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Neurobiol Dis ; 104: 73-84, 2017 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28392472

ABSTRACT

Accumulation of neurofilaments (NFs), the major constituents of the neuronal cytoskeleton, is a distinctive feature of neurological diseases and several studies have shown that soluble NFs can be detected in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with neurological diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia. Here we have used an inducible transgenic mouse model of neurodegeneration, CamKII-TetOp25 mice, to evaluate whether NF-L levels in CSF or blood can be used as a biochemical biomarker of neurodegeneration. Induction of p25 transgene brain expression led to increase in CSF and serum NF-L levels that correlated with ongoing neurodegeneration. Switching off p25 prevented further increases in both CSF and serum NF-L levels and concomitantly stopped the progression of neurodegeneration. The levels of CSF NF-L detected in p25 mice are about 4-fold higher than the CSF levels detected in patients with chronic neurodegenerative diseases, such as symptomatic FTD (bvFTD). In addition, our data indicate that the NF-L detected in CSF is most likely a cleaved form of NF-L. These results suggest that CSF and serum NF-L are of interest to be further explored as potential translational dynamic biomarkers of neurodegeneration or as pharmacodynamics biomarkers at least in preclinical animal studies.


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Brain/pathology , Neurodegenerative Diseases , Neurofilament Proteins/blood , Neurofilament Proteins/cerebrospinal fluid , Neurons/pathology , Animals , Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2/genetics , Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2/metabolism , Disease Models, Animal , Fluoresceins/metabolism , Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics , Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism , Mice , Mice, Transgenic , Neurodegenerative Diseases/blood , Neurodegenerative Diseases/cerebrospinal fluid , Neurodegenerative Diseases/pathology , Neurons/metabolism , Phosphopyruvate Hydratase/metabolism , Phosphotransferases/genetics , Phosphotransferases/metabolism , RNA Splicing Factors/metabolism
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