scholarly journals Glycoblotting method allows for rapid and efficient glycome profiling of human Alzheimer's disease brain, serum and cerebrospinal fluid towards potential biomarker discovery

2016 ◽  
Vol 1860 (8) ◽  
pp. 1716-1727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solomon T. Gizaw ◽  
Tetsu Ohashi ◽  
Masakazu Tanaka ◽  
Hiroshi Hinou ◽  
Shin-Ichiro Nishimura
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Heng Zhang ◽  
Diyang Lyu ◽  
Jianping Jia ◽  

Background: Synaptic degeneration has been suggested as an early pathological event that strongly correlates with severity of dementia in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, changes in longitudinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) growth-associated protein 43 (GAP-43) as a synaptic biomarker in the AD continuum remain unclear. Objective: To assess the trajectory of CSF GAP-43 with AD progression and its association with other AD hallmarks. Methods: CSF GAP-43 was analyzed in 788 participants from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), including 246 cognitively normal (CN) individuals, 415 individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and 127 with AD dementia based on cognitive assessments. The associations between a multimodal classification scheme with amyloid-β (Aβ), tau, and neurodegeneration, and changes in CSF GAP-43 over time were also analyzed. Results: CSF GAP-43 levels were increased at baseline in MCI and dementia patients, and increased significantly over time in the preclinical (Aβ-positive CN), prodromal (Aβ-positive MCI), and dementia (Aβ-positive dementia) stages of AD. Higher levels of CSF GAP-43 were also associated with higher CSF phosphorylated tau (p-tau) and total tau (t-tau), cerebral amyloid deposition and hypometabolism on positron emission tomography, the hippocampus and middle temporal atrophy, and cognitive performance deterioration at baseline and follow-up. Furthermore, CSF GAP-43 may assist in effectively predicting the probability of dementia onset at 2- or 4-year follow-up. Conclusion: CSF GAP-43 can be used as a potential biomarker associated with synaptic degeneration in subjects with AD; it may also be useful for tracking the disease progression and for monitoring the effects of clinical trials.


2014 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. P513-P513
Author(s):  
Javier Saez-Valero ◽  
Maria-Salud Garcia-Ayllon ◽  
Maria-Letizia Campanari ◽  
Gunnar Brinkmalm ◽  
Alberto Rábano-Gutierrez ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Chiasserini ◽  
Irene Bijnsdorp ◽  
Giovanni Bellomo ◽  
Pier Luigi Orvietani ◽  
Sander R. Piersma ◽  
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AbstractCerebrospinal fluid (CSF) contains different types of extracellular vesicles (EVs) with undisclosed biomarker potential for neurodegenerative diseases. The aims of the present study were: i) to compare the proteome EVs isolated using different ultracentrifugation speed ii) to preliminary explore the EVs proteome in a common neurodegenerative disorder, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) compared to neurological controls. CSF samples from control subjects and AD patients were pooled separately (15 mL) and subjected to ultracentrifugation (UC) at different speeds (20,000g and 100,000g) to isolate separate EV fractions (P20 and P100). The proteome was analysed using high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and comparisons were made using bioinformatic analysis. EVs isolated at 100,000g (P100) had a proteome consistent with vesicles secreted via an ESCRT-dependent mechanism, being highly enriched in alix (PDCD6IP), syntenin-1 (SDCBP) and TSG101. EVs isolated at 20,000g were substantially different, showing enrichment in cytoskeletal and cell adhesion molecules. The pools from patients diagnosed with AD showed a distinct protein profile of CSF EVs, with increased levels of ADAM10, SPON1, CH3IL1 and MDK in the P100 fraction. CSF EV offer a new potential biosource of protein markers for AD detection and a complementary framework to the analysis of whole biological fluids for biomarker discovery.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie-Qiong Li ◽  
Yan-Lin Bi ◽  
Xue-Ning Shen ◽  
Hui-Fu Wang ◽  
Wei Xu ◽  
...  

Abstract BackgroundAccumulating reports suggest that α-synuclein is involved in Alzheimer disease (AD) pathogenesis. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) α-synuclein could be a potential biomarker of AD. We sought to test whether CSF α-synuclein is associated with other AD biomarkers and could predict neurodegeneration and clinical progression in prodromal AD. MethodsAssociations were investigated between CSF α-synuclein and other AD biomarkers at baseline in prodromal AD stage Chinese elders. The predictive values of CSF α-synuclein in longitudinal change in clinical outcomes and conversion risk of prodromal AD stage subjects were assessed using linear mixed effects models and multivariate Cox proportional hazard models, respectively, in Alzheimer's disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) database.ResultsAmong individuals in prodromal AD stage, we detected that CSF α-synuclein levels correlated with AD-specific biomarkers CSF total tau and phosphorylated tau levels in 651 Chinese Han participants (training set). These positive correlations were replicated in ADNI database (validation set). Using a longitudinal cohort from ADNI, CSF α-synuclein concentrations increased with disease severity. CSF α-synuclein had high diagnostic accuracy for AD based on the “ATN” system (A+T+) vs controls (A-T-) (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 0.84). Moreover, CSF α-synuclein predicted longitudinal hippocampus atrophy and conversion from MCI to AD dementia.ConclusionsCSF α-synuclein is associated with CSF tau levels and could predict neurodegeneration and clinical progression in prodromal AD. This finding indicates CSF α-synuclein is a potentially useful, early biomarker for AD.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie-Qiong Li ◽  
Yan-Lin Bi ◽  
Xue-Ning Shen ◽  
Hui-Fu Wang ◽  
Wei Xu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Accumulating reports have suggested that α-synuclein is involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). As the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) α-synuclein has been suggested as a potential biomarker of AD, this study was set out to test whether CSF α-synuclein is associated with other AD biomarkers and could predict neurodegeneration and clinical progression in non-demented elders. Methods The associations between CSF α-synuclein and other AD biomarkers were investigated at baseline in non-demented Chinese elders. The predictive values of CSF α-synuclein for longitudinal neuroimaging change and the conversion risk of non-demented elders were assessed using linear mixed effects models and multivariate Cox proportional hazard models, respectively, in the Alzheimer's disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) database.Results The CSF α-synuclein levels correlated with AD-specific biomarkers, CSF total tau and phosphorylated tau levels, in 651 Chinese Han participants (training set). These positive correlations were replicated in the ADNI database (validation set). Using a longitudinal cohort from ADNI, the CSF α-synuclein concentrations were found to increase with disease severity. The CSF α-synuclein had high diagnostic accuracy for AD based on the “ATN” (amyloid, tau, neurodegeneration) system (A+T+ versus A−T−control) (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 0.84). Moreover, CSF α-synuclein predicted longitudinal hippocampus atrophy and conversion from MCI to AD dementia.Conclusions CSF α-synuclein is associated with CSF tau levels and could predict neurodegeneration and clinical progression in non-demented elders. This finding indicates that CSF α-synuclein is a potentially useful early biomarker for AD.


Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1655
Author(s):  
Cristina M. Pedrero-Prieto ◽  
Javier Frontiñán-Rubio ◽  
Francisco J. Alcaín ◽  
Mario Durán-Prado ◽  
Juan R. Peinado ◽  
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The fact that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) deeply irrigates the brain together with the relative simplicity of sample extraction from patients make this biological fluid the best target for biomarker discovery in neurodegenerative diseases. During the last decade, biomarker discovery has been especially fruitful for the identification new proteins that appear in the CSF of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients together with amyloid-β (Aβ42), total tau (T-tau), and phosphorylated tau (P-tau). Thus, several proteins have been already stablished as important biomarkers, due to an increase (i.e., CHI3L1) or a decrease (i.e., VGF) in AD patients’ CSF. Notwithstanding this, only a deep analysis of a database generated with all the changes observed in CSF across multiple proteomic studies, and especially those using state-of-the-art methodologies, may expose those components or metabolic pathways disrupted at different levels in AD. Deep comparative analysis of all the up- and down-regulated proteins across these studies revealed that 66% of the most consistent protein changes in CSF correspond to intracellular proteins. Interestingly, processes such as those associated to glucose metabolism or RXR signaling appeared inversely represented in CSF from AD patients in a significant manner. Herein, we discuss whether certain cellular processes constitute accurate indicators of AD progression by examining CSF. Furthermore, we uncover new CSF AD markers, such as ITAM, PTPRZ or CXL16, identified by this study.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie-Qiong Li ◽  
◽  
Yan-Lin Bi ◽  
Xue-Ning Shen ◽  
Hui-Fu Wang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Accumulating reports have suggested that α-synuclein is involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). As the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) α-synuclein has been suggested as a potential biomarker of AD, this study was set out to test whether CSF α-synuclein is associated with other AD biomarkers and could predict neurodegeneration and clinical progression in non-demented elders. Methods The associations between CSF α-synuclein and other AD biomarkers were investigated at baseline in non-demented Chinese elders. The predictive values of CSF α-synuclein for longitudinal neuroimaging change and the conversion risk of non-demented elders were assessed using linear mixed effects models and multivariate Cox proportional hazard models, respectively, in the Alzheimer’s disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) database. Results The CSF α-synuclein levels correlated with AD-specific biomarkers, CSF total tau and phosphorylated tau levels, in 651 Chinese Han participants (training set). These positive correlations were replicated in the ADNI database (validation set). Using a longitudinal cohort from ADNI, the CSF α-synuclein concentrations were found to increase with disease severity. The CSF α-synuclein had high diagnostic accuracy for AD based on the “ATN” (amyloid, tau, neurodegeneration) system (A + T+ versus A − T − control) (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 0.84). Moreover, CSF α-synuclein predicted longitudinal hippocampus atrophy and conversion from MCI to AD dementia. Conclusions CSF α-synuclein is associated with CSF tau levels and could predict neurodegeneration and clinical progression in non-demented elders. This finding indicates that CSF α-synuclein is a potentially useful early biomarker for AD.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shengjun Hong ◽  
Valerija Dobricic ◽  
Isabelle Bos ◽  
Stephanie J. B. Vos ◽  
Dmitry Prokopenko ◽  
...  

AbstractBackgroundNeurofilament light (NF-L), chitinase-3-like protein 1 (YKL-40), and neurogranin (Ng) are utilized as biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), to monitor axonal damage, astroglial activation, and synaptic degeneration, respectively. Here we performed genome-wide association study (GWAS) analyses using all three biomarkers as outcome.MethodsDNA and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples originated from the European Medical Information Framework AD Multimodal Biomarker Discovery (EMIF-AD MBD) study. Overlapping genotype/phenotype data were available for n=671 (NF-L), 677 (YKL-40), and 672 (Ng) individuals. GWAS analyses applied linear regression models adjusting for relevant covariates.FindingsWe identify novel genome-wide significant associations with markers in TMEM106B and CSF levels of NF-L. Additional novel signals were observed with DNA variants in CPOX and CSF levels of YKL-40. Lastly, we confirmed previous work suggesting that YKL-40 levels are regulated by cis protein quantitative trait loci (pQTL) in CHI3L1.InterpretationOur study provides important new insights into the genetic architecture underlying inter-individual variation in all three tested AD-related CSF biomarkers. In particular, our data shed light on the sequence of events regarding the initiation and progression of neuropathological processes relevant in AD.


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