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Targeted metabolomic profiling of cerebrospinal fluid from patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
Luo, Yi Möhn, Nora Al-Mekhlafi, Amani Schuchardt, Sven Skripuletz, Thomas Sühs, Wolfram Pessler, Frank Stangel, Martin
Luo, Yi
Möhn, Nora
Al-Mekhlafi, Amani
Schuchardt, Sven
Skripuletz, Thomas
Sühs, Wolfram
Pessler, Frank
Stangel, Martin
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2020-11-24
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), caused by JC polyomavirus, is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that primarily affects oligodendrocytes. It can cause significant morbidity and mortality. An early diagnosis is of high relevance as timely immune reconstitution is essential. However, diagnosis can be challenging if virus detection via cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) PCR remains negative. Hence, identifying CSF biomarkers for this disease is of crucial importance. We applied a targeted metabolomic screen to CSF from 23 PML patients and eight normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) patients as controls. Out of 188 potentially detectable metabolites, 48 (13 amino acids, 4 biogenic amines, 1 acylcarnitine, 21 phosphatidylcholines, 8 sphingolipids, and the sum of hexoses) passed the quality screen and were included in the analyses. Even though there was a tendency towards lower concentrations in PML (mostly of phosphatidylcholines and sphingomyelins), none of the differences between PML and controls in individual metabolite concentrations reached statistical significance (lowest p = 0.104) and there were no potential diagnostic biomarkers (highest area under the ROC curve 0.68). Thus, CSF metabolite changes in PML are likely subtle and possibly larger group sizes and broader metabolite screens are needed to identify potential CSF metabolite biomarkers for PML.
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PLoS One. 2020 Nov 24;15(11):e0242321. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242321.
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