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Immunostaining for glutathione S-transferase-π was investigated in various subtypes of meningioma for the purpose of biological characterization. Specimens included five normal meninges and 25 meningiomas (10 meningothelial type, 6 fibrous type, 5 transitional type, 3 microcystic type, and 1 secretory type). In the meningothelial type, most cells showed strongly positive staining. In the fibrous type, all cells were negative. In the transitional type, only the meningothelial components were positive. In the microcystic type, meningothelial cell clusters and arachnoid trabecular cells were positive. In the secretory type, the meningothelial components and the pseudopsammoma-body-producing cells were positive. These results suggest that the meningothelial type and the fibrous type have a different basis of development and biological features. The results also suggest that arachnoid trabecular cells and meningothelial cells share the same origin, and that the arachnoid trabecular cells serve as supportive cells and as cells which detoxify harmful substances in the subarachnoid space. The pseudopsammoma-body-producing cells in the secretory type represent the outcome of epithelial differentiation of meningothelial cells with their biological character being preserved.
