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. 1981 Feb;78(2):1209–1213. doi: 10.1073/pnas.78.2.1209

Immunohistological demonstration of respiratory syncytial virus antigens in Paget disease of bone.

B G Mills, F R Singer, L P Weiner, P A Holst
PMCID: PMC319977  PMID: 6940136

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus antisera have been found to produce a positive immunohistologic response in osteoclasts in bone sections or in cells cultured from Paget disease lesions in 12 out of 12 patients tested. These experiments were carefully controlled by several means. Use of experimentally infected cells served as positive controls. Adsorption of antisera on human bone powder and KB cells did not remove the specific immunologic stain, but adsorption of the antisera by the virus did. Negative results were also obtained in osteoclasts of patients with primary or secondary hyperparathyroidism. In addition, negative results in specimens of Paget disease were found with antisera to measles; parainfluenza 1, 2, and 3; influenza A, B and C; rubella; and herpes simplex. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the nuclear and cytoplasmic inclusions in the osteoclasts of Paget disease are a result of viral activity.

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