title: NMR spectroscopy of human post mortem cerebrospinal fluid: distinction of Alzheimer's disease from control using pattern recognition and statistics.
abstract: 1H NMR spectra have been measured at 500 and 600 MHz on 23 human cerebrospinal fluid samples obtained at autopsy from Alzheimer's disease patients and controls. The spectra at 500 MHz were quantified using 42 descriptors based on NMR peak heights and it was shown that differences between the two classes were apparent in the delta 2.4-2.9 region. Remeasured at 600 MHz a detailed examination of this chemical shift range identified citrate, aspartate, N-acetyl aspartate, methionine and glutamate in this region of the spectra. Principal components analysis showed that a separation of the two classes was possible and detailed statistics indicated that citrate level was the principal marker. Patient age and the interval between death and autopsy (parameters not closely matched between the two groups) were examined statistically to establish whether these might account for the citrate differences. Although they could possibly account for them to some extent, the relationship between citrate levels and disease state remained significant at p < 0.05. The data invite a test of the importance of citrate levels in Alzheimer's disease using samples taken ex vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK.
authors.forename: F Y
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Ghauri
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Sweatman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Beddell
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lindon
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Cairns
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D002951:Citrates / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D019343:Citric Acid; D005971:Glutamates / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D008715:Methionine / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D002951:Citrates; D005971:Glutamates; D019343:Citric Acid; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D018698:Glutamic Acid; C000179:N-acetylaspartate; D008715:Methionine