ALZHEIMER’S AND DEMENTIA

O’Bryant SE, Edwards M, Zhang F, Johnson LA, Hall J, Kuras Y and Scherzer CR

Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2019 May 2;11:374-382

DOI: 10.1016/j.dadm.2019.03.001

Abstract

Introduction:

We sought to determine if our previously validated proteomic profile for detecting Alzheimer’s disease would detect Parkinson’s disease (PD) and distinguish PD from other neurodegenerative diseases.

Methods:

Plasma samples were assayed from 150 patients of the Harvard Biomarkers Study (PD, n = 50; other neurodegenerative diseases, n = 50; healthy controls, n = 50) using electrochemiluminescence and Simoa platforms.

Results:

The first step proteomic profile distinguished neurodegenerative diseases from controls with a diagnostic accuracy of 0.94. The second step profile distinguished PD cases from other neurodegenerative diseases with a diagnostic accuracy of 0.98. The proteomic profile differed in step 1 versus step 2, suggesting that a multistep proteomic profile algorithm to detecting and distinguishing between neurodegenerative diseases may be optimal.

Discussion:

These data provide evidence of the potential use of a multitiered blood-based proteomic screening method for detecting individuals with neurodegenerative disease and then distinguishing PD from other neurodegenerative diseases.