title: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and soluble forms of IL-6 receptors are not altered in cerebrospinal fluid of Alzheimer's disease patients.
abstract: We quantitated interleukin-6 (IL-6), soluble IL-6 receptor (sIL-6R) and soluble form of the IL-6 signal-transducing protein gp130 (sgp130) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) (n = 17) and control subjects (n = 18) using sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). Our results show that none of the parameters examined was significantly different in CSF of AD patients as compared to control age-matched non-demented patients. We conclude that CSF levels of IL-6 and their soluble receptors do not necessarily reflect local changes of the IL-6 system that has been shown to be involved in neurodegenerative events occurring in AD. Levels of sgp130 are substantially high (approximately 100 ng/ml) in the CSF of all individuals probably representing a high antagonistic potential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: März
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heese
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hock
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Golombowski
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Müller-Spahn
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rose-John
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Otten
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008958:Models, Molecular; D019947:Receptors, Interleukin-6 / Q000378:metabolism*; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6; D019947:Receptors, Interleukin-6