Serum adiponectin levels between patients with Parkinson's disease and those with PSP.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:

Adiponectin receptors are expressed in the hypothalamus, brainstem, and basal ganglia. Experimentally, adiponectin was immunopositive in the phosphorylated α-synuclein-positive Lewy bodies in the brain of individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD), and treatment with recombinant adiponectin suppressed the aggregation of α-synuclein. The close relationship between adiponectin and PD is suggested.

METHODS:

We assessed whether adiponectin levels may increase in patients with PD and differ in individuals with other neurodegenerative diseases. Blood samples were stored at - 70 °C. Adiponectin levels were measured using a latex turbidimetric immunoassay.

RESULTS:

Adiponectin levels of patients with PD (p = 0.019) or PD plus multiple systemic atrophy with predominant parkinsonian features (MSA-P) (p = 0.034) increased compared with those of patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). A multivariate comparison using ANCOVA showed that the adiponectin level was significantly higher in PD plus MSA-P than in patient with PSP, which is independent of age and BMI (adjusted mean difference of 4.388 μg/ml [95% confidence interval 0.602-8.174, p = 0.024]). A significant positive correlation between adiponectin and HDL-C levels was observed in patients with PD on a single linear regression analysis (β, 0.257; p < 0.001; R2 = 0.271). The results were not significant in patients with MSA-P, PSP, and MSA-P plus PSP.

CONCLUSIONS:

Adiponectin is likely to play roles in the composition of lipid rafts since the adiponectin level of each patient with alpha-synucleinopathy or PSP differed.

• Authors: Hiroshi Kataoka, Kazuma Sugie
• Journal: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (Neurol Sci) Vol. 41 Issue 5 Pg. 1125-1131 (May 2020) ISSN: 1590-3478 [Electronic] Italy
• PMID: 31897945 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Adiponectin

Topics

• Adiponectin (blood)
• Aged
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Multiple System Atrophy (blood)
• Parkinson Disease (blood)
• Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive (blood)