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. 1990 May;80(2):181–185. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1990.tb05230.x

Reactivity of human monoclonal IgM with nerve glycosphingolipids.

B Hauttecoeur 1, C Schmitt 1, C Dubois 1, F Danon 1, J C Brouet 1
PMCID: PMC1535280  PMID: 1694117

Abstract

We examined the reactivity of monoclonal IgM of sera from patients with neuropathy and monoclonal IgM, with or without antibody activity to myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG), as well as sera from non-neurologic patients with Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia, with various nerve glycolipids extracts or with purified gangliosides. As expected from previous studies, all (five cases) anti-MAG IgM stained two glycolipids, the chemical characteristics of which corresponded to sulphated glucuronyl-paragloboside (SGPG) and sulphated glucuronyl-lactosaminyl-paragloboside (SGLPG). Five of 12 sera from patients with neuropathy whose IgM was devoid of anti-MAG reactivity stained nerve extracts greatly enriched (98%) with SGPG and SGLPG. Three of these five sera reacted with additional glycolipids and/or gangliosides. Two of 16 sera from patients with macroglobulinaemia without neuropathy reacted strongly with both SGPG and SGLPG. The latter finding as well as the detection of low titre of anti-sphingolipid antibodies in normal sera may cast a doubt on the pathogenetic significance of this antibody activity.

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