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Zhang T, Du Y, Wu Q, Li H, Nguyen T, Gidley G, Duran V, Goldman D, Petri M, Mohan C. Salivary anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) mirrors serum ANA in systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Res Ther 2022; 24:3. [PMID: 34980255 PMCID: PMC8721993 DOI: 10.1186/s13075-021-02694-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To assay salivary anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) and its isotypes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to investigate relevant clinical associations. METHODS Saliva samples were collected from SLE patients and assayed for salivary ANA using immunofluorescence (IF). Isotypes of salivary ANA, including IgG-ANA, IgA-ANA, and IgM-ANA, were quantified using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The correlations between clinical parameters and levels of salivary ANA and isotypes were evaluated. RESULTS Salivary ANA IF intensities were significantly higher in SLE patients than in healthy controls, irrespective of SLE patient disease activity, and strongly correlated with serum ANA titers. Salivary ANA was detected in 67.14% of SLE patients and 10.00% of healthy controls (p < 0.001). Among ANA-positive samples, 80.85% exhibited a nuclear ANA pattern, and 42.55% exhibited a cytoplasmic ANA pattern. Salivary IgG-ANA, IgA-ANA, and IgM-ANA levels, as assayed by ELISA, were significantly increased in both active and less active SLE patients compared with healthy controls, and levels of each isotype were significantly correlated with serum ANA titer. Salivary IgM-ANA levels correlated with the physician global assessment (PGA), SLE disease activity index (SLEDAI), and negatively with serum C3 and C4. Salivary IgG-ANA also correlated with erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), SLEDAI, and negatively with serum C3. CONCLUSION Salivary ANA levels correlate with serum ANA titer, and salivary IgM-ANA and IgG-ANA correlate variably with PGA, SLEDAI, ESR and complement levels. These findings underscore the potential of using salivary ANA and ANA isotypes as surrogates for serum ANA, particularly for future point-of-care applications since saliva is easier to obtain than blood.
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- Ting Zhang
- Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Houston, 3517 Cullen Blvd, Room 2027, TX, Houston, USA.,Present affiliation: The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Houston, 3517 Cullen Blvd, Room 2027, TX, Houston, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Houston, 3517 Cullen Blvd, Room 2027, TX, Houston, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Houston, 3517 Cullen Blvd, Room 2027, TX, Houston, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Houston, 3517 Cullen Blvd, Room 2027, TX, Houston, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Houston, 3517 Cullen Blvd, Room 2027, TX, Houston, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Houston, 3517 Cullen Blvd, Room 2027, TX, Houston, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Houston, 3517 Cullen Blvd, Room 2027, TX, Houston, USA.
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Jeong S, Yang H, Hwang H. Evaluation of an automated connective tissue disease screening assay in Korean patients with systemic rheumatic diseases. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0173597. [PMID: 28273146 PMCID: PMC5342238 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic utilities of the automated connective tissues disease screening assay, CTD screen, in patients with systemic rheumatic diseases. A total of 1093 serum samples were assayed using CTD screen and indirect immunofluorescent (IIF) methods. Among them, 162 were diagnosed with systemic rheumatic disease, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and mixed connective tissue disease (MCT). The remaining 931 with non-systemic rheumatic disease were assigned to the control group. The median ratios of CTD screen tests were significantly higher in the systemic rheumatic disease group than in the control group. The positive likelihood ratios of the CTD screen were higher than those of IIF in patients with total rheumatic diseases (4.1 vs. 1.6), including SLE (24.3 vs. 10.7). The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC-AUCs) of the CTD screen for discriminating total rheumatic diseases, RA, SLE, and MCT from controls were 0.68, 0.56, 0.92 and 0.80, respectively. The ROC-AUCs of the combinations with IIF were significantly higher in patients with total rheumatic diseases (0.72) and MCT (0.85) than in those of the CTD screen alone. Multivariate analysis indicated that both the CTD screen and IIF were independent variables for predicting systemic rheumatic disease. CTD screen alone and in combination with IIF were a valuable diagnostic tool for predicting systemic rheumatic diseases, particularly for SLE.
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- Seri Jeong
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Paju Hospital, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
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Gallagher CM, McElroy AE, Smith DM, Golightly MG, Meliker JR. Polychlorinated biphenyls, mercury, and antinuclear antibody positivity, NHANES 2003-2004. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2013; 216:721-7. [PMID: 23419585 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2012] [Revised: 01/12/2013] [Accepted: 01/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Serum antinuclear antibody positivity (ANA) has been associated with elevated serum polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) among residents in PCB-polluted areas; however, associations in general populations have not been reported by congener type or with adjustment for mercury. Cross-sectional data on serum PCBs, total blood mercury, ANA, and potential confounders age, race, body mass index, menopausal status, and dietary eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) were obtained from the 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for males and females aged 12-85. PCB congeners were summed separately for dioxin-like and nondioxin-like PCBs; the former were weighted for toxic equivalent factors. Total PCBs by congener type and mercury were analyzed as both continuous log-transformed variables and as categorical quintiles. Logistic regression models were stratified by sex. There were no associations between nondioxin-like PCBs or mercury and ANA among males or females. Among females (n=114 affected and 518 unaffected), adjusting for potential confounders, the prevalence odds for ANA positivity were significantly elevated per incremental increase in log-transformed dioxin-like PCBs (odds ratio {OR}=1.66; 95% confidence interval {CI}=1.24, 2.23); the highest dioxin-like PCB quintile (>0.00425-0.04339ng/g) was significantly associated with 4.04 (95% CI=2.43, 6.70) greater prevalence odds for ANA positivity relative to the lowest quintile (Ptrend<0.001). We present novel findings of an association between low-level dioxin-like PCBs and ANA among women. No associations were observed between mercury and ANA at mercury levels common to the U.S. population.
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- Carolyn M Gallagher
- Graduate Program in Public Health, United States; Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University, United States; Stony Brook University Medical Center, United States; Stony Brook University, United States.
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Jacobs R, Butler MG, Scott DL. Antibodies to cardiolipin and intermediate filaments: a study of autoimmunity in rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol 1990; 9:509-16. [PMID: 2088648 DOI: 10.1007/bf02030513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Autoantibodies to cardiolipin and intermediate filaments have both been reported with increased frequency in rheumatoid arthritis. We evaluated the frequency, pathological significance, and diagnostic relevance of these autoantibodies in a series of 124 patients and controls. We studied 81 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 23 with osteoarthritis, and 20 normals. Antibodies to cardiolipin were measured by an ELISA method and antibodies to intermediate filaments were measured by indirect immunofluorescence using HEp2 cells. Antibodies to cardiolipin were present in 58% of rheumatoid patients and antibodies to intermediate filaments were present in 55% rheumatoid patients. They were both predominantly of IgM class, and were more frequent than in normal or osteoarthritic controls. Correlating levels of both these autoantibodies to clinical and laboratory measures of disease activity such as Ritchie articular index and C-reactive protein level showed that no consistent relationships existed. They were not related to other auto-antibodies such as rheumatoid factors and anti-nuclear antibodies, nor to each other. These results show that antibodies to cardiolipin and intermediate filaments in rheumatoid arthritis are of no diagnostic value, they are not related to disease activity, and have no relationship to other autoimmune disturbances. We suggest that several pathological mechanisms must be involved in the development of autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis.
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- R Jacobs
- Department of Rheumatology and Serum Immunology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
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