title: Salivary autoantibodies in HIV-associated salivary gland disease.
abstract: A subset of HIV-positive patients develops salivary gland disease (HIV-SGD), characterized by salivary gland enlargement and/or decreased salivary flow. While clinical symptoms are similar to Sjögren's syndrome (SS), patients with HIV-SGD lack circulating anti-SS-A/Ro and anti-SS-B/La. Occasionally, SS patients lacking circulating anti-SS-A/Ro and anti-SS-B/La have these antibodies in their saliva. Salivas from 11 patients with HIV-SGD, 13 HIV+ patients without HIV-SGD, 14 HIV-negative men controls, and 11 patients with SS were screened for autoantibodies. Five HIV-SGD salivas had antibodies recognizing the cytoplasm of a salivary cell line. No HIV+ controls showed reactivity. Ten of 11 SS patients had salivary autoantibodies, and one HIV-negative control was positive for them. Salivary anti-SS-A/Ro was present in 8/11 SS patients, and 7 also contained anti-SS-B/La. No HIV-SGD salivary samples had these specific autoantibodies. These findings suggest that while glandular polyclonal expansion occurs in both HIV-SGD and SS, different autoantibodies are produced.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Investigations Section, National Institute of Dental Research, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schiødt
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robataille
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Greenspan
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Greenspan
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020733:RNA, Small Cytoplasmic; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000276:immunology; D012463:Saliva / Q000276:immunology*; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000276:immunology; D000097585:SS-B Antigen; D000099207:SS-A Antigen
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens; D020733:RNA, Small Cytoplasmic; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D000097585:SS-B Antigen; D000099207:SS-A Antigen; C116006:RO60 protein, human