TY - JOUR
T1 - Selective Complexing of Acetylcholinesterase in Brain by Intravenously Administered Monoclonal Antibody
AU - Brimijoin, Stephen
AU - Balm, Michael
AU - Hammond, Pamela
AU - Lennon, Vanda A.
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PY - 1990/1
Y1 - 1990/1
N2 - Abstract: Rats injected intravenously with monoclonal antibodies reactive with brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE) developed a prolonged depression of plasma AChE without changes in butyrylcholinesterase, lactic acid dehydrogenase, or hematocrit. One antibody, ZR1, accumulated in the brain and spinal cord. Within 3 days of injection, ZR1 bound to most of the AChE in cerebral cortex and certain other regions of the CNS. Examination of the molecular forms of cortical AChE showed that antibody binding in vivo was selective for 10S AChE, whereas 4S AChE remained free. In vitro, however, ZRI bound equally to solubilized 4S and 10S forms. These data provide direct evidence for the compartmentalization of different AChE forms in the CNS, 10S being mainly extracellular and 4S apparently intracellular. Development of a striking and persistent bilateral ptosis within hours of injection suggests that AChE in the autonomic nervous system is also accessible to antibodies and, furthermore, is the site of an immunopathological lesion. This novel model of cholinergic autoimmunity may have relevance for human neurological disorders of unknown etiology.
AB - Abstract: Rats injected intravenously with monoclonal antibodies reactive with brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE) developed a prolonged depression of plasma AChE without changes in butyrylcholinesterase, lactic acid dehydrogenase, or hematocrit. One antibody, ZR1, accumulated in the brain and spinal cord. Within 3 days of injection, ZR1 bound to most of the AChE in cerebral cortex and certain other regions of the CNS. Examination of the molecular forms of cortical AChE showed that antibody binding in vivo was selective for 10S AChE, whereas 4S AChE remained free. In vitro, however, ZRI bound equally to solubilized 4S and 10S forms. These data provide direct evidence for the compartmentalization of different AChE forms in the CNS, 10S being mainly extracellular and 4S apparently intracellular. Development of a striking and persistent bilateral ptosis within hours of injection suggests that AChE in the autonomic nervous system is also accessible to antibodies and, furthermore, is the site of an immunopathological lesion. This novel model of cholinergic autoimmunity may have relevance for human neurological disorders of unknown etiology.
KW - Acetylcholinesterase
KW - Autoimmune neurological disease
KW - Blood
KW - Brain‐Molecular forms
KW - Dysautonomia
KW - brain barrier
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1990.tb13306.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1990.tb13306.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 2293614
AN - SCOPUS:0025164894
SN - 0022-3042
VL - 54
SP - 236
EP - 241
JO - Journal of neurochemistry
JF - Journal of neurochemistry
IS - 1
ER -