title: Oral antibodies to human papillomavirus type 16 in women with cervical neoplasia.
abstract: This study investigated the relationship between human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) antibodies detected in oral fluid from women with cervical neoplasia, their HPV-16 antibody seroprevalence, and their cervical HPV-16 DNA presence. Cervical HPV-16 DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction in 43.2% (35/81) of these women. The prevalence of IgG and IgA antibodies to HPV-16 virus-like particles (VLP-16) in oral fluid and was investigated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Anti-VLP-16 IgA antibodies were detected in oral fluid from 54.3% (44/81) of women with cervical neoplasia, compared with 8% (3/36) in controls (P = 0.000002). Anti-VLP-16 IgG was detected in oral fluid from 43.2.9% (25/72) and 13.3% (4/30; P = 0.029), respectively. Women who were HPV-16 DNA positive at their cervical lesion, displayed an oral fluid anti-VLP-16 IgA prevalence of 60.7% (17/28) and HPV-16 DNA negative women an oral fluid anti-VLP-16 IgA prevalence of 50% (20/40; P = 0.38). Oral fluid anti-VLP-16 IgG prevalence in HPV-16 DNA positive women was 28.6% (8/28) compared with 40% (16/40) in oral fluid from HPV-16 DNA negative women (P = 0.3). Amongst HPV-16 DNA positive women, the anti-VLP-16 IgG seroprevalence was 75% (21/28) and IgA seroprevalence 35.7% (10/28) and for the HPV-16 DNA negative women these values were 60% (24/40) and 32.5% (13/40), respectively. Oral IgA antibody testing proved no more sensitive than serum antibody detection for the determination of HPV infection but could be useful as a non-invasive screening method for women with cervical neoplasia and for estimating the mucosal antibody response to HPV vaccines.
authors.affiliation: University of Cape Town, Division of Medical Virology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Marais
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Best
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Keating
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Soeters
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Denny
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Dehaeck
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nevin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Passmore
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Williamson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000821:virology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000276:immunology*; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000821:virology; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000821:virology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000821:virology*; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral