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Circulating anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies with predominance of subclass IgG4 and false-negative immunoassay test results in anti-glomerular basement membrane disease

Ohlsson, Sophie LU orcid ; Herlitz, Hans ; Lundberg, Sigrid ; Selga, Daina LU ; Mölne, Johan ; Wieslander, Jörgen LU and Segelmark, Mårten LU (2014) In American Journal of Kidney Diseases 63(2). p.93-289
Abstract

Autoantibodies against a constituent of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM), the α3-chain of type IV collagen, can cause both rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and alveolar hemorrhage, referred to as anti-GBM disease or Goodpasture disease. Anti-GBM antibodies generally are of immunoglobulin G subclass 1 (IgG1) and can in most cases readily be detected in the circulation using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). We report 4 cases in which anti-GBM ELISA yielded negative or borderline results despite life-threatening disease. All 4 patients had positive results by IgG4 anti-GBM ELISA and all had undetectable antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody. All cases were confirmed with kidney biopsy. Two of the patients showed... (More)

Autoantibodies against a constituent of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM), the α3-chain of type IV collagen, can cause both rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and alveolar hemorrhage, referred to as anti-GBM disease or Goodpasture disease. Anti-GBM antibodies generally are of immunoglobulin G subclass 1 (IgG1) and can in most cases readily be detected in the circulation using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). We report 4 cases in which anti-GBM ELISA yielded negative or borderline results despite life-threatening disease. All 4 patients had positive results by IgG4 anti-GBM ELISA and all had undetectable antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody. All cases were confirmed with kidney biopsy. Two of the patients showed higher signal in anti-GBM ELISA when using a nondenaturing coating buffer. All 4 were young women with severe alveolar hemorrhage and favorable renal outcome, suggesting that patients with predominance of IgG4 autoantibodies may constitute a distinct subgroup of anti-GBM disease. We conclude that patients with idiopathic alveolar hemorrhage can have anti-GBM disease detected by only IgG subclass-specific tests or kidney biopsy.

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Adolescent, Adult, Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease/blood, Autoantibodies/biosynthesis, False Negative Reactions, Female, Humans, Immunoassay/methods, Immunoglobulin G/biosynthesis, Young Adult
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American Journal of Kidney Diseases
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63
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2
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5 pages
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Elsevier
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  • scopus:84892949840
  • pmid:24189476
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1523-6838
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10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.08.032
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English
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  author       = {{Ohlsson, Sophie and Herlitz, Hans and Lundberg, Sigrid and Selga, Daina and Mölne, Johan and Wieslander, Jörgen and Segelmark, Mårten}},
  issn         = {{1523-6838}},
  keywords     = {{Adolescent; Adult; Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease/blood; Autoantibodies/biosynthesis; False Negative Reactions; Female; Humans; Immunoassay/methods; Immunoglobulin G/biosynthesis; Young Adult}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{93--289}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{American Journal of Kidney Diseases}},
  title        = {{Circulating anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies with predominance of subclass IgG4 and false-negative immunoassay test results in anti-glomerular basement membrane disease}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.08.032}},
  doi          = {{10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.08.032}},
  volume       = {{63}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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