Julkunen H, Salonen E M, Walle T K, Miettinen A
Department of Internal Medicine, Peijas Hospital, Vantaa, Finland.
Scand J Rheumatol. 2005 Mar-Apr;34(2):122-4. doi: 10.1080/02813430510015250-1.
To study the prevalence and diagnostic significance of antibodies against nucleosomes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as compared to five anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) assays.
The study included 305 patients with SLE, 125 patients with other autoimmune rheumatic diseases, and 415 healthy controls. Anti-nucleosome antibodies were measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and ANA by immunofluorescence (IF) using Hep-2 cells. Anti-double-stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA) antibodies were measured by three commercial ELISAs and by IF using Crithidia luciliae as antigen.
Compared to three ELISAs for anti-dsDNA, the anti-nucleosome assay was less sensitive (30% vs. 29-69%) but equally specific (90% vs. 77-95%) for SLE. The most sensitive test was ANA (76%), and the least sensitive was Crithidia (13%). The correlations between the different assays were good (p < 0.001 for all comparisons).
The anti-nucleosome antibody assay does not offer additional information compared to conventionally used anti-dsDNA tests in the differential diagnosis of SLE.
与五种抗核抗体(ANA)检测方法相比,研究系统性红斑狼疮(SLE)患者中抗核小体抗体的患病率及诊断意义。
该研究纳入了305例SLE患者、125例其他自身免疫性风湿疾病患者以及415例健康对照。采用酶联免疫吸附测定(ELISA)检测抗核小体抗体,使用Hep-2细胞通过免疫荧光(IF)检测ANA。采用三种商业ELISA试剂盒以及以亮绿蝇短膜虫为抗原通过IF检测抗双链DNA(抗dsDNA)抗体。
与三种抗dsDNA的ELISA检测方法相比,抗核小体检测对SLE的敏感性较低(30%对29%-69%),但特异性相同(90%对77%-95%)。最敏感的检测方法是ANA(76%),最不敏感的是亮绿蝇短膜虫检测(13%)。不同检测方法之间的相关性良好(所有比较的p<0.001)。
在SLE的鉴别诊断中,与传统使用的抗dsDNA检测相比,抗核小体抗体检测并未提供额外信息。