Muscarinic Receptors Expression in the Peripheral Blood Cells Differentiate Dementia with Lewy Bodies from Alzheimer's Disease

BACKGROUND: Central nervous system disruption of cholinergic (ACh) signaling, which plays a major role in cognitive processes, is well documented in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). The expression of muscarinic ACh receptors type 1 and 4 (CHRM1 and CHRM4) has been reported to be altered in the brain of DLB patients.

OBJECTIVE: We aim to assess the peripheral gene expression of CHRM1 and 4 in DLB as a possible marker as compared to AD and healthy control (HC) subjects.

METHODS: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were collected from 21 DLB, 13 AD, and 8 HC matched subjects. RT-PCR was performed to estimate gene expression of CHRM1 and CHRM4.

RESULTS: Peripheral CHRM1 expression was higher and CHRM4 was lower in DLB and AD compared to HC, whereas both CHRM1 and CHRM4 levels were higher in AD compared to DLB patients. Receiver operating characteristics curves, with logistic regression analysis, showed that combining peripheral CHRM1 and CHRM4 levels, DLB and AD subjects were classified with an accuracy of 76.0%.

CONCLUSION: Alterations of peripheral CHRM1 and CHRM4 was found in both AD and DLB patients as compared to HC. CHRM1 and CHRM4 gene expression resulted to be lower in DLB patients compared to AD. In the future, peripheral CHRM expression could be studied as a possible marker of neurodegenerative conditions associated with cholinergic deficit and a possible marker of response to acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:85

Enthalten in:

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 85(2022), 1 vom: 22., Seite 323-330

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Reale, Marcella [VerfasserIn]
Carrarini, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Russo, Mirella [VerfasserIn]
Dono, Fedele [VerfasserIn]
Ferri, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Di Pietro, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Costantini, Erica [VerfasserIn]
Porreca, Annamaria [VerfasserIn]
Di Nicola, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Onofrj, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Bonanni, Laura [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alzheimer’s disease
CHRM1 protein, human
CHRM4 protein, human
Cholinergic imbalance
Dementia with Lewy bodies
Journal Article
Muscarinic receptors
Real time-polymerase chain reaction
Receptor, Muscarinic M1
Receptor, Muscarinic M4
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 15.02.2022

Date Revised 15.02.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3233/JAD-215285

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM333439465