title: Cerebrovascular and neurological disorders associated with antiphospholipid antibodies in CSF and serum.
abstract: Paired serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 70 patients with inflammatory and non-inflammatory neurological diseases, as well as 10 sera from patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAS), six of which presented with cerebrovascular ischemic syndromes, were studied for the presence of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA) of the G and M classes. PAS sera and some selected paired CSF and serum specimens, were also analyzed for the presence of anti-phosphatidylserine (PS) and anti-phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) antibodies. High levels of IgG and IgM ACA were synthesized intrathecally only in patients with neurosyphilis. Patients with other infectious or inflammatory neurological diseases very rarely showed detectable levels of ACA in serum and/or CSF. ACA were found not only in patients with untreated PAS but also in the serum of 3/7 patients with migraine, thus confirming a relationship between ACA and vascular disorders. The search for PS and PE antibodies disclosed that in PAS patients the serum titers of these antibodies mirrored ACA IgG and IgM titers, while they were never found in the CSF.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurology, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sivieri
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ferrarini
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Giometto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruffatti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chizzolini
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tavolato
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017153:Antibodies, Anticardiolipin / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000276:immunology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000276:immunology; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D008052:Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000276:immunology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000276:immunology*; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000276:immunology; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D010718:Phosphatidylserines / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017153:Antibodies, Anticardiolipin; D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D010718:Phosphatidylserines