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ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY
卷 89, 期 4, 页码 740-752出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ana.26017
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea [2019R1A2C1009003, 2020R1A2B5B02002070]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2019R1A2C1009003, 2020R1A2B5B02002070] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
The discovery of a novel antibody targeting a synaptic receptor in autoimmune encephalitis patients has provided insights into the pathogenic mechanism of the disease, potentially leading to early diagnosis and treatment.
Objective Discovery of a novel antibody would enable diagnosis and early treatment of autoimmune encephalitis. The aim was to discover a novel antibody targeting a synaptic receptor and characterize the pathogenic mechanism. Method We screened for unknown antibodies in serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples from autoimmune encephalitis patients. Samples with reactivity to rat brain sections and no reactivity to conventional antibody tests underwent further processing for antibody discovery, using immunoprecipitation to primary neuronal cells, mass-spectrometry analysis, an antigen-binding assay on an antigen-overexpressing cell line, and an electrophysiological assay with cultured hippocampal neurons. Results Two patients had a novel antibody against Ca-V alpha 2 delta (voltage-gated calcium channel alpha-2/delta subunit). The patient samples stained neuropils of the hippocampus, basal ganglia, and cortex in rat brain sections and bound to a Ca-V alpha 2 delta-overexpressing cell line. Knockdown of Ca-V alpha 2 delta expression in cultured neurons turned off the immunoreactivity of the antibody from the patients to the neurons. The patients were associated with preceding meningitis or neuroendocrine carcinoma and responded to immunotherapy. In cultured neurons, the antibody reduced neurotransmitter release from presynaptic nerve terminals by interfering with tight coupling of calcium channels and exocytosis. Interpretation Here, we discovered a novel autoimmune encephalitis associated with anti-Ca-V alpha 2 delta antibody. Further analysis of the antibody in autoimmune encephalitis might promote early diagnosis and treatment. ANN NEUROL 2021
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