Tau protein, Abeta42 and S-100B protein in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with dementia with Lewy bodies.

Abstract

The intra vitam diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is still based on clinical grounds. So far no technical investigations have been available to support this diagnosis. As for tau protein and beta-amyloid(1-42) (Abeta42), promising results for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been reported; we evaluated these markers and S-100B protein in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), using a set of commercially available assays, of 71 patients with DLB, 67 patients with AD and 41 nondemented controls (NDC) for their differential diagnostic relevance. Patients with DLB showed significantly lower tau protein values compared to AD but with a high overlap of values. More prominent differences were observed in the comparison of DLB patients with all three clinical core features and AD patients. Abeta42 levels were decreased in the DLB and AD groups versus NDC, without significant subgroup differences. S-100B levels were not significantly different between the groups. Tau protein levels in CSF may contribute to the clinical distinction between DLB and AD, but the value of the markers is still limited especially due to mixed pathology. We conclude that more specific markers have to be established for the differentiation of these diseases.

• Authors: Brit Mollenhauer, Lukas Cepek, Mirko Bibl, Jens Wiltfang, Walter J Schulz-Schaeffer, Barbara Ciesielczyk, Manuela Neumann, Petra Steinacker, Hans A Kretzschmar, Sigrid Poser, Claudia Trenkwalder, Markus Otto
• Journal: Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders (Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord) Vol. 19 Issue 2-3 Pg. 164-70 ( 2005) ISSN: 1420-8008 [Print] Switzerland
• PMID: 15637452 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Amyloid beta-Peptides
• Biomarkers
• Nerve Growth Factors
• Peptide Fragments
• S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit
• S100 Proteins
• amyloid beta-protein (1-42)
• tau Proteins

Topics

• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Alzheimer Disease (cerebrospinal fluid, diagnosis, pathology)
• Amyloid beta-Peptides (cerebrospinal fluid)
• Biomarkers (cerebrospinal fluid)
• Brain (pathology)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Female
• Humans
• Lewy Body Disease (cerebrospinal fluid, diagnosis, pathology)
• Male
• Mental Status Schedule
• Middle Aged
• Nerve Growth Factors
• Peptide Fragments (cerebrospinal fluid)
• Predictive Value of Tests
• Reference Values
• S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit
• S100 Proteins (cerebrospinal fluid)
• tau Proteins (cerebrospinal fluid)