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@ARTICLE{Dorst:257342,
author = {Dorst, Johannes and Weydt, Patrick and Brenner, David and
Witzel, Simon and Kandler, Katharina and Huss-Malejko, Andre
and Herrmann, Christine and Wiesenfarth, Maximilian and
Knehr, Antje and Günther, Kornelia and Müller, Kathrin and
Weishaupt, Jochen H and Prudlo, Johannes and Forsberg, Karin
and Andersen, Peter M and Rosenbohm, Angela and Schuster,
Joachim and Roselli, Francesco and Dupuis, Luc and Mayer,
Benjamin and Tumani, Hayrettin and Kassubek, Jan and
Ludolph, Albert C},
title = {{M}etabolic alterations precede neurofilament changes in
presymptomatic {ALS} gene carriers.},
journal = {EBioMedicine},
volume = {90},
issn = {2352-3964},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {DZNE-2023-00411},
pages = {104521},
year = {2023},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
abstract = {The emergence of potentially effective new therapies for
genetic forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
necessitates the identification of biomarkers to facilitate
early treatment, prior to the onset of motor symptoms. Here,
we sought to investigate whether metabolic alterations are
detectable in presymptomatic ALS gene mutation carriers, and
whether such alterations precede neurofilament light chain
(NfL) changes in serum.Between 02/2014 and 11/2021, we
prospectively studied 60 presymptomatic ALS gene mutation
carriers $(40\%$ male, age 48.7 ± 14.9; 28 C9orf72, 22
SOD1, 10 other) compared to 73 individuals from the same
families $(47\%$ male, age 47.4 ± 12.9) without pathogenic
mutations as controls. Bioimpedance analysis (BIA) and
indirect calorimetry were performed, and Body Mass Index
(BMI), Fat Mass (FM), Body Fat Percentage, Body Water (BW),
Lean Body Mass (LBM), Extracellular Mass (ECM), Body Cell
Mass (BCM), ECM/BCM ratio, Cells Percentage, Phase Angle,
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR), Metabolic Ratio (MR), and NfL
were measured. Participants and evaluators were blinded
regarding gene carrier status.Presymptomatic ALS gene
carriers showed reduced LBM (p = 0.02), BCM (p = 0.004),
Cells Percentage (p = 0.04), BW (p = 0.02), Phase Angle (p =
0.04), and increased ECM/BCM ratio (p = 0.04), consistently
indicating a loss of metabolically active body cells. While
in C9orf72 mutation carriers all tissue masses were reduced,
only metabolically active tissue was affected in SOD1
mutation carriers. Unexpectedly, RMR (p = 0.009) and MR (p =
0.01) were lower in presymptomatic ALS gene carriers
compared to non-carriers. NfL serum levels were similar in
mutation carriers and non-carriers (p = 0.60).The observed
metabolic phenomena might reflect reduced physical activity
and/or preemptive, insufficient compensatory mechanisms to
prepare for the later hypermetabolic state. As
pre-symptomatic biomarkers we propose ECM/BCM ratio and
Phase Angle for SOD1, and a 4-compartment affection in BIA
for C9orf72 mutation carriers.This work was an
investigator-initiated trial. On the German side, there was
no institutional or industrial funding. On the Swedish side,
this work was supported by grants from the Swedish Brain
Foundation (grants nr. 2013-0279, 2016-0303, 2018-0310,
2020-0353), the Swedish Research Council (grants nr.
2012-3167, 2017-03100), the Knut and Alice Wallenberg
Foundation (grants nr. 2012.0091, 2014.0305, 2020.0232), the
Ulla-Carin Lindquist Foundation, Umeå University
(223-2808-12, 223-1881-13, 2.1.12-1605-14) and the
Västerbotten County Council (grants nr 56103-7002829), King
Gustaf V:s and Queen Victoria's Freemason's Foundation.},
keywords = {Humans / Male / Adult / Middle Aged / Female / Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis: diagnosis / Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis: genetics / Intermediate Filaments / C9orf72
Protein: genetics / Superoxide Dismutase-1: genetics /
Biomarkers / C9orf72 Protein (NLM Chemicals) / Amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (Other) / Metabolic (Other) / Metabolism
(Other) / Mutations carriers (Other) / Presymptomatic
(Other) / Superoxide Dismutase-1 (NLM Chemicals) /
Biomarkers (NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {Clinical Study Center Ulm / AG Teipel / AG Roselli},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)5000077 / I:(DE-2719)1510100 /
I:(DE-2719)1910001},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353) / 352 -
Disease Mechanisms (POF4-352)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-352},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:36917918},
pmc = {pmc:PMC10024076},
doi = {10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104521},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/257342},
}