Large-scale validation of skin prion seeding activity as a biomarker for diagnosis of prion diseases

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Definitive diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) relies on the examination of brain tissues for the pathological prion protein (PrPSc). Our previous study revealed that PrPSc-seeding activity (PrPSc-SA) is detectable in skin of sCJD patients by an ultrasensitive PrPSc seed amplification assay (PrPSc-SAA) known as real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC). A total of 875 skin samples were collected from 2 cohorts (1 and 2) at autopsy from 2-3 body areas of 339 cases with neuropathologically confirmed prion diseases and non-sCJD controls. The skin samples were analyzed for PrPSc-SA by RT-QuIC assay. The results were compared with demographic information, clinical manifestations, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) PrPSc-SA, other laboratory tests, subtypes of prion diseases defined by the methionine (M) or valine (V) polymorphism at residue 129 of PrP, PrPSc types (#1 or #2), and gene mutations in deceased patients. RT-QuIC assays of the cohort #1 by two independent laboratories gave 87.3% or 91.3% sensitivity and 94.7% or 100% specificity, respectively. The cohort #2 showed sensitivity of 89.4% and specificity of 95.5%. RT-QuIC of CSF available from 212 cases gave 89.7% sensitivity and 94.1% specificity. The sensitivity of skin RT-QuIC was subtype dependent, being highest in sCJDVV1-2 subtype, followed by VV2, MV1-2, MV1, MV2, MM1, MM1-2, MM2, and VV1. The skin area next to the ear gave highest sensitivity, followed by lower back and apex of the head. Although no difference in brain PrPSc-SA was detected between the cases with false negative and true positive skin RT-QuIC results, the disease duration was significantly longer with the false negatives [12.0 ± 13.3 (months, SD) vs. 6.5 ± 6.4, p < 0.001]. Our study validates skin PrPSc-SA as a biomarker for the detection of prion diseases, which is influenced by the PrPSc types, PRNP 129 polymorphisms, dermatome sampled, and disease duration.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:147

Enthalten in:

Acta neuropathologica - 147(2024), 1 vom: 17. Jan., Seite 17

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Weiguanliu [VerfasserIn]
Orrú, Christina D [VerfasserIn]
Foutz, Aaron [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Mingxuan [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Jue [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Syed Zahid Ali [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Kotobelli, Keisi [VerfasserIn]
Gerasimenko, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Gilliland, Tricia [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
Cohen, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Safar, Jiri [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Dao-Jun [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Li [VerfasserIn]
Hughson, Andrew G [VerfasserIn]
Schonberger, Lawrence B [VerfasserIn]
Tatsuoka, Curtis [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Shu G [VerfasserIn]
Greenlee, Justin J [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zerui [VerfasserIn]
Appleby, Brian S [VerfasserIn]
Caughey, Byron [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Wen-Quan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarker
Biomarkers
Journal Article
Prion
Prions
Protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA)
Real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC)
Seeding activity
Skin

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Date Completed 18.01.2024

Date Revised 18.01.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00401-023-02661-2

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NLM367218259