SCREENING FOR NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA WITH AN ELISA USING THE EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS NUCLEAR ANTIGEN, EBNA-1 - A COMPLEMENTARY TEST TO THE IGA/VCA IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE ASSAY

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作者
CHENG, HM [1 ]
FOONG, YT [1 ]
MATHEW, A [1 ]
SAM, CK [1 ]
DILLNER, J [1 ]
PRASAD, U [1 ]
机构
[1] KAROLINSKA INST,DEPT VIROL,S-10401 STOCKHOLM 60,SWEDEN
关键词
EBNA-1; PEPTIDE; NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA;
D O I
10.1016/0166-0934(93)90175-Q
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
An ELISA using the Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA 1) was found to detect selectively specific IgA in sera from patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). The antigen, p107, was a 20-amino acid synthetic peptide, representing a major epitope of EBNA 1. 267/294 (90.8%) of NPC patients had IgA antibodies to p107 but in normal individuals, only 41/577 (7.1%) had IgA/p107. In sera from patients with other cancers, 11/77 (14.3%) had IgA/p107 reactivity. 124 IgA/VCA positive and 86 IgA/VCA negative NPC sera were also tested for IgA/p107 binding in ELISA. The majority of IgA/VCA positive sera (117) also contained IgA/p107 antibodies. Of interest was the detection of 74/86 IgA/p107 reactive sera in the IgA/VCA negative group. The results suggest that the IgA/p107 ELISA could become a useful, complementary screening assay to the IgA/VCA immunofluorescence test for detection of NPC.
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