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Published in: Acta Neuropathologica Communications 1/2024

Open Access 01-12-2024 | Alzheimer's Disease | Research

Blood-based CNS regionally and neuronally enriched extracellular vesicles carrying pTau217 for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and differential diagnosis

Authors: Zhen Guo, Chen Tian, Yang Shi, Xue-Ru Song, Wei Yin, Qing-Qing Tao, Jie Liu, Guo-Ping Peng, Zhi-Ying Wu, Yan-Jiang Wang, Zhen-Xin Zhang, Jing Zhang

Published in: Acta Neuropathologica Communications | Issue 1/2024

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Abstract

Accurate differential diagnosis among various dementias is crucial for effective treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The study began with searching for novel blood-based neuronal extracellular vesicles (EVs) that are more enriched in the brain regions vulnerable to AD development and progression. With extensive proteomic profiling, GABRD and GPR162 were identified as novel brain regionally enriched plasma EVs markers. The performance of GABRD and GPR162, along with the AD molecule pTau217, was tested using the self-developed and optimized nanoflow cytometry-based technology, which not only detected the positive ratio of EVs but also concurrently presented the corresponding particle size of the EVs, in discovery (n = 310) and validation (n = 213) cohorts. Plasma GABRD+- or GPR162+-carrying pTau217-EVs were significantly reduced in AD compared with healthy control (HC). Additionally, the size distribution of GABRD+- and GPR162+-carrying pTau217-EVs were significantly different between AD and non-AD dementia (NAD). An integrative model, combining age, the number and corresponding size of the distribution of GABRD+- or GPR162+-carrying pTau217-EVs, accurately and sensitively discriminated AD from HC [discovery cohort, area under the curve (AUC) = 0.96; validation cohort, AUC = 0.93] and effectively differentiated AD from NAD (discovery cohort, AUC = 0.91; validation cohort, AUC = 0.90). This study showed that brain regionally enriched neuronal EVs carrying pTau217 in plasma may serve as a robust diagnostic and differential diagnostic tool in both clinical practice and trials for AD.
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Metadata
Title
Blood-based CNS regionally and neuronally enriched extracellular vesicles carrying pTau217 for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and differential diagnosis
Authors
Zhen Guo
Chen Tian
Yang Shi
Xue-Ru Song
Wei Yin
Qing-Qing Tao
Jie Liu
Guo-Ping Peng
Zhi-Ying Wu
Yan-Jiang Wang
Zhen-Xin Zhang
Jing Zhang
Publication date
01-12-2024
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Acta Neuropathologica Communications / Issue 1/2024
Electronic ISSN: 2051-5960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40478-024-01727-w

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