Abstract Title:

In vitro neurotoxic properties and excitatory aminoacids concentration in the cerebrospinal fluid of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients. Relationship with the degree of certainty of disease diagnoses.

Abstract Source:

Acta Neurol Scand. 2010 Feb;121(2):120-6. Epub 2009 Oct 5. PMID: 19804473

Abstract Author(s):

M L Fiszman, K C Ricart, A Latini, G Rodríguez, R E P Sica

Article Affiliation:

Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacológicas-CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Buenos Aires, Argentina. [email protected]

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: To determine glutamate and aspartate levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (SALS) grouped according to El Escorial diagnostic criteria, and to perform an in vitro assessment of the neurotoxicity of the CSF in murine cortical neurons.

METHODS: SALS patients were sorted according to El Escorial diagnostic criteria. Glutamate and aspartate were measured in the CSF using high performance liquid chromatography. Cultured cortical neuron viability was determined after exposure to CSF for 24 h.

RESULTS: Glutamate levels were elevated in 28 out of the 29 patients with definite, probable or possible SALS. There were no differences in glutamate concentrations when the three clinical forms of the disease were compared; neither there were significant variation across disease duration and clinical presentation. In agreement with previous reports, we concluded that CSF-SALS-induced in vitro neurotoxicity is mediated by ionotropic glutamate receptors. We found no relationship between the degree of in vitro neurotoxicity and glutamate concentration in the CSF.

CONCLUSIONS: Glutamate but not aspartate CSF levels may contribute to ALS pathogenesis. However, glutamate levels may not influence the degree of diagnosis certainty or lesion extension.

Study Type : Human Study

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