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Neuronal surface and glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies in
Nonparaneoplastic stiff person syndrome
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Chang T
; Alexopoulos H
; McMenamin M
; Carvajal-González A
; Alexander SK
; Deacon R
; Erdelyi F
; Szabó G
; Lang B
; Blaes F
; Brown P
; Vincent A
JAMA Neurol
2013[Sep]; 70
(9
): 1140-9
PMID23877118
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IMPORTANCE: High titers of autoantibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)
are well documented in association with stiff person syndrome (SPS). Glutamic
acid decarboxylase is the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of ?-aminobutyric
acid (GABA), and impaired function of GABAergic neurons has been implicated in
the pathogenesis of SPS. Autoantibodies to GAD might be the causative agent or a
disease marker. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the characteristics and potential
pathogenicity of GAD autoantibodies in patients with SPS and related disorders.
DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study and laboratory investigation. SETTING:
Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford. PARTICIPANTS:
Twenty-five patients with SPS and related conditions identified from the
Neuroimmunology Service. EXPOSURES: Neurological examination, serological
characterization and experimental studies. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES:
Characterization of serum GAD antibodies from patients with SPS and evidence for
potential pathogenicity. RESULTS: We detected GAD autoantibodies at a very high
titer (median, 7500 U/mL) in 19 patients (76%), including all 12 patients with
classic SPS. The GAD autoantibodies were high affinity (antibody dissociation
constant, 0.06-0.78 nmol) and predominantly IgG1 subclass. The patients?
autoantibodies co-localized with GAD on immunohistochemistry and in permeabilized
cultured cerebellar GABAergic neurons, as expected, but they also bound to the
cell surface of unpermeabilized GABAergic neurons. Adsorption of the highest
titer (700 000 U/mL) serum with recombinant GAD indicated that these neuronal
surface antibodies were not directed against GAD itself. Although intraperitoneal
injection of IgG purified from the 2 available GAD autoantibody?ositive purified
IgG preparations did not produce clinical or pathological evidence of disease,
SPS and control IgG were detected in specific regions of the mouse central
nervous system, particularly around the lateral and fourth ventricles.
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Autoantibodies to GAD are associated with antibodies
that bind to the surface of GABAergic neurons and that could be pathogenic.
Moreover, in mice, human IgG from the periphery gained access to relevant areas
in the hippocampus and brainstem. Identification of the target of the non-GAD
antibodies and peripheral and intrathecal transfer protocols, combined with
adsorption studies, should be used to demonstrate the role of the non-GAD IgG in
SPS.