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Mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer patients display different levels of redox-active CSF iron.
Lavados, Manuel; Guillón, Marta; Mujica, María Cristina; Rojo, Leonel E; Fuentes, Patricio; Maccioni, Ricardo B.
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  • Lavados M; Department of Neurological Science, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Chile.
J Alzheimers Dis ; 13(2): 225-32, 2008 Mar.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18376063
Oxidative stress constitutes a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recent studies also point to redox active metals such as iron, copper and zinc in mediating oxidative stress in AD pathogenesis. However, the reactivity of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) iron and its possible correlation with the severity of cognitive decline in both Alzheimer's patients and subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is still unknown. Here we show that different stages of cognitive and functional impairment are associated with changes in CSF reactive iron. In this work, we compared CSF samples from 56 elders, classified into 4 groups according to their scores on the Clinical Dementia Rating scale (CDR). Total CSF iron was analyzed by atomic absorption spectrometry. Redox-active iron was analyzed by a novel fluorimetric assay. One-way ANOVA was used to test differences in mean values, and Newman-Keuls Multiple Comparison Test was used for multi group comparisons. No difference in total CSF iron was found between different groups. Significant amounts of redox-active iron were found in CSF and their levels correlated with the extent of cognitive impairment. Redox-active CSF iron levels increased with the degree of cognitive impairment from normal to MCI subjects, while AD patients showed an abrupt decrease to levels close to zero. Given the relevance of oxidative damage in neurodegeneration, it might be possible to associate the development of cognitive and functional decline with the presence of redox-active iron in the CSF. The decrease in redox-active iron found in AD patients may represent a terminal situation, whereby the central nervous system attempts to minimize iron-associated toxicity.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transtornos Cognitivos / Doença de Alzheimer / Ferro Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Limite: Aged / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: J Alzheimers Dis Assunto da revista: GERIATRIA / NEUROLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2008 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Chile País de publicação: Holanda
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transtornos Cognitivos / Doença de Alzheimer / Ferro Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Limite: Aged / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: J Alzheimers Dis Assunto da revista: GERIATRIA / NEUROLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2008 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Chile País de publicação: Holanda