Low prevalence of SV40 in Swiss mesothelioma patients after elimination of false-positive PCR results

Ziegler, Annemarie; Seemayer, Christian A; Hinterberger, Marc; Vogt, Peter; Bigosch, Colette; Gautschi, Oliver; Tornillo, Luigi; Betticher, Daniel C; Moch, Holger; Stahel, Rolf A (2007). Low prevalence of SV40 in Swiss mesothelioma patients after elimination of false-positive PCR results. Lung cancer, 57(3), pp. 282-91. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.lungcan.2007.03.025

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The association of simian virus 40 (SV40) with malignant pleural mesothelioma is currently under debate. In some malignancies of viral aetiology, viral DNA can be detected in the patients' serum or plasma. To characterize the prevalence of SV40 in Swiss mesothelioma patients, we optimized a real-time PCR for quantitative detection of SV40 DNA in plasma, and used a monoclonal antibody for immunohistochemical detection of SV40 in mesothelioma tissue microarrays. Real-time PCR was linear over five orders of magnitude, and sensitive to a single gene copy. Repeat PCR determinations showed excellent reproducibility. However, SV40 status varied for independent DNA isolates of single samples. We noted that SV40 detection rates by PCR were drastically reduced by the implementation of strict room compartmentalization and decontamination procedures. Therefore, we systematically addressed common sources of contamination and found no cross-reactivity with DNA of other polyomaviruses. Contamination during PCR was rare and plasmid contamination was infrequent. SV40 DNA was reproducibly detected in only 4 of 78 (5.1%) plasma samples. SV40 DNA levels were low and not consistently observed in paired plasma and tumour samples from the same patient. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed a weak but reproducible SV40 staining in 16 of 341 (4.7%) mesotheliomas. Our data support the occurrence of non-reproducible SV40 PCR amplifications and underscore the importance of proper sample handling and analysis. SV40 DNA and protein were found at low prevalence (5%) in plasma and tumour tissue, respectively. This suggests that SV40 does not appear to play a major role in the development of mesothelioma.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Medical Oncology
UniBE Contributor:	Gautschi, Oliver
ISSN:	0169-5002
ISBN:	17513005
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:53
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:16
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/j.lungcan.2007.03.025
PubMed ID:	17513005
Web of Science ID:	000257371500005
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/22404 (FactScience: 34536)