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Validation of a quantitative cerebrospinal fluid alpha-synuclein assay in a European-wide interlaboratory study

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Resumo:	Decreased levels of alpha-synuclein (aSyn) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in Parkinson's disease and related synucleinopathies have been reported, however, not consistently in all cross-sectional studies. To test the performance of one recently released human-specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the quantification of aSyn in CSF, we carried out a round robin trial with 18 participating laboratories trained in CSF ELISA analyses within the BIOMARKAPD project in the EU Joint Program - Neurodegenerative Disease Research. CSF samples (homogeneous aliquots from pools) and ELISA kits (one lot) were provided centrally and data reported back to one laboratory for data analysis. Our study showed that although factors such as preanalytical sample handling and lot-to-lot variability were minimized by our study design, we identified high variation in absolute values of CSF aSyn even when the same samples and same lots of assays were applied. We further demonstrate that although absolute concentrations differ between laboratories the quantitative results are comparable. With further standardization this assay may become an attractive tool for comparing aSyn measurements in diverse settings. Recommendations for further validation experiments and improvement of the interlaboratory results obtained are given.
Autores principais:	Kruse, Niels
Outros Autores:	Persson, Staffan; Alcolea, Daniel; Bahl, Justyna M.C.; Baldeiras, Ines; Capello, Elisabetta; Chiasserini, Davide; Bocchio Chiavetto, Luisella; Emersic, Andreja; Engelborghs, Sebastiaan; Eren, Erden; Fladby, Tormod; Frisoni, Giovanni; García-Ayllón, María-Salud; Genc, Sermin; Gkatzima, Olymbia; Heegaard, Niels H.H.; Janeiro, André M.; Kováčech, Branislav; Kuiperij, H. Bea; Leitão, Maria J.; Lleó, Alberto; Martins, Madalena; Ramos De Matos, Mafalda; Mollergard, Hanne M.; Nobili, Flavio; Öhrfelt, Annika; Parnetti, Lucilla; de Oliveira, Catarina Resende; Rot, Uros; Sáez-Valero, Javier; Struyfs, Hanne; Tanassi, Julia T.; Taylor, Peggy; Tsolaki, Magda; Vanmechelen, Eugeen; Verbeek, Marcel M.; Zilka, Norbert; Blennow, Kaj; Zetterberg, Henrik; Mollenhauer, Brit
Assunto:	Alpha-synuclein Biomarker Cerebrospinal fluid ELISA Validation
Ano:	2015
País:	Portugal
Tipo de documento:	artigo
Tipo de acesso:	acesso restrito
Instituição associada:	Universidade de Lisboa
Idioma:	inglês
Origem:	Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa

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Resumo:	Decreased levels of alpha-synuclein (aSyn) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in Parkinson's disease and related synucleinopathies have been reported, however, not consistently in all cross-sectional studies. To test the performance of one recently released human-specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the quantification of aSyn in CSF, we carried out a round robin trial with 18 participating laboratories trained in CSF ELISA analyses within the BIOMARKAPD project in the EU Joint Program - Neurodegenerative Disease Research. CSF samples (homogeneous aliquots from pools) and ELISA kits (one lot) were provided centrally and data reported back to one laboratory for data analysis. Our study showed that although factors such as preanalytical sample handling and lot-to-lot variability were minimized by our study design, we identified high variation in absolute values of CSF aSyn even when the same samples and same lots of assays were applied. We further demonstrate that although absolute concentrations differ between laboratories the quantitative results are comparable. With further standardization this assay may become an attractive tool for comparing aSyn measurements in diverse settings. Recommendations for further validation experiments and improvement of the interlaboratory results obtained are given.