TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein and aquaporin-4-IgG in patients in the optic neuritis treatment trial
AU - Chen, John J.
AU - Tobin, W. Oliver
AU - Majed, Masoud
AU - Jitprapaikulsan, Jiraporn
AU - Fryer, James P.
AU - Leavitt, Jacqueline A.
AU - Flanagan, Eoin P.
AU - McKeon, Andrew
AU - Pittock, Sean J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/4
Y1 - 2018/4
N2 - IMPORTANCE Autoantibodies to aquaporin-4 (AQP4) and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) are recently established biomarkers of autoimmune optic neuritis whose frequency and accompanying phenotype, especially for MOG-IgG, are still being characterized. The Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial (ONTT) was a well-known randomized clinical trial in optic neuritis; therefore, knowledge of the serostatus and accompanying phenotype of these patients would be useful to determine the frequency of these antibodies in patients presenting with typical monocular optic neuritis and their outcomes. OBJECTIVES To determine the AQP4-IgG and MOG-IgG serostatus of patients within the ONTT and describe the clinical features of seropositive patients. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS In this follow-up study of the randomized clinical trial, ONTT, conducted between July 1, 1988, and June 30, 1991, analysis of serum for AQP4-IgG and MOG-IgG was performed from January 1 to April 30, 2017. A total of 177 patients from the ONTT with acute optic neuritis and serum available for analysis were enrolled from 13 academic referral centers. INTERVENTIONS Analysis of serum for AQP4-IgG and MOG-IgG was performed at Mayo Clinic Neuroimmunology Laboratory in 2017 with a flow cytometry, live cell, AQP4- and MOG-transfected cell-based assay. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Aquaporin-4-IgG and MOG-IgG serostatus. RESULTS Of the 177 patients in the study (135 women and 42 men; mean [SD] age, 32.8 [6.9] years), 3 were positive for MOG-IgG (1.7%) and none were positive for AQP4-IgG. All 3 patients positive for MOG-IgG had disc edema at presentation. Two patients later had a single episode of recurrent optic neuritis. All 3 patients had complete recovery of visual acuity, and none were corticosteroid dependent, although peripheral visual field loss persisted in 1 patient. None of the 3 patients positive for MOG-IgG had demyelinating lesions on magnetic resonance imaging scans, and none had developed multiple sclerosis at the 15-year follow-up. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Frequency of MOG-IgG was rare in the ONTT, and AQP4-IgG was not found in patients in the ONTT. Characteristics of patients positive for MOG-IgG in the ONTT support the previously described phenotype of MOG-IgG optic neuritis. Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-related disease appears to be a different entity than multiple sclerosis. Overall, AQP4-IgG and MOG-IgG may be less common in isolated optic neuritis than previously reported.
AB - IMPORTANCE Autoantibodies to aquaporin-4 (AQP4) and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) are recently established biomarkers of autoimmune optic neuritis whose frequency and accompanying phenotype, especially for MOG-IgG, are still being characterized. The Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial (ONTT) was a well-known randomized clinical trial in optic neuritis; therefore, knowledge of the serostatus and accompanying phenotype of these patients would be useful to determine the frequency of these antibodies in patients presenting with typical monocular optic neuritis and their outcomes. OBJECTIVES To determine the AQP4-IgG and MOG-IgG serostatus of patients within the ONTT and describe the clinical features of seropositive patients. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS In this follow-up study of the randomized clinical trial, ONTT, conducted between July 1, 1988, and June 30, 1991, analysis of serum for AQP4-IgG and MOG-IgG was performed from January 1 to April 30, 2017. A total of 177 patients from the ONTT with acute optic neuritis and serum available for analysis were enrolled from 13 academic referral centers. INTERVENTIONS Analysis of serum for AQP4-IgG and MOG-IgG was performed at Mayo Clinic Neuroimmunology Laboratory in 2017 with a flow cytometry, live cell, AQP4- and MOG-transfected cell-based assay. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Aquaporin-4-IgG and MOG-IgG serostatus. RESULTS Of the 177 patients in the study (135 women and 42 men; mean [SD] age, 32.8 [6.9] years), 3 were positive for MOG-IgG (1.7%) and none were positive for AQP4-IgG. All 3 patients positive for MOG-IgG had disc edema at presentation. Two patients later had a single episode of recurrent optic neuritis. All 3 patients had complete recovery of visual acuity, and none were corticosteroid dependent, although peripheral visual field loss persisted in 1 patient. None of the 3 patients positive for MOG-IgG had demyelinating lesions on magnetic resonance imaging scans, and none had developed multiple sclerosis at the 15-year follow-up. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Frequency of MOG-IgG was rare in the ONTT, and AQP4-IgG was not found in patients in the ONTT. Characteristics of patients positive for MOG-IgG in the ONTT support the previously described phenotype of MOG-IgG optic neuritis. Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-related disease appears to be a different entity than multiple sclerosis. Overall, AQP4-IgG and MOG-IgG may be less common in isolated optic neuritis than previously reported.
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U2 - 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.6757
DO - 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.6757
M3 - Article
C2 - 29470571
AN - SCOPUS:85045571793
SN - 2168-6165
VL - 136
SP - 419
EP - 422
JO - JAMA Ophthalmology
JF - JAMA Ophthalmology
IS - 4
ER -