Cerebrospinal fluid/plasma quotients of essential and non-essential metals in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

• In this study, the quotients (Q) between metal concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma were studied in subjects with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and referents to investigate if the leakage through the blood-CSF barrier (BCB) increased with increased duration and severity of the disease. Concentrations of 18 metals (Mg, Ca, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Se, Rb, Sr, Mo, Cd, Sn, Sb, Cs, Hg, and Pb) were determined by ICP-MS in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid in 264 patients with AD, and in 54 healthy referents. The quotients Q (Mn), Q (Rb), Q (Sb), Q (Pb) and Q (Hg) were significantly lower (p≤0.003) and Q (Co) significantly higher (p≤0.001) in subjects with AD as compared with the controls. Subjects in a subgroup with more severe AD, showed the same pattern. The metal leakage into CSF did not increase with increased duration and/or severity of the disease. The permeability of BCB varied considerably between the studied metals with low median quotients (Q≤0.02) for Cd, Cu, Sb, Se and Zn and higher median quotients for Ca (Q~0.5) and Mg (Q~1.3), probably partly depending on differences in size and lipophilicity of metal-carrier complexes and specific carrier mechanisms.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Neurologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Neurology (hsv//eng)

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Aged

Aged

80 and over

Alzheimer Disease

blood

cerebrospinal fluid

physiopathology

Biological Markers

blood

cerebrospinal fluid

Brain Chemistry

physiology

Cohort Studies

Female

Humans

Male

Metals

blood

cerebrospinal fluid

Middle Aged

Alzheimer's disease

Blood-CSF barrier

Blood

Cerebrospinal

fluid

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