1043-3155 Pediatr Neurol Briefs pedneurbriefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs Pediatric Neurology Briefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs 2166-6482 1043-3155 2166-3155 Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers Chicago, IL, USA PNB-16-71-a 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-16-9-8 Infectious Disorders Neurology Pediatrics Nervous System Diseases Child Development Brain Diseases Neurosurgery Child Infant Anti-Basal Ganglia Antibodies in Sydenham’s Chorea http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-7931 Millichap J. Gordon MD 1 2 * Division of Neurology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Correspondence: Dr. J. Gordon Millichap, E-mail: jgmillichap@northwestern.edu 09 2002 01 04 2016 16 9 71 71 Copyright: © 2002 The Author(s) 2002 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Anti-basal ganglia antibodies in acute and persistent Sydenham’s chorea

The sensitivity and specificity of methods to detect anti-basal ganglia antibodies (ABGA) in Sydenham’s chorea were determined in a study at the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square; Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children; Royal Free and University College Hospital Medical School, London, UK; and Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

 Anti-Basal Ganglia Antibodies Western Immunoblotting Immunofluorescent

The sensitivity and specificity of methods to detect anti-basal ganglia antibodies (ABGA) in Sydenham’s chorea were determined in a study at the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square; Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children; Royal Free and University College Hospital Medical School, London, UK; and Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Samples from 20 patients with acute SC, 16 with persistent SC, control samples from 16 with rheumatic fever (RF), and 11 healthy pediatric volunteers were tested with ELISA and Western immunoblotting (WB) methods to detect ABGA and compared these assays to immunofluorescent (IF) methods. In acute SC, a sensitivity of 95% and specificity of 93% were obtained with ABGA ELISA, while WB and IF had a sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 93%. In persistent SC, ABGA sensitivity was 69% using WB and 63% with IF. WB identified 3 common basal ganglia antigens (40 kDa, 45 kDa, and 60 kDa) in both acute and persistent SC cases. Antibody reactivity to cerebellum, cerebral cortex, or myelin antigen was absent in all groups. WB and IF are recommended for detecting ABGA in acute and persistent cases of SC. The results support an autoantibody-mediated mechanism in SC. [1]

COMMENT. Anti-basal ganglia antibodies are reported in Sydenham’s chorea and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcus (PANDAS). Pathological studies in SC show basal ganglia involvement. An antibody-mediated mechanism is suggested by the latency of the basal ganglia syndromes that may develop after streptococcal infection. WB and indirect IF are the best methods for detecting ABGA, whereas ELISA may be used to monitor ABGA levels over time and to assess treatment response.

Church AJ Cardoso F Dale RC Lees AJ Thompson EJ Giovannoni G Anti-basal ganglia antibodies in acute and persistent Sydenham’s chorea Neurology 2002 Jul 23 59 2 227 231 10.1212/WNL.59.2.227 12136062