Peripheral F2-isoprostanes and F4-neuroprostanes are not increased in Alzheimer's disease

Thomas J. Montine, Joseph F. Quinn, Dejan Milatovic, Lisa C. Silbert, Theresa Dang, Stephanie Sanchez, Erin Terry, L. Jackson Roberts, Jeffrey A. Kaye, Jason D. Morrow

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Abstract

Quantitative biomarkers of oxidative damage, such as the F2-isoprostanes (IsoPs) and F4-neuroprostanes (F4-NeuroPs), may be useful in assessing progression and response to therapeutics in patients with Alzheimer's disease. F2-IsoPs and F4-NeuroPs are reproducibly increased in brain and cerebrospinal fluid of Alzheimer's disease patients; however, results in blood and urine have been conflicting. We tested the hypothesis that F2-IsoPs and F4-NeuroPs in plasma or urine quantitatively reflect oxidative damage to the central nervous system. Our results showed that urine levels of F2-IsoPs or their major metabolite were not significantly different between 56 Alzheimer's disease patients and 34 controls. In addition, urine and cerebrospinal fluid F2-IsoP levels in 32 Alzheimer's disease patients did not correlate. Supporting these conclusions, elevated rat cerebral F2-IsoPs and F4-NeuroPs after systemic exposure to kainic acid were not associated with a significant change in their plasma or urine levels. These results show that plasma and urine F2-IsoPs and F4-NeuroPs do not accurately reflect central nervous system levels of these biomarkers and are not reproducibly elevated in body fluids outside of central nervous system in Alzheimer's disease patients. These results should guide the organization of clinical trials now being planned for patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)175-179
Number of pages5
JournalAnnals of Neurology
Volume52
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Neurology
  • Clinical Neurology

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