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Antipsychotics and Risk of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Among A Sample of Egyptian Psychiatric Patients: Role of Alpha-synuclein as A Biomarker for Brain Damage

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Last updated: 30 Jan 2023

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Clinical Toxicology

Abstract

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a potentially fatal neurological emergency that occurs as an idiosyncratic reaction to antipsychotics. Human alpha-synuclein (α-syn) protein is a neuronal cytoskeleton-related protein that has been recently implicated in the development of chronic neurodegenerative disorders. This study was conducted to evaluate the correlation between serum levels of IgM and IgG anti-synuclein alpha (anti-SNCa) auto-antibodies and the risk of development of NMS in psychiatric patients administered antipsychotic medications, as well as to investigate the diagnostic value of these antibodies as potential biomarkers for diagnosis of antipsychotics-induced brain damage in psychiatric patients presenting with NMS. The study was carried out on 150 subjects, divided into three groups: group I (case group) included 30 psychiatric patients presenting with NMS, group II (positive control group) included 60 psychiatric patients on antipsychotic medications with no previous history of NMS, and group III (negative control group) included 60 normal healthy volunteers. Serum levels of IgM and IgG antibodies were measured using ELIZA. This study revealed that the median serum levels of both IgM and IgG anti-SNCa antibodies were significantly higher in the case group, when compared with the two control groups (p < 0.001). Significant associations were identified between increasing serum levels of IgM and IgG anti-SNCa antibodies, chronic antipsychotic drug intake, and development of NMS among psychiatric patients, and that these antibodies can be used as predictor biomarkers for brain damage, with high sensitivity and specificity, in psychiatric patients presenting with NMS.

DOI

10.21608/mjfmct.2021.83612.1035

Keywords

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome, Alpha-synuclein, Antipsychotics, brain damage, Auto-antibodies

Authors

First Name

Muhammad

Last Name

Musa

MiddleName

El-Adl

Affiliation

Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Egypt.

Email

adltoxo2016@gmail.com

City

Mansoura

Orcid

0000-0001-2810-8617

First Name

Abdel Aziz

Last Name

Ghanem

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Egypt.

Email

ghanem7000@yahoo.com

City

Mansoura

Orcid

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First Name

Osama

Last Name

Shabka

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Egypt.

Email

shabkaosama@gmail.com

City

Mansoura

Orcid

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First Name

Shimaa

Last Name

Motawei

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Egypt.

Email

shimaa_motawei@yahoo.com

City

Mansoura

Orcid

-

First Name

Amal

Last Name

El-Bakary

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Egypt.

Email

aelbakary2015@gmail.com

City

Mansoura

Orcid

0000000262390521

Volume

30

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

26584

Issue Date

2022-01-01

Receive Date

2021-07-02

Publish Date

2022-01-01

Page Start

29

Page End

43

Print ISSN

1110-5437

Online ISSN

2682-3217

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966

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Publication Title

Mansoura Journal of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology

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https://mjfmct.journals.ekb.eg/

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Created At

22 Jan 2023