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PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS
卷 31, 期 -, 页码 79-86出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2016.07.009
关键词
Parkinson disease; Multiple system atrophy; Aldehyde dehydrogenase
资金
- Intramural Research Program of the NIH, NINDS
Introduction: There is intense interest in identifying cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers of Parkinson's disease (PD), both for early diagnosis and to track effects of putative treatments. Nigrostriatal dopamine depletion characterizes PD. Predictably, CSF levels of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), the main neuronal metabolite of dopamine, are decreased in PD, even in patients with recent onset of the movement disorder. Whether low CSF DOPAC is associated specifically with parkinsonism has been unclear. In the neuronal cytoplasm dopamine undergoes not only enzymatic oxidation to form DOPAC but also spontaneous oxidation to form 5-S-cysteinyl-dopamine (Cys-DA). Theoretically, oxidative stress or decreased activity of aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) in the residual nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons would increase CSF Cys-DA levels with respect to DOPAC levels. PD, parkinsonian multiple system atrophy (MSA-P), and pure autonomic failure (PAF) are synucleinopathies; however, PAF does not entail parkinsonism. We examined whether an elevated Cys-DA/DOPAC ratio provides a specific biomarker of parkinsonism in synucleinopathy patients. Methods: CSF catechols were assayed in PD (n = 24), MSA-P (n = 32), PAF (n = 18), and control subjects (n = 32). Results: Compared to controls, CSF DOPAC was decreased in PD and MSA-P (p < 0.0001 each). In both diseases Cys-DA/DOPAC ratios averaged more than twice control (0.14 +/- 0.02 and 0.13 +/- 0.02 vs. 0.05 +/- 0.01, p < 0.0001 each), whereas in PAF the mean Cys-DA/DOPAC ratio was normal (0.05 +/- 0.01). Conclusions: CSF Cys-DA/DOPAC ratios are substantially increased in PD and MSA-P and are normal in PAF. Thus, in synucleinopathies an elevated CSF Cys-DA/DOPAC ratio seems to provide a specific biomarker of parkinsonism. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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