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BRAIN SCIENCES
卷 13, 期 11, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13111537
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mGluR5 antibodies; autoimmunity; mild cognitive impairment; cognition; encephalitis
This study reports a case of persistent amnestic cognitive impairment in a patient after resolution of mGluR5-associated encephalitis, suggesting that immunotherapy may not completely eliminate cognitive dysfunction related to mGluR5 antibodies.
Background: Metabotropic glutamate receptors type 5 (mGluR5) play a central role in persistent forms of synaptic plasticity and memory formation. Antibodies to mGluR5 have been reported to be clinically associated with memory impairment. Here, we report on a patient with persistent amnestic cognitive impairment in a single cognitive domain after resolution of mGluR5-associated encephalitis. Methods: We report on the clinical data of a patient in our Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy who underwent several diagnostic investigations including a detailed neuropsychological examination, magnetic resonance imaging, and cerebrospinal fluid analysis involving the determination of neural autoantibodies. Results: A 54-year-old woman presented to our memory clinic with pleocytosis 4 months after remission of probable anti-mGluR5-mediated encephalitis, revealing initial pleocytosis and serum proof of anti-mGluR5 autoantibodies (1:32). A neuropsychological examination revealed mild cognitive impairment in verbal memory encoding and recall. The patient received immunotherapy with corticosteroids, and a subsequent cerebrospinal fluid analysis 1.5 months after the onset of encephalitis confirmed no further signs of inflammation. Conclusions: Our results suggest that although immunotherapy resulted in the remission of anti-mGluR5 encephalitis, a verbal memory encoding and recall dysfunction persisted. It remains unclear whether the reason for the persistent verbal memory impairment is attributable to insufficiently long immunotherapy or initially ineffective immunotherapy. Because mGluR5 plays an essential role in persistent synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus, it is tempting to speculate that the mGluR5 antibody-antigen complex could lead to persistent cognitive dysfunction, still present after the acute CNS inflammation stage of encephalitis.
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