Wada-Isoe Kenji, Kitayama Michio, Nakaso Kazuhiro, Nakashima Kenji
Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan.
J Neurol Sci. 2007 Sep 15;260(1-2):33-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.03.016. Epub 2007 Apr 24.
This study examined the diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) markers and iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine ((123)I-MIBG) cardiac scintigraphy in distinguishing dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) from Alzheimer's disease (AD).
CSF levels of amyloid beta1-42 (Abeta42) and 181-Thr phosphorylated tau (p-tau) were measured using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits. (123)I-MIBG cardiac scintigraphy was performed in patients with AD and DLB, and control (CTL) subjects.
Increased CSF levels of p-tau in AD were found compared to DLB patients and CTL subjects (P<0.01), but there was no significant difference in CSF levels of Abeta42 between AD and DLB patients. The early and delayed heart to mediastinum (H/M) ratios of (123)I-MIBG cardiac scintigraphy were significantly decreased in patients with DLB compared to AD patients and CTL subjects (P<0.01). The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis revealed that the diagnostic value of (123)I-MIBG cardiac scintigraphy was superior to that of CSF markers.
(123)I-MIBG cardiac scintigraphy may be useful for discriminating between DLB and AD.
本研究探讨脑脊液(CSF)标志物和碘-123间碘苄胍((123)I-MIBG)心肌显像在区分路易体痴呆(DLB)和阿尔茨海默病(AD)中的诊断价值。
使用酶联免疫吸附测定(ELISA)试剂盒检测脑脊液中β淀粉样蛋白1-42(Aβ42)和181-苏氨酸磷酸化tau蛋白(p-tau)的水平。对AD和DLB患者以及对照(CTL)受试者进行(123)I-MIBG心肌显像。
与DLB患者和CTL受试者相比,AD患者脑脊液中p-tau水平升高(P<0.01),但AD和DLB患者脑脊液中Aβ42水平无显著差异。与AD患者和CTL受试者相比,DLB患者(123)I-MIBG心肌显像的早期和延迟心/纵隔(H/M)比值显著降低(P<0.01)。受试者操作特征(ROC)分析显示,(123)I-MIBG心肌显像的诊断价值优于脑脊液标志物。
(123)I-MIBG心肌显像可能有助于鉴别DLB和AD。