@article{61fb3107e0aa4b1f930356291cd26049,
title = "Intrathecal IgM Synthesis Is Associated with Spinal Cord Manifestation and Neuronal Injury in Early MS",
abstract = "Objective: Intrathecal Immunoglobulin M synthesis (IgM Intrathecal Fraction (IF) +) and spinal MRI lesions are both strong independent predictors of higher disease activity and severity in multiple sclerosis (MS). We investigated whether IgM IF + is associated with spinal cord manifestation and higher neuroaxonal damage in early MS. Methods: In 122 patients with a first demyelinating event associations between (1) spinal versus (vs) non-spinal clinical syndrome (2) spinal vs cerebral T2-weighted (T2w) and (3) contrast-enhancing (CE) lesion counts with IgG IF + (vs IgG IF −) or IgM IF + (vs IgM IF −) were investigated by logistic regression adjusted for age and sex, respectively. For serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) analysis patients were categorized for presence or absence of oligoclonal IgG bands (OCGB), IgG IF and IgM IF (>0% vs 0%, respectively): (1) OCGB −/IgG IF −/IgM IF −; (2) OCGB +/IgG IF −/IgM IF −; (3) OCGB +/IgG IF +/IgM IF −; and (4) OCGB +/IgG IF +/IgM IF +. Associations between categories 2 to 4 vs category 1 with sNfL concentrations were analyzed by robust linear regression, adjusted for sex and MRI parameters. Results: Patients with a spinal syndrome had a 8.36-fold higher odds of IgM IF + (95%CI 3.03–23.03; p < 0.01). Each spinal T2w lesion (odds Ratio 1.39; 1.02–1.90; p = 0.037) and CE lesion (OR 2.73; 1.22–6.09; p = 0.014) was associated with an increased risk of IgM IF + (but not of IgG IF +); this was not the case for cerebral lesions. OCGB +/IgG IF +/IgM IF + category patients showed highest sNfL levels (estimate:1.80; 0.55–3.06; p < 0.01). Interpretation: Intrathecal IgM synthesis is strongly associated with spinal manifestation and independently more pronounced neuroaxonal injury in early MS, suggesting a distinct clinical phenotype and pathophysiology. ANN NEUROL 2022. ",
author = "Johanna Oechtering and Therese Lincke and Sabine Schaedelin and D{\'e}card, {Bernhard F.} and Aleksandra Maceski and Annette Orleth and Stephanie Meier and Eline Willemse and Arabella Buchmann and Michael Khalil and Tobias Derfuss and Pascal Benkert and Ingmar Heijnen and Axel Regeniter and Stefanie M{\"u}ller and Lutz Achtnichts and Patrice Lalive and Anke Salmen and Caroline Pot and Claudio Gobbi and Ludwig Kappos and {and for the Swiss MS Cohort Study} and Cristina Granziera and David Leppert and Regina Schlaeger and Lieb, {Johanna M.} and Jens Kuhle",
note = "Funding Information: The authors express their deep thankfulness to patients and relatives for their participation and support, study nurses for their motivated collaboration and recruitment efforts and the administrative personnel of the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Cohort. This investigation was supported by the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society (research grant 2021/10) and Swiss National Science Foundation (grant 320030_189140 / 1). The Swiss MS Cohort study received funding from the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society and grant funding from Biogen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Celgene, Merck, Novartis, Roche, and Sanofi. Open access funding provided by Universitat Basel. Funding Information: The authors express their deep thankfulness to patients and relatives for their participation and support, study nurses for their motivated collaboration and recruitment efforts and the administrative personnel of the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Cohort. This investigation was supported by the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society (research grant 2021/10) and Swiss National Science Foundation (grant 320030_189140 / 1). The Swiss MS Cohort study received funding from the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society and grant funding from Biogen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Celgene, Merck, Novartis, Roche, and Sanofi. Open access funding provided by Universitat Basel. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors. Annals of Neurology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Neurological Association.",
year = "2022",
month = jun,
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.26348",
language = "English",
volume = "91",
pages = "814--820",
journal = "Annals of neurology",
issn = "0364-5134",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Inc.",
number = "6",
}