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The Journal of Neuroscience, October 1, 2000, 20(19):7307-7316

GluR3 Autoantibodies Destroy Neural Cells in a Complement-Dependent Manner Modulated by Complement Regulatory Proteins

Karl D. Whitney^{1, 2} and James O. McNamara^{1, 2, 3, 4}

¹ Epilepsy Research Laboratory and Departments of ² Pharmacology and Molecular Cancer Biology and ³ Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, and ⁴ Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705

GluR3 autoantibodies have been implicated in the development of Rasmussen's encephalitis, a rare neurodegenerative disease of humans characterized by epilepsy and degeneration of a single cerebral hemisphere. GluR3 autoantibodies are found in some Rasmussen's encephalitis patients, and GluR3 antibodies raised in rabbits destroy cultured cortical cells in a complement-dependent manner. In this study, the cellular targets of anti-GluR3 antisera-mediated cytotoxicity were examined in mixed primary neuronal-glial cultures of rat cortex. Unexpectedly, astrocytes were the principal target of the cytotoxic effects as assessed by immunohistochemistry and lactate dehydrogenase activity; neurons were destroyed to a lesser extent. Astrocyte vulnerability was rescued by transfection with complement regulatory proteins, and neuronal resistance was defeated by impairing complement regulatory protein function. Astrocyte death may occur in Rasmussen's encephalitis, and destruction of this cell type may play a critical role in the progression of this disorder. The present findings suggest complement regulatory protein expression may in part determine the nature and severity of Rasmussen's encephalitis and other complement-dependent nervous system diseases and thus underscore the need for a systematic investigation of the expression of all known complement regulatory proteins in healthy and diseased nervous system tissues.

Key words: GluR3 autoantibody; Rasmussen's encephalitis; complement; complement regulatory protein; autoimmunity; epilepsy; glutamate receptor

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