Stefan Presslauer1, Dejan Milosavljevic2, Wolfgang Huebl3, Fahmy Aboulenein-Djamshidian4, Walter Krugluger5, Florian Deisenhammer6, Makbule Senel7, Hayrettin Tumani7, Harald Hegen8. 1. Department of Neurology, Wilhelminenspital, Austria. 2. FH Campus Wien - University of Applied Sciences, Austria. 3. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wilhelminenspital, Austria. 4. Karl Landsteiner Institute for Neuroimmunological and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Austria. 5. Department of Laboratory Medicine, SMZ-Ost Donauspital, Austria. 6. Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria. 7. Department of Neurology, University Hospital Ulm, Germany. 8. Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria harald.hegen@i-med.ac.at.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Kappa free light chains (KFLCs) have been proposed as a diagnostic biomarker in patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) and multiple sclerosis (MS). OBJECTIVE: The objective of this paper is to validate the diagnostic accuracy of intrathecal KFLC synthesis in a multicenter study. METHODS: KFLCs were measured by nephelometry under blinded conditions in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum sample pairs of patients with CIS (n = 60), MS (n = 60) and other neurological diseases (n = 60) from four different MS centers. The upper normal limit for intrathecal KFLC concentrations depending on blood-CSF barrier function was previously calculated in a cohort of 420 control patients. RESULTS: Diagnostic sensitivity of intrathecal KFLC synthesis, IgG synthesis according to Reiber, IgG index and oligoclonal bands (OCBs) was 95%, 72%, 73% and 93% in patients with MS and 82%, 47%, 43% and 72% in patients with CIS. Specificity of intrathecal KFLC synthesis was 95% and 98% for all other measures. CONCLUSION: These findings further support the diagnostic value of intrathecal KFLC synthesis in CIS and MS patients and demonstrate a valid, easier and rater-independent alternative to OCB detection.
BACKGROUND: Kappa free light chains (KFLCs) have been proposed as a diagnostic biomarker in patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) and multiple sclerosis (MS). OBJECTIVE: The objective of this paper is to validate the diagnostic accuracy of intrathecal KFLC synthesis in a multicenter study. METHODS: KFLCs were measured by nephelometry under blinded conditions in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum sample pairs of patients with CIS (n = 60), MS (n = 60) and other neurological diseases (n = 60) from four different MS centers. The upper normal limit for intrathecal KFLC concentrations depending on blood-CSF barrier function was previously calculated in a cohort of 420 control patients. RESULTS: Diagnostic sensitivity of intrathecal KFLC synthesis, IgG synthesis according to Reiber, IgG index and oligoclonal bands (OCBs) was 95%, 72%, 73% and 93% in patients with MS and 82%, 47%, 43% and 72% in patients with CIS. Specificity of intrathecal KFLC synthesis was 95% and 98% for all other measures. CONCLUSION: These findings further support the diagnostic value of intrathecal KFLC synthesis in CIS and MS patients and demonstrate a valid, easier and rater-independent alternative to OCB detection.
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