Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Mie University, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan; JST, PRETO, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Department of Health Welfare Sciences, Kansai University of Welfare Sciences, Kashiwara 582-0026, Japan; Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka 545-8586, Japan; RIKEN, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe 650-0047, Japan.
Brain Behav Immun. 2020 Feb;84:106-114. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2019.11.015. Epub 2019 Nov 20.
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a serious, debilitating disorder with a wide spectrum of symptoms, including pain, depression, and neurocognitive deterioration. Over 17 million people around the world have ME/CFS, predominantly women with peak onset at 30-50 years. Given the wide spectrum of symptoms and unclear etiology, specific biomarkers for diagnosis and stratification of ME/CFS are lacking. Here we show that actin network proteins in circulating extracellular vesicles (EVs) offer specific non-invasive biomarkers for ME/CFS. We found that circulating EVs were significantly increased in ME/CFS patients correlating to C-reactive protein, as well as biological antioxidant potential. Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for circulating EVs was 0.80, allowing correct diagnosis in 90-94% of ME/CFS cases. From two independent proteomic analyses using circulating EVs from ME/CFS, healthy controls, idiopathic chronic fatigue, and depression, proteins identified from ME/CFS patients are involved in focal adhesion, actin skeletal regulation, PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, and Epstein-Barr virus infection. In particular, talin-1, filamin-A, and 14-3-3 family proteins were the most abundant proteins, representing highly specific ME/CFS biomarkers. Our results identified circulating EV number and EV-specific proteins as novel biomarkers for diagnosing ME/CFS, providing important information on the pathogenic mechanisms of ME/CFS.
肌痛性脑脊髓炎/慢性疲劳综合征(ME/CFS)是一种严重的、使人虚弱的疾病,其症状广泛,包括疼痛、抑郁和神经认知功能下降。全球有超过 1700 万人患有 ME/CFS,主要为 30-50 岁的女性。鉴于症状广泛且病因不明,缺乏用于诊断和分层 ME/CFS 的特定生物标志物。在这里,我们显示循环细胞外囊泡(EV)中的肌动蛋白网络蛋白为 ME/CFS 提供了特异性的非侵入性生物标志物。我们发现 ME/CFS 患者的循环 EV 明显增加,与 C 反应蛋白以及生物抗氧化潜力相关。循环 EV 的受试者工作特征曲线下面积为 0.80,允许正确诊断 90-94%的 ME/CFS 病例。使用来自 ME/CFS 患者、健康对照、特发性慢性疲劳和抑郁症的循环 EV 进行的两项独立蛋白质组学分析表明,来自 ME/CFS 患者的蛋白质涉及粘着斑、肌动蛋白骨架调节、PI3K-Akt 信号通路和 EBV 感染。特别是,原肌球蛋白-1、细丝蛋白-A 和 14-3-3 家族蛋白是最丰富的蛋白质,代表高度特异性的 ME/CFS 生物标志物。我们的结果确定了循环 EV 数量和 EV 特异性蛋白作为诊断 ME/CFS 的新型生物标志物,为 ME/CFS 的发病机制提供了重要信息。