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Early microglial activation and peripheral inflammation in dementia with Lewy bodies

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Surendranathan, Ajenthan, Su, Li, Mak, Elijah, Passamonti, Luca, Hong, Young T, Arnold, Robert, Vázquez Rodríguez, Patricia, Bevan-Jones, William R +5 more·2018·Brain

Abstract

Inflammation is increasingly recognized as part of the pathology of neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, but its role in dementia with Lewy bodies remains unclear. Using multimodal imaging and peripheral cytokine analysis, we therefore investigated central and peripheral inflammation in this common form of dementia. Nineteen participants with probable dementia with Lewy bodies and 16 similarly aged controls underwent 3 T MRI and PET imaging with 11C-PK11195, a marker of microglial activation in vivo. Peripheral blood inflammatory cytokines were also measured in all subjects, as well as in an additional 10 controls, using the Mesoscale Human Cytokine 36 plex panel and additional assays for high sensitivity c-reactive protein, tumour necrosis factor receptor 1, IL-34, YKL-40 (chitinase-3-like protein 1) and colony stimulating factor 1. To test for the presence of in vivo amyloid, 11C-Pittsburgh compound B PET imaging was also performed in 16 of the dementia with Lewy body participants. Microglial activation was elevated in dementia with Lewy bodies subjects with mild disease when compared to those with moderate/severe impairment, where disease severity was indexed by cognitive performance on the revised Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination. In patients, strong correlations were found between cognitive performance and 11C-PK11195 non-displaceable binding potential in several regions including the caudate nucleus (R = 0.83, P = 0.00008) and cuneus (R = 0.77, P = 0.0005). Several inflammatory cytokines were altered in the patients compared to controls, with elevated macrophage inflammatory protein-3 (P = 0.001), IL-17A (P = 0.008) and IL-2 (P = 0.046) and reduced IL-8 (P = 0.024). There was no correlation between cortical 11C-Pittsburgh compound B standardized uptake value ratio and clinical features, regional 11C-PK11195 binding or peripheral cytokine levels. Nor was there any regional correlation between 11C-PK11195 non-displaceable binding potentials and 11C-Pittsburgh compound B standardized uptake value ratios. Our findings provide evidence for both central and peripheral inflammatory changes in dementia with Lewy bodies, with microglial activation occurring early in the disease in key regions known to be associated with pathology, before declining as cognition declines. Raised peripheral cytokines associated with T cell function further suggest a role for the adaptive immune system in the pathogenesis of the disease.

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Surendranathan, A., Su, L., Mak, E., Passamonti, L., Hong, Y. T., Arnold, R., Vázquez Rodríguez, P., Bevan-Jones, W. R., Brain, S. A. E., Fryer, T. D., Aigbirhio, F. I., Rowe, J. B., & O’Brien, J. T.
Affiliations
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
  • Southwest University (CN)
  • Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  • Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
  • Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Corresponding author
Surendranathan, Ajenthan
Venue
Brain
Published
2018-11-06
Volume
141
Issue
12
Pages
3415-3427
ISSN
  • 0006-8950 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2156
OpenAlex
W2900321422
Cited by
154
References
69
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 9
FWCI
5.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Brain (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Apollo (cc-by)
Funders
  • National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (RG64473)
  • Alzheimer’s Research UK
  • Bury Free Press
  • Wellcome Trust (103838)
  • PSP Association
  • Alzheimer's Research UK (ARUK-SRF2017B-1)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Keywords
dementia with Lewy bodies, microglial activation, neuroinflammation, peripheral inflammation, inflammatory cytokines, [11C]PK11195 PET, amyloid imaging, cognitive impairment, disease severity, caudate nucleus, cuneus, IL-17A, interleukin-8, interleukin-2
MeSH terms
Aged, Brain, Encephalitis, Female, Humans, Inflammation, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Cytokines, Microglia, Disease Progression, Lewy Body Disease, Positron-Emission Tomography

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