Salivary Heme Oxygenase-1 : A Potential Biomarker for Central Neurodegeneration

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BACKGROUND: Parkinson disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, affecting 2% of the population over 65 years of age. PD diagnosis is based on clinical examination and can only be confirmed during autopsy. In 2018, we reported that heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), an inducible stress response protein important for heme catabolism and implicated in PD pathology, was higher in PD saliva relative to healthy controls, suggesting that salivary HO-1 may serve as a potential biomarker of PD.

OBJECTIVES: To ascertain whether HO-1 protein levels are elevated in PD saliva relative to degenerative neurological, non-degenerative neurological and healthy controls.

METHODOLOGY: The study included 307 participants comprising 75 participants with idiopathic PD and 3 control groups: 162 non-neurological, 37 non-PD degenerative neurological, and 33 non-degenerative neurological participants. Salivary HO-1 and total protein concentrations were measured using ELISA and BCA assay, respectively. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to estimate model discrimination. Analyses were adjusted by age, sex, total protein, and relevant comorbidities.

RESULTS: Elevated HO-1 concentrations were observed in the PD group and other neurodegenerative conditions compared to subjects with no neurological or non-degenerative neurological conditions. ROC curves using HO-1 levels and covariates yielded areas under the curve above 85% in models for PD or neurodegenerative conditions versus controls.

CONCLUSIONS: Salivary HO-1 concentrations in combination with covariates may provide a biomarker signature that distinguishes patients with neurodegenerative conditions from persons without.

CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE: This study provides Class III evidence that salivary HO-1 multivariable models can distinguish neurodegenerative conditions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Journal of central nervous system disease - 13(2021) vom: 14., Seite 11795735211029114

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Galindez, Julia M [VerfasserIn]
Juwara, Lamin [VerfasserIn]
Cressatti, Marisa [VerfasserIn]
Gornitsky, Mervyn [VerfasserIn]
Velly, Ana M [VerfasserIn]
Schipper, Hyman M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarker
Heme oxygenase-1
Journal Article
Neurodegenerative conditions
Parkinson disease
Saliva

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Date Revised 07.11.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/11795735211029114

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328355305