
Chronic inflammatory demyelination polyneuropathy is a heterogeneous and treatable immune-mediated disorder that lacks biomarkers to support diagnosis. Recent evidence indicates that paranodal proteins (contactin 1, contactin-associated protein 1, and neurofascin-155) are the targets of autoantibodies in subsets of patients showing distinct clinical presentations. Here, we identified neurofascin-186 and neurofascin-140 as the main targets of autoantibodies in five patients presenting IgG reactivity against the nodes of Ranvier. Four patients displayed predominantly IgG4 antibodies, and one patient presented IgG3 antibodies that activated the complement pathway in vitro. These patients present distinct clinical features compared to those with anti-neurofascin-155 IgG4. Most patients had a severe phenotype associated with conduction block or decreased distal motor amplitude. Four patients had a subacute-onset and sensory ataxia. Two patients presented with nephrotic syndromes and one patient with an IgG4-related retroperitoneal fibrosis. Intravenous immunoglobulin and corticosteroids were effective in three patients, and one patient remitted following rituximab treatment. Clinical remission was associated with autoantibody depletion and with recovery of conduction block and distal motor amplitude suggesting a nodo-paranodopathy. Our data demonstrate that the pathogenic mechanisms responsible for chronic inflammatory demyelination polyneuropathy are broad and may include dysfunctions at the nodes of Ranvier in a subgroup of patients.
IVIg, Adult, Male, Adolescent, Intravenou, Polyradiculoneuropathy, Neural Conduction, Immunoglobulins, 610, CIDP, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Adrenal Cortex Hormone, Young Adult, Adrenal Cortex Hormones, Nerve Growth Factor, 616, Ranvier's Nodes, 80 and over, Humans, Protein Isoforms, [SDV.NEU] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC], Nerve Growth Factors, Preschool, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating, Child, Aged, Autoantibodies, Aged, 80 and over, Protein Isoform, Immunoglobulins, Intravenous, Middle Aged, Autoantibodie, paranode, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], myelin, Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating, Cell Adhesion Molecule, Case-Control Studies, Child, Preschool, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Female, Case-Control Studie, Rituximab, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Human, Ranvier's Node
IVIg, Adult, Male, Adolescent, Intravenou, Polyradiculoneuropathy, Neural Conduction, Immunoglobulins, 610, CIDP, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Adrenal Cortex Hormone, Young Adult, Adrenal Cortex Hormones, Nerve Growth Factor, 616, Ranvier's Nodes, 80 and over, Humans, Protein Isoforms, [SDV.NEU] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC], Nerve Growth Factors, Preschool, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating, Child, Aged, Autoantibodies, Aged, 80 and over, Protein Isoform, Immunoglobulins, Intravenous, Middle Aged, Autoantibodie, paranode, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], myelin, Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating, Cell Adhesion Molecule, Case-Control Studies, Child, Preschool, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Female, Case-Control Studie, Rituximab, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Human, Ranvier's Node
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