Plasma neurofilament light chain as a biomarker for fatal familial insomnia.
biomarker
fatal familial insomnia
neurofilament light chain
plasma
prion disease
Journal
European journal of neurology
ISSN: 1468-1331
Titre abrégé: Eur J Neurol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9506311
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 2022
06 2022
Historique:
received:
09
02
2022
accepted:
22
02
2022
pubmed:
26
2
2022
medline:
10
5
2022
entrez:
25
2
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Fatal familial insomnia is a rare hereditary prion disease associated with the D178N-129M PRNP mutation. Early diagnosis is difficult, because the clinical syndrome may overlap with affective disorders. In addition, most known cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for prion diseases and magnetic resonance imaging do not show a good diagnostic accuracy for fatal familial insomnia. In this context, data on plasma biomarkers are scarce. We analyzed levels of neurofilament light chain, glial fibrillary acidic protein, chitinase-3-like protein 1, calcium-binding protein B, and total tau protein in six serial plasma samples from a patient with fatal familial insomnia. Subsequently, plasma neurofilament light chain was analyzed in n = 25 patients and n = 19 controls. The diagnostic accuracy and associations with disease stage and duration were explored. Among all biomarker candidates in the case study, only neurofilament light chain levels showed a constant evolution and increased over time. They discriminated fatal familial insomnia from controls with an area under the curve of 0.992 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.974-1) in the case-control study. Higher concentrations were associated with methionine homozygosity at codon 129 PRNP (p = 0.006), shorter total disease duration (rho = -0.467, p = 0.019, 95% CI = -0.790 to -0.015), and shorter time from sampling to death (rho = -0.467, p = 0.019, 95% CI = -0.773 to -0.019). Plasma neurofilament light chain may be a valuable minimally invasive diagnostic biomarker for fatal familial insomnia after clinical onset. Most important, stage-related increase and association with disease duration indicate potential as a prognostic marker and as a surrogate marker in clinical trials.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Fatal familial insomnia is a rare hereditary prion disease associated with the D178N-129M PRNP mutation. Early diagnosis is difficult, because the clinical syndrome may overlap with affective disorders. In addition, most known cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for prion diseases and magnetic resonance imaging do not show a good diagnostic accuracy for fatal familial insomnia. In this context, data on plasma biomarkers are scarce.
METHODS
We analyzed levels of neurofilament light chain, glial fibrillary acidic protein, chitinase-3-like protein 1, calcium-binding protein B, and total tau protein in six serial plasma samples from a patient with fatal familial insomnia. Subsequently, plasma neurofilament light chain was analyzed in n = 25 patients and n = 19 controls. The diagnostic accuracy and associations with disease stage and duration were explored.
RESULTS
Among all biomarker candidates in the case study, only neurofilament light chain levels showed a constant evolution and increased over time. They discriminated fatal familial insomnia from controls with an area under the curve of 0.992 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.974-1) in the case-control study. Higher concentrations were associated with methionine homozygosity at codon 129 PRNP (p = 0.006), shorter total disease duration (rho = -0.467, p = 0.019, 95% CI = -0.790 to -0.015), and shorter time from sampling to death (rho = -0.467, p = 0.019, 95% CI = -0.773 to -0.019).
CONCLUSIONS
Plasma neurofilament light chain may be a valuable minimally invasive diagnostic biomarker for fatal familial insomnia after clinical onset. Most important, stage-related increase and association with disease duration indicate potential as a prognostic marker and as a surrogate marker in clinical trials.
Substances chimiques
Biomarkers
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1841-1846Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors. European Journal of Neurology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Academy of Neurology.
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