TY - JOUR
T1 - Association of plasma neurofilament light with neurodegeneration in patients with Alzheimer disease
AU - Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
AU - Mattsson, Niklas
AU - Andreasson, Ulf
AU - Zetterberg, Henrik
AU - Blennow, Kaj
AU - Weiner, Michael W.
AU - Aisen, Paul
AU - Toga, Arthur W.
AU - Petersen, Ronald
AU - Jack, Clifford R.
AU - Jagust, William
AU - Trojanowki, John Q.
AU - Shaw, Leslie M.
AU - Beckett, Laurel
AU - Green, Robert C.
AU - Saykin, Andrew J.
AU - Morris, John
AU - Khachaturian, Zaven
AU - Sorensen, Greg
AU - Carrillo, Maria
AU - Kuller, Lew
AU - Raichle, Marc
AU - Holtzman, David
AU - Paul, Steven
AU - Davies, Peter
AU - Fillit, Howard
AU - Hefti, Franz
AU - Mesulam, M. Marcel
AU - Potter, William
AU - Snyder, Peter
AU - Lilly, Eli
AU - Schwartz, Adam
AU - Montine, Tom
AU - Thomas, Ronald G.
AU - Donohue, Michael
AU - Walter, Sarah
AU - Gessert, Devon
AU - Sather, Tamie
AU - Jiminez, Gus
AU - Balasubramanian, Archana B.
AU - Mason, Jennifer
AU - Sim, Iris
AU - Harvey, Danielle
AU - Bernstein, Matthew
AU - Borowski, Bret
AU - Gunter, Jeff
AU - Senjem, Matt
AU - Vemuri, Prashanthi
AU - Jones, David
AU - Albert, Marilyn
AU - Onyike, Chiadi
N1 - Funding Information:
Data collection (and sharing) for this project was funded by the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) (grant U01 AG024904 from the National Institutes of Health) and by the Department of Defense OD ADNI (award W81XWH-12-2-0012). The ADNI is funded by the National Institute on Aging and by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, as well as through generous contributions from the following: AbbVie, Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, Araclon, Biotech, BioClinica Inc, Biogen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, CereSpir Inc, Cogstate, Eisai Inc, Elan Pharmaceuticals Inc, Eli Lilly and Company, EuroImmun, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd and its affiliated company Genentech Inc, Fujirebio Europe, GE Healthcare, IXICO Ltd, Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy Research & Development LLC, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development LLC, Lumosity, Lundbeck, Merck & Co Inc, Meso Scale Diagnostics LLC, NeuroRx Research, Neurotrack Technologies, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Pfizer Inc, Piramal Imaging, Servier, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, and Transition Therapeutics. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research provides funds to support ADNI clinical sites in Canada. Private-sector contributions are facilitated by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. The grantee organization is the Northern California Institute for Research and Education Inc, and the study is coordinated by the Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute at the University of Southern California. The ADNI data are disseminated by the Laboratory of Neuro Imaging at the University of Southern California. This research was also supported by grants from the Swedish Alzheimer Foundation, the Greta and Johan Kock Foundation, the Thelma Zoega Foundation, the Strategic Research Area MultiPark (Multidisciplinary Research in Parkinson's Disease) at Lund University, Vinnova, the Swedish Research Council, the European Research Council, Swedish State Support for Clinical Research, and Frimurarestiftelsen.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/5
Y1 - 2017/5
N2 - IMPORTANCE Existing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or imaging (tau positron emission tomography) biomarkers for Alzheimer disease (AD) are invasive or expensive. Biomarkers based on standard blood test results would be useful in research, drug development, and clinical practice. Plasma neurofilament light (NFL) has recently been proposed as a blood-based biomarker for neurodegeneration in dementias. OBJECTIVE To test whether plasma NFL concentrations are increased in AD and associated with cognitive decline, other AD biomarkers, and imaging evidence of neurodegeneration. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS In this prospective case-control study, an ultrasensitive assay was used to measure plasma NFL concentration in 193 cognitively healthy controls, 197 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and 180 patients with AD dementia from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. The study dates were September 7, 2005, to February 13, 2012. The plasma NFL analysis was performed in September 2016. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Associationswere tested between plasma NFL and diagnosis, Aβ pathologic features, CSF biomarkers of neuronal injury, cognition, brain structure, and metabolism. RESULTS Among 193 cognitively healthy controls, 197 patients with mild cognitive impairment, and 180 patients with AD with dementia, plasma NFL correlated with CSF NFL (Spearman ? = 0.59, P < .001). Plasma NFL was increased in patients with MCI (mean, 42.8 ng/L) and patients with AD dementia (mean, 51.0 ng/L) compared with controls (mean, 34.7 ng/L) (P < .001) and had high diagnostic accuracy for patients with AD with dementia vs controls (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 0.87, which is comparable to established CSF biomarkers). Plasma NFL was particularly high in patients with MCI and patients with AD dementia with Aβ pathologic features. High plasma NFL correlated with poor cognition and AD-related atrophy (at baseline and longitudinally) and with brain hypometabolism (longitudinally). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Plasma NFL is associated with AD diagnosis and with cognitive, biochemical, and imaging hallmarks of the disease. This finding implies a potential usefulness for plasma NFL as a noninvasive biomarker in AD.
AB - IMPORTANCE Existing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or imaging (tau positron emission tomography) biomarkers for Alzheimer disease (AD) are invasive or expensive. Biomarkers based on standard blood test results would be useful in research, drug development, and clinical practice. Plasma neurofilament light (NFL) has recently been proposed as a blood-based biomarker for neurodegeneration in dementias. OBJECTIVE To test whether plasma NFL concentrations are increased in AD and associated with cognitive decline, other AD biomarkers, and imaging evidence of neurodegeneration. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS In this prospective case-control study, an ultrasensitive assay was used to measure plasma NFL concentration in 193 cognitively healthy controls, 197 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and 180 patients with AD dementia from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. The study dates were September 7, 2005, to February 13, 2012. The plasma NFL analysis was performed in September 2016. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Associationswere tested between plasma NFL and diagnosis, Aβ pathologic features, CSF biomarkers of neuronal injury, cognition, brain structure, and metabolism. RESULTS Among 193 cognitively healthy controls, 197 patients with mild cognitive impairment, and 180 patients with AD with dementia, plasma NFL correlated with CSF NFL (Spearman ? = 0.59, P < .001). Plasma NFL was increased in patients with MCI (mean, 42.8 ng/L) and patients with AD dementia (mean, 51.0 ng/L) compared with controls (mean, 34.7 ng/L) (P < .001) and had high diagnostic accuracy for patients with AD with dementia vs controls (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 0.87, which is comparable to established CSF biomarkers). Plasma NFL was particularly high in patients with MCI and patients with AD dementia with Aβ pathologic features. High plasma NFL correlated with poor cognition and AD-related atrophy (at baseline and longitudinally) and with brain hypometabolism (longitudinally). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Plasma NFL is associated with AD diagnosis and with cognitive, biochemical, and imaging hallmarks of the disease. This finding implies a potential usefulness for plasma NFL as a noninvasive biomarker in AD.
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U2 - 10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.6117
DO - 10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.6117
M3 - Article
C2 - 28346578
AN - SCOPUS:85018870200
SN - 2168-6149
VL - 74
SP - 557
EP - 566
JO - JAMA Neurology
JF - JAMA Neurology
IS - 5
ER -