Neurology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, European Centre for Brain Research, Rome, Italy.
Eur J Neurol. 2023 Jul;30(7):1983-1990. doi: 10.1111/ene.15801. Epub 2023 Apr 9.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Parkinson disease (PD) presents relevant sex-related differences in epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical features, with males being more vulnerable to the disease. Sex hormones might have a role, as the experimental models suggest; however, human-based evidence is scarce. Here, we integrated multimodal biomarkers to investigate the relationships between circulating sex hormones and clinical-pathological features in male PD patients. METHODS: A cohort of 63 male PD patients underwent comprehensive clinical evaluation of motor and nonmotor disturbances; measurement of estradiol, testosterone, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and luteinizing hormone (LH) blood levels; and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) assay of total α-synuclein, amyloid-β-42, amyloid-β-40, total tau, and phosphorylated-181 tau levels. A subgroup of 47 PD patients underwent brain volumetry by 3-T magnetic resonance imaging for further correlations. A control group of 56 age-matched individuals was enrolled for comparative analyses. RESULTS: Male PD patients had higher estradiol and testosterone levels than controls. Estradiol had independent inverse associations with Movement Disorder Society-Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Part 3 score and disease duration; it was also lower in nonfluctuating patients. Testosterone had inverse independent correlations with CSF α-synuclein and right globus pallidus volume. FSH and LH had age-dependent correlations with cognitive impairment and CSF amyloid-β-42/amyloid-β-40 ratio. CONCLUSIONS: The study suggested that sex hormones could differentially contribute to clinical-pathological features of PD in male patients. Whereas estradiol might have a protective role in motor impairment, testosterone might be involved in male vulnerability to PD neuropathology. Gonadotropins instead might mediate age-dependent phenomena of amyloidopathy and cognitive decline.
背景与目的:帕金森病(PD)在流行病学、病理生理学和临床特征方面存在显著的性别相关差异,男性更容易患病。实验模型表明,性激素可能发挥了作用;然而,基于人体的证据却很少。在这里,我们整合了多种生物标志物来研究循环性激素与男性 PD 患者临床病理特征之间的关系。
方法:一个 63 名男性 PD 患者的队列接受了运动和非运动障碍的全面临床评估;检测雌二醇、睾酮、卵泡刺激素(FSH)和黄体生成素(LH)的血液水平;并检测脑脊液(CSF)中总α-突触核蛋白、淀粉样β-42、淀粉样β-40、总tau 和磷酸化-181tau 水平。一个由 47 名 PD 患者组成的亚组接受了 3-T 磁共振成像的脑容量测量,以进行进一步的相关性分析。一个由 56 名年龄匹配的个体组成的对照组被纳入了比较分析。
结果:男性 PD 患者的雌二醇和睾酮水平高于对照组。雌二醇与运动障碍协会统一帕金森病评定量表第 3 部分评分和疾病持续时间呈独立的负相关;在非波动患者中也较低。睾酮与 CSFα-突触核蛋白和右侧苍白球体积呈负相关。FSH 和 LH 与认知障碍和 CSF 淀粉样β-42/淀粉样β-40 比值呈年龄相关的相关性。
结论:该研究表明,性激素可能在男性 PD 患者的临床病理特征方面有不同的贡献。虽然雌二醇可能对运动障碍有保护作用,但睾酮可能与男性易患 PD 神经病理学有关。而性腺激素可能介导了淀粉样变和认知衰退的年龄依赖性现象。
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