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Increased levels of CSF total but not oligomeric or phosphorylated forms of alpha-synuclein in patients diagnosed with probable Alzheimer's disease

Majbour, Nour K ; Chiasserini, Davide ; Vaikath, Nishant N. LU ; Eusebi, Paolo ; Tokuda, Takahiko ; van de Berg, Wilma D J ; Parnetti, Lucilla ; Calabresi, Paolo and El-Agnaf, Omar M A (2017) In Scientific Reports 7.
Abstract

Several studies reported an association between CSF alpha-synuclein (α-syn) and tau in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and demonstrated the significance of α-syn in improving the diagnostic sensitivity/specificity of classical AD CSF biomarkers. In the current study, we measured CSF levels of different α-syn species in a cohort of AD patients (n = 225) who showed a CSF profile typical of AD at baseline as well as in cognitively intact controls (n = 68). CSF total α-syn (t-α-syn) significantly increased in the AD group (p < 0.0001) compared to controls, while oligomeric- and phosphorylated-Ser129-α-syn did not change significantly. ROC analysis showed a sensitivity of 85% and a specificity of 84% (AUC = 0.88) in distinguishing AD from... (More)

Several studies reported an association between CSF alpha-synuclein (α-syn) and tau in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and demonstrated the significance of α-syn in improving the diagnostic sensitivity/specificity of classical AD CSF biomarkers. In the current study, we measured CSF levels of different α-syn species in a cohort of AD patients (n = 225) who showed a CSF profile typical of AD at baseline as well as in cognitively intact controls (n = 68). CSF total α-syn (t-α-syn) significantly increased in the AD group (p < 0.0001) compared to controls, while oligomeric- and phosphorylated-Ser129-α-syn did not change significantly. ROC analysis showed a sensitivity of 85% and a specificity of 84% (AUC = 0.88) in distinguishing AD from controls. T-α-syn levels correlated positively with tau species in AD group and negatively with baseline MMSE score. Our data support the added value of measurement of CSF α-syn species for further characterization of the CSF AD profile.

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  author       = {{Majbour, Nour K and Chiasserini, Davide and Vaikath, Nishant N. and Eusebi, Paolo and Tokuda, Takahiko and van de Berg, Wilma D J and Parnetti, Lucilla and Calabresi, Paolo and El-Agnaf, Omar M A}},
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  series       = {{Scientific Reports}},
  title        = {{Increased levels of CSF total but not oligomeric or phosphorylated forms of alpha-synuclein in patients diagnosed with probable Alzheimer's disease}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep40263}},
  doi          = {{10.1038/srep40263}},
  volume       = {{7}},
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