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Yang Y, Li X, Lu J, Ge J, Chen M, Yao R, Tian M, Wang J, Liu F, Zuo C. Recent progress in the applications of presynaptic dopaminergic positron emission tomography imaging in parkinsonism. Neural Regen Res 2025; 20:93-106. [PMID: 38767479 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.391180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2024] Open
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Nowadays, presynaptic dopaminergic positron emission tomography, which assesses deficiencies in dopamine synthesis, storage, and transport, is widely utilized for early diagnosis and differential diagnosis of parkinsonism. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the latest developments in the application of presynaptic dopaminergic positron emission tomography imaging in disorders that manifest parkinsonism. We conducted a thorough literature search using reputable databases such as PubMed and Web of Science. Selection criteria involved identifying peer-reviewed articles published within the last 5 years, with emphasis on their relevance to clinical applications. The findings from these studies highlight that presynaptic dopaminergic positron emission tomography has demonstrated potential not only in diagnosing and differentiating various Parkinsonian conditions but also in assessing disease severity and predicting prognosis. Moreover, when employed in conjunction with other imaging modalities and advanced analytical methods, presynaptic dopaminergic positron emission tomography has been validated as a reliable in vivo biomarker. This validation extends to screening and exploring potential neuropathological mechanisms associated with dopaminergic depletion. In summary, the insights gained from interpreting these studies are crucial for enhancing the effectiveness of preclinical investigations and clinical trials, ultimately advancing toward the goals of neuroregeneration in parkinsonian disorders.
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- Yujie Yang
- Key Laboratory of Arrhythmias, Ministry of Education, Department of Medical Genetics, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Neurology, National Research Center for Aging and Medicine, National Center for Neurological Disorders, and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, National Research Center for Aging and Medicine, National Center for Neurological Disorders, and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET Center, National Center for Neurological Disorders, and National Clinical Research Center for Aging and Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET Center, National Center for Neurological Disorders, and National Clinical Research Center for Aging and Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, National Research Center for Aging and Medicine, National Center for Neurological Disorders, and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, National Research Center for Aging and Medicine, National Center for Neurological Disorders, and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET Center, National Center for Neurological Disorders, and National Clinical Research Center for Aging and Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- International Human Phenome Institutes (Shanghai), Shanghai, China
- Human Phenome Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, National Research Center for Aging and Medicine, National Center for Neurological Disorders, and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, National Research Center for Aging and Medicine, National Center for Neurological Disorders, and State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET Center, National Center for Neurological Disorders, and National Clinical Research Center for Aging and Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Human Phenome Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Zhai H, Fan W, Xiao Y, Zhu Z, Ding Y, He C, Zhang W, Xu Y, Zhang Y. Convergent and divergent intra- and internetwork connectivity in Parkinson's disease with wearing-off. Neurol Sci 2024; 45:155-169. [PMID: 37578631 PMCID: PMC10761410 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-023-07005-2] [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: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Our study aimed to explore the functional connectivity alterations between cortical nodes of resting-state networks in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with wearing-off (WO) at different levels. METHODS Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging was performed on 36 PD patients without wearing-off (PD-nWO), 30 PD patients with wearing-off (PD-WO), and 35 healthy controls (HCs) to extract functional networks. Integrity, network, and edge levels were calculated for comparison between groups. UPDRS-III, MMSE, MOCA, HAMA, and HAMD scores were collected for further regression analysis. RESULTS We observed significantly reduced connectivity strength in the dorsal attention network and limbic network in the PD-WO group compared with the HC group. The PD-WO group showed a decreased degree of functional connectivity at 12 nodes, including the bilateral orbital part of the superior frontal gyrus, right olfactory cortex, left medial orbital part of the superior frontal gyrus, bilateral gyrus rectus, right parahippocampal gyrus, right thalamus, left Heschl's gyrus, right superior temporal gyrus part of the temporal pole, left middle temporal gyrus part of the temporal pole, and right inferior temporal gyrus. Furthermore, the PD-WO group showed a significantly lower degree of functional connectivity in the left orbital part of the superior frontal gyrus and right gyrus rectus than the PD-nWO group. Internetwork analysis indicated reduced functional connectivity in five pairs of resting-state networks. CONCLUSION Our results demonstrated altered intra- and internetwork connections in PD patients with WO. These findings will facilitate a better understanding of the distinction between the network changes in PD pathophysiology.
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- Heng Zhai
- Department of Neurology, Guangdong Neuroscience Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510080, China
- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Neurology, Guangdong Neuroscience Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Guangdong Neuroscience Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Image Analysis and Application, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
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Zhai H, Fan W, Xiao Y, Zhu Z, Ding Y, He C, Zhang W, Xu Y, Zhang Y. Voxel-based morphometry of grey matter structures in Parkinson's Disease with wearing-off. Brain Imaging Behav 2023; 17:725-737. [PMID: 37735325 PMCID: PMC10733201 DOI: 10.1007/s11682-023-00793-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Our study aimed to investigate the grey matter (GM) changes using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with wearing-off (WO). 3D-T1-weighted imaging was performed on 48 PD patients without wearing-off (PD-nWO), 39 PD patients with wearing-off (PD-WO) and 47 age and sex-matched healthy controls (HCs). 3D structural images were analyzed by VBM procedure with Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM12) to detect grey matter volume. Widespread areas of grey matter changes were found in patients among three groups (in bilateral frontal, temporal lobes, lingual gyrus, inferior occipital gyrus, right precuneus, right superior parietal gyrus and right cerebellum). Grey matter reductions were found in frontal lobe (right middle frontal gyrus, superior frontal gyrus and precentral gyrus), right parietal lobe (precuneus, superior parietal gyrus, postcentral gyrus), right temporal lobe (superior temporal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus), bilateral lingual gyrus and inferior occipital gyrus in PD-WO group compared with the PD-nWO group. Our results suggesting that wearing-off may be associated with grey matter atrophy in the cortical areas. These findings may aid in a better understanding of the brain degeneration process in PD with wearing-off.
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- Heng Zhai
- Department of Neurology, Guangdong Neuroscience Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, No. 106 Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong Province, China
- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Neurology, Guangdong Neuroscience Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, No. 106 Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Neurology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Neurology, Guangdong Neuroscience Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, No. 106 Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, Guangdong Province, China.
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Image Analysis and Application, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
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Jung JH, Na HK, Jeong SH, Chung SJ, Yoo HS, Lee YH, Baik K, Kim SJ, Sohn YH, Lee PH. Effects of Dihydropyridines on the Motor and Cognitive Outcomes of Patients with Parkinson's Disease. Mov Disord 2023. [PMID: 36825772 DOI: 10.1002/mds.29367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Dihydropyridines (DHPs) may have neuroprotective effects against Parkinson's disease (PD). OBJECTIVE This study investigated the effects of DHPs on nigrostriatal dopaminergic denervation and longitudinal motor and cognitive outcomes in PD. METHODS We classified 476 patients with drug-naive PD who had undergone dopamine transporter imaging into three groups. They were selected according to a prior diagnosis of hypertension and use of DHPs and were matched using propensity scores: patients without hypertension (HTN-; n = 50) and patients with hypertension treated without DHP (HTN+/DHP-; n = 50) or with DHP (HTN+/DHP+; n = 50). Multiple linear regression and linear mixed model analyses were performed to determine intergroup differences in baseline dopamine transporter availability and longitudinal changes in the levodopa-equivalent dose, respectively. Using Kaplan-Meier analyses, we compared the risks of levodopa-induced dyskinesia, wearing off, and dementia-free survival during the 5.06 years of the mean follow-up period. The Cox regression model determined the independent effects of DHPs on dementia conversion. RESULTS Dopamine transporter availability in all striatal subregions was comparable between the HTN-, HTN+/DHP-, and HTN+/DHP+ groups. The risks of levodopa-induced dyskinesia and wearing off, as well as longitudinal changes in the levodopa-equivalent dose, did not differ between the groups. The HTN+/DHP+ group had a lower risk of developing dementia than the HTN+/DHP- (Bonferroni-corrected Plog-rank = 0.036) group. The use of DHP was independently associated with a lower risk of dementia conversion after controlling for other antihypertensive drugs and confounding factors (hazard ratio, 0.242; 95% confidence interval, 0.087-0.668; P = 0.006). CONCLUSIONS DHPs may be associated with better long-term cognitive outcomes in hypertensive patients with PD. © 2023 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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- Jin Ho Jung
- Department of Neurology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea.,Dementia and Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center, Inje University, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Neurology, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Neurology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea.,Dementia and Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center, Inje University, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Chung SJ, Kim YJ, Yoo HS, Jung JH, Baik K, Lee HS, Lee YH, Hong JM, Sohn YH, Lee PH. Temporalis Muscle Thickness as an Indicator of Sarcopenia Is Associated With Long-term Motor Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2021; 76:2242-2248. [PMID: 33754634 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glab082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To investigate the relationship between temporalis muscle thickness (TMT) at baseline as a surrogate marker for sarcopenia and long-term motor outcomes in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS We enrolled 249 patients with drug-naïve early-stage PD (119 males and 130 females, follow-up > 3 years). Baseline TMT of each patient was measured on the axial plane of T1-weighted images. The association between baseline TMT and long-term motor outcomes in PD was assessed using Cox regression models for levodopa-induced dyskinesia, wearing-off, and freezing of gait and a linear mixed model for the longitudinal increases in levodopa-equivalent dose per body weight over time. Statistical analyses were performed separately for sex if an interaction effect between TMT and sex was assumed. RESULTS TMT differed substantially between the sexes, and male PD patients had higher TMT (6.69 ± 1.39 mm) than female PD patients (5.64 ± 1.34 mm, p < .001). Cox regression models demonstrated that baseline TMT was not associated with the risk of developing levodopa-induced dyskinesia, wearing-off, or freezing of gait during the follow-up period. The linear mixed model was applied separately for sex and demonstrated that higher TMT at baseline was associated with slower increases in levodopa-equivalent dose per body weight in male PD patients, but not in female PD patients. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated that baseline TMT could be an indicator of the longitudinal requirement for dopaminergic medications in male patients with PD, suggesting that sarcopenia may have a detrimental effect on disease progression in PD in a sex-specific manner.
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- Seok Jong Chung
- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul,South Korea
- Department of Neurology, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul,South Korea
- Department of Neurology, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul,South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul,South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul,South Korea
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- Biostatistics Collaboration Unit, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul,South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul,South Korea
- Department of Neurology, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul,South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul,South Korea
- Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Palermo G, Giannoni S, Bellini G, Siciliano G, Ceravolo R. Dopamine Transporter Imaging, Current Status of a Potential Biomarker: A Comprehensive Review. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:11234. [PMID: 34681899 PMCID: PMC8538800 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222011234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A major goal of current clinical research in Parkinson's disease (PD) is the validation and standardization of biomarkers enabling early diagnosis, predicting outcomes, understanding PD pathophysiology, and demonstrating target engagement in clinical trials. Molecular imaging with specific dopamine-related tracers offers a practical indirect imaging biomarker of PD, serving as a powerful tool to assess the status of presynaptic nigrostriatal terminals. In this review we provide an update on the dopamine transporter (DAT) imaging in PD and translate recent findings to potentially valuable clinical practice applications. The role of DAT imaging as diagnostic, preclinical and predictive biomarker is discussed, especially in view of recent evidence questioning the incontrovertible correlation between striatal DAT binding and nigral cell or axon counts.
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- Giovanni Palermo
- Unit of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (G.P.); (S.G.); (G.B.); (G.S.)
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- Unit of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (G.P.); (S.G.); (G.B.); (G.S.)
- Unit of Neurology, San Giuseppe Hospital, 50053 Empoli, Italy
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- Unit of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (G.P.); (S.G.); (G.B.); (G.S.)
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- Unit of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (G.P.); (S.G.); (G.B.); (G.S.)
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- Unit of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (G.P.); (S.G.); (G.B.); (G.S.)
- Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Unit of Neurology, Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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Chung SJ, Yoo HS, Lee HS, Lee YH, Baik K, Jung JH, Ye BS, Sohn YH, Lee PH. Baseline cognitive profile is closely associated with long-term motor prognosis in newly diagnosed Parkinson's disease. J Neurol 2021; 268:4203-4212. [PMID: 33942161 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-021-10529-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 03/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the association between cognitive function at baseline and the progression of motor disability in Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS We consecutively enrolled 257 drug-naïve patients with early-stage PD (follow-up > 2 years) who underwent a detailed neuropsychological test at initial assessment. Factor analysis was conducted to yield four cognitive function factors and composite scores thereof: Factor 1 (visual memory/visuospatial), Factor 2 (verbal memory), Factor 3 (frontal/executive), and Factor 4 (attention/working memory/language). The global cognitive composite score of each patient was calculated based on these factors. Subsequently, we assessed the effect of baseline cognitive function on long-term motor outcomes, namely levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID), wearing-off, freezing of gait (FOG), and rate of longitudinal increases in levodopa-equivalent dose (LED). RESULTS Cox regression analysis demonstrated that higher Factor 3 (frontal/executive) composite scores (i.e., better cognitive performance) were associated with early development of LID [hazard ratio (HR), 1.507; p = 0.003], whereas higher Factor 1 (visual memory/visuospatial) composite scores (i.e., better cognitive performance) were associated with a lower risk for FOG (HR 0.683; p = 0.017). We noted that higher global cognitive composite scores were associated with a lower risk for developing FOG (HR 0.455; p = 0.045). The linear mixed model demonstrated that higher global cognitive composite scores and better cognitive performance in visual memory/visuospatial function were associated with slower longitudinal increases in LED. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that baseline cognitive profiles have prognostic implications on several motor aspects in patients with PD.
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- Seok Jong Chung
- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, South Korea
- Department of Neurology, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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- Biostatistics Collaboration Unit, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, South Korea
- Department of Neurology, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, South Korea.
- Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
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Jeong SH, Chung SJ, Yoo HS, Hong N, Jung JH, Baik K, Lee YH, Sohn YH, Lee PH. Beneficial effects of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors in diabetic Parkinson's disease. Brain 2021; 144:1127-1137. [PMID: 33895825 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awab015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) inhibitors are widely used hypoglycaemic agents and improve glucose metabolism by enhancing the bioavailability of active glucagon-like peptide-1. In this study, we hypothesized that treatment with DPP4 inhibitors may have beneficial effects on nigrostriatal dopamine and longitudinal motor performance in diabetic patients with Parkinson's disease. We classified 697 drug naive patients with de novo Parkinson's disease who had undergone dopamine transporter imaging into three groups according to a prior diagnosis of diabetes and use of DPP4 inhibitors: diabetic patients with Parkinson's disease being treated with (n = 54) or without DPP4 inhibitors (n = 85), and non-diabetic patients with Parkinson's disease (n = 558). Diabetic patients with Parkinson's disease being treated with DPP4 inhibitors had a higher baseline dopamine transporter availability in the anterior (2.56 ± 0.74 versus 2.10 ± 0.50; P = 0.016), posterior (1.83 ± 0.69 versus 1.40 ± 0.50; P < 0.001), and ventral putamina (1.72 ± 0.58 versus 1.35 ± 0.37; P = 0.001) than that in diabetic patients with Parkinson's disease without DPP4 inhibitors. Additionally, diabetic patients with Parkinson's disease being treated with DPP4 inhibitors had higher dopamine transporter availability in the posterior putamen than that in non-diabetic patients with Parkinson's disease (1.83 ± 0.69 versus 1.43 ± 0.59; P < 0.001). After adjusting for age, sex, disease duration, and vascular risk factors, linear regression models showed that a prior treatment of DPP4 inhibitors remained independently and significantly associated with dopamine transporter availability in the anterior (β = -0.186, P = 0.012; β = -0.207, P = 0.003), posterior (β = -0.336, P < 0.001; β = -0.286, P < 0.001), and ventral putamina (β = -0.204, P = 0.005; β = -0.250, P < 0.001). A linear mixed model revealed that the diabetic group with Parkinson's disease being treated with DPP4 inhibitors had a slower longitudinal increase in levodopa-equivalent dose than the other groups (P = 0.003). Survival analyses showed that the rate of levodopa-induced dyskinesia was significantly lower in the diabetic group with a prior treatment with DPP4 inhibitors than the diabetic group without DPP4 inhibitors (hazard ratio = 0.194, P = 0.037). These findings suggest that DPP4 inhibitors may confer beneficial effects on the baseline nigrostriatal dopamine degeneration and long-term motor outcomes in diabetic patients with Parkinson's disease and may extend its role into non-diabetic patients with Parkinson's disease.
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- Seong Ho Jeong
- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Neurology, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Endocrine Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.,Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Chung SJ, Yoo HS, Shin NY, Park YW, Lee HS, Hong JM, Kim YJ, Lee SK, Lee PH, Sohn YH. Perivascular Spaces in the Basal Ganglia and Long-term Motor Prognosis in Newly Diagnosed Parkinson Disease. Neurology 2021; 96:e2121-e2131. [PMID: 33653906 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000011797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between enlarged perivascular spaces (PVS) in the basal ganglia (BG-PVS) and long-term motor outcomes in Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS We reviewed the medical records of 248 patients with drug-naive early-stage PD (follow-up >3 years, mean age 67.44 ± 8.46 years, 130 female) who underwent brain MRI and dopamine transporter (DAT) scans at initial assessment. The number of baseline enlarged BG-PVS was counted on axial T2-weighted images. Then, patients were divided into 2 groups: a PD group with a low number (0-10) of enlarged PVS (PD-EPVS-; n = 156) and a PD group with a high number (>10) of enlarged PVS (PD-EPVS+; n = 92). We used Cox regression models to compare the levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID)-, wearing-off-, and freezing of gait (FOG)-free times between groups. We also compared longitudinal increases in levodopa-equivalent dose per body weight between groups using a linear mixed model. RESULTS Patients in the PD-EPVS+ group were older (72.28 ± 6.07 years) and had greater small vessel disease burden than those in the PD-EPVS- group (64.58 ± 8.38 years). The PD-EPVS+ group exhibited more severely decreased DAT availability in all striatal subregions except the ventral striatum. The risk of FOG was higher in the PD-EPVS+ group, but the risk of LID or wearing-off was comparable between groups. The PD-EPVS+ group required higher doses of dopaminergic medications for effective symptom control compared to the PD-EPVS- group. CONCLUSION This study suggests that baseline enlarged BG-PVS can be an indicator of the progression of motor disability in PD.
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- Seok Jong Chung
- From the Departments of Neurology (S.J.C., H.S.Y., J.-M.H., Y.J.K., P.H.L., Y.H.S.) and Radiology (Y.W.P., S.-K.L.) and Biostatistics Collaboration Unit (H.S.L.), Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Neurology (S.J.C., J.-M.H., Y.J.K.), Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin; and Department of Radiology (N.-Y.S.), Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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- From the Departments of Neurology (S.J.C., H.S.Y., J.-M.H., Y.J.K., P.H.L., Y.H.S.) and Radiology (Y.W.P., S.-K.L.) and Biostatistics Collaboration Unit (H.S.L.), Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Neurology (S.J.C., J.-M.H., Y.J.K.), Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin; and Department of Radiology (N.-Y.S.), Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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- From the Departments of Neurology (S.J.C., H.S.Y., J.-M.H., Y.J.K., P.H.L., Y.H.S.) and Radiology (Y.W.P., S.-K.L.) and Biostatistics Collaboration Unit (H.S.L.), Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Neurology (S.J.C., J.-M.H., Y.J.K.), Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin; and Department of Radiology (N.-Y.S.), Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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- From the Departments of Neurology (S.J.C., H.S.Y., J.-M.H., Y.J.K., P.H.L., Y.H.S.) and Radiology (Y.W.P., S.-K.L.) and Biostatistics Collaboration Unit (H.S.L.), Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Neurology (S.J.C., J.-M.H., Y.J.K.), Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin; and Department of Radiology (N.-Y.S.), Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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- From the Departments of Neurology (S.J.C., H.S.Y., J.-M.H., Y.J.K., P.H.L., Y.H.S.) and Radiology (Y.W.P., S.-K.L.) and Biostatistics Collaboration Unit (H.S.L.), Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Neurology (S.J.C., J.-M.H., Y.J.K.), Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin; and Department of Radiology (N.-Y.S.), Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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- From the Departments of Neurology (S.J.C., H.S.Y., J.-M.H., Y.J.K., P.H.L., Y.H.S.) and Radiology (Y.W.P., S.-K.L.) and Biostatistics Collaboration Unit (H.S.L.), Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Neurology (S.J.C., J.-M.H., Y.J.K.), Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin; and Department of Radiology (N.-Y.S.), Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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- From the Departments of Neurology (S.J.C., H.S.Y., J.-M.H., Y.J.K., P.H.L., Y.H.S.) and Radiology (Y.W.P., S.-K.L.) and Biostatistics Collaboration Unit (H.S.L.), Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Neurology (S.J.C., J.-M.H., Y.J.K.), Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin; and Department of Radiology (N.-Y.S.), Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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- From the Departments of Neurology (S.J.C., H.S.Y., J.-M.H., Y.J.K., P.H.L., Y.H.S.) and Radiology (Y.W.P., S.-K.L.) and Biostatistics Collaboration Unit (H.S.L.), Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Neurology (S.J.C., J.-M.H., Y.J.K.), Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin; and Department of Radiology (N.-Y.S.), Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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- From the Departments of Neurology (S.J.C., H.S.Y., J.-M.H., Y.J.K., P.H.L., Y.H.S.) and Radiology (Y.W.P., S.-K.L.) and Biostatistics Collaboration Unit (H.S.L.), Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Neurology (S.J.C., J.-M.H., Y.J.K.), Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin; and Department of Radiology (N.-Y.S.), Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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- From the Departments of Neurology (S.J.C., H.S.Y., J.-M.H., Y.J.K., P.H.L., Y.H.S.) and Radiology (Y.W.P., S.-K.L.) and Biostatistics Collaboration Unit (H.S.L.), Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul; Department of Neurology (S.J.C., J.-M.H., Y.J.K.), Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Yongin; and Department of Radiology (N.-Y.S.), Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.
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Löhle M, Hermann W, Hausbrand D, Wolz M, Mende J, Beuthien-Baumann B, Oehme L, van den Hoff J, Kotzerke J, Reichmann H, Hermann A, Storch A. Putaminal Dopamine Turnover in de novo Parkinson's Disease Predicts Later Neuropsychiatric Fluctuations but Not Other Major Health Outcomes. JOURNAL OF PARKINSONS DISEASE 2020; 9:693-704. [PMID: 31381528 DOI: 10.3233/jpd-191672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To investigate the predictive value of striatal dopamine turnover in patients with de novo Parkinson's disease (PD) for later occurrence of major non-motor health outcomes. METHODS This retrospective, observer-blinded cohort study followed up 29 patients with de novo PD for a median of 10.7 years, who completed 18Fluorodopa PET imaging to measure striatal effective distribution volume ratio (EDVR, inverse of dopamine turnover) prior to antiparkinsonian treatment. Outcomes were assessed with a battery of non-motor, health-related quality-of-life and non-motor fluctuation (WOQ-19) measures and survival. RESULTS During follow-up, 52% of patients developed wearing-off, 43% neuropsychiatric fluctuations, 35% sensory fluctuations, 32% dementia, 46% depression, 30% psychosis, and PD-related mortality was 26%. Patients with wearing-off and neuropsychiatric fluctuations showed significantly lower baseline EDVR (higher dopamine turnover) in the putamen but not in the caudate nucleus than those without these fluctuations. Consistently, baseline EDVR in the putamen predicted development of wearing-off and neuropsychiatric fluctuations with a lower risk with higher EDVR (lower dopamine turnover), whereas EDVR in caudate nucleus did not correlate with these fluctuations. No relationships were observed between baseline PET measures and the presence of other major health outcomes including survival. CONCLUSIONS Lower putaminal dopamine turnover in de novo PD is associated with reduced risk for later neuropsychiatric fluctuations comprising a disease-intrinsic predisposing factor for their development, similar as reported for levodopa-induced motor complications. Striatal (putaminal/caudate) dopamine turnover is not predictive for other long-term major health outcomes. These results should be treated as hypothesis generating and require confirmation.
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- Matthias Löhle
- Department of Neurology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.,German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.,German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Rostock, Rostock, Germany.,Department of Neurology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Elblandklinikum Meißen, Meissen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,Positron Emission Tomography Division, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf; Dresden, Germany.,German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Radiology, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Positron Emission Tomography Division, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf; Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.,German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Rostock, Rostock, Germany.,Department of Neurology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.,German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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Chung SJ, Lee HS, Yoo HS, Lee YH, Lee PH, Sohn YH. Patterns of striatal dopamine depletion in early Parkinson disease. Neurology 2020; 95:e280-e290. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000009878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 12/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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ObjectiveTo investigate whether the patterns of striatal dopamine depletion on dopamine transporter (DAT) scans could provide information on the long-term prognosis in Parkinson disease (PD).MethodsWe enrolled 205 drug-naive patients with early-stage PD, who underwent18F-FP-CIT PET scans at initial assessment and received PD medications for 3 or more years. After quantifying the DAT availability in each striatal subregion, factor analysis was conducted to simplify the identification of striatal dopamine depletion patterns and to yield 4 striatal subregion factors. We assessed the effect of these factors on the development of levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID), wearing-off, freezing of gait (FOG), and dementia during the follow-up period (6.84 ± 1.80 years).ResultsThe 4 factors indicated which striatal subregions were relatively preserved: factor 1 (caudate), factor 2 (more-affected sensorimotor striatum), factor 3 (less-affected sensorimotor striatum), and factor 4 (anterior putamen). Cox regression analyses using the composite scores of these striatal subregion factors as covariates demonstrated that selective dopamine depletion in the sensorimotor striatum was associated with a higher risk for developing LID. Selective dopamine loss in the putamen, particularly in the anterior putamen, was associated with early development of wearing-off. Selective involvement of the anterior putamen was associated with a higher risk for dementia conversion. However, the patterns of striatal dopamine depletion did not affect the risk of FOG.ConclusionsThese findings suggested that the patterns of striatal dopaminergic denervation, which were estimated by the equation derived from the factor analysis, have a prognostic implication in patients with early-stage PD.
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Yoo HS, Chung SJ, Lee YH, Ye BS, Sohn YH, Lee PH. Association between Olfactory Deficit and Motor and Cognitive Function in Parkinson's Disease. J Mov Disord 2020; 13:133-141. [PMID: 32241078 PMCID: PMC7280943 DOI: 10.14802/jmd.19082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Objective To investigate whether baseline olfactory dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients is associated with baseline and longitudinal motor and cognitive function. Methods We recruited 228 drug-naïve PD patients who were followed for a mean of 6 years. Patients underwent the Cross-Cultural Smell Identification Test (CCSIT), a neuropsychological test, and N-(3-[18F]fluoropropyl)-2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl) nortropane positron emission tomography within 6 months of the baseline evaluation. Olfactory dysfunction was categorized as normosmia (CCSIT score ≥ 9), hyposmia (CCSIT score 5–8), and anosmia (CCSIT score ≤ 4). During the follow-up period, we investigated changes in the levodopa-equivalent dose (LED) and the occurrence of wearing-off, levodopa-induced dyskinesia, and dementia. Results Among the PD patients, 80.7% were hyposmic at the time of diagnosis, and 26.1% were anosmic. Baseline olfactory dysfunction was not associated with either initial parkinsonian motor symptoms or with the longitudinal LED increment and motor complications. Meanwhile, the anosmic group had lower baseline scores on the Korea version of the Boston Naming Test and Stroop color reading test than the normosmic and hyposmic groups. The anosmic group exhibited a higher rate of conversion to dementia than the normosmic [adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 3.99, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.08–14.72] and hyposmic (adjusted HR 2.48, 95% CI 1.15–5.32) PD groups, regardless of baseline motor deficits and cognitive status. Conclusion Baseline olfactory dysfunction was not associated with motor deficits and complications, but it was associated with cognitive dysfunction and prognosis, suggesting that severe olfactory impairment may reflect early cortical involvement, probably in the frontotemporal region, and rapid spreading of Lewy body pathology.
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- Han Soo Yoo
- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.,Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Palermo G, Giannoni S, Frosini D, Morganti R, Volterrani D, Bonuccelli U, Pavese N, Ceravolo R. Dopamine Transporter, Age, and Motor Complications in Parkinson's Disease: A Clinical and Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography Study. Mov Disord 2020; 35:1028-1036. [PMID: 32154947 DOI: 10.1002/mds.28008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Revised: 01/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous molecular imaging studies comparing dopamine function in vivo between early-onset PD and late-onset PD patients have shown contradictory results, presumably attributable to the aging-related decline in nigrostriatal function. OBJECTIVES (1) To investigate baseline dopamine transporter availability in early-onset PD (<55 years) and late-onset PD (>70 years) patients, z-scores values of putamen and caudate [123 I]-ioflupane uptake were calculated using the respective age-matched controls in order to correct for early presynaptic compensatory mechanisms and age-related dopamine neuron loss; (2) to examine the associations of such baseline single-photon emission computed tomography measures with the emergence of late-disease motor complications. METHODS In this retrospective study, 105 de novo PD patients who underwent [123 I]-ioflupane single-photon emission computed tomography at time of diagnosis were divided into three tertile groups according to age at disease onset (35 early-onset PD and 40 late-onset PD patients). Z-scores were compared between the two groups, and their predictive power for motor complications (during a mean follow-up of 7 years) was evaluated using Cox proportional hazard models. RESULTS Despite a less-severe motor phenotype, early-onset PD patients exhibited more reduced [123 I]-ioflupane binding in the putamen and had a higher and earlier risk for developing motor complications than those with late-onset PD. Lower [123 I]-Ioflupane uptake in the putamen and caudate increased the risk of motor complications. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that a lower dopamine transporter binding in early-onset PD predicts the later development of motor complications, but it is not related to severity of motor symptoms, suggesting age-related differences in striatal compensatory mechanisms in PD. © 2020 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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- Giovanni Palermo
- Unit of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Unit of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Unit of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Regional Center of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Unit of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Clinical Ageing Research Unit, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Unit of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Kim H, Mason S, Foltynie T, Winder‐Rhodes S, Barker RA, Williams‐Gray CH. Motor complications in Parkinson's disease: 13-year follow-up of the CamPaIGN cohort. Mov Disord 2020; 35:185-190. [PMID: 31965629 PMCID: PMC7063985 DOI: 10.1002/mds.27882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Revised: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/09/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Long-term population-representative data on motor fluctuations and levodopa-induced dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease is lacking. METHODS The Cambridgeshire Parkinson's Incidence from GP to Neurologist (CamPaIGN) cohort comprises incident PD cases followed for up to 13 years (n = 141). Cumulative incidence of motor fluctuations and levodopa-induced dyskinesias and risk factors were assessed using Kaplan-Meyer and Cox regression analyses. RESULTS Cumulative incidence of motor fluctuations and levodopa-induced dyskinesias was 54.3% and 14.5%, respectively, at 5 years and 100% and 55.7%, respectively, at 10 years. Higher baseline UPDRS-total and SNCA rs356219(A) predicted motor fluctuations, whereas higher baseline Mini-mental State Examination and GBA mutations predicted levodopa-induced dyskinesias. Early levodopa use did not predict motor complications. Both early motor fluctuations and levodopa-induced dyskinesias predicted reduced mortality in older patients (age at diagnosis >70 years). CONCLUSIONS Our data support the hypothesis that motor complications are related to the severity of nigrostriatal pathology rather than early levodopa use and indicate that early motor complications do not necessarily confer a negative prognosis. © 2019 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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- Han‐Joon Kim
- Department of Neurology and Movement Disorder CenterCollege of Medicine, Seoul National UniversitySeoulKorea
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- John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, Department of Clinical NeurosciencesUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Department of Clinical & Movement NeurosciencesUCL Queen Square Institute of NeurologyLondonUK
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- John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, Department of Clinical NeurosciencesUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, Department of Clinical NeurosciencesUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, Department of Clinical NeurosciencesUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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Molecular Imaging of the Dopamine Transporter. Cells 2019; 8:cells8080872. [PMID: 31405186 PMCID: PMC6721747 DOI: 10.3390/cells8080872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Dopamine transporter (DAT) single-photon emission tomography (SPECT) with (123)Ioflupane is a widely used diagnostic tool for patients with suspected parkinsonian syndromes, as it assists with differentiating between Parkinson’s disease (PD) or atypical parkinsonisms and conditions without a presynaptic dopaminergic deficit such as essential tremor, vascular and drug-induced parkinsonisms. Recent evidence supports its utility as in vivo proof of degenerative parkinsonisms, and DAT imaging has been proposed as a potential surrogate marker for dopaminergic nigrostriatal neurons. However, the interpretation of DAT-SPECT imaging may be challenged by several factors including the loss of DAT receptor density with age and the effect of certain drugs on dopamine uptake. Furthermore, a clear, direct relationship between nigral loss and DAT decrease has been controversial so far. Striatal DAT uptake could reflect nigral neuronal loss once the loss exceeds 50%. Indeed, reduction of DAT binding seems to be already present in the prodromal stage of PD, suggesting both an early synaptic dysfunction and the activation of compensatory changes to delay the onset of symptoms. Despite a weak correlation with PD severity and progression, quantitative measurements of DAT binding at baseline could be used to predict the emergence of late-disease motor fluctuations and dyskinesias. This review addresses the possibilities and limitations of DAT-SPECT in PD and, focusing specifically on regulatory changes of DAT in surviving DA neurons, we investigate its role in diagnosis and its prognostic value for motor complications as disease progresses.
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Striatal dopamine activity and myocardial 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine uptake in early Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2019; 63:156-161. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2019.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Revised: 02/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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