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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-5-30
pubmed:abstractText
A preferential association of human Papillomavirus (HPV) type 18 with cervical small cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma has been identified by in situ and blot hybridization analysis using radionucleotide-labeled DNA and RNA probes. We attempted to detect HPV DNA in nine cases each of invasive cervical small cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma using biotin-labeled probes to HPV types 6/11, 16/31/33/35, and 18 with a peroxidase-conjugated streptavidin detection system. HPV type 18 DNA was detected within four of nine small cell carcinomas and one of nine adenocarcinomas. HPV types 16/31/33/35 were detected in one additional case of cervical adenocarcinoma. All HPV-positive small cell and glandular tumors showed a distinctive, punctate, often juxtanucleolar pattern of nuclear staining which involved the majority of carcinoma cells throughout each neoplasm. This pattern of HPV DNA labeling has not been observed in any of the HPV-positive typical squamous carcinomas or condylomas hybridized at our institution. It is possible that punctate nuclear HPV DNA staining is a marker of viral integration into the host cell genome. We conclude that in situ DNA hybridization with biotinylated probes, although less sensitive than detection of virally transcribed RNA, still allows detection of relatively low copy numbers of HPV DNA in cervical small cell carcinomas and adenocarcinomas. Furthermore, the spatial precision of biotinylated probes may provide morphological information not obtainable using radionucleotide-labeled probes.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0893-3952
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
96-100
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
In situ DNA hybridization of cervical small cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma using biotin-labeled human Papillomavirus probes.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Anatomical Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article