title: Reliability of in-situ hybridization of smears and biopsies for papilloma virus genotyping of the uterine cervix.
abstract: Two sampling methods, biopsy and cell smear, were investigated for their reliability in the biotin in-situ hybridization test for human papilloma virus deoxyribonucleic acid (HPV-DNA)-6/11 and 16/18. Cervical smears and biopsies were obtained simultaneously from 81 women with cervical lesions. The sensitivity of the in-situ hybridization was tested on human cervical carcinoma cell lines. As a reference method, HPV-DNA was probed in biopsies using a Southern blot with 32P-labelled DNA probes. This reference method detected HPV-DNA in 45% of the reactive and reparative cell changes, in 75.9% of intraepithelial neoplasias, and in 83.3% of squamous cell carcinomas of the cervix. Of the examined cervices 61.7% were HPV-DNA-positive. As tested by in-situ hybridization, 56.8% of the biopsies were HPV-DNA-positive. Three biopsies were HPV-DNA-negative by the in-situ hybridization but positive by the Southern blot. One biopsy was HPV-DNA-6/11 positive by the in-situ hybridization but negative in the Southern blot. As tested by in-situ hybridization, 55.6% of the cervical smears were HPV-DNA-positive. Five smears were HPV-DNA-positive by the in-situ hybridization but negative by the reference method, thus demonstrating the dependence of the HPV positive rate on the sampling method. Four cell smears were negative by the in-situ hybridization but positive by the reference method, which shows that the biotin in-situ hybridization is less sensitive. The reference method confirmed the HPV-DNA-positivity of in-situ hybridization for 97.8% of biopsies, and for 91.8% of cell smears.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: I. Universitäts-Frauenklinik, Universität Wien.
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Czerwenka
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Schön
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manavi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zeillinger
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kubista
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gitsch
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D015342:DNA Probes; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004279:DNA, Viral