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Graham N, Zimmerman K, Heslegrave AJ, Keshavan A, Moro F, Abed-Maillard S, Bernini A, Dunet V, Garbero E, Nattino G, Chieregato A, Fainardi E, Baciu C, Gradisek P, Magnoni S, Oddo M, Bertolini G, Schott JM, Zetterberg H, Sharp D. Alzheimer's disease marker phospho-tau181 is not elevated in the first year after moderate-to-severe TBI. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2024; 95:356-359. [PMID: 37833041 PMCID: PMC10958285 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2023-331854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with the tauopathies Alzheimer's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Advanced immunoassays show significant elevations in plasma total tau (t-tau) early post-TBI, but concentrations subsequently normalise rapidly. Tau phosphorylated at serine-181 (p-tau181) is a well-validated Alzheimer's disease marker that could potentially seed progressive neurodegeneration. We tested whether post-traumatic p-tau181 concentrations are elevated and relate to progressive brain atrophy. METHODS Plasma p-tau181 and other post-traumatic biomarkers, including total-tau (t-tau), neurofilament light (NfL), ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), were assessed after moderate-to-severe TBI in the BIO-AX-TBI cohort (first sample mean 2.7 days, second sample within 10 days, then 6 weeks, 6 months and 12 months, n=42). Brain atrophy rates were assessed in aligned serial MRI (n=40). Concentrations were compared patients with and without Alzheimer's disease, with healthy controls. RESULTS Plasma p-tau181 concentrations were significantly raised in patients with Alzheimer's disease but not after TBI, where concentrations were non-elevated, and remained stable over one year. P-tau181 after TBI was not predictive of brain atrophy rates in either grey or white matter. In contrast, substantial trauma-associated elevations in t-tau, NfL, GFAP and UCH-L1 were seen, with concentrations of NfL and t-tau predictive of brain atrophy rates. CONCLUSIONS Plasma p-tau181 is not significantly elevated during the first year after moderate-to-severe TBI and levels do not relate to neuroimaging measures of neurodegeneration.
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Affiliation(s)
- Neil Graham
- Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
- UK Dementia Research Institute Centre for Care Research and Technology, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
- UK Dementia Research Institute Centre for Care Research and Technology, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Dementia Research Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Laboratory of Acute Brain Injury and Neuroprotection, Department of Acute Brain and Cardiovascular Injury, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy
- Dipartimento di Anestesia e Rianimazione, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Neuroscience Critical Care Research Group, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CHUV Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, CHUV Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Radiology, CHUV Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Italy
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- Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Italy
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- Terapia Intensiva ad indirizzo Neurologico & Neurochirurgico, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Sciences, Careggi University Hospital and University of Firenze, Florence, Italy
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- Terapia Intensiva ad indirizzo Neurologico & Neurochirurgico, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Clinical Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, University Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy
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- Neuroscience Critical Care Research Group, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CHUV Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Directorate for Innovation and Clinical Research, CHUV Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Ranica, Italy
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, University College London, London, UK
- Dementia Research Centre and Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- UK Dementia Research Institute, University College London, London, UK
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
- UK Dementia Research Institute Centre for Care Research and Technology, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Ullgren A, Öijerstedt L, Olofsson J, Bergström S, Remnestål J, van Swieten JC, Jiskoot LC, Seelaar H, Borroni B, Sanchez-Valle R, Moreno F, Laforce R, Synofzik M, Galimberti D, Rowe JB, Masellis M, Tartaglia MC, Finger E, Vandenberghe R, de Mendonça A, Tirabosch P, Santana I, Ducharme S, Butler CR, Gerhard A, Otto M, Bouzigues A, Russell L, Swift IJ, Sogorb-Esteve A, Heller C, Rohrer JD, Månberg A, Nilsson P, Graff C. Altered plasma protein profiles in genetic FTD - a GENFI study. Mol Neurodegener 2023; 18:85. [PMID: 37968725 PMCID: PMC10648335 DOI: 10.1186/s13024-023-00677-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Plasma biomarkers reflecting the pathology of frontotemporal dementia would add significant value to clinical practice, to the design and implementation of treatment trials as well as our understanding of disease mechanisms. The aim of this study was to explore the levels of multiple plasma proteins in individuals from families with genetic frontotemporal dementia. METHODS Blood samples from 693 participants in the GENetic Frontotemporal Dementia Initiative study were analysed using a multiplexed antibody array targeting 158 proteins. RESULTS We found 13 elevated proteins in symptomatic mutation carriers, when comparing plasma levels from people diagnosed with genetic FTD to healthy non-mutation controls and 10 proteins that were elevated compared to presymptomatic mutation carriers. CONCLUSION We identified plasma proteins with altered levels in symptomatic mutation carriers compared to non-carrier controls as well as to presymptomatic mutation carriers. Further investigations are needed to elucidate their potential as fluid biomarkers of the disease process.
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- Abbe Ullgren
- Swedish FTD Initiative, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
- Unit for Hereditary Dementias, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden
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- Swedish FTD Initiative, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
- Unit for Hereditary Dementias, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden
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- Swedish FTD Initiative, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Protein Science, Division of Affinity Proteomics, SciLifeLab, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Swedish FTD Initiative, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Protein Science, Division of Affinity Proteomics, SciLifeLab, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Swedish FTD Initiative, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Protein Science, Division of Affinity Proteomics, SciLifeLab, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Centre for Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Alzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacións Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Cognitive Disorders Unit, Donostia University Hospital, San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa, Spain
- Neuroscience Area, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Département Des Sciences Neurologiques, Clinique Interdisciplinaire de Mémoire, CHU de Québec, and Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Center of Neurology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Tübingen, Germany
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- Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico, Milan, Italy
- University of Milan, Centro Dino Ferrari, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Neurosciences, Laboratory for Cognitive Neurology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Neurology Service, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Coimbra (HUC), Neurology Service, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Departments of Geriatric Medicine and Nuclear Medicine, Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences, University Medicine Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK
- Dementia Research Institute at UCL, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK
- Dementia Research Institute at UCL, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK
- Dementia Research Institute at UCL, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK
- Dementia Research Institute at UCL, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK
- Dementia Research Institute at UCL, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK
- Dementia Research Institute at UCL, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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- Swedish FTD Initiative, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Protein Science, Division of Affinity Proteomics, SciLifeLab, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Swedish FTD Initiative, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Protein Science, Division of Affinity Proteomics, SciLifeLab, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Swedish FTD Initiative, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.
- Unit for Hereditary Dementias, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden.
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Jiskoot LC, van den Berg E, Laenen SAAM, Poos JM, Giannini LAA, Satoer DD, van Hemmen J, Pijnenburg YAL, Vonk JMJ, Seelaar H. Longitudinal changes in qualitative aspects of semantic fluency in presymptomatic and prodromal genetic frontotemporal dementia. J Neurol 2023; 270:5418-5435. [PMID: 37462752 PMCID: PMC10576727 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-023-11845-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The semantic fluency test is one of the most widely used neuropsychological tests in dementia diagnosis. Research utilizing the qualitative, psycholinguistic information embedded in its output is currently underexplored in presymptomatic and prodromal genetic FTD. METHODS Presymptomatic MAPT (n = 20) and GRN (n = 43) mutation carriers, and controls (n = 55) underwent up to 6 years of neuropsychological assessment, including the semantic fluency test. Ten mutation carriers became symptomatic (phenoconverters). Total score and five qualitative fluency measures (lexical frequency, age of acquisition, number of clusters, cluster size, number of switches) were calculated. We used multilevel linear regression modeling to investigate longitudinal decline. We assessed the co-correlation of the qualitative measures at each time point with principal component analysis. We explored associations with cognitive decline and grey matter atrophy using partial correlations, and investigated classification abilities using binary logistic regression. RESULTS The interrater reliability of the qualitative measures was good (ICC = 0.75-0.90). There was strong co-correlation between lexical frequency and age of acquisition, and between clustering and switching. At least 4 years pre-phenoconversion, GRN phenoconverters had fewer but larger clusters (p < 0.001), and fewer switches (p = 0.004), correlating with lower executive function (r = 0.87-0.98). Fewer switches was predictive of phenoconversion, correctly classifying 90.3%. Starting at least 4 years pre-phenoconversion, MAPT phenoconverters demonstrated an increase in lexical frequency (p = 0.009) and a decline in age of acquisition (p = 0.034), correlating with lower semantic processing (r = 0.90). Smaller cluster size was predictive of phenoconversion, correctly classifying 89.3%. Increase in lexical frequency and decline in age of acquisition were associated with grey matter volume loss of predominantly temporal areas, while decline in the number of clusters, cluster size, and switches correlated with grey matter volume loss of predominantly frontal areas. CONCLUSIONS Qualitative aspects of semantic fluency could give insight into the underlying mechanisms as to why the "traditional" total score declines in the different FTD mutations. However, the qualitative measures currently demonstrate more fluctuation than the total score, the measure that seems to most reliably deteriorate with time. Replication in a larger sample of FTD phenoconverters is warranted to identify if qualitative measures could be sensitive cognitive biomarkers to identify and track mutation carriers converting to the symptomatic stage of FTD.
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- Lize C. Jiskoot
- Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Center Erasmus MC, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Room NF-331, Post Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Dementia Research Centre, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Center Erasmus MC, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Room NF-331, Post Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Center Erasmus MC, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Room NF-331, Post Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Center Erasmus MC, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Room NF-331, Post Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Center Erasmus MC, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Room NF-331, Post Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Center Erasmus MC, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Room NF-331, Post Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Utrecht University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Center Erasmus MC, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Room NF-331, Post Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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