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Younger DS. Paraneoplastic motor disorders. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2023; 196:231-250. [PMID: 37620071 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-98817-9.00018-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Paraneoplastic neurological disorders (PNDs) are heterogeneous clinicopathologic syndromes that occur throughout the neuraxis resulting from damage to organs or tissues remote from the site of a malignant neoplasm or its metastases. The discordance between severe neurological disability and even an indolent malignancy suggests an underlying neuroimmunologic host immune response that inflicts nervous tissue damage while inhibiting malignant tumor growth. Motor system involvement, like other symptoms and signs, is associated with focal or diffuse involvement of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerve, neuromuscular junction or muscle, alone or in combination due to an underlying neuroimmune and neuroinflammatory process targeting neural-specific antigens. Unrecognized and therefore untreated, PNDs are often lethal making early detection and aggressive treatment of paramount importance. While the combination of clinical symptoms and signs, and analysis of detailed body and neuroimaging, clinical neurophysiology and electrodiagnostic studies, and tumor and nervous system tissue biopsies are all vitally important, the certain diagnosis of a PND rests with the discovery of a corresponding neural-specific paraneoplastic autoantibody in the blood and/or spinal cerebrospinal fluid.
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- David S Younger
- Department of Clinical Medicine and Neuroscience, CUNY School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States; Department of Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine and Neurology, White Plains Hospital, White Plains, NY, United States.
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Repajic M, Husain S, Ghassemi A, Kondradzhyan M, Liu A. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a patient who recovered from Miller Fisher Syndrome: The role of GQ1b antibody revisited. Brain Behav Immun Health 2021; 13:100231. [PMID: 34589746 PMCID: PMC8474546 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Miller Fisher Syndrome (MFS), a variant of Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are two rare neuromuscular diseases that are usually unrelated. While ganglioside antibodies have a common relation with MFS and GBS, they have also been found in association, albeit less commonly, with ALS. A patient experiencing MFS and then ALS in tandem has never been documented. We discuss a case demonstrating these findings, with GQ1b elevated on both occasions. The pathophysiologic role of GQ1b is explored.
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- Michael Repajic
- Neurology, Adventist Health White Memorial, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Neurology, Adventist Health White Memorial, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Internal Medicine, Connecticut Institute for Communities, Danbury, CT, USA
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- Neurology, Adventist Health White Memorial, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Association of IgM monoclonal gammopathy with progressive muscular atrophy and multifocal motor neuropathy: a case–control study. J Neurol 2015; 262:666-73. [DOI: 10.1007/s00415-014-7612-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Revised: 12/04/2014] [Accepted: 12/06/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Çoban A, Ulusoy C, Giriş M, Turan S, Türkoğlu R, Tüzün E, İdrisoğlu HA. Serum anti-neuronal antibodies in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Int J Neurosci 2013; 123:557-62. [DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2013.782025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Arzu Çoban
- 1Department of Neurology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University,
Istanbul, Turkey
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- 2Department of Neuroscience, Institute for Experimental Medical Research (DETAE), Istanbul University,
Istanbul, Turkey
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- 2Department of Neuroscience, Institute for Experimental Medical Research (DETAE), Istanbul University,
Istanbul, Turkey
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- 2Department of Neuroscience, Institute for Experimental Medical Research (DETAE), Istanbul University,
Istanbul, Turkey
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- 3Department of Neurology, Haydarpasa Numune Education and Research Hospital,
Istanbul, Turkey
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- 2Department of Neuroscience, Institute for Experimental Medical Research (DETAE), Istanbul University,
Istanbul, Turkey
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- 1Department of Neurology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University,
Istanbul, Turkey
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Riva N, Gallia F, Iannaccone S, Corbo M, Terenghi F, Lazzerini A, Cerri F, Comi G, Quattrini A, Nobile-Orazio E. Chronic motor axonal neuropathy. J Peripher Nerv Syst 2011; 16:341-6. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2011.00366.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Jurici S, Laquerrière A, Bedat-Millet AL, Jardin F, Musset L, Vallat JM, Hannequin D, Martinaud O. An Autopsy Case of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis with Waldenström Macroglobulinemia and Anti-MAG Gammopathy. Case Rep Neurol 2011; 3:294-300. [PMID: 22220157 PMCID: PMC3250649 DOI: 10.1159/000335004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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We report the case of a 71-year-old woman with typical signs of bulbar amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) associated with immunoglobulin M (IgM) monoclonal gammopathy and anti-MAG (myelin-associated glycoprotein) antibodies. This unusual association between ALS and anti-MAG antibodies has previously been reported in a single case. Our present case, at neuropathological examination, demonstrated no causative link between anti-MAG antibodies and ALS.
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- Snejana Jurici
- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rouen
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Nwosu VK, Royer JA, Stickler DE. Voltage gated potassium channel antibodies in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 11:392-4. [DOI: 10.3109/17482960903452283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Nobile-Orazio E, Carpo M, Meucci N. Are there immunologically treatable motor neuron diseases? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/167-146608201300079382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Koc F, Paydas S, Yerdelen D, Demirkiran M. Motor neuron disease associated with multiple myeloma. Int J Neurosci 2008; 118:337-41. [PMID: 18300006 DOI: 10.1080/00207450701242644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The association between Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or other Motor Neuron Diseases (MNDs) with Lymphoproliferative Disorders (LPDs) and plasma cell neoplasias (such as Hodgkin's or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, multiple myeloma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia) has been described. It is not clear whether LPDs play a role in the pathogenesis of MND; however it is possible that patients might have antibodies against motor neurons. An association between motor neuron disease and Multiple myeloma (MM) is rarely reported in the literature. This article reports a case of a 75-year-old male with MM and MND. Interestingly, the patient was in complete remission for MM when he was diagnosed as MND and he died due to progressive MND.
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- Filiz Koc
- Department of Neurology, Cukurova University, Faculty of Medical, Adana, Turkey.
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Viala K. Dixièmes Journées des Maladies du Système Nerveux Périphérique Neuropathies associées aux lymphomas. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2006; 162:1273-8. [PMID: 17151523 DOI: 10.1016/s0035-3787(06)75145-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Peripheral neurological complications of lymphomas are rare, but all types of neuropathy can be observed in the context of lymphoma. This great clinical heterogeneity can be related to the variety of pathological processes that can affect the peripheral nerve or be linked to the different subtypes of lymphoma. In addition to the common causes of peripheral nerve involvement, such as iatrogenic toxicity, there are mechanisms that are more specifically related to lymphomas, such as nerve tumor infiltration, or dysimmune perturbations induced by the hemopathy. These dysimmune processes can result in various neuropathies, such as inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, or neuropathies secondary to the secretion of a monoclonal immunoglobulin. Identifying the mechanism of the neuropathy is necessary in order to determine the therapeutic options and to improve the prognosis.
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- K Viala
- Fédération de Neurophysiologie Clinique, Assistance des Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Université Paris VI.
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Lymphoma occasionally affects the peripheral nervous system. When it does, the diagnosis can be elusive since many patients present without known lymphoma. Most peripheral nerve complications are due to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), which infiltrates nerves causing axonal damage. This disorder can affect nerve roots and cranial nerves, often associated with lymphomatous meningitis. NHL may also infiltrate peripheral nerves and cause plexopathy, mononeuropathy, or generalized neuropathy. These neuropathies may resemble an asymmetric mononeuropathy multiplex or a generalized disorder such as chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. When NHL infiltrates diffusely, the term neurolymphomatosis is used. Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL), by contrast, rarely infiltrates nerves. More often, HL causes immunological disorders of the peripheral nervous system such as inflammatory plexopathy or Guillain-Barré syndrome. Other rare lymphomas such as intravascular lymphoma and Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia can also affect peripheral nerves in specific ways. In addition, other malignant and nonmalignant lymphoproliferative disorders enter into the differential diagnosis of lymphomatous neuropathy. This review discusses the multiple peripheral nerve presentations of lymphoma from the clinician's point of view and provides a guide to the evaluation and diagnosis of these uncommon, challenging disorders.
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- John J Kelly
- Department of Neurology, The George Washington University Medical Center, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
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Once thought to be a single pathological disease state, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is now recognized to be the limited phenotypic expression of a complex, heterogeneous group of biological processes, resulting in an unrelenting loss of motor neurons. On average, individuals affected with the disease live <5 years. In this article, the complex nature of the pathogenesis of ALS, including features of age dependency, environmental associations, and genetics, is reviewed. Once held to be uncommon, it is now clear that ALS is associated with a frontotemporal dementia and that this process may reflect disturbances in the microtubule-associated tau protein metabolism. The motor neuron ultimately succumbs in a state where significant disruptions in neurofilament metabolism, mitochondrial function, and management of oxidative stress exist. The microenvironment of the neuron becomes a complex milieu in which high levels of glutamate provide a source of chronic excitatory neurotoxicity, and the contributions of activated microglial cells lead to further cascades of motor neuron death, perhaps serving to propagate the disease once established. The final process of motor neuron death encompasses many features of apoptosis, but it is clear that this alone cannot account for all features of motor neuron loss and that aspects of a necrosis-apoptosis continuum are at play. Designing pharmacological strategies to mitigate against this process thus becomes an increasingly complex issue, which is reviewed in this article.
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- Michael J Strong
- Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Robarts Research Institute, Room 7OF 10, University Campus, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, 339 Windermere Road, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5A5.
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Ikeda J, Kohriyama T, Nakamura S. Elevation of serum soluble E-selectin and antisulfoglucuronyl paragloboside antibodies in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Eur J Neurol 2000; 7:541-7. [PMID: 11054140 DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2000.t01-1-00114.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Immunological abnormality is often found in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Antibodies to sulfoglucuronyl paragloboside (SGPG) were reported in ALS, although the pathogenetic significance of the antibodies is still unknown. We have already demonstrated that SGPG, a unique glycolipid, is present in both peripheral nerve and vascular endothelial cells. To investigate whether serum anti-SGPG antibodies would participate in activation and/or injury of endothelial cells in ALS, we examined serum anti-SGPG antibodies in association with serum soluble E- and P-selectins, which are markers of activated endothelial cells, in 25 patients with ALS and 14 age-matched patients with other neurological diseases (ONDs) using the microtiter-ELISA method. Seven out of 25 ALS patients had anti-SGPG antibodies. Levels of sE-selectin were significantly higher in patients with ALS (48.5 +/- 23.4 ng/ml) compared with ONDs (24.0 +/- 11.8 ng/ml) (P < 0.005). Four out of seven ALS patients with anti-SGPG antibodies had concomitantly high sE-selectin levels. The mean sE-selectin levels were higher in patients with anti-SGPG antibodies (61.9 +/- 25.2 ng/ml) than in those without anti-SGPG antibodies (43.3 +/- 21.1 ng/ml). Anti-SGPG antibodies may take part in the activation and/or injury of endothelial cells. The increased expression of E-selectin may be related to an immunological process in some ALS patients.
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- J Ikeda
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, 734-8551 Hiroshima, Japan.
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Niebroj-Dobosz I, Jamrozik Z, Janik P, Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz I, Kwieciński H. Anti-neural antibodies in serum and cerebrospinal fluid of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. Acta Neurol Scand 1999; 100:238-43. [PMID: 10694928 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1999.tb00387.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES An autoimmune basis has been implicated in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This hypothesis is supported by the presence of antibodies that interact with motoneuron antigens in serum of these patients. Against autoimmunity are the discrepances in the frequency of the antibodies appearance and also failure of immunosuppression. The aim of our study was to evaluate the titer of antibodies against GM1-gangliosides, AGM1-gangliosides and anti-sulfatides in paired serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples in the ALS patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS Serum of 103 and CSF of 79 patients with ALS was examined. The "disease controls" consisted of 22 cases of other motor neuron diseases and 50 healthy, age-matched normals. CSF was drawn at the same time from 79 ALS patients, 6 cases of the "disease controls" and 50 normals. To study the titer of antibodies against GM1-gangliosides, AGM1-gangliosides and sulfatides the ELISA technique has been applied. RESULTS An increased titer against GM1-gangliosides, AGM1-gangliosides and sulfatides in ALS appeared in serum in 18%, 32%, and 11%, resp., in the "disease controls" the increased antibodies titer appeared in single cases. In CSF the appropriate values in ALS were 20%, 15%, 8%, resp. In the "disease controls" a high antibodies titer was a rare finding. CONCLUSIONS It is concluded that in some ALS cases and also in some patients with other motor neuron diseases an autoimmune mechanism may contribute to motor neuron injury.
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Briani C, Berger JS, Latov N. Antibodies to chondroitin sulfate C: a new detection assay and correlations with neurological diseases. J Neuroimmunol 1998; 84:117-21. [PMID: 9628452 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(97)00209-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Antibodies to chondroitin sulfate C (ChS C) have been previously associated with sensory axonal neuropathy. Investigation of these antibodies has, however, been limited by the lack of a sensitive and reliable test for their detection. We developed a new enzyme-linked immunoassorbent assay (ELISA), where biotinylated ChS C was made to adhere to avidin-coated microwells. The new ELISA showed a much greater sensitivity than other currently available ELISAs for detection of anti-ChS C antibodies. A total of 480 sera (466 patients and 14 normal volunteers) were tested at increasing dilutions for anti-ChS C antibody activity. Normal subjects had IgM anti-ChS C antibody titers of up to 3,200 and mildly elevated titers of 6,400 were seen in a variety of diseases. Eleven patients had titers of 12,800 or higher. These included seven patients with sensory axonal neuropathy, three with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and one with corticobasal ganglionic degeneration. These studies indicate that anti-ChS antibodies do occur in patients with axonal sensory neuropathy, but are not limited to that disease.
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- C Briani
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Couratier P, Yi FH, Preud'homme JL, Clavelou P, White A, Sindou P, Vallat JM, Jauberteau MO. Serum autoantibodies to neurofilament proteins in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Neurol Sci 1998; 154:137-45. [PMID: 9562303 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-510x(97)00219-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Anti-neurofilament (NF) autoantibodies were searched for by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) in the serum from 85 sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients, 98 healthy controls and 79 patients with unrelated immunological diseases (Guillain-Barré syndrome, myasthenia gravis and multiple sclerosis). ELISA cutoff value was determined as mean control levels +2 SD and it corresponded to a specificity of 94%. Such high level antibodies were detected in 24.7% of ALS patients contrasting with 12.6% of neurological controls (P<0.05) and only 6.1% of healthy subjects (P<5.10[-4]). In ALS, anti-NF antibodies were significantly associated with a slow evolution, as measured by the mean time spent in the initial functional states. They did not relate with age, sex and clinical form. The predominant isotype of the anti-NF antibodies was IgM lambda by ELISA. In contrast to negative sera, indirect immunohistochemical studies demonstrated that most sera positive for anti-NF antibodies reacted with axons with predominant isotypes restricted to IgM lambda. By using Western blotting, small amounts of serum monoclonal IgM were found with a high frequency in anti-NF antibody-positive patients. These results suggest the possible involvement of anti-NF antibodies in an autoimmune process in a subgroup of ALS patients.
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We prospectively evaluated patients with idiopathic polyneuropathy (PN) and motor neuron disease (MND) with commercial antibody (Ab) panels. Patients with sensorimotor PN received a "sensorimotor neuropathy profile" [3-sulfated glucuronyl paragloboside (SGPG)/myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG), GM1, asialo-GM1, GD1b, Hu, sulfatide]. Motor neuropathy or MND patients underwent a "motor neuropathy profile" (SGPG/MAG, GM1, asialo-GM1). Seven of 78 patients (9.0%) with sensorimotor PN and 3 of 44 patients (6.8%) with MND had abnormal panels. None of 60 patients with axonal sensory or sensorimotor PN had antisulfatide Ab. Seven of 13 patients (54%) with multifocal motor neuropathy had abnormal panels, with 6 seropositive to GM1. We found abnormal Ab panels in fewer than 10% of patients with idiopathic sensorimotor PN and MND. Moreover, abnormal Ab tests often did not relate to the clinical context. Our data do not support the use of commercial Ab panels in the evaluation of patients with idiopathic PN or MND.
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- G I Wolfe
- Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-8897, USA
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Louis ED, Hanley AE, Brannagan TH, Sherman W, Murphy P, Lange DJ, Trojaborg W, Younger DS, Lovelace RE, Latov N, Rowland LP. Motor neuron disease, lymphoproliferative disease, and bone marrow biopsy. Muscle Nerve 1996; 19:1334-7. [PMID: 8808660 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199610)19:10<1334::aid-mus11>3.0.co;2-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Some have suggested that nonfamilial motor neuron disease (MND) may be autoimmune, and the neurological disorder may benefit from immunotherapy. There have been reports of over 30 cases of lymphoproliferative disease (lymphoma, multiple myeloma, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia) with MND, and these patients might he offered immunosuppressive therapy. Bone marrow examination might increase the sensitivity of the diagnostic workup for lymphoma and other lymphoproliferative disorders. We examined the bone marrow in our first evaluation of 161 patients with MND seen at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center during 1991-1994. Four of 161 patients (2.5%) had lymphoproliferative disease in the marrow; only 1 of these had a monoclonal paraprotein. Routine bone marrow examination of patients with MND increases the diagnostic yield of lymphoproliferative diseases. The frequency of these bone marrow abnormalities in comparison with a group of age-matched control subjects should be studied further.
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- E D Louis
- Department of Neurology, Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 10032, USA
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Autoantibodies to Gal(beta 1-3)GalNAc epitopes on glycolipids and glycoproteins are associated with motor neuron disease and motor or sensorimotor neuropathy. These epitopes are ubiquitously distributed on cell surfaces. In the nervous system they are present on axons and myelin, specifically also at the nodes of Ranvier. Binding of GM1 antibodies to the nodal area may contribute to disease development in some of these conditions.
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- F P Thomas
- Department of Neurology, St. Louis University, Missouri 63110-2592, USA
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Kaufmann WE, Krauss GL, Uematsu S, Lesser RP. Treatment of epilepsy with multiple subpial transections: an acute histologic analysis in human subjects. Epilepsia 1996; 37:342-52. [PMID: 8603639 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00570.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Multiple subpial transection (MST) is a new surgical technique for treating seizures that arise from functionally critical cortical areas. It has a reported efficacy comparable to that of standard temporal lobe resections. Although the mechanism through which MST works is unknown, the carefully controlled lesions, placed 5 mm apart at the midlevel of the cortical gyri, could produce fiber damage that would prevent horizontal synchronization and spread of epileptic discharges while allowing normal cortical functions such as those related to movement or speech to be preserved. We studied the acute neuropathological features associated with MST in 8 patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy. Transections were made along major temporal gyri just before standard lobectomy was performed. After resection, tissue was processed by conventional histological and immunocytochemical techniques. Macroscopically, subpial transections (STs) were perpendicular to the main gyral axis and had an appropriate spacing. Microscopically, most of the lesions were perpendicular and at midlevel. However, many transections involved the lateral aspects of the small gyri, resulting in oblique or deep STs, some of which reached the gray-white matter junction due to the complex microscopic neocortical architecture, in which small gyri are superimposed on major lobar gyri, and to the variable cortical thickness. Extensive acute pyknosis and tissue edema were also evident adjacent to the transections. These changes were variable and extenDed 1-3 mm laterally as irregular columnar blocks. In the deep lesions, myelin pallor and decreased neurofilament immunoreactivity were observed in the white matter. Based on the distribution of STs and their adjacent parenchymal injury, we conclude that this technique produces block-type lesions that probably disrupt propagation of epileptogenic activity. In most instances, midlevel horizontal fibers are damaged; one third of the cases showed additional deep injury that would sever afferent and efferent axons. Therefore, in addition to horizontal desynchronization, a deafferentation mechanism involving different fiber systems may contribute to the anti-seizure effects of MST. We hypothesize that preservation of cortical function is mediated by cortex remaining in the sulcus and gyral crown and possibly by reorganization of tissue adjacent to transections.
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- W E Kaufmann
- Department of Neurology, The Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A
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The diagnosis of neuromuscular diseases can be challenging and successful in the majority of patients, due to advancements in electrophysiology, muscle and nerve biopsy immunohistochemistry, and cytogenetics. This article reviews diverse topics, highlighting these recent achievements, with an emphasis on how they affect the clinical and laboratory diagnosis of specific neuromuscular disorders.
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- D S Younger
- Neurological Institute of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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Kanda T, Yoshino H, Ariga T, Yamawaki M, Yu RK. Glycosphingolipid antigens in cultured bovine brain microvascular endothelial cells: sulfoglucuronosyl paragloboside as a target of monoclonal IgM in demyelinative neuropathy [corrected]. J Cell Biol 1994; 126:235-46. [PMID: 8027181 PMCID: PMC2120097 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.126.1.235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Since a number of anti-glycosphingolipid (GSL) antibody activities have been demonstrated in patients with various neurological disorders, the presence of common antigens between brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs) and the nervous tissues presents a potential mechanism for the penetration of macromolecules from the circulation to the nervous system parenchyma. We first investigated GSL composition of cultured bovine BMECs. Bovine BMECs express GM3(NeuAc) and GM3(NeuGc) as the major gangliosides, and GM1, GD1a, GD1b, GT1b, as well as sialyl paragloboside and sialyl lactosaminylparagloboside as the minor species. Sulfoglucuronosyl paragloboside was also found to be a component of the BMEC acidic GSL fraction, but its concentration was lower in older cultures. On the other hand, the amounts of neutral GSLs were extremely low, consisting primarily of glucosylceramide. In addition, we analyzed the effect of anti-SGPG IgM antibody obtained from a patient of demyelinative polyneuropathy with macroglobulinemia against cultured BMECs. Permeability studies utilizing cocultured BMEC monolayers and rat astrocytes revealed that the antibody facilitated the leakage of [carboxy-14C]-inulin and 125I-labeled human IgM through BMEC monolayers. A direct cytotoxicity of this antibody against BMECs was also shown by a leakage study using [51Cr]-incorporated BMECs. This cytotoxicity depended on the concentration of the IgM antibody, and was almost completely blocked by preincubation with the pure antigen, sulfoglucuronosyl paragloboside. Our present study strongly supports the concept that immunological insults against BMECs induce the destruction or malfunction of the blood-nerve barrier, resulting in the penetration of the immunoglobulin molecule to attach peripheral nerve parenchyma.
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- T Kanda
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298
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