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Longitudinal tau and metabolic PET imaging in relation to novel CSF tau measures in Alzheimer's disease

Leuzy, A; Cicognola, C; Chiotis, K; Saint-Aubert, L; Lemoine, L; Andreasen, N; Zetterberg, H; ... Nordberg, A; + view all (2019) Longitudinal tau and metabolic PET imaging in relation to novel CSF tau measures in Alzheimer's disease. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 10.1007/s00259-018-4242-6. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

PURPOSE: Studies comparing CSF and PET tau biomarkers have included only commercial CSF assays examining specific phosphorylation sites (e.g. threonine 181, P-tau181p) and mid-domain tau (i.e. total tau, T-tau). Moreover, these studies did not examine CSF tau levels in relation to cerebral glucose metabolism. We thus aimed to examine CSF tau measures, using both commercial and novel assays, in relation to [18F]THK5317 (tau) and [18F]FDG PET (glucose metabolism). METHODS: Fourteen Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients (seven prodromal, seven dementia) underwent [18F]THK5317 and [18F]FDG PET studies, with follow-up performed in ten subjects (six prodromal, four dementia) after 17 months. In addition to commercial assays, novel measures capturing N-terminus+mid-domain (tau N-Mid) and C-terminally truncated (tau-368) fragments were included. RESULTS: While the levels of all forms of CSF tau were found to be inversely associated with baseline [18F]FDG uptake, associations with baseline [18F]THK5317 uptake varied in relation to the degree of isocortical hypometabolism ([18F]FDG SUVR). Changes in the levels of the novel CSF markers tracked longitudinal changes in tracer uptake better than changes in P-tau181p and T-tau levels, and improved concordance with dichotomized regional [18F]THK5317 measures. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that neurodegeneration may modulate the relationship between CSF and PET tau biomarkers, and that, by comparison to P-tau181p and T-tau, tau-368 and tau N-Mid may better capture tau pathology and synaptic impairment.

Type: Article
Title: Longitudinal tau and metabolic PET imaging in relation to novel CSF tau measures in Alzheimer's disease
Location: Germany
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-018-4242-6
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-018-4242-6
Language: English
Additional information: © The Author(s) 2019. Open Access: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, CSF, PET imaging, Tau, [18F]FDG, [18F]THK5317
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/10067181
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