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JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
Volume 266, Issue 12, Pages 2952-2961Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-019-09507-6
Keywords
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Creatine kinase; Biomarker
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- Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development [No. 18ek0109221h0002, No. 17ek0109221h0001] Funding Source: Medline
- Grant-in-Aid (KAKENHI) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan [No. 17H04195] Funding Source: Medline
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ObjectiveTo assess the changes of muscle-related biomarkers at the early stage of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and to confirm these findings in an experimental animal model.MethodsThirty-nine subjects with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and 20 healthy controls were enrolled and longitudinally evaluated. We evaluated serum creatine kinase and creatinine levels and appendicular lean soft-tissue mass using dual X-ray absorptiometry. The levels of biomarkers at early ALS stages were estimated using linear mixed models with unstructured correlation and random intercepts. We also analyzed the longitudinal changes of serum creatine kinase and creatinine, together with the mRNA levels of acetylcholine receptor subunit gamma (Chrng) and muscle-associated receptor tyrosine kinase, markers of denervation, in the gastrocnemius muscle of superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1)(G93A) transgenic mice, an animal model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.ResultsThe estimated levels of creatine kinase were higher in subjects with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at the early stage than in healthy controls, although the estimated appendicular lean soft-tissue mass and creatinine levels were equivalent between both groups, suggesting that the elevation of creatine kinase precedes both muscular atrophy and subjective motor symptoms in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In SOD1(G93A) mice, the serum levels of creatine kinase were elevated at 9 weeks of age (peri-onset) when Chrng started to be up-regulated, and were then down-regulated at 15 weeks of age, consistent with the clinical data from patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.InterpretationCreatine kinase elevation precedes muscular atrophy and reflects muscle denervation at the early stage.
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