title: Aβ1-17 is a major amyloid-β fragment isoform in cerebrospinal fluid and blood with possible diagnostic value in Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: This work was prompted by the finding that Aβ1-17 (Aβ17) appeared to be the second-most abundant cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Aβ fragment, after Aβ40. We developed an ELISA to quantify levels of Aβ17 directly accessible in plasma (DA17), recovered from the proteomic plasma matrix (RP17) and associated with the cellular pellet (CP17) that remained after plasma collection. Then, we used a sample of 19 healthy control (HC), 27 mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and 17 mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients to explore the association of the diagnostic groups with those direct markers, their ratios or the ratios with their Aβ40 or Aβ42 counterparts. After dichotomization (d) for the median of the sample population, logistic regression analysis showed that in the AD versus HC subgroup, subjects with a dDA/CP17 higher than the median had a significantly greater risk of being AD than those with marker levels equal to or below the median (odds ratio OR; 95% confidence interval; 17.21; 1.42-208.81). Subjects with dRP17/42 below the median had an increased likelihood of being MCI (20.00; 1.17-333.33) or AD (40.00; 1.87-1000) versus being HC, than those with dRP17/42 higher than the median. Although the confidence intervals are wide, these findings suggest that assessment of Aβ17 may increase the diagnostic performance of blood-based Aβ tests which might be developed into minimally invasive first-step screening tests for people with increased risk for AD.
authors: Araclon Biotech Ltd., Zaragoza, Spain.
authors: Virginia
authors: V
authors: Pérez-Grijalba
authors: Araclon Biotech Ltd., Zaragoza, Spain.
authors: Pedro
authors: P
authors: Pesini
authors: Araclon Biotech Ltd., Zaragoza, Spain.
authors: José Antonio
authors: JA
authors: Allué
authors: Araclon Biotech Ltd., Zaragoza, Spain.
authors: Leticia
authors: L
authors: Sarasa
authors: Araclon Biotech Ltd., Zaragoza, Spain.
authors: María
authors: M
authors: Montañés
authors: Araclon Biotech Ltd., Zaragoza, Spain.
authors: Ana-María
authors: AM
authors: Lacosta
authors: Araclon Biotech Ltd., Zaragoza, Spain.
authors: Diego
authors: D
authors: Casabona
authors: Araclon Biotech Ltd., Zaragoza, Spain.
authors: Itziar
authors: I
authors: San-José
authors: Alzheimer Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Barcelona, Spain Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron - Institut de Recerca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (VHIR-UAB), Barcelona, Spain.
authors: Mercè
authors: M
authors: Boada
authors: Alzheimer Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Barcelona, Spain.
authors: Lluis
authors: L
authors: Tárraga
authors: Alzheimer Research Center and Memory Clinic, Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Barcelona, Spain.
authors: Agustín
authors: A
authors: Ruiz
authors: Araclon Biotech Ltd., Zaragoza, Spain.
authors: Manuel
authors: M
authors: Sarasa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000097:blood* / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D053327:Apolipoprotein E4 / Q000235:genetics; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000097:blood* / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D053327:Apolipoprotein E4; D015415:Biomarkers; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C000604160:amyloid beta-protein (1-17); C078592:amyloid beta-protein (1-40); C075222:amyloid beta-protein (1-42)
keywords: Amyloid-β; ELISA; biomarkers; cerebrospinal fluid; mass spectrometry