Metal concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid, blood, serum, plasma, hair, and nails in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : A systematic review and meta-analysis

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BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with progressive muscle wasting, paralysis, and respiratory failure. Whereas approximately 10-15 % of ALS cases are familial, the etiology of the remaining, sporadic ALS cases remains largely unknown. Environmental exposures have been suggested as causative factors for decades, and previous studies have found elevated concentrations of metals in ALS patients.

PURPOSE: This meta-analysis aims to assess metal concentrations in body fluids and tissues of ALS patients.

METHODS: We searched the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases on December 7th, 2022 for cross-sectional, case-control, and cohort studies which measure metal concentrations in whole blood, blood plasma, blood serum, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), urine, erythrocytes, nail, and hair samples of ALS patients. Meta-analysis was then performed when three or more articles existed for a comparison.

FINDINGS: Twenty-nine studies measuring 23 metals were included and 13 meta-analyses were performed from 4234 screened entries. The meta-analysis results showed elevated concentrations of lead and selenium. Lead, measured in whole blood in 6 studies, was significantly elevated by 2.88 µg/L (95 % CI: 0.83-4.93, p = 0.006) and lead, measured in CSF in 4 studies, was significantly elevated by 0.21 µg/L (95 % CI: 0.01 - 0.41, p = 0.04) in ALS patients when compared to controls. Selenium, measured in serum/plasma in 4 studies, was significantly elevated by 4.26 µg/L (95% CI: 0.73 - 7.79, p = 0.02) when compared to controls.Analyses of other metal concentrations showed no statistically significant difference between the groups.

CONCLUSION: Lead has been discussed as a possible causative agent in ALS since 1850. Lead has been found in the spinal cord of ALS patients, and occupational exposure to lead is more common in ALS patients than in controls. Selenium in the form of neurotoxic selenite has been shown to geochemically correlate to ALS occurrence in Italy. Although no causal relationship can be established from the results of this meta-analysis, the findings suggest an involvement of lead and selenium in the pathophysiology of ALS. After a thorough meta-analysis of published studies on metal concentrations in ALS it can only be concluded that lead and selenium are elevated in ALS.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:78

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Journal of trace elements in medicine and biology : organ of the Society for Minerals and Trace Elements (GMS) - 78(2023) vom: 25. Juli, Seite 127165

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kamalian, Aida [VerfasserIn]
Foroughmand, Iman [VerfasserIn]
Koski, Lassi [VerfasserIn]
Darvish, Mahtab [VerfasserIn]
Saghazadeh, Amene [VerfasserIn]
Kamalian, Amirhossein [VerfasserIn]
Razavi, Seyedeh Zahra Emami [VerfasserIn]
Abdi, Siamak [VerfasserIn]
Dehgolan, Shahram Rahimi [VerfasserIn]
Fotouhi, Akbar [VerfasserIn]
Roos, Per M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2P299V784P
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Blood
Cerebrospinal fluid
H6241UJ22B
Journal Article
Lead
Meta-Analysis
Meta-analysis
Metals
Selenium
Systematic Review
Systematic review

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Date Completed 31.05.2023

Date Revised 31.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jtemb.2023.127165

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NLM35523565X