1 mutations are frequently observed in ccRCC, limited data are available on the expression of BAP1 in other RCC types.
Therefore, we evaluated the loss of BAP1 nuclear expression in several subtypes of RCC, including ccRCC, papillary RCC, and chromophobe RCC, and analyzed its relationship with clinicopathological characteristics of patients.
Patient selection
A total of 371 samples were retrospectively obtained from Hanyang University Hospital (247 cases, 2005–2017) and Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital (124 cases, 2001–2013). Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue samples obtained from surgically resected primary tumors at the time of initial diagnosis were collected. The pathologist in each institution reviewed the slides and selected a representative block for each case, and 3.0 mm of core tissue microarray (TMA) blocks were constructed, with two representative cores for each case. The patient and tumor characteristics, including age, type of surgery, histological type, histological grade, and follow-up data, were acquired. The histological subtypes were classified according to the 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) Tumor Classification. We graded ccRCC and papillary RCC according to the 2013 WHO/International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) grading system [17,18]. Chromophobe RCC was graded according to the published parameters [19]. All cases were reviewed by two pathologists for tumor type and WHO/ISUP grade. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Hanyang University Hospital (HYUH 2018-05-005), and the requirement for informed consent was waived.
Immunohistochemistry for BAP1 expression
Sections from the TMA blocks were immunostained using the Bond-max Automated immunohistochemistry (IHC)/in situ hybridization stainer (Leica Biosystems, Nussloch, Germany) according to the manufacturer’s protocol. Sections (4-μm thickness) were immunostained with a primary antibody against BAP1 (1:100, sc-28383, mouse monoclonal, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA). BAP1 expression level was evaluated according to the extent of nuclear staining in the tumor cells. The staining was scored as negative (no expression or expression in < 10% of tumor cells) or positive (expression in ≥ 10% of tumor cells).
Statistical analysis
All of the statistical analyses were performed using SPSS ver. 24.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). The relationships between the groups were compared using the chi-square test, Fisher exact test, or Student’s t test. Cancer-specific survival (CSS) was defined as the time interval between the date of surgical resection and the date of death due to RCC. Recurrence-free survival (RFS) was defined as the time interval between surgical resection and the date of any recurrence. The Kaplan-Meier method with the log-rank test and the Cox proportional hazard regression model were used for survival analyses. Two-sided p-values of < .05 were considered to indicate statistically significant differences.
Patient characteristics
The clinicopathological characteristics of the patients are summarized in Table 1. Among 371 RCC cases, the most common subtype was ccRCC (300 cases, 80.9%). The other subtypes included in this study comprised 36 cases of papillary RCC (13 type 1 and 23 type 2 papillary RCC, 9.7%), 26 cases of chromophobe RCC (7.0%), four cases of clear cell papillary RCC, four cases of acquired cystic disease-associated RCC, and one case of collecting duct carcinoma. The age of the patients ranged from 13 to 90 years, with a median of 60 years. The median follow-up period for the patients in this study was 66 months (range, 0.1 to 167.6 months). Of the 371 patients, 11 (3.0%) had metastatic disease at the time of initial diagnosis (i.e., nephrectomy), 30 (8.1%) had experienced metastasis or relapse during the follow-up period, and 34 (9.2%) had died due to RCC by the time of analysis.
BAP1 expression and tumor type evaluation
A total of 371 successfully stained cases with adequate clinical follow-up were classified as either BAP1 negative (n = 63, 17.0%) or BAP1 positive (n = 308, 83.0%). Representative images of BAP1 staining are shown in Fig. 1. Loss of BAP1 expression was frequently observed in ccRCC (18.7%) and chromophobe RCC (23.1%), while we failed to observe BAP1 expression loss in other renal tumor subtypes, including papillary RCC, acquired cystic disease-associated RCC, and collecting duct carcinoma. In clear cell papillary RCC, one case showed loss of BAP1 expression (Table 2).
BAP1 expression and clinicopathological features of patients with ccRCC and chromophobe RCC
In ccRCC, loss of BAP1 expression was significantly associated with female sex (p = .046) and high WHO/ISUP grade (p = .002). Furthermore, BAP1 expression loss was more frequent in pT2 than in pT1 category (Table 3). Other clinicopathological parameters such as vascular invasion, tumor necrosis, sarcomatoid feature, and lymph node status showed no significant association with BAP1 expression (Table 3).
In chromophobe RCC, no significant correlation was observed between BAP1 expression and clinicopathological parameters (Table 3).
BAP1 expression and survival in ccRCC
Of 300 patients with ccRCC, 10 (3.3%) had metastatic disease at the time of initial diagnosis (i.e., nephrectomy), 23 (7.7%) had experienced metastasis or relapse during the follow-up period, and 26 (8.7%) had died due to RCC by the time of analysis.
Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox regression analysis were applied to evaluate the prognostic value of BAP1 loss. Univariate analysis revealed that high WHO/ISUP grade, vascular invasion, tumor necrosis, sarcomatoid feature, high pT category, and lymph node metastasis predicted a poor outcome in ccRCC (Table 4). However, BAP1 expression showed no association with CSS and RFS (Fig. 2A, B). Even in cases with low pT (pT1/2) ccRCC, loss of BAP1 expression showed no statistically significant correlation with CSS and RFS (Fig. 2C, D).
In this study, we demonstrated the loss of BAP1 nuclear expression in chromophobe RCC and clear cell papillary RCC as well as ccRCC. Furthermore, the loss of BAP1 nuclear expression was associated with adverse clinicopathological features such as high WHO/ISUP grade in ccRCC but showed no relationship with CSS or RFS in patients with ccRCC.
The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) research network recently reported the molecular characterization of RCC and included 488 ccRCC, 160 papillary type 1 RCC, 70 papillary type 2 RCC, and 81 chromophobe RCC. BAP1 mutation, a chromatin remodeling gene mutation, was reported in ccRCC (11.0%) and papillary RCC (5.6%) but not in chromophobe RCC [20]. BAP1 mutation was also shown to be correlated with decreased survival in ccRCC [20].
The ratio of BAP1 loss in the present study (18.7%) was similar to that reported in previous studies [21,22]. We also found that the loss of BAP1 expression was significantly common in female sex (p = .046). BAP1 mutation was more frequent in female patients as per TCGA data [20,23]. We observed that BAP1 nuclear expression loss was associated with high WHO/ISUP grade in ccRCC and showed no correlation with CSS and RFS. In several studies, loss of BAP1 expression served as an independent marker of prognosis in patients with ccRCC and low-grade ccRCC [24,25]. On the other hand, in other studies, no significant association was reported between BAP1 loss and CSS or RFS, although BAP1 loss significantly correlated with poor clinicopathological parameters [16,21]. Differences in the prognostic associations may be related to differences in cohorts among studies. Our cohort had relatively low-grade RCC and a short follow-up period; therefore, overall cancer-specific death rate was lower than that recorded in the previous TGCA report (8% vs 33%) [20].
Among non-ccRCC, papillary RCC, chromophobe RCC, clear cell papillary RCC, acquired cystic disease-associated RCC, and collecting duct carcinoma were evaluated for BAP1 expression. We observed the loss of BAP1 expression in 23.1% of chromophobe RCC (6/26) cases and in one clear cell papillary RCC case. No significant association was detected between BAP1 expression and adverse clinicopathological parameters in chromophobe RCC. Unfortunately, the number of patients with chromophobe RCC and clear cell papillary RCC was too small to evaluate proper clinical relevance. In addition, during the follow-up period, one patient died due to chromophobe RCC; therefore, survival analysis could not be performed. An additional analysis is needed to further elucidate the role of BAP1 and the relationship between loss of BAP1 expression in IHC and BAP1 mutation in chromophobe RCC and clear cell papillary RCC.
In conclusion, we revealed that BAP1 expression is associated with high WHO/ISUP grade in patients with ccRCC and that BAP1 expression loss is also observed in chromophobe RCC and clear cell papillary RCC. Further studies are needed to assess larger cohorts and associated pathological features.
This work was supported by the research fund of Hanyang University (HY-2016).
Fig. 1.
Immunohistochemical staining of BRCA1-associated protein 1 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (A, negative; B, positive), chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (RCC) (C, negative; D, positive), papillary RCC type 1 (E, positive), papillary RCC type 2 (F, positive), and clear cell papillary RCC (G, negative; H, positive).
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Fig. 2.
Kaplan-Meier analysis of cancer-specific survival (CSS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (A, CSS; B, RFS) and pT1/2 ccRCC (C, CSS; D, RFS). BAP1, BRCA1-associated protein 1.
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Table 1.
Histological and clinical characteristics
Characteristic Value (n = 371)
Tumor type
 Clear cell RCC 300 (80.9)
 Chromophobe RCC 26 (7.0)
 Papillary RCC, type 1 13 (3.5)
 Papillary RCC, type 2 23 (6.2)
 Others 9 (2.4)
Age (yr) 60.0 (13–90)
Sex
 Male 246 (66.3)
 Female 125 (33.7)
Tumor size 3.77 (0.7–15)
WHO/ISUP grade (clear and papillary RCC)
 1 33 (9.8)
 2 160 (47.6)
 3 113 (33.6)
 4 30 (8.9)
Chromophobe grade (chromophobe RCC)
 1 19 (73.1)
 2 7 (26.9)
Vascular invasiona
 Absent 323 (87.1)
 Present 48 (12.9)
Tumor necrosis
 Absent 219 (84.2)
 Present 41 (15.8)
Sarcomatoid feature
 Absent 350 (94.3)
 Present 21 (5.7)
Lymph node metastasis
 Absent 362 (97.6)
 Present 9 (2.4)
pT category
 1 258 (69.5)
 2 36 (9.7)
 3 74 (19.9)
 4 3 (0.8)

Values are presented as number (%) or median (range).

RCC, renal cell carcinoma; WHO, World Health Organization; ISUP, International Society of Urological Pathology.

aVascular invasion includes microscopic tumor invasion into small or large vessels and gross renal vein tumor thrombus.

Table 2.
Correlation between BAP1 expression and tumor type (n = 371)
Negative (n = 63) Positive (n = 308)
Clear cell RCC 56 (18.7) 244 (81.3)
Chromophobe RCC 6 (23.1) 20 (76.9)
Papillary RCC type 1 0 13 (100)
Papillary RCC type 2 0 23 (100)
Clear cell papillary RCC 1 (25) 3 (75)
Acquired cystic disease-associated RCC 0 4 (100)
Collecting duct carcinoma 0 1 (100)

Values are presented as number (%).

BAP1, BRCA1-associated protein 1; RCC, renal cell carcinoma.

Table 3.
Correlations between BAP1 expression and clinicopathological features
Clear cell RCC (n = 300)
 Chromophobe RCC (n = 26)
Negative (n = 56) Positive (n = 244) p-value Negative (n = 6) Positive (n = 20) p-value
Sex .046 .664
 Male 32 (15.6) 173 (84.4) 3 (27.3) 8 (72.7)
 Female 24 (25.3) 71 (74.7) 3 (20.0) 12 (80.0)
WHO/ISUP grade .002
 1 0 25 (100)
 2 20 (14.1) 122 (85.9)
 3 27 (25.7) 78 (74.3)
 4 9 (32.1) 19 (67.9)
Chromophobe grade .146
 1 6 (31.6) 13 (68.4)
 2 0 7 (100)
Vascular invasion .664 .231
 Absent 49 (19.1) 203 (80.9) 5 (20.0) 20 (80.0)
 Present 7 (16.3) 36 (83.7) 1 (100) 0
Tumor necrosis .437
 Absent 28 (16.8) 139 (83.2) 6 (23.1) 20 (76.9)
 Present 8 (22.2) 28 (77.7)
Sarcomatoid feature .346
 Absent 51 (18.1) 231 (81.9) 6 (23.1) 20 (76.9)
 Present 5 (27.8) 13 (72.2)
pT categorya .037 .606
 pT1 35 (16.9) 172 (83.1) 3 (18.8) 13 (81.3)
 pT2 10 (37.0) 17 (63.0) 2 (40.0) 3 (60.0)
 pT3/4 11 (16.7) 55 (83.3) 1 (20.0) 4 (80.0)
pN categorya .899 > .999
 pN0 55 (18.7) 239 (81.3) 6 (24.0) 19 (76.0)
 pN1 1 (16.7) 5 (83.3) 0 1 (100)

Values are presented as number (%).

BAP1, BRCA1-associated protein 1; RCC, renal cell carcinoma; WHO, World Health Organization; ISUP, International Society of Urological Pathology.

aAJCC eighth edition.

Table 4.
Univariate Cox regression analyses for cancer-specific survival and recurrence-free survival in patients with clear cell RCC
Variable Cancer-specific survival
 Recurrence-free survival
HR 95% CI p-value HR 95% CI p-value
BAP1
 Positive vs negative 1.076 0.405–2.859 .884 1.125 0.462–2.740 .795
Sex
 Female vs male 2.140 0.807–5.676 .118 1.879 0.814–4.334 .139
WHO/ISUP grade
 1–2 1 1
 3 3.401 1.138–10.165 .028 2.484 0.997–6.185 .051
 4 20.883 7.323–59.550 < .001 16.202 6.749–38.890 < .001
Vascular invasion
 Absent vs present 9.386 4.306–20.460 < .001 8.219 4.130–16.355 < .001
Tumor necrosis
 Absent vs present 18.216 5.713–58.079 < .001 16.980 5.953–48.428 < .001
Sarcomatoid feature
 Absent vs present 13.933 6.283–30.896 < .001 10.823 5.103–22.957 < .001
pT category
 pT1 1 1
 pT2 6.298 1.409–28.145 .016 8.249 2.387–28.509 .001
 pT3 and pT4 18.200 6.185–53.557 < .001 18.733 7.103–49.404 < .001
Lymph node metastasis
 Absent vs present 32.885 10.417–103.815 < .001 18.940 6.203–57.828 < .001

RCC, renal cell carcinoma; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; BAP1, BRCA1-associated protein 1; WHO, World Health Organization; ISUP, International Society of Urological Pathology.

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      Loss of Nuclear BAP1 Expression Is Associated with High WHO/ISUP Grade in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
      J Pathol Transl Med. 2018;52(6):378-385.   Published online October 1, 2018
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.4132/jptm.2018.09.21
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    Loss of Nuclear BAP1 Expression Is Associated with High WHO/ISUP Grade in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
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    Fig. 1. Immunohistochemical staining of BRCA1-associated protein 1 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (A, negative; B, positive), chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (RCC) (C, negative; D, positive), papillary RCC type 1 (E, positive), papillary RCC type 2 (F, positive), and clear cell papillary RCC (G, negative; H, positive).
    Fig. 2. Kaplan-Meier analysis of cancer-specific survival (CSS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (A, CSS; B, RFS) and pT1/2 ccRCC (C, CSS; D, RFS). BAP1, BRCA1-associated protein 1.

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    Loss of Nuclear BAP1 Expression Is Associated with High WHO/ISUP Grade in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
    Characteristic Value (n = 371)
    Tumor type
     Clear cell RCC 300 (80.9)
     Chromophobe RCC 26 (7.0)
     Papillary RCC, type 1 13 (3.5)
     Papillary RCC, type 2 23 (6.2)
     Others 9 (2.4)
    Age (yr) 60.0 (13–90)
    Sex
     Male 246 (66.3)
     Female 125 (33.7)
    Tumor size 3.77 (0.7–15)
    WHO/ISUP grade (clear and papillary RCC)
     1 33 (9.8)
     2 160 (47.6)
     3 113 (33.6)
     4 30 (8.9)
    Chromophobe grade (chromophobe RCC)
     1 19 (73.1)
     2 7 (26.9)
    Vascular invasiona
     Absent 323 (87.1)
     Present 48 (12.9)
    Tumor necrosis
     Absent 219 (84.2)
     Present 41 (15.8)
    Sarcomatoid feature
     Absent 350 (94.3)
     Present 21 (5.7)
    Lymph node metastasis
     Absent 362 (97.6)
     Present 9 (2.4)
    pT category
     1 258 (69.5)
     2 36 (9.7)
     3 74 (19.9)
     4 3 (0.8)
    Negative (n = 63) Positive (n = 308)
    Clear cell RCC 56 (18.7) 244 (81.3)
    Chromophobe RCC 6 (23.1) 20 (76.9)
    Papillary RCC type 1 0 13 (100)
    Papillary RCC type 2 0 23 (100)
    Clear cell papillary RCC 1 (25) 3 (75)
    Acquired cystic disease-associated RCC 0 4 (100)
    Collecting duct carcinoma 0 1 (100)
    Clear cell RCC (n = 300)
    		 Chromophobe RCC (n = 26)
    Negative (n = 56) Positive (n = 244) p-value Negative (n = 6) Positive (n = 20) p-value
    Sex .046 .664
     Male 32 (15.6) 173 (84.4) 3 (27.3) 8 (72.7)
     Female 24 (25.3) 71 (74.7) 3 (20.0) 12 (80.0)
    WHO/ISUP grade .002
     1 0 25 (100)
     2 20 (14.1) 122 (85.9)
     3 27 (25.7) 78 (74.3)
     4 9 (32.1) 19 (67.9)
    Chromophobe grade .146
     1 6 (31.6) 13 (68.4)
     2 0 7 (100)
    Vascular invasion .664 .231
     Absent 49 (19.1) 203 (80.9) 5 (20.0) 20 (80.0)
     Present 7 (16.3) 36 (83.7) 1 (100) 0
    Tumor necrosis .437
     Absent 28 (16.8) 139 (83.2) 6 (23.1) 20 (76.9)
     Present 8 (22.2) 28 (77.7)
    Sarcomatoid feature .346
     Absent 51 (18.1) 231 (81.9) 6 (23.1) 20 (76.9)
     Present 5 (27.8) 13 (72.2)
    pT categorya .037 .606
     pT1 35 (16.9) 172 (83.1) 3 (18.8) 13 (81.3)
     pT2 10 (37.0) 17 (63.0) 2 (40.0) 3 (60.0)
     pT3/4 11 (16.7) 55 (83.3) 1 (20.0) 4 (80.0)
    pN categorya .899 > .999
     pN0 55 (18.7) 239 (81.3) 6 (24.0) 19 (76.0)
     pN1 1 (16.7) 5 (83.3) 0 1 (100)
    Variable Cancer-specific survival
    		 Recurrence-free survival
    HR 95% CI p-value HR 95% CI p-value
    BAP1
     Positive vs negative 1.076 0.405–2.859 .884 1.125 0.462–2.740 .795
    Sex
     Female vs male 2.140 0.807–5.676 .118 1.879 0.814–4.334 .139
    WHO/ISUP grade
     1–2 1 1
     3 3.401 1.138–10.165 .028 2.484 0.997–6.185 .051
     4 20.883 7.323–59.550 < .001 16.202 6.749–38.890 < .001
    Vascular invasion
     Absent vs present 9.386 4.306–20.460 < .001 8.219 4.130–16.355 < .001
    Tumor necrosis
     Absent vs present 18.216 5.713–58.079 < .001 16.980 5.953–48.428 < .001
    Sarcomatoid feature
     Absent vs present 13.933 6.283–30.896 < .001 10.823 5.103–22.957 < .001
    pT category
     pT1 1 1
     pT2 6.298 1.409–28.145 .016 8.249 2.387–28.509 .001
     pT3 and pT4 18.200 6.185–53.557 < .001 18.733 7.103–49.404 < .001
    Lymph node metastasis
     Absent vs present 32.885 10.417–103.815 < .001 18.940 6.203–57.828 < .001
    Table 1. Histological and clinical characteristics

    Values are presented as number (%) or median (range).

    RCC, renal cell carcinoma; WHO, World Health Organization; ISUP, International Society of Urological Pathology.

    Vascular invasion includes microscopic tumor invasion into small or large vessels and gross renal vein tumor thrombus.

    Table 2. Correlation between BAP1 expression and tumor type (n = 371)

    Values are presented as number (%).

    BAP1, BRCA1-associated protein 1; RCC, renal cell carcinoma.

    Table 3. Correlations between BAP1 expression and clinicopathological features

    Values are presented as number (%).

    BAP1, BRCA1-associated protein 1; RCC, renal cell carcinoma; WHO, World Health Organization; ISUP, International Society of Urological Pathology.

    AJCC eighth edition.

    Table 4. Univariate Cox regression analyses for cancer-specific survival and recurrence-free survival in patients with clear cell RCC

    RCC, renal cell carcinoma; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; BAP1, BRCA1-associated protein 1; WHO, World Health Organization; ISUP, International Society of Urological Pathology.

    Table 1.

    Table 2.

    Table 3.

    Table 4.

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