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Poggiolini I, Gupta V, Lawton M, Lee S, El-Turabi A, Querejeta-Coma A, Trenkwalder C, Sixel-Döring F, Foubert-Samier A, Pavy-Le Traon A, Plazzi G, Biscarini F, Montplaisir J, Gagnon JF, Postuma RB, Antelmi E, Meissner WG, Mollenhauer B, Ben-Shlomo Y, Hu MT, Parkkinen L. Diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid alpha-synuclein seed quantification in synucleinopathies. Brain 2022; 145:584-595. [PMID: 34894214 PMCID: PMC9014737 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awab431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Several studies have confirmed the α-synuclein real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) assay to have high sensitivity and specificity for Parkinson's disease. However, whether the assay can be used as a robust, quantitative measure to monitor disease progression, stratify different synucleinopathies and predict disease conversion in patients with idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder remains undetermined. The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic value of CSF α-synuclein RT-QuIC quantitative parameters in regard to disease progression, stratification and conversion in synucleinopathies. We performed α-synuclein RT-QuIC in the CSF samples from 74 Parkinson's disease, 24 multiple system atrophy and 45 idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder patients alongside 55 healthy controls, analysing quantitative assay parameters in relation to clinical data. α-Synuclein RT-QuIC showed 89% sensitivity and 96% specificity for Parkinson's disease. There was no correlation between RT-QuIC quantitative parameters and Parkinson's disease clinical scores (e.g. Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale motor), but RT-QuIC positivity and some quantitative parameters (e.g. Vmax) differed across the different phenotype clusters. RT-QuIC parameters also added value alongside standard clinical data in diagnosing Parkinson's disease. The sensitivity in multiple system atrophy was 75%, and CSF samples showed longer T50 and lower Vmax compared to Parkinson's disease. All RT-QuIC parameters correlated with worse clinical progression of multiple system atrophy (e.g. change in Unified Multiple System Atrophy Rating Scale). The overall sensitivity in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder was 64%. In three of the four longitudinally followed idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder cohorts, we found around 90% sensitivity, but in one sample (DeNoPa) diagnosing idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder earlier from the community cases, this was much lower at 39%. During follow-up, 14 of 45 (31%) idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder patients converted to synucleinopathy with 9/14 (64%) of convertors showing baseline RT-QuIC positivity. In summary, our results showed that α-synuclein RT-QuIC adds value in diagnosing Parkinson's disease and may provide a way to distinguish variations within Parkinson's disease phenotype. However, the quantitative parameters did not correlate with disease severity in Parkinson's disease. The assay distinguished multiple system atrophy patients from Parkinson's disease patients and in contrast to Parkinson's disease, the quantitative parameters correlated with disease progression of multiple system atrophy. Our results also provided further evidence for α-synuclein RT-QuIC having potential as an early biomarker detecting synucleinopathy in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder patients prior to conversion. Further analysis of longitudinally followed idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder patients is needed to better understand the relationship between α-synuclein RT-QuIC signature and the progression from prodromal to different synucleinopathies.
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Grants
- Wellcome Trust
- J-0901 Parkinson's UK
- MR/T046287/1 Medical Research Council
- EPSRC
- UKRI-MRC
- EU Horizon 2020 and Michael J. Fox Foundation
- IPMDS
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research and honoraria to serve on advisory boards for EISAI and JAZZ Pharma outside the present field of research
- Canadian Institutes in Health Research, Canada Research Chair, and National Institute on Aging
- Fonds de la Recherche en Sante
- Canadian Institute of Health Research
- The Parkinson Society of Canada
- Weston-Garfield Foundation
- Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Webster Foundation
- Takeda, Roche, Teva Neurosciences, Novartis Canada, Biogen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Theranexus, GE HealthCare, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, AbbVie, Jannsen, Otsuko, Phytopharmics and Inception Sciences
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), EU (Horizon2020), Parkinson Fonds Deutschland, Deutsche Parkinson Vereinigung, Parkinson’s Foundation
- MRC, Wellcome Trust, NIHR and Parkinson’s UK
- Parkinson’s UK, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Cure Parkinson’s Trust, Lab10X, NIHR, Michael J Fox Foundation, H2020 European Union, GE Healthcare and PSP Association
- Parkinson’s UK, Weston Brain Institute and Michael J Fox Foundation
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Affiliation(s)
- Ilaria Poggiolini
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre, University of Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre, University of Oxford, UK
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- School of Social and Community Medicine, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre, University of Oxford, UK
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- The Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre, University of Oxford, UK
| | - Claudia Trenkwalder
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Paracelsus Elena Klinik, Centre for Movement Disorders, Kassel, Germany
| | - Friederike Sixel-Döring
- Paracelsus Elena Klinik, Centre for Movement Disorders, Kassel, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
| | - Alexandra Foubert-Samier
- French Reference Centre for MSA, University Hospital Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
- Institute des Maladies Neurodégénératives, CHU Bordeaux and Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, IMN, UMR 5293, Bordeaux, France
| | - Anne Pavy-Le Traon
- French Reference Centre for MSA, University Hospital of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
| | - Giuseppe Plazzi
- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- IRCCS—Institute of the Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - Francesco Biscarini
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - Jacques Montplaisir
- Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, CIUSSS-NÎM-Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| | - Jean-François Gagnon
- Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, CIUSSS-NÎM-Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, CIUSSS-NÎM-Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Neurology, McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| | - Elena Antelmi
- Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Institute des Maladies Neurodégénératives, CHU Bordeaux and Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, IMN, UMR 5293, Bordeaux, France
- Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, and New Zealand Brain Research Institute, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Paracelsus Elena Klinik, Centre for Movement Disorders, Kassel, Germany
| | - Yoav Ben-Shlomo
- School of Social and Community Medicine, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, UK
| | - Michele T Hu
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre, University of Oxford, UK
| | - Laura Parkkinen
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre, University of Oxford, UK
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