Detecting high-grade cervical disease on ASC-H cytology: role of BD ProEx C and Digene Hybrid Capture II HPV DNA testing

Am J Clin Pathol. 2008 Nov;130(5):765-70. doi: 10.1309/AJCPWW6V2KGXODUI.

Abstract

The BD ProEx C stain (BD Diagnostics-Tripath, Burlington, NC) detects 2 molecular markers known to be overexpressed in cervical squamous cell carcinoma, minichromosome maintenance protein 2 and topoisomerase II. This study was conducted to evaluate this stain detecting high-grade cervical disease, and results were compared with high-risk HPV (hr-HPV) status and histologic biopsy diagnosis in Papanicolaou tests with atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (ASC-H) cytologic results. Cervical cytology specimens were collected in BD SurePath preservative (BD Diagnostics-Tripath), and 100 specimens with a diagnosis of ASC-H were included in the study. A second BD SurePath slide, prepared from the residual cellular material from these ASC-H cases, was immunostained using the BD ProEx C reagent. Nuclear staining of ASC-H cells was considered a positive result. The sensitivity for BD ProEx C for detecting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2 or worse was 98.8% and for hr-HPV was 71.1%, whereas specificity values were 82.4% and 64.7%, respectively. BD ProEx C has potential as a marker for detection of high-grade disease in patients with ASC-H cytologic results.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / analysis*
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / analysis*
  • DNA Topoisomerases, Type II / analysis*
  • DNA, Viral / analysis*
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / analysis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 2
  • Nuclear Proteins / analysis*
  • Papillomaviridae / isolation & purification
  • Papillomavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Precancerous Conditions / diagnosis
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic / standards
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Tumor Virus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / diagnosis*
  • Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / virology
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • DNA, Viral
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
  • MCM2 protein, human
  • Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 2
  • DNA Topoisomerases, Type II