Journal
EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY
Volume 217, Issue 2, Pages 297-301Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.03.002
Keywords
Parkinson's disease; Humoral immune response; Autoantibodies; Neuromelanin; Olfactory function; Sera
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- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [222813]
- Australian Brain Foundation
- Neurology Research Fund of the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
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An increasing body of research suggests that a number of immune mechanisms play a role in degenerative pathways in Parkinson's disease (PD). In the current work we investigated a posited humoral immune response in this disorder. Sera from PD patients exhibited a significantly enhanced absorbance response on a novel ELISA for anti-melanin antibodies, compared to sera from age-matched control subjects. The enhanced ELISA absorbance response was specific for catecholamine-based melanins and was unrelated to antiparkinsonian dopaminergic medication. Further, the absorbance response was significantly and negatively correlated with disease duration. These data suggest that a specific humoral anti-melanin antibody response is present in PD and is more active in early disease. While the contribution of this novel immune response to the initiation and progression of this disorder is unclear, this finding supports the hypothesis that specific immune responses occurring in PD may respond to therapeutic interventions in this disorder. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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