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VH2+ Antigen-Experienced B Cells in the Cerebrospinal Fluid Are Expanded and Enriched in Pediatric Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis.
Journal of Immunology 2023 November 2
Pediatric and adult autoimmune encephalitis (AE) are often associated with Abs to the NR1 subunit of the N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor (NMDAR). Very little is known regarding the cerebrospinal fluid humoral immune profile and Ab genetics associated with pediatric anti-NMDAR-AE. Using a combination of cellular, molecular, and immunogenetics tools, we collected cerebrospinal fluid from pediatric subjects and generated 1) flow cytometry data to calculate the frequency of B cell subtypes in the cerebrospinal fluid of pediatric subjects with anti-NMDAR-AE and controls, 2) a panel of recombinant human Abs from a pediatric case of anti-NMDAR-AE that was refractory to treatment, and 3) a detailed analysis of the Ab genes that bound the NR1 subunit of the NMDAR. Ag-experienced B cells including memory cells, plasmablasts, and Ab-secreting cells were expanded in the pediatric anti-NMDAR-AE cohort, but not in the controls. These Ag-experienced B cells in the cerebrospinal fluid of a pediatric case of NMDAR-AE that was refractory to treatment had expanded use of variable H chain family 2 (VH2) genes with high somatic hypermutation that all bound to the NR1 subunit of the NMDAR. A CDR3 motif was identified in this refractory case that likely drove early stage activation and expansion of naive B cells to Ab-secreting cells, facilitating autoimmunity associated with pediatric anti-NMDAR-AE through the production of Abs that bind NR1. These features of humoral immune responses in the cerebrospinal fluid of pediatric anti-NMDAR-AE patients may be relevant for clinical diagnosis and treatment.
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