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The pre-synaptic vesicle protein synaptotagmin is a novel biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease

Overview of attention for article published in Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, October 2016
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Title
The pre-synaptic vesicle protein synaptotagmin is a novel biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease
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Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, October 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13195-016-0208-8
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Annika Öhrfelt, Ann Brinkmalm, Julien Dumurgier, Gunnar Brinkmalm, Oskar Hansson, Henrik Zetterberg, Elodie Bouaziz-Amar, Jacques Hugon, Claire Paquet, Kaj Blennow

Abstract

Synaptic degeneration is a central pathogenic event in Alzheimer's disease that occurs early during the course of disease and correlates with cognitive symptoms. The pre-synaptic vesicle protein synaptotagmin-1 appears to be essential for the maintenance of an intact synaptic transmission and cognitive function. Synaptotagmin-1 in cerebrospinal fluid is a candidate Alzheimer biomarker for synaptic dysfunction that also may correlate with cognitive decline. In this study, a novel mass spectrometry-based assay for measurement of cerebrospinal fluid synaptotagmin-1 was developed, and was evaluated in two independent sample sets of patients and controls. Sample set I included cerebrospinal fluid samples from patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease (N = 17, age 52-86 years), patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease (N = 5, age 62-88 years), and controls (N = 17, age 41-82 years). Sample set II included cerebrospinal fluid samples from patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease (N = 24, age 52-84 years), patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease (N = 18, age 58-83 years), and controls (N = 36, age 43-80 years). The reproducibility of the novel method showed coefficients of variation of the measured synaptotagmin-1 peptide 215-223 (VPYSELGGK) and peptide 238-245 (HDIIGEFK) of 14 % or below. In both investigated sample sets, the CSF levels of synaptotagmin-1 were significantly increased in patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease (P ≤ 0.0001) and in patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease (P < 0.001). In addition, in sample set I the synaptotagmin-1 level was significantly higher in patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease compared with patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's disease (P ≤ 0.05). Cerebrospinal fluid synaptotagmin-1 is a promising biomarker to monitor synaptic dysfunction and degeneration in Alzheimer's disease that may be useful for clinical diagnosis, to monitor effect on synaptic integrity by novel drug candidates, and to explore pathophysiology directly in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

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Unknown 149 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 24 16%
Student > Master 19 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 11%
Student > Bachelor 13 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 4%
Other 23 15%
Unknown 47 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 30 20%
Medicine and Dentistry 19 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 7%
Psychology 6 4%
Other 17 11%
Unknown 54 36%
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#3,211,141
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#9
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