Use of eye muscle antibody measurements to monitor response to plasmapheresis in patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy.

Abstract:

:We have measured eye muscle antibodies, in immunoblotting, in the serum from five patients with severe ophthalmopathy associated with Graves' hyperthyroidism who underwent plasmapheresis, correlating their levels with clinical features of the eye disorder and response to treatment. Blood taken before each plasma exchange was tested in SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western blotting for antibodies reactive with pig eye muscle membrane (PEMM) antigens and in a 51Cr release assay for antibodies which are cytotoxic to human eye muscle cells in antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). Antibodies reactive with a 64 kDa PEMM antigen were detected in three patients who had eye disease of less than six months duration, but not in the two with more chronic disease. Antibodies against a 95 kDa PEMM antigen were detected in one patient in whom anti-64 kDa antibodies were also demonstrated. All five patients showed significant improvement in their eye disease following plasmapheresis exchange and titres of the anti-64 kDa protein antibody decreased in the three patients with detectable levels before treatment. TSH receptor stimulating antibodies were detected in all five patients before treatment, falling during plasmapheresis in four and becoming undetectable in three by the end of treatment. There was no close correlation between levels of TSH receptor antibodies and titres of anti-64 kDa protein antibodies although both tended to fall during and following plasmapheresis. ADCC tests were negative in all five patients before plasmapheresis but, surprisingly, transiently positive in three following treatment.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

journal_name

J Endocrinol Invest

authors

Atabay C,Schrooyen M,Zhang ZG,Salvi M,Glinoer D,Wall JR

doi

10.1007/BF03348906

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-10-01 00:00:00

pages

669-74

issue

9

eissn

0391-4097

issn

1720-8386

journal_volume

16

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