Persistence of parvovirus B19 DNA in testis of patients with testicular germ cell tumours
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serval:BIB_948F3EF6735E
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Persistence of parvovirus B19 DNA in testis of patients with testicular germ cell tumours
Journal
Journal of General Virology
ISSN
0022-1317
Publication state
Published
Issued date
03/1998
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
79 ( Pt 3)
Pages
573-9
Notes
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Mar
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Mar
Abstract
Germ cell tumours (GCT) of the testis are the most common malignant tumours occurring in young adults. In view of the young age of patients, the increasing incidence of GCT and the overexpression of wild-type p53 observed in a majority of tumours, the possibility of the involvement of a virus in the development of this cancer was considered. Testicular GCT were analysed for the presence of cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which are known to cause overexpression of wild-type p53 protein, and parvovirus B19. The testicular tissue of 39 patients with testicular GCT and 12 patients with healthy testicular tissues was tested for presence of viral DNA by PCR. Neither cytomegalovirus nor EBV DNAs were detected in the 39 tumours analysed, but parvovirus B19 DNA sequences were demonstrated in the testicular tissue of 85% (33/39 cases) of patients with GCT. The sera of 16 of the 39 patients with GCT were tested for the presence of parvovirus B19 IgM and IgG. B19-specific IgG was detected in the sera of 11 patients (69%). Only one case was positive for parvovirus B19 IgM, which was also shown to have B19 genome sequences in the serum by PCR, indicating that in a majority of cases an acute B19 infection can be excluded as being the source of the B19 DNA sequences in the testis. B19 DNA could not be detected in normal testicular tissue and thus parvovirus B19 could play a role, direct or indirect, in the development of testicular GCT or have tropism for the tumour cells.
Keywords
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Cytomegalovirus/isolation & purification
DNA, Viral/analysis
Germinoma/*virology
Herpesvirus 4, Human/isolation & purification
Humans
Immunoglobulin G/blood
Immunoglobulin M/blood
Male
Middle Aged
Parvoviridae Infections/blood
Parvovirus B19, Human/immunology/*isolation & purification
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
Testicular Neoplasms/*virology
Testis/*virology
Pubmed
Web of science
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