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Intrathecal immunoglobulin A and G antibodies to synapsin in a patient with limbic encephalitis.


ABSTRACT:

Objective

To report on the identification of intrathecally synthesized immunoglobulin A (IgA) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to synapsin, a synaptic vesicle-associated protein, in a patient with limbic encephalitis.

Methods

Methods included clinical characterization, indirect immunofluorescence, immunoprecipitation, mass spectrometry, immunoblots of wild-type and synapsin I/II/III knockout mice, and cell-based assays with synapsin Ia, Ib, IIa, and IIb plasmids.

Results

A 69-year-old man presented with confusion, disorientation, seizures, and left hippocampal hyperintensities on MRI. CSF examinations revealed an intrathecal IgA and IgG synthesis. Except for IgG antibodies to voltage-gated potassium channels in CSF, screening for known neuronal autoantibodies in serum and CSF was negative. However, indirect immunofluorescence using the patient's CSF showed binding of IgA to mouse hippocampus, amygdala, and cerebellum. Immunoprecipitation with CSF IgA followed by mass spectrometry identified synapsin as autoantigenic target. Knockout tissues and cell-based assays confirmed that IgA and IgG in the patient's CSF and serum reacted with synapsin Ia, Ib, and IIa. Calculation of antibody indices proved intrathecal synthesis of anti-synapsin IgA and IgG. The patient responded clinically to immunotherapy but developed left hippocampal atrophy. CSF IgA or IgG of the patient did not bind to live, unfixed, and nonpermeabilized mouse hippocampal neurons, compatible with synapsin being an intracellular antigen.

Conclusions

This report identifies isoforms of the synaptic vesicle-associated protein synapsin as targets of intrathecally produced IgA and IgG antibodies in a patient with limbic encephalitis. Future studies should clarify the prevalence and pathogenic relevance of anti-synapsin antibodies in limbic encephalitis.

SUBMITTER: Piepgras J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4635552 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Intrathecal immunoglobulin A and G antibodies to synapsin in a patient with limbic encephalitis.

Piepgras Johannes J   Höltje Markus M   Otto Carolin C   Harms Hendrik H   Satapathy Annyesha A   Cesca Fabrizia F   Benfenati Fabio F   Gitler Daniel D   Pich Andreas A   Zander Johannes-Friedrich JF   Ahnert-Hilger Gudrun G   Ruprecht Klemens K  

Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation 20151104 6


<h4>Objective</h4>To report on the identification of intrathecally synthesized immunoglobulin A (IgA) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to synapsin, a synaptic vesicle-associated protein, in a patient with limbic encephalitis.<h4>Methods</h4>Methods included clinical characterization, indirect immunofluorescence, immunoprecipitation, mass spectrometry, immunoblots of wild-type and synapsin I/II/III knockout mice, and cell-based assays with synapsin Ia, Ib, IIa, and IIb plasmids.<h4>Results</  ...[more]

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