Jacobs, KR; Lim, CK; Blennow, K; Zetterberg, H; Chatterjee, P; Martins, RN; Brew, BJ; ... Lovejoy, DB; + view all Jacobs, KR; Lim, CK; Blennow, K; Zetterberg, H; Chatterjee, P; Martins, RN; Brew, BJ; Guillemin, GJ; Lovejoy, DB; - view fewer (2019) Correlation between plasma and CSF concentrations of kynurenine pathway metabolites in Alzheimer's disease and relationship to amyloid-β and tau. Neurobiology of Aging , 80 pp. 11-20. 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2019.03.015.

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Abstract

Chronic kynurenine pathway (KP) activation is implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology and results in quinolinic acid-induced excitotoxic stimulation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor. However, most studies focus on plasma and it is unclear if peripheral concentrations reflect brain concentrations and how these may correlate to the AD biomarkers amyloid-β, total-tau (t-tau), or phosphorylated-tau (p-tau). We characterized the KP in matched plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 20 AD patients and 18 age-matched control subjects. Plasma concentrations of kynurenine (KYN), 3-hydroxykynurenine, anthranilic acid, picolinic acid, and neopterin significantly correlated with their respective CSF levels. In patients with AD, plasma KYN (r = -0.48, p = 0.033) and picolinic acid (r = -0.57, p = 0.009) inversely correlated with CSF p-tau and t-tau, respectively. Furthermore, in AD CSF, increased 3-hydroxykynurenine/KYN ratio correlated with t-tau (r = 0.58, p = 0.009) and p-tau (r = 0.52, p = 0.020). These data support KP involvement in AD pathogenesis and add to the case for the therapeutic modulation of the KP in AD.

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