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CSF sTREM2 in deliriumrelation to Alzheimer's disease CSF biomarkers A42, t-tau and p-tau

Henjum, K; Quist-Paulsen, E; Zetterberg, H; Blennow, K; Nilsson, LNG; Watne, LO; (2018) CSF sTREM2 in deliriumrelation to Alzheimer's disease CSF biomarkers A42, t-tau and p-tau. Journal of Neuroinflammation , 15 (304) 10.1186/s12974-018-1331-1. Green open access

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Abstract

Background: Delirium and dementia share symptoms of cognitive dysfunctions, and mechanisms of neuroinflammation appear involved in both conditions. Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is linked to dementia and neurodegenerative disease. It encodes expression of an innate immune receptor in the brain expressed by microglia. The level of the soluble fragment of TREM2 (sTREM2) is reported to increase in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) already in prodromal and asymptomatic Alzheimer’s disease. Methods: We analyzed the level of CSF sTREM2 in relation to delirium and dementia. The study included patients with or without pre-existing dementia who underwent acute hip fracture surgery (n = 120), and some of the patients developed delirium (n = 65). A medical delirium cohort (n = 26) was also examined. ELISA was used to determine the level of sTREM2 in CSF. Results: Delirium was associated with a higher level of CSF sTREM2 only among those without pre-existing dementia (p = 0.046, n = 15, n = 44), particularly among patients developing delirium after CSF sampling (p = 0.02, n = 7, n = 44). Between patients with dementia, there was no group difference, but the CSF sTREM2 level increased with waiting time for surgery (rS = 0.39, p = 0.002, n = 60) and correlated well with the CSF Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers, Aβ42, and t-tau/p-tau (rS = 0.40, p = 0.002, rS = 0.46, p < 0.001/ rS = 0.49, p < 0.001, n = 60). Among patients with dementia, the level of Aβ38 and Aβ40 also correlated positively with sTREM2 in CSF (Aβ38MSDrS = 0.44, p = 0.001; Aβ40MSDrS = 0.48, p < 0.001; Aβ42MSDrS = 0.43, p < 0.001, n = 60). Conclusion: The findings reinforce the involvement of neuroinflammation in delirium, yet with separate responses in patients with or without pre-existing dementia. Our findings support the concept of primed microglia in neurodegenerative disease and central immune activation after a peripheral trauma in such patients. A CSF biomarker panel of neuroinflammation might be valuable to prevent delirium by identifying patients at risk.

Type: Article
Title: CSF sTREM2 in deliriumrelation to Alzheimer's disease CSF biomarkers A42, t-tau and p-tau
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1186/s12974-018-1331-1
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-018-1331-1
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Delirium,Dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, CSF biomarkers, Soluble TREM2
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Neurodegenerative Diseases
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10063527
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