[Two year investigation of glycosylation profiles in serum IgG from a patient with multiple myeloma]

Rinsho Byori. 2007 Jul;55(7):626-9.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Although abnormalities of glycosylation profile in serum IgG have been demonstrated in a variety of inflammatory autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, there are only a few reports describing long term monitoring of N-glycosylation profiles in such patients. Here we report the serial finding of N-glycosylation profiles of IgG-kappa M-protein in a patient with multiple myeloma monitored for two years. In this patient, serum formed a gel precipitation upon exposure to air. The HPLC mapping method demonstrated that IgG M-protein in the patient exhibited a significant decrease in the ratio of fucosyl to afucosyl N-glycans compared with that in a healthy control. With remission, the IgG M-protein showed an increase in this ratio, becoming closer to that in the healthy control. However, the gel-precipitation persisted. This finding suggested that this unique property of serum may not be related to the glycosylation profile of the M-protein.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Glycoproteins / blood
  • Glycosylation*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood*
  • Multiple Myeloma / blood*

Substances

  • Glycoproteins
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • protein M (glycoprotein)