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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Abu-Rumeileh, Samira | Mometto, Nicolaa | Bartoletti-Stella, Annab | Polischi, Barbarab | Oppi, Federicob | Poda, Robertob | Stanzani-Maserati, Michelangelob | Cortelli, Pietroa; b | Liguori, Roccoa; b | Capellari, Sabinaa; b; * | Parchi, Pierob; c; *
Affiliations: [a] Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy | [b] IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy | [c] Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: Piero Parchi and Sabina Capellari, IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bellaria Hospital, 40139 Bologna, Italy. Tel.: +39 0514966740; Fax.: +39 0514966208; E-mails: [email protected] (P. Parchi) and [email protected] (S. Capellari)
Abstract: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) neurofilament light chain protein (NfL) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) core biomarker levels have been evaluated in cohorts of patients with frontotemporal dementia spectrum (FTD), but the distribution of values across the different clinical syndromes and underlying proteinopathies, and the relative diagnostic accuracy appear discordant among studies. We measured CSF NfL, total (t)-tau, phosphorylated (p)-tau, and amyloid-β (Aβ)42 in healthy controls (n = 38) and subjects with a clinical, genetic, CSF biomarker-based, and/or neuropathological diagnosis of FTD (n = 141) or AD (n = 60). Sub-analyses were conducted in a proportion of subjects with definite and/or probable frontotemporal lobar degeneration with tau (FTLD-TAU) (n = 42) or TDP43 pathology (FTLD-TDP) (n = 36). Both FTD and AD groups showed significantly increased CSF NfL levels in comparison to controls (p < 0.001). CSF NfL levels were significantly higher in FTD patients than in AD (p < 0.001), reaching the highest values in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated with FTD. Patients with probable and definite FTLD-TDP had significantly higher NfL levels (p < 0.001) and lower p-tau/t-tau values (p < 0.001) in comparison with probable and definite FTLD-TAU cases. NfL showed good diagnostic accuracy in the distinction between FTD and controls (AUC 0.862±0.027) and yielded an accuracy (AUC 0.861±0.045) comparable to that of the p-tau/t-tau ratio (AUC 0.814±0.050), with 80.0% sensitivity and 81.0% specificity, in the discrimination between probable/definite FTLD-TAU and FTLD-TDP. Our data further validate CSF NfL as a surrogate biomarker of neurodegeneration and disease severity in patients with FTD spectrum. Moreover, they demonstrate a good diagnostic value for NfL and p-tau/t-tau ratio in the discrimination between FTLD-TAU and FTLD-TDP.
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, behavioral variant, corticobasal syndrome, frontotemporal dementia, neurofilament light, parkinsonism, primary progressive aphasia, progressive supranuclear palsy, tau, TDP-43
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-180409
Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 551-563, 2018
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