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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the addition of a formalin-fixed neutrophil substrate could improve interpretation and prediction of autoantigenic specificity in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) testing.
METHODS: Routine diagnostic samples sent for ANCA testing were analyzed prospectively on a dual substrate of both ethanol- and formalin-fixed neutrophils. Positive samples on ethanol-fixed neutrophils were deemed \"typical\" if formalin-fixed neutrophils also stained, and \"atypical\" if not. Indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) results were correlated with antimyeloperoxidase (MPO) and anti-proteinase 3 (PR3) results with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
RESULTS: Of 1,426 samples, 201 from unique patients were ANCA-positive (200 on IIF, 1 on ELISA alone). Thirty-two (45%) of 71 typical ANCA staining patterns were positive for either an anti-MPO or anti-PR3 antibodies, whereas only one (0.8%) of 129 atypical patterns was ELISA-positive, in a patient without systemic vasculitis. Only one (3%) of 34 ELISA-positive samples had a negative IIF-ANCA (1/1,426 patients, 0.07%), and this patient did not have vasculitis.
CONCLUSIONS: Concomitant staining on formalin fixation of IIF-positive ethanol-fixed ANCA samples improves the interpretation of ANCA testing and is predictive of vasculitis autoantigens MPO and PR3.
METHODS: Routine diagnostic samples sent for ANCA testing were analyzed prospectively on a dual substrate of both ethanol- and formalin-fixed neutrophils. Positive samples on ethanol-fixed neutrophils were deemed \"typical\" if formalin-fixed neutrophils also stained, and \"atypical\" if not. Indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) results were correlated with antimyeloperoxidase (MPO) and anti-proteinase 3 (PR3) results with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
RESULTS: Of 1,426 samples, 201 from unique patients were ANCA-positive (200 on IIF, 1 on ELISA alone). Thirty-two (45%) of 71 typical ANCA staining patterns were positive for either an anti-MPO or anti-PR3 antibodies, whereas only one (0.8%) of 129 atypical patterns was ELISA-positive, in a patient without systemic vasculitis. Only one (3%) of 34 ELISA-positive samples had a negative IIF-ANCA (1/1,426 patients, 0.07%), and this patient did not have vasculitis.
CONCLUSIONS: Concomitant staining on formalin fixation of IIF-positive ethanol-fixed ANCA samples improves the interpretation of ANCA testing and is predictive of vasculitis autoantigens MPO and PR3.
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