title: Salivary detection of HIV-1 antibodies using recombinant HIV-1 peptides.
abstract: Salivary antibodies may play a role in the absence of HIV-1 transmission by saliva. We evaluated the presence of salivary IgG antibodies to HIV-1 using a recombinant ELISA. Whole saliva was collected from 21 HIV-1-seropositive individuals and assayed in an ELISA, ASQ (Beckman Instruments, Brea, CA), consisting of a panel of six HIV-1 recombinant peptides. Saliva samples from 20 individuals demonstrated IgG to one or more peptides and 18 to two or more peptides. Samples from 20 seropositive individuals were reactive with the gp41 peptide, whereas only 12 were reactive with the two gp120 peptides. Nineteen of twenty salivas also had detectable IgG antibodies to HIV-1 by Western blotting. The results indicate that viral-specific IgG antibodies are present in the saliva of a high percentage of HIV-infected individuals and that a recombinant peptide ELISA for saliva might be useful for the detection of HIV-1 infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, University of Maryland.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Archibald
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hebert
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000276:immunology*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005814:Genes, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D015488:HIV Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120 / Q000276:immunology; D015700:HIV Envelope Protein gp41 / Q000276:immunology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies; D015488:HIV Antigens; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120; D015700:HIV Envelope Protein gp41; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides