title: Antibody Response to Paramyxoviruses in Paget's Disease of Bone.
abstract: Paget's disease of bone (PDB) is a common skeletal disorder characterised by focal abnormalities of increased and disorganised bone turnover. Genetic factors play a central role in the pathogenesis of PDB but environmental factors also contribute. Measles virus (MV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and canine distemper virus (CDV) have all been implicated as potential disease triggers but the data are conflicting. Since chronic paramyxovirus infection with measles is known to be accompanied by increased production of antiviral antibodies, we have analysed circulating concentrations of antibodies to MV, CDV, and RSV as well as mumps, rubella and varicella zoster virus (VZV) in 463 patients with PDB and 220 aged and gender-matched controls. We also studied the relation between viral antibody concentrations and various markers of disease severity and extent in 460 PDB patients. A high proportion of cases and controls tested positive for antiviral antibodies but there was no significant difference in circulating antibody concentrations between PDB cases and controls for MV, CDV, RSV, rubella or VZV. However, mumps virus antibody levels were significantly higher in the PDB cases (mean ± SD = 3.1 ± 0.84 vs. 2.62 ± 0.86. p < 0.001). There was no association between disease severity and circulating antibody concentrations to any of the viruses. In conclusion, we found no evidence to suggest that PDB is associated with abnormalities of immune response to measles or other paramyxoviruses, although there was evidence of a greater antibody response to mumps. The results do not support that hypothesis that PDB is associated with a persistent infection with measles or other paramyxoviruses.
authors.affiliation: The Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK.
authors.forename: Micaela Rios
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Visconti
authors.affiliation: The Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Usategui-Martín
authors.affiliation: The Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK. stuart.ralston@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Stuart H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Ralston
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000917:Antibody Formation / Q000276:immunology*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D018098:Paramyxovirinae
keywords: Distemper; Genetic; Measles; Paget’s disease of bone; Paramyxovirus