Autoimmune neurological disorders associated with group-A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection

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• 作者：Yasuo Hachiya ; Rie Miyata ; Naoyuki Tanuma ; Kazuhisa Hongou ; Keiko Tanaka ; Konomi Shimoda ; Sachiko K ; a ; Ai Hoshino ; Yukiko Hanafusa ; Satoko Kumada ; Eiji Kurihara ; Masaharu Hayashi
• 关键词：Central nervous system ; Streptococcal infection ; Encephalitis ; Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococci (PANDAS) ; Immunological analyses
• 刊名：Brain and Development
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：August, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：35
• 期：7
• 页码：670-674
• 全文大小：109 K

文摘

Although central nervous system (CNS) disorders associated with group-A beta-hemolytic streptococcal (GABHS) infection occur only rarely, Sydenham¡¯s chorea is a well-recognized disease that can arise following infection. Children may develop a tic, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and extrapyramidal movement subsequent to GABHS infection. These disorders have been termed pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococci (PANDAS). Herein we report one case each of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), PANDAS and subacute encephalitis associated with GABHS infection. To evaluate the pathogenesis of the CNS disorders associated with GABHS infection, we measured levels of neurotransmitters, cytokines, anti-neuronal autoantibodies, and performed immunohistochemistry using patient sera to stain human brain sections. All three cases showed psychiatric behavioral disorders. Immunotherapy was effective, and homovanillic acid levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were elevated at the acute stage in all three cases. In each case of ADEM and PANDAS, immunohistochemistry demonstrated neuronal impairment in the basal ganglia during the acute stage. Neuronal immunoreactivity was visualized in the cerebral cortex at the acute stage in the case of subacute encephalitis. There was no direct correlation between immunoreactivity of patient sera on the brain sections and positivity of anti-neuronal autoantibodies or CSF biomarkers. The results suggest that autoimmune responses may modulate neurotransmission, and the use of patient serum for immunohistochemistry is a sensitive screening method for the detection of anti-neuronal autoantibodies in CNS disorders associated with GABHS infection.