PMID- 24576746 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141124 LR - 20161125 IS - 1879-1379 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3956 (Linking) VI - 53 DP - 2014 Jun TI - Increased plasma levels of BDNF and inflammatory markers in Alzheimer's disease. PG - 166-72 LID - S0022-3956(14)00028-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.01.019 [doi] AB - Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly. Neurotrophic factors and inflammatory markers may play considerable roles in AD. In this study we measured, through Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, the plasma levels of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and neuronal growth factor (NGF), as well as tumor necrosis factor-alpha soluble receptors, sTNFR1 and sTNFR2, and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (sICAM-1), in 50 AD patients, 37 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 56 healthy elderly controls. BDNF levels, expressed as median and interquartile range, were higher for AD patients (2545.3, 1497.4-4153.4 pg/ml) compared to controls (1503.8, 802.3-2378.4 pg/ml), P < 0.001. sICAM-1 was also higher in AD patients. sTNFR1 levels were increased in AD when compared to controls and also to MCI. GDNF, NGF and sTNFR2 levels showed no significant differences among the studied groups. The increase in BDNF might reflect a compensatory mechanism against early neurodegeneration and seems to be related to inflammation. sTNFR1 appears to mark not only the inflammatory state but also differentiates between MCI and AD, which may be an additional tool for differentiating degrees of cognitive impairment. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Faria, Mayara Chaves AU - Faria MC AD - Departamento de Analises Clinicas e Toxicologicas, Faculdade de Farmacia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Faculdade de Farmacia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av.Antonio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. FAU - Goncalves, Gisele Santos AU - Goncalves GS AD - Departamento de Analises Clinicas e Toxicologicas, Faculdade de Farmacia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Faculdade de Farmacia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av.Antonio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. FAU - Rocha, Natalia Pessoa AU - Rocha NP AD - Laboratorio Interdisciplinar de Investigacao Medica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. FAU - Moraes, Edgar Nunes AU - Moraes EN AD - Ambulatorio de Idosos do Instituto Jenny de Andrade Faria do Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Departamento de Clinica Medica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. FAU - Bicalho, Maria Aparecida AU - Bicalho MA AD - Ambulatorio de Idosos do Instituto Jenny de Andrade Faria do Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Departamento de Clinica Medica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. FAU - Gualberto Cintra, Marco Tulio AU - Gualberto Cintra MT AD - Ambulatorio de Idosos do Instituto Jenny de Andrade Faria do Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. FAU - Jardim de Paula, Jonas AU - Jardim de Paula J AD - Ambulatorio de Idosos do Instituto Jenny de Andrade Faria do Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. FAU - Jose Ravic de Miranda, Luis Felipe AU - Jose Ravic de Miranda LF AD - Ambulatorio de Idosos do Instituto Jenny de Andrade Faria do Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. FAU - Clayton de Souza Ferreira, Alessandro AU - Clayton de Souza Ferreira A AD - Instituto Hermes Pardini, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. FAU - Teixeira, Antonio Lucio AU - Teixeira AL AD - Laboratorio Interdisciplinar de Investigacao Medica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Departamento de Clinica Medica da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. FAU - Gomes, Karina Braga AU - Gomes KB AD - Departamento de Analises Clinicas e Toxicologicas, Faculdade de Farmacia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. FAU - Carvalho, Maria das Gracas AU - Carvalho Md AD - Departamento de Analises Clinicas e Toxicologicas, Faculdade de Farmacia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Faculdade de Farmacia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av.Antonio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. FAU - Sousa, Lirlandia P AU - Sousa LP AD - Departamento de Analises Clinicas e Toxicologicas, Faculdade de Farmacia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Faculdade de Farmacia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av.Antonio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Electronic address: lipsousa72@gmail.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140213 PL - England TA - J Psychiatr Res JT - Journal of psychiatric research JID - 0376331 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I) RN - 0 (Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II) RN - 126547-89-5 (Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1) RN - 9061-61-4 (Nerve Growth Factor) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Alzheimer Disease/*blood MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*blood MH - Cognitive Dysfunction/blood MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1/blood MH - Male MH - Nerve Growth Factor/blood MH - Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I/*blood MH - Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II/*blood MH - Statistics, Nonparametric OTO - NOTNLM OT - Biomarkers OT - Brain derived neurotrophic factor OT - Inflammation OT - Neurodegeneration OT - Neurotrophic factors OT - Neurotrophins OT - sTNFR1 EDAT- 2014/03/01 06:00 MHDA- 2014/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2014/03/01 06:00 PHST- 2013/10/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/12/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/01/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/03/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/03/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/12/15 06:00 [medline] AID - S0022-3956(14)00028-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.01.019 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Psychiatr Res. 2014 Jun;53:166-72. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.01.019. Epub 2014 Feb 13.