Fluid biomarkers in multiple system atrophy: A review of the MSA Biomarker Initiative
Neurobiology of Disease. 2015-08-01; 80: 29-41
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.05.004
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1. Neurobiol Dis. 2015 Aug;80:29-41. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.05.004. Epub 2015 May
15.
Fluid biomarkers in multiple system atrophy: A review of the MSA Biomarker
Initiative.
Laurens B(1), Constantinescu R(2), Freeman R(3), Gerhard A(4), Jellinger K(5),
Jeromin A(6), Krismer F(7), Mollenhauer B(8), Schlossmacher MG(9), Shaw LM(10),
Verbeek MM(11), Wenning GK(7), Winge K(12), Zhang J(13), Meissner WG(14).
Author information:
(1)Service de Neurologie, CHU de Bordeaux, F-33076 Bordeaux, France.
(2)Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45 Göteborg,
Sweden.
(3)Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical
School, Boston.
(4)Institute of Brain Behaviour and Mental Heath, University of Manchester, UK.
(5)Institute of Clinical Neurobiology, Kenyongasse 18, A-1070 Vienna, Austria.
(6)Quanterix, Inc., Lexington, MA 021421, USA.
(7)Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
(8)Paracelsus-Elena-Klinik, Kassel, Germany and Department of Neuropathology,
University Medical Center Goettingen, Germany.
(9)Program in Neuroscience, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa Brain and
Mind Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
(10)Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
(11)Department of Neurology, Parkinson Center, Donders Institute for Brain,
Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the
Netherlands; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Parkinson Center, Donders
Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Centre,
Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
(12)Department of Neurology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
(13)Department of Pathology, University of WA, Seattle, USA.
(14)Service de Neurologie, CHU de Bordeaux, F-33076 Bordeaux, France; Centre de
référence atrophie multisystématisée, CHU de Bordeaux, F-33076 Bordeaux, France;
Univ. de Bordeaux, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR 5293, F-33076
Bordeaux, France; CNRS, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR 5293,
F-33076 Bordeaux, France. Electronic address: .
Despite growing research efforts, no reliable biomarker currently exists for the
diagnosis and prognosis of multiple system atrophy (MSA). Such biomarkers are
urgently needed to improve diagnostic accuracy, prognostic guidance and also to
serve as efficacy measures or surrogates of target engagement for future clinical
trials. We here review candidate fluid biomarkers for MSA and provide
considerations for further developments and harmonization of standard operating
procedures. A PubMed search was performed until April 24, 2015 to review the
literature with regard to candidate blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
biomarkers for MSA. Abstracts of 1760 studies were retrieved and screened for
eligibility. The final list included 60 studies assessing fluid biomarkers in
patients with MSA. Most studies have focused on alpha-synuclein, markers of
axonal degeneration or catecholamines. Their results suggest that combining
several CSF fluid biomarkers may be more successful than using single markers, at
least for the diagnosis. Currently, the clinically most useful markers may
comprise a combination of the light chain of neurofilament (which is consistently
elevated in MSA compared to controls and Parkinson’s disease), metabolites of the
catecholamine pathway and proteins such as α-synuclein, DJ-1 and total-tau.
Beyond future efforts in biomarker discovery, the harmonization of standard
operating procedures will be crucial for future success.
Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.05.004
PMID: 25982836 [Indexed for MEDLINE]