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Gentile F, Maranzano A, Verde F, Bettoni V, Colombo E, Doretti A, Olivero M, Scheveger F, Colombrita C, Bulgarelli I, Spinelli EG, Torresani E, Messina S, Maderna L, Agosta F, Morelli C, Filippi M, Silani V, Ticozzi N. The value of routine blood work-up in clinical stratification and prognosis of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Neurol 2024; 271:794-803. [PMID: 37801095 PMCID: PMC10827966 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-023-12015-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND There is an unmet need in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to provide specific biomarkers for the disease. Due to their easy availability, we aimed to investigate whether routine blood parameters provide useful clues for phenotypic classification and disease prognosis. METHODS We analyzed a large inpatient cohort of 836 ALS patients who underwent deep phenotyping with evaluation of the clinical and neurophysiological burden of upper (UMN) and lower (LMN) motor neuron signs. Disability and progression rate were measured through the revised ALS Functional Rating Scale (ALSFRS-R) and its changes during time. Cox regression analysis was performed to assess survival associations. RESULTS Creatinine significantly correlated with LMN damage (r = 0.38), active (r = 0.18) and chronic (r = 0.24) denervation and baseline ALSFRS-R (r = 0.33). Creatine kinase (CK), alanine (ALT) and aspartate (AST) transaminases correlated with active (r = 0.35, r = 0.27, r = 0.24) and chronic (r = 0.37, r = 0.20, r = 0.19) denervation, while albumin and C-reactive protein significantly correlated with LMN score (r = 0.20 and r = 0.17). Disease progression rate showed correlations with chloride (r = -0.19) and potassium levels (r = -0.16). After adjustment for known prognostic factors, total protein [HR 0.70 (95% CI 0.57-0.86)], creatinine [HR 0.86 (95% CI 0.81-0.92)], chloride [HR 0.95 (95% CI 0.92-0.99)], lactate dehydrogenase [HR 0.99 (95% CI 0.99-0.99)], and AST [HR 1.02 (95% CI 1.01-1.02)] were independently associated with survival. CONCLUSIONS Creatinine is a reliable biomarker for ALS, associated with clinical features, disability and survival. Markers of nutrition/inflammation may offer additional prognostic information and partially correlate with clinical features. AST and chloride could further assist in predicting progression rate and survival.
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- Francesco Gentile
- Neurology Residency Program, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, P. Le Brescia 20, 20149, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, P. Le Brescia 20, 20149, Milan, Italy
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, "Dino Ferrari" Center, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, P. Le Brescia 20, 20149, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, P. Le Brescia 20, 20149, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Residency Program, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, P. Le Brescia 20, 20149, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, P. Le Brescia 20, 20149, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, P. Le Brescia 20, 20149, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neuroimaging Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Neurophysiology Service, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, P. Le Brescia 20, 20149, Milan, Italy
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, "Dino Ferrari" Center, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, P. Le Brescia 20, 20149, Milan, Italy.
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, "Dino Ferrari" Center, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
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Hussein S, Pingili S, Makkena VK, Jaramillo AP, Awosusi BL, Ayyub J, Dabhi KN, Gohil NV, Tanveer N, Hamid P. The Impact of Serum Uric Acid on the Progression of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Adults Aged 18 and Older: A Systematic Review. Cureus 2023; 15:e42312. [PMID: 37614251 PMCID: PMC10444204 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.42312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023] Open
Abstract
We have conducted this review to see if serum uric acid (UA) is associated with slowing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) progression in adult patients who are at least 18 years old. Understanding the effects of this biomarker for future use is critical because of its easy accessibility. This systematic review paper examined five previous years of recent studies and reports, published in English and limited to human investigations from the Cochrane, PubMed, and Google Scholar databases. Using instruments for assessing the eligibility and quality of systematic and narrative reviews, we narrowed our search to 11 reports that show evidence of a positive association between high blood uric acid and the progression of ALS. However, this claim still needs confirmation by future studies to confirm that possibility. The results of this systematic review may provide a strong foundation for future studies on this biomarker, demonstrating the significance of blood uric acid levels in ALS and highlighting the necessity of using that biomarker to track the disease's progression.
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- Sally Hussein
- Internal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Internal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfield, USA
- Medicine/Surgery, Kakatiya Medical College, Hyderabad, IND
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- Internal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfield, USA
- Medicine/Surgery, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, IND
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- General Practice, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Internal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Internal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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- Internal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfield, USA
- Internal Medicine, Medical College Baroda, Vadodara, IND
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- Internal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfield, USA
- Internal Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, USA
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- Neurology, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfield, USA
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Bai J, Zhang X, Wang H, Yu W, He Z, Wang J, Feng F, Li M, Wang H, Yang F, Huang X. Gender-specific association of uric acid and survival in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients. Brain Res 2023:148445. [PMID: 37290609 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2023.148445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between serum uric acid (UA) and survival in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(sALS) patients. METHOD A total of 801 sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(sALS) patients fulfilled the revised El Escorial criteria were enrolled and followed up in the study. Baseline clinical data and laboratory variables including gender, age, age of onset, site of onset, disease duration, body mass index (BMI), uric acid (UA), creatinine (Cr), and creatine kinase (CK) were collected during enrollment. Multivariate Cox regression models were used to evaluate the survival-related factors after adjustment for confounders. RESULTS The serum UA level was significantly lower in female patients than that in male patients (243.5 vs 314.9μmol/L, p<0.001). Gender, BMI, Cr, CK were significantly associated with the level of uric acid according to the linear regression analysis. In the multivariate Cox regression analysis, higher serum UA level (>268.0μmol/L) was an independent protective factor for prolonged survival among female patients (HR=0.69, P=0.042) after adjustment for confounders. CONCLUSION The present study provided further support that higher UA was a protective factor for survival in sALS patients, especially in female.
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- Jiongming Bai
- College of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China; Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- College of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China; Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China; Department of Neurology, the First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China; Department of Neurology, the First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China; Department of Neurology, the First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China; Department of Neurology, PLA Rocket Force Characteristic Medical Center, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- College of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China; Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, China; Department of Neurology, the First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
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Barbo M, Ravnik-Glavač M. Extracellular Vesicles as Potential Biomarkers in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:genes14020325. [PMID: 36833252 PMCID: PMC9956314 DOI: 10.3390/genes14020325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is described as a fatal and rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by the degeneration of upper motor neurons in the primary motor cortex and lower motor neurons of the brainstem and spinal cord. Due to ALS's slowly progressive characteristic, which is often accompanied by other neurological comorbidities, its diagnosis remains challenging. Perturbations in vesicle-mediated transport and autophagy as well as cell-autonomous disease initiation in glutamatergic neurons have been revealed in ALS. The use of extracellular vesicles (EVs) may be key in accessing pathologically relevant tissues for ALS, as EVs can cross the blood-brain barrier and be isolated from the blood. The number and content of EVs may provide indications of the disease pathogenesis, its stage, and prognosis. In this review, we collected a recent study aiming at the identification of EVs as a biomarker of ALS with respect to the size, quantity, and content of EVs in the biological fluids of patients compared to controls.
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Kutlubaev MA, Areprintseva DK, Pervushina EV. [The influence of uric acid on the course of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]. Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 2023; 123:177-180. [PMID: 37315259 DOI: 10.17116/jnevro2023123051177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Uric acid has antioxidant and neuroprotective properties. A number of studies show that high levels of uric acid may have a positive influence on the course of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), especially in males. The frequency of ALS is lower in patients with gout than in the general population. We present a case of a patient with gout and slowly progressive ALS. More research is needed on the potential role of uric acid in ALS and other neurodegenerative disorders.
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Takahashi F, Kano O, Nagano Y, Yoneoka T, Nelson S, Ushirogawa Y. Associations Between the
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- Department of Neurology Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Ota‐ku Japan
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- Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. Jersey City NJ USA
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Takahashi F, Kano O, Nagano Y, Yoneoka T, Nelson S, Ushirogawa Y. Associations Between Urate Levels and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Score With Edaravone Treatment: Post Hoc Analysis of Studies
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- Department of Neurology Toho University Faculty of Medicine, Ota‐ku Tokyo Japan
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- Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America Jersey City NJ USA
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Basile MS, Bramanti P, Mazzon E. Inosine in Neurodegenerative Diseases: From the Bench to the Bedside. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27144644. [PMID: 35889517 PMCID: PMC9316764 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27144644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer′s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and multiple sclerosis (MS), currently represent major unmet medical needs. Therefore, novel therapeutic strategies are needed in order to improve patients’ quality of life and prognosis. Since oxidative stress can be strongly involved in neurodegenerative diseases, the potential use of inosine, known for its antioxidant properties, in this context deserves particular attention. The protective action of inosine treatment could be mediated by its metabolite urate. Here, we review the current preclinical and clinical studies investigating the use of inosine in AD, PD, ALS, and MS. The most important properties of inosine seem to be its antioxidant action and its ability to raise urate levels and to increase energetic resources by improving ATP availability. Inosine appears to be generally safe and well tolerated; however, the possible formation of kidney stones should be monitored, and data on its effectiveness should be further explored since, so far, they have been controversial. Overall, inosine could be a promising potential strategy in the management of neurodegenerative diseases, and additional studies are needed in order to further investigate its safety and efficacy and its use as a complementary therapy along with other approved drugs.
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Tang J, Yang Y, Gong Z, Li Z, Huang L, Ding F, Liu M, Zhang M. Plasma Uric Acid Helps Predict Cognitive Impairment in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Front Neurol 2021; 12:789840. [PMID: 34938266 PMCID: PMC8685604 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.789840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Objective: Uric acid as an antioxidant plays an important role in neurodegenerative disease. Our objective is to investigate the relationship between plasma uric acid and cognitive impairment in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 124 ALS patients were screened by the Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioral Screen (ECAS) and classified according to the revised Strong's criteria. Additionally, based on total ECAS cut-off score patients were categorized into those with cognitive impairment (ALS-cie) and those without cognitive impairment (ALS-ncie), and clinical data and uric acid level were compared between the two groups. Parameters with significant differences were further included in a multivariate linear regression analysis with ECAS score as a dependent variable. Hold-out validation was performed to evaluate the fitness of regression model. Results: Up to 60% of ALS patients showed cognitive or/and behavioral impairment. The ALS-cie group had lower education level (p < 0.001), older age at symptom onset (p = 0.001), older age at testing (p = 0.001), and lower plasma uric acid (p = 0.01). Multivariate analysis showed increased uric acid (β = 0.214, p = 0.01), lower age at testing (β = −0.378, p < 0.001), and higher education level (β = 0.424, p < 0.001) could predict higher ECAS score (F = 19.104, R2 = 0.381, p < 0.0001). Validation analysis showed that predicted ECAS score was significantly correlated with raw ECAS score in both the training set (rs = 0.621, p < 0.001) and the testing set (rs = 0.666, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Cognitive impairment was a common feature in our Chinese ALS patients. Plasma uric acid might help evaluate the risk of cognitive impairment in ALS patients when combined with education level and age at testing.
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- Jiahui Tang
- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,Department of Pharmacology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Goncharova PS, Davydova TK, Popova TE, Novitsky MA, Petrova MM, Gavrilyuk OA, Al-Zamil M, Zhukova NG, Nasyrova RF, Shnayder NA. Nutrient Effects on Motor Neurons and the Risk of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Nutrients 2021; 13:3804. [PMID: 34836059 PMCID: PMC8622539 DOI: 10.3390/nu13113804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an incurable chronic progressive neurodegenerative disease with the progressive degeneration of motor neurons in the motor cortex and lower motor neurons in the spinal cord and the brain stem. The etiology and pathogenesis of ALS are being actively studied, but there is still no single concept. The study of ALS risk factors can help to understand the mechanism of this disease development and, possibly, slow down the rate of its progression in patients and also reduce the risk of its development in people with a predisposition toward familial ALS. The interest of researchers and clinicians in the protective role of nutrients in the development of ALS has been increasing in recent years. However, the role of some of them is not well-understood or disputed. The objective of this review is to analyze studies on the role of nutrients as environmental factors affecting the risk of developing ALS and the rate of motor neuron degeneration progression. METHODS We searched the PubMed, Springer, Clinical keys, Google Scholar, and E-Library databases for publications using keywords and their combinations. We analyzed all the available studies published in 2010-2020. DISCUSSION We analyzed 39 studies, including randomized clinical trials, clinical cases, and meta-analyses, involving ALS patients and studies on animal models of ALS. This review demonstrated that the following vitamins are the most significant protectors of ALS development: vitamin B12, vitamin E > vitamin C > vitamin B1, vitamin B9 > vitamin D > vitamin B2, vitamin B6 > vitamin A, and vitamin B7. In addition, this review indicates that the role of foods with a high content of cholesterol, polyunsaturated fatty acids, urates, and purines plays a big part in ALS development. CONCLUSION The inclusion of vitamins and a ketogenic diet in disease-modifying ALS therapy can reduce the progression rate of motor neuron degeneration and slow the rate of disease progression, but the approach to nutrient selection must be personalized. The roles of vitamins C, D, and B7 as ALS protectors need further study.
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- Polina S. Goncharova
- Center of Personalized Psychiatry and Neurology, V.M. Bekhterev National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Neurology, 192019 Saint-Petersburg, Russia; (P.S.G.); (M.A.N.)
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- Center of Neurogenerative Disorders, Yakut Science Centre of Complex Medical Problems, 677000 Yakutsk, Russia; (T.K.D.); (T.E.P.)
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- Center of Neurogenerative Disorders, Yakut Science Centre of Complex Medical Problems, 677000 Yakutsk, Russia; (T.K.D.); (T.E.P.)
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- Center of Personalized Psychiatry and Neurology, V.M. Bekhterev National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Neurology, 192019 Saint-Petersburg, Russia; (P.S.G.); (M.A.N.)
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- Center for Collective Using “Molecular and Cell Technologies”, V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 660022 Krasnoyarsk, Russia; (M.M.P.); (O.A.G.)
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- Center for Collective Using “Molecular and Cell Technologies”, V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 660022 Krasnoyarsk, Russia; (M.M.P.); (O.A.G.)
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Continuing Medical Education, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, 117198 Moscow, Russia;
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Siberian State Medical University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia;
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- Center of Personalized Psychiatry and Neurology, V.M. Bekhterev National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Neurology, 192019 Saint-Petersburg, Russia; (P.S.G.); (M.A.N.)
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- Center of Personalized Psychiatry and Neurology, V.M. Bekhterev National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Neurology, 192019 Saint-Petersburg, Russia; (P.S.G.); (M.A.N.)
- Center for Collective Using “Molecular and Cell Technologies”, V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, 660022 Krasnoyarsk, Russia; (M.M.P.); (O.A.G.)
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Ye F, Wang T, Li H, Liang J, Wu X, Sheng W. Serum Cystatin C as a Potential Predictor of the Severity of Multiple System Atrophy With Predominant Cerebellar Ataxia: A Case-Control Study in Chinese Population. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:663980. [PMID: 34566557 PMCID: PMC8461053 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.663980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Objective: Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a serious neurodegenerative disease that is charactered by progressive neurological disability. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation of serum oxidant factors with the severity of MSA. Methods: A total of 52 MSA patients and 52 age- and gender- matched healthy subjects were retrospectively enrolled in this study. Enzymatic colorimetric methods were used to assay the concentrations of uric acid (UA), serum creatinine (Scr), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and cystatin C (Cys-C). Disease severity was evaluated by the Unified Multiple System Atrophy Rating Scale (UMSARS). The disease progression rate was defined by the change in UMSARS-IV (global disability score, GDS) over a 1-year period. Results: Comparisons between the two groups revealed that there were no significant differences in terms of serum Scr (70.81 ± 13.88 vs. 70.92 ± 14.19 μmol/L, p = 0.967). However, the serum levels of the other three biomarkers were significantly higher in the MSA patients (UA: 325.31 ± 84.92 vs. 291.19 ± 64.14 μmol/L, p = 0.023; BUN: 5.68 ± 1.67 vs. 4.60 ± 1.24 mmol/L, p < 0.001; Cys-C: 0.96 ± 0.15 vs. 0.89 ± 0.14 mg/L, p = 0.024). In addition, Pearson correlation analyses revealed that only serum Cys-C was significantly correlated to GDS (r = 0.281, p = 0.044). Subgroup analysis further demonstrated that serum Cys-C was the only factor that was positively associated with the disease severity in patients with MSA and predominant cerebellar ataxia (MSA-C) (r = 0.444, p = 0.018); there was no significant association in MSA patients with predominant Parkinsonism (MSA-P) (r = 0.118, p = 0.582). MSA-C patients with severe disability were shown to express higher serum levels of Cys-C than patients with mild disability (1.03 ± 0.13 vs. 0.88 ± 0.12 mg/L, p = 0.009). Finally, Kaplan-Meier plots revealed a significant difference in the 5-year probability of survival from severe disability between MSA-C patients with high- and low-concentrations of serum Cys-C (Log-rank test: X2 = 4.154, p = 0.042). ROC curve analysis confirmed that serum Cys-C exhibits good performance as a biomarker (AUC = 0.847). Conclusion: Our research indicated that oxidative stress plays a vital role in MSA. Serum Cys-C represents a potential prognostic biomarker to evaluate the severity of disease in patients with MSA-C.
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- Fei Ye
- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Major Neurological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Berry J, Brooks B, Genge A, Heiman-Patterson T, Appel S, Benatar M, Bowser R, Cudkowicz M, Gooch C, Shefner J, Westra J, Agnese W, Merrill C, Nelson S, Apple S. Radicava/Edaravone Findings in Biomarkers From Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (REFINE-ALS): Protocol and Study Design. Neurol Clin Pract 2021; 11:e472-e479. [PMID: 34476128 PMCID: PMC8382414 DOI: 10.1212/cpj.0000000000000968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Objectives To identify putative biomarkers that may serve as quantifiable, biological, nonclinical measures of the pharmacodynamic effect of edaravone in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and to report real-world treatment outcomes. Methods This is a prospective, observational, longitudinal, multicenter (up to 40 sites) US study (Clinicaltrials.gov; NCT04259255) with at least 200 patients with ALS who will receive edaravone for 24 weeks (6 cycles; Food and Drug Administration-approved regimen). All participants must either be treatment naive for edaravone or be more than 1 month without receiving any edaravone dose before screening. Biomarker quantification and other assessments will be performed at baseline (before cycle 1) and during cycles 1, 3, and 6. Selected biomarkers of oxidative stress, inflammation, neuronal injury and death, and muscle injury, as well as biomarker discovery panels (EpiSwitch and SOMAscan), will be evaluated and, when feasible, compared with biobanked samples. Clinical efficacy assessments will include the ALS Functional Rating Scale-Revised, King's clinical staging, ALS Assessment Questionnaire-40, Appel ALS Score (Rating Scale), slow vital capacity, hand-held dynamometry and grip strength, and time to specified states of disease progression or death. DNA samples will also be collected for potential genomic evaluation. The predicted rates of progression and survival, and their potential correlations with biomarkers, will be evaluated. Adverse events related to the study will be reported. Results The study is estimated to be completed in 2022 with an interim analysis planned. Conclusions Findings may help to further the understanding of the pharmacodynamic effect of edaravone, including changes in biomarkers, in response to treatment.
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- James Berry
- Massachusetts General Hospital (JB), Boston; Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute (BB), Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Charlotte Campus; Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (AG), QC, Canada; Lewis Katz School of Medicine (TH-P), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Houston Methodist (S. Appel), TX; University of Miami (MB), FL; Barrow Neurological Institute (RB, JS), Phoenix, AZ; Harvard Medical School (MC), Boston, MA; University of South Florida (CG), Tampa; Oxford BioDynamics Inc. (JW), Wilmington, DE; and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America (WA, CM, SN, S. Apple), Inc., Jersey City, NJ
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- Massachusetts General Hospital (JB), Boston; Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute (BB), Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Charlotte Campus; Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (AG), QC, Canada; Lewis Katz School of Medicine (TH-P), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Houston Methodist (S. Appel), TX; University of Miami (MB), FL; Barrow Neurological Institute (RB, JS), Phoenix, AZ; Harvard Medical School (MC), Boston, MA; University of South Florida (CG), Tampa; Oxford BioDynamics Inc. (JW), Wilmington, DE; and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America (WA, CM, SN, S. Apple), Inc., Jersey City, NJ
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- Massachusetts General Hospital (JB), Boston; Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute (BB), Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Charlotte Campus; Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (AG), QC, Canada; Lewis Katz School of Medicine (TH-P), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Houston Methodist (S. Appel), TX; University of Miami (MB), FL; Barrow Neurological Institute (RB, JS), Phoenix, AZ; Harvard Medical School (MC), Boston, MA; University of South Florida (CG), Tampa; Oxford BioDynamics Inc. (JW), Wilmington, DE; and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America (WA, CM, SN, S. Apple), Inc., Jersey City, NJ
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- Massachusetts General Hospital (JB), Boston; Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute (BB), Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Charlotte Campus; Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (AG), QC, Canada; Lewis Katz School of Medicine (TH-P), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Houston Methodist (S. Appel), TX; University of Miami (MB), FL; Barrow Neurological Institute (RB, JS), Phoenix, AZ; Harvard Medical School (MC), Boston, MA; University of South Florida (CG), Tampa; Oxford BioDynamics Inc. (JW), Wilmington, DE; and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America (WA, CM, SN, S. Apple), Inc., Jersey City, NJ
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- Massachusetts General Hospital (JB), Boston; Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute (BB), Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Charlotte Campus; Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (AG), QC, Canada; Lewis Katz School of Medicine (TH-P), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Houston Methodist (S. Appel), TX; University of Miami (MB), FL; Barrow Neurological Institute (RB, JS), Phoenix, AZ; Harvard Medical School (MC), Boston, MA; University of South Florida (CG), Tampa; Oxford BioDynamics Inc. (JW), Wilmington, DE; and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America (WA, CM, SN, S. Apple), Inc., Jersey City, NJ
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- Massachusetts General Hospital (JB), Boston; Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute (BB), Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Charlotte Campus; Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (AG), QC, Canada; Lewis Katz School of Medicine (TH-P), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Houston Methodist (S. Appel), TX; University of Miami (MB), FL; Barrow Neurological Institute (RB, JS), Phoenix, AZ; Harvard Medical School (MC), Boston, MA; University of South Florida (CG), Tampa; Oxford BioDynamics Inc. (JW), Wilmington, DE; and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America (WA, CM, SN, S. Apple), Inc., Jersey City, NJ
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- Massachusetts General Hospital (JB), Boston; Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute (BB), Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Charlotte Campus; Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (AG), QC, Canada; Lewis Katz School of Medicine (TH-P), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Houston Methodist (S. Appel), TX; University of Miami (MB), FL; Barrow Neurological Institute (RB, JS), Phoenix, AZ; Harvard Medical School (MC), Boston, MA; University of South Florida (CG), Tampa; Oxford BioDynamics Inc. (JW), Wilmington, DE; and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America (WA, CM, SN, S. Apple), Inc., Jersey City, NJ
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- Massachusetts General Hospital (JB), Boston; Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute (BB), Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Charlotte Campus; Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (AG), QC, Canada; Lewis Katz School of Medicine (TH-P), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Houston Methodist (S. Appel), TX; University of Miami (MB), FL; Barrow Neurological Institute (RB, JS), Phoenix, AZ; Harvard Medical School (MC), Boston, MA; University of South Florida (CG), Tampa; Oxford BioDynamics Inc. (JW), Wilmington, DE; and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America (WA, CM, SN, S. Apple), Inc., Jersey City, NJ
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- Massachusetts General Hospital (JB), Boston; Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute (BB), Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Charlotte Campus; Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (AG), QC, Canada; Lewis Katz School of Medicine (TH-P), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Houston Methodist (S. Appel), TX; University of Miami (MB), FL; Barrow Neurological Institute (RB, JS), Phoenix, AZ; Harvard Medical School (MC), Boston, MA; University of South Florida (CG), Tampa; Oxford BioDynamics Inc. (JW), Wilmington, DE; and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America (WA, CM, SN, S. Apple), Inc., Jersey City, NJ
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- Massachusetts General Hospital (JB), Boston; Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute (BB), Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Charlotte Campus; Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (AG), QC, Canada; Lewis Katz School of Medicine (TH-P), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Houston Methodist (S. Appel), TX; University of Miami (MB), FL; Barrow Neurological Institute (RB, JS), Phoenix, AZ; Harvard Medical School (MC), Boston, MA; University of South Florida (CG), Tampa; Oxford BioDynamics Inc. (JW), Wilmington, DE; and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America (WA, CM, SN, S. Apple), Inc., Jersey City, NJ
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- Massachusetts General Hospital (JB), Boston; Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute (BB), Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Charlotte Campus; Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (AG), QC, Canada; Lewis Katz School of Medicine (TH-P), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Houston Methodist (S. Appel), TX; University of Miami (MB), FL; Barrow Neurological Institute (RB, JS), Phoenix, AZ; Harvard Medical School (MC), Boston, MA; University of South Florida (CG), Tampa; Oxford BioDynamics Inc. (JW), Wilmington, DE; and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America (WA, CM, SN, S. Apple), Inc., Jersey City, NJ
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- Massachusetts General Hospital (JB), Boston; Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute (BB), Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Charlotte Campus; Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (AG), QC, Canada; Lewis Katz School of Medicine (TH-P), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Houston Methodist (S. Appel), TX; University of Miami (MB), FL; Barrow Neurological Institute (RB, JS), Phoenix, AZ; Harvard Medical School (MC), Boston, MA; University of South Florida (CG), Tampa; Oxford BioDynamics Inc. (JW), Wilmington, DE; and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America (WA, CM, SN, S. Apple), Inc., Jersey City, NJ
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- Massachusetts General Hospital (JB), Boston; Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute (BB), Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Charlotte Campus; Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (AG), QC, Canada; Lewis Katz School of Medicine (TH-P), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Houston Methodist (S. Appel), TX; University of Miami (MB), FL; Barrow Neurological Institute (RB, JS), Phoenix, AZ; Harvard Medical School (MC), Boston, MA; University of South Florida (CG), Tampa; Oxford BioDynamics Inc. (JW), Wilmington, DE; and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America (WA, CM, SN, S. Apple), Inc., Jersey City, NJ
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- Massachusetts General Hospital (JB), Boston; Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute (BB), Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Charlotte Campus; Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (AG), QC, Canada; Lewis Katz School of Medicine (TH-P), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Houston Methodist (S. Appel), TX; University of Miami (MB), FL; Barrow Neurological Institute (RB, JS), Phoenix, AZ; Harvard Medical School (MC), Boston, MA; University of South Florida (CG), Tampa; Oxford BioDynamics Inc. (JW), Wilmington, DE; and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America (WA, CM, SN, S. Apple), Inc., Jersey City, NJ
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- Massachusetts General Hospital (JB), Boston; Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute (BB), Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Charlotte Campus; Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (AG), QC, Canada; Lewis Katz School of Medicine (TH-P), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Houston Methodist (S. Appel), TX; University of Miami (MB), FL; Barrow Neurological Institute (RB, JS), Phoenix, AZ; Harvard Medical School (MC), Boston, MA; University of South Florida (CG), Tampa; Oxford BioDynamics Inc. (JW), Wilmington, DE; and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America (WA, CM, SN, S. Apple), Inc., Jersey City, NJ
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Gerou M, Hall B, Woof R, Allsop J, Kolb SJ, Meyer K, Shaw PJ, Allen SP. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis alters the metabolic aging profile in patient derived fibroblasts. Neurobiol Aging 2021; 105:64-77. [PMID: 34044197 PMCID: PMC8346650 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Aging is a major risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). As metabolic alterations are a hallmark of aging and have previously been observed in ALS, it is important to examine the effect of aging in the context of ALS metabolic function. Here, using a newly established phenotypic metabolic approach, we examined the effect of aging on the metabolic profile of fibroblasts derived from ALS cases compared to controls. We found that ALS fibroblasts have an altered metabolic profile, which is influenced by age. In control cases, we found significant increases with age in NADH metabolism in the presence of several metabolites including lactic acid, trehalose, uridine and fructose, which was not recapitulated in ALS cases. Conversely, we found a reduction of NADH metabolism with age of biopsy, age of onset and age of death in the presence of glycogen in the ALS cohort. Furthermore, we found that NADH production correlated with disease progression rates in relation to a number of metabolites including inosine and α-ketoglutaric acid. Inosine or α-ketoglutaric acid supplementation in ALS fibroblasts was bioenergetically favourable. Overall, we found aging related defects in energy substrates that feed carbon into glycolysis at various points as well as the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle in ALS fibroblasts, which was validated in induced neuronal progenitor cell derived iAstrocytes. Our results suggest that supplementing those pathways may protect against age related metabolic dysfunction in ALS.
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- Margarita Gerou
- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Centre, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Centre for Gene Therapy, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
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Nukui T, Matsui A, Niimi H, Sugimoto T, Hayashi T, Dougu N, Konishi H, Yamamoto M, Anada R, Matsuda N, Kitajima I, Nakatsuji Y. Increased cerebrospinal fluid adenosine 5'-triphosphate in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. BMC Neurol 2021; 21:255. [PMID: 34193068 PMCID: PMC8243489 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-021-02288-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Extracellular adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) has been suggested to cause neuroinflammation and motor neuron degeneration by activating microglia and astrocytes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Since we have developed a highly sensitive ATP assay system, we examined cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) ATP levels in patients with ALS whether it can be a useful biomarker in ALS. METHODS Forty-eight CSF samples from 44 patients with ALS were assayed for ATP with a newly established, highly sensitive assay system using luciferase luminous reaction. CSF samples from patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) were assayed as a control. Patients were divided into two groups depending on their disease severity, as evaluated using the Medical Research Council (MRC) sum score. Correlations between the CSF ATP levels and other factors, including clinical data and serum creatinine levels, were evaluated. RESULTS CSF ATP levels were significantly higher in patients with ALS than in the iNPH (716 ± 411 vs. 3635 ± 5465 pmol/L, p < 0.01). CSF ATP levels were significantly higher in the more severe group than in the iNPH group (6860 ± 8312 vs. 716 ± 411 pmol/L, p < 0.05) and mild group (6860 ± 8312 vs. 2676 ± 3959 pmol/L, p < 0.05) respectively. ALS functional rating scale-revised (ALSFRS-R) (37.9 ± 5.7 vs. 42.4 ± 2.8, p < 0.01) and serum creatinine levels (0.51 ± 0.13 vs. 0.68 ± 0.23 mg/dL, p < 0.05) were significantly lower in the severe group than in the mild group respectively. A negative correlation of CSF ATP levels with MRC sum score was demonstrated in the correlation analysis adjusted for age and sex (r = -0.3, p = 0.08). CONCLUSIONS Extracellular ATP is particularly increased in the CSF of patients with advanced ALS. CSF ATP levels may be a useful biomarker for evaluating disease severity in patients with ALS.
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- Takamasa Nukui
- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory and Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science for Research, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory and Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science for Research, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Faculty of Data Science, Graduate School of Data Science, University of Shiga, 1-1-1 Banba Hikone, Shiga, 522-8522, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory and Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science for Research, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan.
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Glutathione in the Nervous System as a Potential Therapeutic Target to Control the Development and Progression of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:antiox10071011. [PMID: 34201812 PMCID: PMC8300718 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10071011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 06/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rare neurological disorder that affects the motor neurons responsible for regulating muscle movement. However, the molecular pathogenic mechanisms of ALS remain poorly understood. A deficiency in the antioxidant tripeptide glutathione (GSH) in the nervous system appears to be involved in several neurodegenerative diseases characterized by the loss of neuronal cells. Impaired antioxidant defense systems, and the accumulation of oxidative damage due to increased dysfunction in GSH homeostasis are known to be involved in the development and progression of ALS. Aberrant GSH metabolism and redox status following oxidative damage are also associated with various cellular organelles, including the mitochondria and nucleus, and are crucial factors in neuronal toxicity induced by ALS. In this review, we provide an overview of the implications of imbalanced GSH homeostasis and its molecular characteristics in various experimental models of ALS.
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Daghlas SA, Govindarajan R. Relative effects of forced vital capacity and ALSFRS-R on survival in ALS. Muscle Nerve 2021; 64:346-351. [PMID: 34076262 DOI: 10.1002/mus.27344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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INTRODUCTION/AIM Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative neuromuscular disease with marked clinical heterogeneity. This heterogeneity can be partly captured by clinical measures, such as the forced vital capacity (FVC) and ALS Functional Rating Scale-Revised (ALSFRS-R). We aimed to further characterize the performance of these clinical measures, including their independence and additivity, in predicting mortality. METHODS We leveraged the Pooled Resource Open-Access ALS Clinical Trials (PRO-ACT ALS) database, which includes data from 23 clinical trials (n = 2050). The primary exposures were baseline FVC and ALSFRS-R. The primary outcome was 1-y mortality. We performed correlation analyses, survival analyses and assessed classification performance using receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves. RESULTS FVC and ALSFRS-R were weakly correlated (r = 0.31, p < .001). A 1-SD increase in FVC (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.66; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.59-0.74) and ALSFRS-R (HR: 0.75; 95% CI: 0.68-0.82) were associated with reduced risk of 1-y mortality. ROC analyses showed optimal predictive cutoffs at 80% for FVC (area under the curve [AUC]: 0.69) and 38 for ALSFRS-R (AUC: 0.67). After stratifying patients based on these cutoffs, we found a marked reduction (HR: 0.25; 95% CI: 0.19-0.33) in incident mortality for patients in the high FVC and high ALSFRS-R group relative to the low FVC and low ALSFRS-R group. DISCUSSION ALSFRS-R and FVC are comparable predictors of survival that are only weakly correlated. When considered together, they synergistically predict survival. As such, consideration of both measures should be a routine part of prognostication in care of patients with ALS.
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- Salah A Daghlas
- University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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Spasić S, Nikolić-Kokić A, Miletić S, Oreščanin-Dušić Z, Spasić MB, Blagojević D, Stević Z. Edaravone May Prevent Ferroptosis in ALS. Curr Drug Targets 2021; 21:776-780. [PMID: 32077821 DOI: 10.2174/1389450121666200220123305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Radicava™ (Edaravone) was approved the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a new treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Edaravone is a synthetic antioxidant that specifically targets oxidative damage interacting with lipid radicals in the cell. In ALS disease the multiple cell types are involved in devastating loss of motor neurons. Mutations and biochemical changes in various cell types jointly contribute to motor neuron death, disease onset, and disease progression. The overall mechanism of neurodegeneration in ALS is still not completely understood. Dying motor neurons have been reported to exhibit features of apoptosis. However, non-apoptotic features of dying motor neurons have also been reported such as ferroptosis. The role of Edaravone in the prevention of ferroptosis in parallel with other therapeutic approaches to ALS therapy is discussed.
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- Snežana Spasić
- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic", National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic", National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic", National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic", National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Center of Serbia, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Xu L, He B, Zhang Y, Chen L, Fan D, Zhan S, Wang S. Prognostic models for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a systematic review. J Neurol 2021; 268:3361-3370. [PMID: 33694050 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-021-10508-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Increasing prognostic models for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have been developed. However, no comprehensive evaluation of these models has been done. The purpose of this study was to map the prognostic models for ALS to assess their potential contribution and suggest future improvements on modeling strategy. METHODS Databases including Medline, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane library were searched from inception to 20 February 2021. All studies developing and/or validating prognostic models for ALS were selected. Information regarding modelling method and methodological quality was extracted. RESULTS A total of 28 studies describing the development of 34 models and the external validation of 19 models were included. The outcomes concerned were ALS progression (n = 12; 35%), change in weight (n = 1; 3%), respiratory insufficiency (n = 2; 6%), and survival (n = 19; 56%). Among the models predicting ALS progression or survival, the most frequently used predictors were age, ALS Functional Rating Scale/ALS Functional Rating Scale-Revised, site of onset, and disease duration. The modelling method adopted most was machine learning (n = 16; 47%). Most of the models (n = 25; 74%) were not presented. Discrimination and calibration were assessed in 12 (35%) and 2 (6%) models, respectively. Only one model by Westeneng et al. (Lancet Neurol 17:423-433, 2018) was assessed with overall low risk of bias and it performed well in both discrimination and calibration, suggesting a relatively reliable model for practice. CONCLUSIONS This study systematically reviewed the prognostic models for ALS. Their usefulness is questionable due to several methodological pitfalls and the lack of external validation done by fully independent researchers. Future research should pay more attention to the addition of novel promising predictors, external validation, and head-to-head comparisons of existing models.
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- Lu Xu
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 Huayuan North Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 Huayuan North Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China. .,Research Center of Clinical Epidemiology, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China. .,Center for Intelligent Public Health, Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.
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Andronesi OC, Nicholson K, Jafari-Khouzani K, Bogner W, Wang J, Chan J, Macklin EA, Levine-Weinberg M, Breen C, Schwarzschild MA, Cudkowicz M, Rosen BR, Paganoni S, Ratai EM. Imaging Neurochemistry and Brain Structure Tracks Clinical Decline and Mechanisms of ALS in Patients. Front Neurol 2020; 11:590573. [PMID: 33343494 PMCID: PMC7744722 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.590573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background: Oxidative stress and protein aggregation are key mechanisms in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease. Reduced glutathione (GSH) is the most important intracellular antioxidant that protects neurons from reactive oxygen species. We hypothesized that levels of GSH measured by MR spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) in the motor cortex and corticospinal tract are linked to clinical trajectory of ALS patients. Objectives: Investigate the value of GSH imaging to probe clinical decline of ALS patients in combination with other neurochemical and structural parameters. Methods: Twenty-four ALS patients were imaged at 3 T with an advanced MR protocol. Mapping GSH levels in the brain is challenging, and for this purpose, we used an optimized spectral-edited 3D MRSI sequence with real-time motion and field correction to image glutathione and other brain metabolites. In addition, our imaging protocol included (i) an adiabatic T1ρ sequence to image macromolecular fraction of brain parenchyma, (ii) diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) for white matter tractography, and (iii) high-resolution anatomical imaging. Results: We found GSH in motor cortex (r = −0.431, p = 0.04) and corticospinal tract (r = −0.497, p = 0.016) inversely correlated with time between diagnosis and imaging. N-Acetyl-aspartate (NAA) in motor cortex inversely correlated (r = −0.416, p = 0.049), while mean water diffusivity (r = 0.437, p = 0.033) and T1ρ (r = 0.482, p = 0.019) positively correlated with disease progression measured by imputed change in revised ALS Functional Rating Scale. There is more decrease in the motor cortex than in the white matter for GSH compared to NAA, glutamate, and glutamine. Conclusions: Our study suggests that a panel of biochemical and structural imaging biomarkers defines a brain endophenotype, which can be used to time biological events and clinical progression in ALS patients. Such a quantitative brain endophenotype may stratify ALS patients into more homogeneous groups for therapeutic interventions compared to clinical criteria.
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- Ovidiu C Andronesi
- Department of Radiology, A. A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Neurological Clinical Research Institute (NCRI), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Radiology, A. A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- High Field MR Centre, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Radiology, A. A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.,Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Biostatistics Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Biostatistics Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Neurological Clinical Research Institute (NCRI), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Neurological Clinical Research Institute (NCRI), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Neurological Clinical Research Institute (NCRI), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Radiology, A. A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Neurological Clinical Research Institute (NCRI), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.,Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Radiology, A. A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
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Kukharsky MS, Skvortsova VI, Bachurin SO, Buchman VL. In a search for efficient treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Old drugs for new approaches. Med Res Rev 2020; 41:2804-2822. [DOI: 10.1002/med.21725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Michail S. Kukharsky
- Faculty of Medical Biology Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University Moscow Russian Federation
- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow Region Russian Federation
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- Faculty of Medical Biology Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University Moscow Russian Federation
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- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow Region Russian Federation
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- Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow Region Russian Federation
- School of Biosciences Cardiff University Cardiff United Kingdom
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Liu J, Luo X, Chen X, Shang H. Serum creatinine levels in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener 2020; 21:502-508. [PMID: 32564621 DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2020.1774610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Serum creatinine (Cr) is a biosynthetic product of creatine phosphate metabolism in muscles and is closely related to total muscle mass, but it is not easily affected by diet. Several studies have tried to explore the role of serum Cr levels in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), but the results were inconsistent. Therefore, our study aims to explore the differences of serum Cr levels between ALS patients and controls and whether serum Cr at baseline is an independent predictor of survival. Methods: We searched all the related studies that probed into the association between Serum Cr levels and ALS based on PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane library from October 1952 to February 2019. The quality of the included studies was evaluated by using Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS), and all the statistical analysis of this meta-analysis was performed by Stata version 12.0. Results: Eight studies with a total of 11377 ALS patients and 937 controls were included. Among them, five studies indicated that ALS patients had lower serum Cr levels (SMD = -0.78, 95%CI [-0.97, -0.60]) compared to controls, and three studies showed that higher serum Cr levels in ALS patients were related to lower overall mortality (HR 0.89, 95%CI [0.80, 0.99]). Conclusion: The levels of serum Cr in ALS patients are significantly lower than those in controls, and they are inversely related to overall mortality in ALS patients. Therefore, the serum Cr, an easily accessible serological factor, may serve as a prognostic biomarker.
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- Jiao Liu
- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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McCombe PA, Garton FC, Katz M, Wray NR, Henderson RD. What do we know about the variability in survival of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis? Expert Rev Neurother 2020; 20:921-941. [PMID: 32569484 DOI: 10.1080/14737175.2020.1785873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION ALS is a fatal neurodegenerative disease. However, patients show variability in the length of survival after symptom onset. Understanding the mechanisms of long survival could lead to possible avenues for therapy. AREAS COVERED This review surveys the reported length of survival in ALS, the clinical features that predict survival in individual patients, and possible factors, particularly genetic factors, that could cause short or long survival. The authors also speculate on possible mechanisms. EXPERT OPINION a small number of known factors can explain some variability in ALS survival. However, other disease-modifying factors likely exist. Factors that alter motor neurone vulnerability and immune, metabolic, and muscle function could affect survival by modulating the disease process. Knowing these factors could lead to interventions to change the course of the disease. The authors suggest a broad approach is needed to quantify the proportion of variation survival attributable to genetic and non-genetic factors and to identify and estimate the effect size of specific factors. Studies of this nature could not only identify novel avenues for therapeutic research but also play an important role in clinical trial design and personalized medicine.
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- Pamela A McCombe
- Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland , Brisbane, Australia.,Department of Neurology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital , Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland , Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital , Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland , Brisbane, Australia.,Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland , Brisbane, Australia
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- Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland , Brisbane, Australia
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Barp A, Gerardi F, Lizio A, Sansone VA, Lunetta C. Emerging Drugs for the Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Focus on Recent Phase 2 Trials. Expert Opin Emerg Drugs 2020; 25:145-164. [PMID: 32456491 DOI: 10.1080/14728214.2020.1769067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disease involving both upper and lower motor neurons and resulting in increasing disability and death 3-5 years after onset of symptoms. Over 40 large clinical trials for ALS have been negative, except for Riluzole that offers a modest survival benefit, and Edaravone that modestly reduces disease progression in patients with specific characteristics. Thus, the discovery of efficient disease modifying therapy is an urgent need. AREAS COVERED Although the cause of ALS remains unclear, many studies have demonstrated that neuroinflammation, proteinopathies, glutamate-induced excitotoxicity, microglial activation, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction may play a key role in the pathogenesis. This review highlights recent discoveries relating to these diverse mechanisms and their implications for the development of therapy. Ongoing phase 2 clinical trials aimed to interfere with these pathophysiological mechanisms are discussed. EXPERT OPINION This review describes the challenges that the discovery of an efficient drug therapy faces and how these issues may be addressed. With the continuous advances coming from basic research, we provided possible suggestions that may be considered to improve performance of clinical trials and turn ALS research into a 'fertile ground' for drug development for this devastating disease.
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- Andrea Barp
- NEuroMuscular Omnicentre, Fondazione Serena Onlus , Milan, Italy.,Dept. Biomedical Sciences of Health, University of Milan , Milan, Italy
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- NEuroMuscular Omnicentre, Fondazione Serena Onlus , Milan, Italy
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- NEuroMuscular Omnicentre, Fondazione Serena Onlus , Milan, Italy.,Dept. Biomedical Sciences of Health, University of Milan , Milan, Italy
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Verber NS, Shepheard SR, Sassani M, McDonough HE, Moore SA, Alix JJP, Wilkinson ID, Jenkins TM, Shaw PJ. Biomarkers in Motor Neuron Disease: A State of the Art Review. Front Neurol 2019; 10:291. [PMID: 31001186 PMCID: PMC6456669 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Motor neuron disease can be viewed as an umbrella term describing a heterogeneous group of conditions, all of which are relentlessly progressive and ultimately fatal. The average life expectancy is 2 years, but with a broad range of months to decades. Biomarker research deepens disease understanding through exploration of pathophysiological mechanisms which, in turn, highlights targets for novel therapies. It also allows differentiation of the disease population into sub-groups, which serves two general purposes: (a) provides clinicians with information to better guide their patients in terms of disease progression, and (b) guides clinical trial design so that an intervention may be shown to be effective if population variation is controlled for. Biomarkers also have the potential to provide monitoring during clinical trials to ensure target engagement. This review highlights biomarkers that have emerged from the fields of systemic measurements including biochemistry (blood, cerebrospinal fluid, and urine analysis); imaging and electrophysiology, and gives examples of how a combinatorial approach may yield the best results. We emphasize the importance of systematic sample collection and analysis, and the need to correlate biomarker findings with detailed phenotype and genotype data.
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- Nick S Verber
- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Ning P, Yang B, Li S, Mu X, Shen Q, Hu F, Tang Y, Yang X, Xu Y. Systematic review of the prognostic role of body mass index in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener 2019; 20:356-367. [PMID: 30931632 DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2019.1587631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Pingping Ning
- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China,
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- Department of Neurology, Seventh People’s Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China,
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China,
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- Department of Neurology, Chengdu First People’s Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China and
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China,
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China,
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China,
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- Department of Geriatric Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P.R. China,
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Bjornevik K, Zhang Z, O'Reilly ÉJ, Berry JD, Clish CB, Deik A, Jeanfavre S, Kato I, Kelly RS, Kolonel LN, Liang L, Marchand LL, McCullough ML, Paganoni S, Pierce KA, Schwarzschild MA, Shadyab AH, Wactawski-Wende J, Wang DD, Wang Y, Manson JE, Ascherio A. Prediagnostic plasma metabolomics and the risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurology 2019; 92:e2089-e2100. [PMID: 30926684 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000007401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To identify prediagnostic plasma metabolomic biomarkers associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS We conducted a global metabolomic study using a nested case-control study design within 5 prospective cohorts and identified 275 individuals who developed ALS during follow-up. We profiled plasma metabolites using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and identified 404 known metabolites. We used conditional logistic regression to evaluate the associations between metabolites and ALS risk. Further, we used machine learning analyses to determine whether the prediagnostic metabolomic profile could discriminate ALS cases from controls. RESULTS A total of 31 out of 404 identified metabolites were associated with ALS risk (p < 0.05). We observed inverse associations (n = 27) with plasma levels of diacylglycerides and triacylglycerides, urate, purine nucleosides, and some organic acids and derivatives, while we found positive associations for a cholesteryl ester, 2 phosphatidylcholines, and a sphingomyelin. The number of significant associations increased to 67 (63 inverse) in analyses restricted to cases with blood samples collected within 5 years of onset. None of these associations remained significant after multiple comparison adjustment. Further, we were not able to reliably distinguish individuals who became cases from controls based on their metabolomic profile using partial least squares discriminant analysis, elastic net regression, random forest, support vector machine, or weighted correlation network analyses. CONCLUSIONS Although the metabolomic profile in blood samples collected years before ALS diagnosis did not reliably separate presymptomatic ALS cases from controls, our results suggest that ALS is preceded by a broad, but poorly defined, metabolic dysregulation years before the disease onset.
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- Kjetil Bjornevik
- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
| | - Rachel S Kelly
- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- From the Departments of Nutrition (K.B., Z.Z., É.J.O., D.D.W., A.A.) and Epidemiology (L.L., J.E.M., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; School of Public Health (É.J.O.), College of Medicine, University College Cork, Ireland; Department of Neurology (J.D.B., M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Metabolomics Platform (C.B.C., A.D., S.J., K.A.P.), Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, MA; Department of Oncology (I.K.), Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI; Channing Division of Network Medicine (R.S.K., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Epidemiology Program (L.N.K., L.L.M.), University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (M.L.M.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (S.P.), Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School (S.P., M.A.S.), Boston, MA; Family Medicine and Public Health (A.H.S.), School of Medicine, University of California San Diego; Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Public Health and Health Professions (J.W.-W.), University at Buffalo, NY; Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group (Y.W.), American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA; and Department of Medicine (J.E.M.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Johnson TA, Jinnah HA, Kamatani N. Shortage of Cellular ATP as a Cause of Diseases and Strategies to Enhance ATP. Front Pharmacol 2019; 10:98. [PMID: 30837873 PMCID: PMC6390775 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Germline mutations in cellular-energy associated genes have been shown to lead to various monogenic disorders. Notably, mitochondrial disorders often impact skeletal muscle, brain, liver, heart, and kidneys, which are the body’s top energy-consuming organs. However, energy-related dysfunctions have not been widely seen as causes of common diseases, although evidence points to such a link for certain disorders. During acute energy consumption, like extreme exercise, cells increase the favorability of the adenylate kinase reaction 2-ADP -> ATP+AMP by AMP deaminase degrading AMP to IMP, which further degrades to inosine and then to purines hypoxanthine -> xanthine -> urate. Thus, increased blood urate levels may act as a barometer of extreme energy consumption. AMP deaminase deficient subjects experience some negative effects like decreased muscle power output, but also positive effects such as decreased diabetes and improved prognosis for chronic heart failure patients. That may reflect decreased energy consumption from maintaining the pool of IMP for salvage to AMP and then ATP, since de novo IMP synthesis requires burning seven ATPs. Similarly, beneficial effects have been seen in heart, skeletal muscle, or brain after treatment with allopurinol or febuxostat to inhibit xanthine oxidoreductase, which catalyzes hypoxanthine -> xanthine and xanthine -> urate reactions. Some disorders of those organs may reflect dysfunction in energy-consumption/production, and the observed beneficial effects related to reinforcement of ATP re-synthesis due to increased hypoxanthine levels in the blood and tissues. Recent clinical studies indicated that treatment with xanthine oxidoreductase inhibitors plus inosine had the strongest impact for increasing the pool of salvageable purines and leading to increased ATP levels in humans, thereby suggesting that this combination is more beneficial than a xanthine oxidoreductase inhibitor alone to treat disorders with ATP deficiency.
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- Departments of Neurology and Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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Zhang C, Yang Y, Liang W, Wang T, Wang S, Wang X, Wang Y, Jiang H, Feng H. Neuroprotection by urate on the mutant hSOD1-related cellular and Drosophila models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Implication for GSH synthesis via activating Akt/GSK3β/Nrf2/GCLC pathways. Brain Res Bull 2019; 146:287-301. [PMID: 30690059 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2019.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Oxidative stress has been considered as a principal mechanism of motor neuron death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal neurodegenerative disease which could be caused by dominant mutations in an antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1). The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential neuroprotective effects and mechanisms of urate, an important endogenous antioxidant and a biomarker of favorable ALS progression rates, in the mutant human SOD1-related cellular and Drosophila models of ALS. Our results showed that urate treatment provided neuroprotective effects as confirmed by enhanced survival, attenuated motor impairments, reduced oxidative damage and increased antioxidant defense in hSOD1-G85R-expressing Drosophila models of ALS. In vitro studies, we demonstrated that urate protected motor neurons (NSC-34 cells) against hSOD1-G93A-induced cell damage and apoptosis by decreasing reactive oxygen specials (ROS) production and oxidative damage. Moreover, urate markedly increased the expression and activation of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), stimulated Nrf2-targeted antioxidant gene glutathione cysteine ligase catalytic subunit (GCLC) expression and glutathione (GSH) synthesis by upregulating Akt/GSK3β pathway. Furthermore, the inhibition of Akt pathway with LY294002 abolished urate-mediated elevation of GSH synthesis and neuroprotective effects both in vivo and in vitro. Overall, these results suggested that, in addition to its direct scavenging of ROS, urate markedly enhanced GSH expression by activating Akt/GSK3β/Nrf2/GCLC pathway, and thus offering neuroprotective effects on motor neurons against oxidative stress.
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- Chunting Zhang
- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150001, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150001, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150001, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150001, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150001, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150001, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150001, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150001, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, 150001, PR China.
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Nicholson K, Chan J, Macklin EA, Levine‐Weinberg M, Breen C, Bakshi R, Grasso DL, Wills A, Jahandideh S, Taylor AA, Beaulieu D, Ennist DL, Andronesi O, Ratai E, Schwarzschild MA, Cudkowicz M, Paganoni S. Pilot trial of inosine to elevate urate levels in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2018; 5:1522-1533. [PMID: 30564619 PMCID: PMC6292193 DOI: 10.1002/acn3.671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Revised: 08/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To test the safety, tolerability, and urate-elevating capability of the urate precursor inosine taken orally or by feeding tube in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS This was a pilot, open-label trial in 25 participants with ALS. Treatment duration was 12 weeks. The dose of inosine was titrated at pre-specified time points to elevate serum urate levels to 7-8 mg/dL. Primary outcomes were safety (as assessed by the occurrence of adverse events [AEs]) and tolerability (defined as the ability to complete the 12-week study on study drug). Secondary outcomes included biomarkers of oxidative stress and damage. As an exploratory analysis, observed outcomes were compared with a virtual control arm built using prediction algorithms to estimate ALSFRS-R scores. RESULTS Twenty-four out of 25 participants (96%) completed 12 weeks of study drug treatment. One participant was unable to comply with study visits and was lost to follow-up. Serum urate rose to target levels in 6 weeks. No serious AEs attributed to study drug and no AEs of special concern, such as urolithiasis and gout, occurred. Selected biomarkers of oxidative stress and damage had significant changes during the study period. Observed changes in ALSFRS-R did not differ from baseline predictions. INTERPRETATION Inosine appeared safe, well tolerated, and effective in raising serum urate levels in people with ALS. These findings, together with epidemiological observations and preclinical data supporting a neuroprotective role of urate in ALS models, provide the rationale for larger clinical trials testing inosine as a potential disease-modifying therapy for ALS.
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- Katharine Nicholson
- Neurological Clinical Research Institute (NCRI)Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)BostonMassachusetts
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- MGH Biostatistics CenterBostonMassachusetts
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- Neurological Clinical Research Institute (NCRI)Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)BostonMassachusetts
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- Neurological Clinical Research Institute (NCRI)Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)BostonMassachusetts
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- MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative DiseaseBostonMassachusetts
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- Neurological Clinical Research Institute (NCRI)Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)BostonMassachusetts
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- Neurological Clinical Research Institute (NCRI)Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)BostonMassachusetts
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- MGH Department of RadiologyA. A. Martinos Center for Biomedical ImagingBostonMassachusetts
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- MGH Department of RadiologyA. A. Martinos Center for Biomedical ImagingBostonMassachusetts
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- Neurological Clinical Research Institute (NCRI)Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)BostonMassachusetts
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- Neurological Clinical Research Institute (NCRI)Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)BostonMassachusetts
- Spaulding Rehabilitation HospitalBostonMassachusetts
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Although we currently have two, approved, disease-modifying drugs for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), we are in disperate need for more efficacious treatment. To aggressively test for newer therapies, we must develop reliable objective biomarkers to supplement clinical outcome measures. Many biomarker candidates have been actively and vigorously investigated. Among neurophysiological biomarkers, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)-based biomarkers show potential in exploring disease mechanisms. Neuroimaging biomarkers have high specificity in diagnosing ALS but are an expensive endeavor and are not sensitive enough to detect changes over time of the disease. Among fluid-based biochemical biomarkers, creatinine (Crn) and uric acids (UA), which have been known for decades, may prove to be highly promising biomarkers that can predict disease progression. They can be easily tested in any clinical trials because the costs are minimal. Although known for some time, neurofilaments (NF), either phosphorylated-NF heavy subunit (pNFH) or NF light subunit (NFL), have emerged as "new" biomarkers using specific antibodies. They appear to be highly specific and sensitive in diagnosing ALS, yet they may be insensitive to assess changes in disease over time. These two NF biomarkers along with Crn and UA should be explored extensively in future clinical trials and any other clinical studies in ALS. Yet, we still need newer, more innovative, and reliable biomarkers for future ALS research. Fortunatley, aggressive investigations appear to be currently underway.
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- Hiroshi Mitsumoto
- Wesley J Howe Professor of Neurology (at CUMC), Eleanor and Lou Gehrig ALS Center, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC)
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Urate mitigates oxidative stress and motor neuron toxicity of astrocytes derived from ALS-linked SOD1 G93A mutant mice. Mol Cell Neurosci 2018; 92:12-16. [PMID: 29928993 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2018.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Revised: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 06/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Dominant mutations in an antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1) cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an adult-onset neurodegenerative disease characterized by loss of motor neurons. Oxidative stress has also been linked to many of the neurodegenerative diseases and is likely a central mechanism of motor neuron death in ALS. Astrocytes derived from mutant SOD1G93A mouse models or patients play a significant role in the degeneration of spinal motor neurons in ALS through a non-cell-autonomous process. Here we characterize the neuroprotective effects and mechanisms of urate (a.k.a. uric acid), a major endogenous antioxidant and a biomarker of favorable ALS progression rates, in a cellular model of ALS. Our results demonstrate a significant protective effect of urate against motor neuron injury evoked by mutant astrocytes derived from SOD1G93A mice or hydrogen peroxide induced oxidative stress. Overall, these results implicate astrocyte dependent protective effect of urate in a cellular model of ALS. These findings together with our biomarker data may advance novel targets for treating motor neuron disease.
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Zhang F, Zhang Q, Ke Y, Hao J, Lu L, Lu N, Chen X. Serum uric acid levels in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a meta-analysis. Sci Rep 2018; 8:1100. [PMID: 29348425 PMCID: PMC5773600 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19609-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The pathogenic mechanism of ALS remains unclear. However, increasing evidence has indicated that uric acid (UA) may play a protective role in the pathogenesis of ALS. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between serum UA levels and ALS. A comprehensive literature search in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library was conducted up to 31st August, 2017, using keywords. A random-effects model or fixed-effects model was used to calculate the pooled estimate according to the inter-group heterogeneity. Finally, we indentified 8 case-control and 3 cohort studies. The results indicated that patients with ALS had significant decreased levels of serum UA compared to healthy controls (standardized mean difference (SMD) = -0.72, 95% CI [-0.98,-0.46], P < 0.001). Increased serum UA levels were associated with lower all-cause mortality risk among ALS patients (risk ratio (RR) = 0.70, 95% CI [0.57, 0.87], P = 0.001). To summarize, there is an inverse association between serum UA levels and risk of death among ALS patients. Randomized controlled trials with high quality are required to elucidate the role of UA on ALS.
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- Fan Zhang
- Department of Geriatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450014, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450014, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450014, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450014, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450014, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450014, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450014, China.
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