Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 33 patients with Alzheimer dementia (AD), 21 patients with mild cognitive impairment who converted to AD during followup (MCI-AD), 25 patients with stable mild cognitive impairment (MCI-stable), and 16 nondemented subjects (ND) were analyzed with a chemiluminescence immunoassay to assess the levels of the mitogen-activated protein kinase ERK1/2 (extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2). The results were evaluated in relation to total Tau (tTau), phosphorylated Tau (pTau), and beta-amyloid 42 peptide (A42). CSF-ERK1/2 was significantly increased in the AD group as compared to stable MCI patients and the ND group. Western blot analysis of a pooled cerebrospinal fluid sample revealed that both isoforms, ERK1 and ERK2, and low amounts of doubly phosphorylated ERK2 were detectable. As a predictive diagnostic AD biomarker, CSF-ERK1/2 was inferior to tTau, pTau, and A42. © 2011 Philipp Spitzer et al.
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Spitzer, P., Schieb, H., Kamrowski-Kruck, H., Otto, M., Chiasserini, D., Parnetti, L., … Klafki, H. W. (2011). Evidence for elevated cerebrospinal fluid ERK1/2 levels in Alzheimer dementia. International Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. https://doi.org/10.4061/2011/739847
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