MYOPATHY AND PARAPROTEINEMIA WITH SERUM IGM BINDING TO A HIGH-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT MUSCLE-FIBER SURFACE PROTEIN

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ALLOZI, MT
PESTRONK, A
YEE, WC
FLARIS, N
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[1] WASHINGTON UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT NEUROL,ST LOUIS,MO 63110
[2] WASHINGTON UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT PATHOL,ST LOUIS,MO
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10.1002/ana.410370109
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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We evaluated a 69-year-old man with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (IgM-kappa M-protein) and progressive weakness over 2 to 3 years. The neurological examination showed symmetrical, predominantly proximal weakness. Electrophysiological testing revealed small brief motor unit potentials with fibrillations and positive sharp waves consistent with an irritative myopathy. The muscle biopsy specimen showed myopathic changes including variation in fiber size and increased connective tissue but no inflammation. IgM-kappa but not IgM-lambda was deposited along the surface of muscle fiber membranes. Serum IgM-kappa but not IgM-lambda from the patient stained the surface of normal human muscle fibers but not other regions of muscle fibers or other tissues. The serum IgM-kappa at dilutions up to 1:512,000 bound to a high-molecular-weight muscle protein by Western and dot blot studies. By enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western blot analysis, serum IgM-kappa bound specifically to the muscle protein and not to other muscle or neural antigens, including GM(1) ganglioside, myelin-associated glycoprotein, and sulfatide. We conclude that the myopathy in our patient is probably related to the presence of serum IgM-kappa antibodies directed against a muscle surface antigen. Characterization of the target antigen, a high-molecular-weight protein located specifically in muscle, should further elucidate the pathogenesis of this presumably humorally mediated immune myopathy.
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