Frequency and clinical correlates of anti-neural IgM antibodies in neuropathy associated with IgM monoclonal gammopathy
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
1994
Citazione:
Frequency and clinical correlates of anti-neural IgM antibodies in neuropathy associated with IgM monoclonal gammopathy / E. Nobile‐orazio, E. Manfredini, M. Carpo, N. Meucci, S. Monaco, S. Ferrari, B. Bonetti, G. Cavaletti, F. Gemignani, L. Durelli, S. Barbieri, S. Allaria, M. Sgarzi, G. Scarlato. - In: ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 0364-5134. - 36:3(1994 Sep), pp. 416-24-424.
Abstract:
We studied the frequency and clinical correlates of different IgM specificities in 75 patients with neuropathy associated with IgM monoclonal gammopathy. Patients were tested for IgM reactivity with the myelin-associated glycoprotein, P0, neurofilaments, and tubulin by immunoblot; with GM1, asialo-GM1, GM2, GD1a, GD1b, sulfatide, and chondroitin sulfate C by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; and with brain and nerve glycolipids by overlay high-performance thin-layer chromatography. Forty-two patients (56%) had high titers of IgM antibodies to MAG; 4 (5%), to sulfatide (1 also to myelin-associated glycoprotein); 4 (5%), to the 200-kd neurofilament (2 also to myelin-associated protein); and 1 each, to GD1b and chondroitin sulfate C. No reactivity was found in 26 patients (35%). More patients with anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein IgM (62%) than with unknown IgM reactivity (31%) had a predominantly sensory neuropathy (p < 0.025). Nerve conduction findings were consistent with a demyelinating neuropathy in 77% of patients reactive to myelin-associated glycoprotein and 24% with unknown reactivity (p < 0.0001) and the mean conduction velocity of peroneal nerve was lower in the former group (22.9 m/sec) than in the latter group (39.6 m/sec) (p < 0.000001). Patients with anti-sulfatide IgM had a sensorimotor neuropathy with morphological evidence of demyelination while anti-neurofilament IgM was not associated with homogeneous findings. Patients with anti-GD1b or anti-chondroitin sulfate C IgM had a predominantly motor impairment. The frequent occurrence of anti-neural IgM antibodies in neuropathy associated with IgM gammopathy, and their frequent, though not constant association with similar neuropathy features, support their possible pathogenetic role in the neuropathy.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Immunoblotting; Humans; Nervous System Diseases; Aged; Paraproteinemias; Autoantibodies; Aged, 80 and over; Adult; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Middle Aged; Female; Immunoglobulin M; Male
Elenco autori:
E. Nobile‐orazio, E. Manfredini, M. Carpo, N. Meucci, S. Monaco, S. Ferrari, B. Bonetti, G. Cavaletti, F. Gemignani, L. Durelli, S. Barbieri, S. Allaria, M. Sgarzi, G. Scarlato
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