Amyloid processing in COVID-19-associated neurological syndromes

© 2022 The Authors. Journal of Neurochemistry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Society for Neurochemistry..

SARS-CoV-2 infection can damage the nervous system with multiple neurological manifestations described. However, there is limited understanding of the mechanisms underlying COVID-19 neurological injury. This is a cross-sectional exploratory prospective biomarker cohort study of 21 patients with COVID-19 neurological syndromes (Guillain-Barre Syndrome [GBS], encephalitis, encephalopathy, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis [ADEM], intracranial hypertension, and central pain syndrome) and 23 healthy COVID-19 negative controls. We measured cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum biomarkers of amyloid processing, neuronal injury (neurofilament light), astrocyte activation (GFAp), and neuroinflammation (tissue necrosis factor [TNF] ɑ, interleukin [IL]-6, IL-1β, IL-8). Patients with COVID-19 neurological syndromes had significantly reduced CSF soluble amyloid precursor protein (sAPP)-ɑ (p = 0.004) and sAPPβ (p = 0.03) as well as amyloid β (Aβ) 40 (p = 5.2 × 10-8 ), Aβ42 (p = 3.5 × 10-7 ), and Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio (p = 0.005) compared to controls. Patients with COVID-19 neurological syndromes showed significantly increased neurofilament light (NfL, p = 0.001) and this negatively correlated with sAPPɑ and sAPPβ. Conversely, GFAp was significantly reduced in COVID-19 neurological syndromes (p = 0.0001) and this positively correlated with sAPPɑ and sAPPβ. COVID-19 neurological patients also displayed significantly increased CSF proinflammatory cytokines and these negatively correlated with sAPPɑ and sAPPβ. A sensitivity analysis of COVID-19-associated GBS revealed a non-significant trend toward greater impairment of amyloid processing in COVID-19 central than peripheral neurological syndromes. This pilot study raises the possibility that patients with COVID-19-associated neurological syndromes exhibit impaired amyloid processing. Altered amyloid processing was linked to neuronal injury and neuroinflammation but reduced astrocyte activation.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: J Neurochem. 2023 Jul;166(1):e1. - PMID 37414438

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:161

Enthalten in:

Journal of neurochemistry - 161(2022), 2 vom: 08. Apr., Seite 146-157

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ziff, Oliver J [VerfasserIn]
Ashton, Nicholas J [VerfasserIn]
Mehta, Puja R [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Athauda, Dilan [VerfasserIn]
Heaney, Judith [VerfasserIn]
Heslegrave, Amanda J [VerfasserIn]
Benedet, Andrea Lessa [VerfasserIn]
Blennow, Kaj [VerfasserIn]
Checkley, Anna M [VerfasserIn]
Houlihan, Catherine F [VerfasserIn]
Gauthier, Serge [VerfasserIn]
Rosa-Neto, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
Fox, Nick C [VerfasserIn]
Schott, Jonathan M [VerfasserIn]
Zetterberg, Henrik [VerfasserIn]
Benjamin, Laura A [VerfasserIn]
Paterson, Ross W [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

APP
Alzheimer's disease
Amyloid beta-Peptides
Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
Amyloid processing
Beta amyloid
Biomarkers
COVID-19
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 22.04.2022

Date Revised 16.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ErratumIn: J Neurochem. 2023 Jul;166(1):e1. - PMID 37414438

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jnc.15585

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM336697597