Troponin T in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA)

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Serum biomarkers that might detect clinical progression are currently lacking for Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), thus limiting the effectiveness of possible future pharmacological trials. Elevation of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) unrelated to myocardial damage in a motor neuron (MN) disease as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) was associated to disease severity. We enrolled 47 SBMA patients and 5 Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 3 adult patients as control group; each SBMA patient was evaluated at baseline and at one-year follow-up visit. Demographic and clinical data including functional scores (SBMAFRS) were collected; serum was collected as standard of care and tested for cardiac troponins. Levels of cTnT but not cTnI were increased in SBMA with respect to reference values; unlike other neuromuscular diseases, SMA patients had overall normal cTnT values. Median cTnT concentrations did not change after one year and values were correlated to motor function, particularly with lower limb subdomain, at baseline only. Variations of cTnT and of SBMAFRS were unrelated. The cautiously promising results of cTnT as potential biomarker should undergo a more extensive clinical validation, including studies with longer follow-up period. When evaluating SBMA patients for a potential cardiac damage cTnI testing should be coupled or preferred to cTnT.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:456

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Journal of the neurological sciences - 456(2024) vom: 15. Jan., Seite 122816

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Musso, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Blasi, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Mion, Monica Maria [VerfasserIn]
Fortuna, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Sabbatini, Daniele [VerfasserIn]
Zaninotto, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Bello, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Pegoraro, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Basso, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Plebani, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Sorarù, Gianni [VerfasserIn]

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Biomarker
Biomarkers
CTnT
Journal Article
SBMA
Troponin T

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Date Completed 15.01.2024

Date Revised 15.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jns.2023.122816

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NLM365626619