Ataxic polyneuropathy and anti-Pr2 IgM kappa M proteinemia

J Neurol. 1992 Mar;239(3):147-51. doi: 10.1007/BF00833915.

Abstract

A case of ataxic neuropathy associated with IgM kappa M proteinemia is reported. Double filtration plasmapheresis effectively treated the neuropathy. The IgM kappa antibody had anti-Pr2 cold agglutinin activity. We demonstrated reactivities of the IgM kappa antibody to sialosyl paragloboside, sialosyl lactosaminyl paragloboside, GT1b, GD1a, GD1b, GM3 and GD3 on high-performance thin-layer chromatography immunostaining and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, which is previously unreported antigenic specificity of the M proteins in cases of paraproteinemic neuropathy. IgM M protein with anti-Pr2 cold agglutinin activity may play a pathogenetic role in peripheral nerve demyelination, because the target antigens of the M protein are present in myelin and possibly in endothelial cells of the peripheral nervous system.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Ataxia / etiology*
  • Ataxia / therapy
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Cryoglobulins / analysis*
  • Demyelinating Diseases / complications*
  • Gangliosides / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin M / analysis*
  • Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / analysis*
  • Liposomes
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Neural Conduction
  • Paraproteinemias / complications*
  • Plasmapheresis
  • Reflex, Abnormal

Substances

  • Cryoglobulins
  • Gangliosides
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains
  • Liposomes