BDNF levels and nigrostriatal degeneration in "drug naïve" Parkinson's disease patients. An "in vivo" study using I-123-FP-CIT SPECT.

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
J Hernández-VaraJ Castell-Conesa

Abstract

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by a progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons and whose cause remains unclear. Brain-Derived Neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a protein involved in dopaminergic cells survival. Previous studies have shown decreased serum BDNF levels in PD patients. The aim of the study was to evaluate serum BDNF levels in a group of recently diagnosed non-medicated PD patients and its relationship with the nigrostriatal system degeneration using I-123-FP-CIT. 30 recently diagnosed, unmedicated PD patients were included in this study. Serum BDNF levels were measured twice using a sandwich enzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay and compared with levels of 27 unrelated Caucasian healthy adults. A I-123-FP-CIT SPECT was performed in all PD Patients in order to assess the association between serum BDNF levels and I-123-FP CIT uptake in several brain areas using a volumetric semi-automatic method. PD patients showed lower serum BDNF levels (Median = 49.61, IQ range: 43.55 to 61.82) than the controls (Median = 68.82, IQ range: 51.87 to 88.14) (U = 211.00, z = -3.10, p = 0.002). BDNF levels in PD patients correlated with both caudate (Spearman r = 0.58, p = 0.001 for ispilateral a...Continue Reading

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