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Glia Imaging Differentiates Multiple System Atrophy from Parkinson's Disease: A Positron Emission Tomography Study with [ 11 C ] PBR28 and Machine Learning Analysis

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Jucaite, Aurelija, Cselényi, Zsolt, Kreisl, William C., Rabiner, Eugenii A., Varrone, Andrea, Carson, Richard E., Rinne, Juha O., Savage, Alicia +11 more·2022·Movement Disorders

Abstract

Background: The clinical diagnosis of multiple system atrophy (MSA) is challenged by overlapping features with Parkinson's disease (PD) and late‐onset ataxias. Additional biomarkers are needed to confirm MSA and to advance the understanding of pathophysiology. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of the translocator protein (TSPO), expressed by glia cells, has shown elevations in MSA. Objective: In this multicenter PET study, we assess the performance of TSPO imaging as a diagnostic marker for MSA. Methods: We analyzed [ 11 C]PBR28 binding to TSPO using imaging data of 66 patients with MSA and 24 patients with PD. Group comparisons were based on regional analysis of parametric images. The diagnostic readout included visual reading of PET images against clinical diagnosis and machine learning analyses. Sensitivity, specificity, and receiver operating curves were used to discriminate MSA from PD and cerebellar from parkinsonian variant MSA. Results: We observed a conspicuous pattern of elevated regional [ 11 C]PBR28 binding to TSPO in MSA as compared with PD, with “hotspots” in the lentiform nucleus and cerebellar white matter. Visual reading discriminated MSA from PD with 100% specificity and 83% sensitivity. The machine learning approach improved sensitivity to 96%. We identified MSA subtype‐specific TSPO binding patterns. Conclusions: We found a pattern of significantly increased regional glial TSPO binding in patients with MSA. Intriguingly, our data are in line with severe neuroinflammation in MSA. Glia imaging may have potential to support clinical MSA diagnosis and patient stratification in clinical trials on novel drug therapies for an α‐synucleinopathy that remains strikingly incurable. © 2021 The Authors. Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society

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Jucaite, A., Cselényi, Z., Kreisl, W. C., Rabiner, E. A., Varrone, A., Carson, R. E., Rinne, J. O., Savage, A., Schou, M., Johnström, P., Svenningsson, P., Rascol, O., Meissner, W. G., Barone, P., Seppi, K., Kaufmann, H., Wenning, G. K., Poewe, W., & Farde, L.
Affiliations
  • PET Science Centre, Personalized Medicine and Biosamples R&D, AstraZeneca Stockholm Sweden
  • Karolinska Institutet (SE)
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
  • King's College London (GB)
  • Yale University (US)
  • University of Turku (FI)
  • AstraZeneca (United States) (US)
  • Inserm (FR)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • University of Salerno (IT)
  • Innsbruck Medical University (AT)
  • New York University (US)
Venue
Movement Disorders
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2021-10-05
Volume
37
Issue
1
Pages
119-129
ISSN
  • 0885-3185 (ISSN-L)
  • 1531-8257
OpenAlex
W3204534760
Cited by
43
References
50
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 10
FWCI
2.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Movement Disorders (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
AstraZeneca Pharma Poland
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
Keywords
multiple system atrophy, Parkinson's disease, [11C]PBR28, translocator protein (TSPO), neuroinflammation, differential diagnosis, machine learning, synucleinopathies, lentiform nucleus, cerebellar white matter
MeSH terms
Machine Learning, Humans, Neuroglia, Parkinson Disease, Receptors, GABA, Multiple System Atrophy, Positron-Emission Tomography

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