Despite the efforts to identify fluid biomarkers to improve diagnosis of Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), only a few candidates have been described in recent years. In a previous study, we identified three circulating miRNAs (miR-92a-3p, miR-320a and miR-320b) differentially expressed in FTD patients with respect to healthy controls and/or Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Now, we investigated whether those changes could be due to miRNAs contained in neuron-derived extracellular vesicles (NDEVs). We also evaluated miRNAs content in total plasma EVs and in CSF samples. The analysis of plasma NDEVs carried out on 40 subjects including controls (n = 13), FTD (n = 13) and AD (n = 14) patients, showed that both miR-92a-3p and miR-320a levels were triplicated in the FTD group if compared with CT and AD patients. Increased levels of the same miRNAs were found also in CSF derived from FTD group compared to CTs. No differences were observed in expression levels of miR-320b among the three groups. Worthy of note, all miRNAs analysed were increased in an FTD cell model, MAPT IVS10 + 16 neurons. Our results suggest that miR-92a and miR-320a in NDEVs could be proposed as FTD biomarkers.

miR-92a-3p and miR-320a are Upregulated in Plasma Neuron-Derived Extracellular Vesicles of Patients with Frontotemporal Dementia / Manzini, Valeria; Cappelletti, Pamela; Orefice, Nicola S.; Brentari, Ilaria; Rigby, Michael J.; Lo Giudice, Maria; Feligioni, Marco; Rivabene, Roberto; Crestini, Alessio; Manfredi, Francesco; Talarico, Giuseppina; Bruno, Giuseppe; Corbo, Massimo; Puglielli, Luigi; Denti, Michela A.; Piscopo, Paola. - In: MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0893-7648. - (2024). [10.1007/s12035-024-04386-z]

miR-92a-3p and miR-320a are Upregulated in Plasma Neuron-Derived Extracellular Vesicles of Patients with Frontotemporal Dementia

Manzini, Valeria;Lo Giudice, Maria;Talarico, Giuseppina;Bruno, Giuseppe;Denti, Michela A.
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Piscopo, Paola
2024

Abstract

Despite the efforts to identify fluid biomarkers to improve diagnosis of Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), only a few candidates have been described in recent years. In a previous study, we identified three circulating miRNAs (miR-92a-3p, miR-320a and miR-320b) differentially expressed in FTD patients with respect to healthy controls and/or Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Now, we investigated whether those changes could be due to miRNAs contained in neuron-derived extracellular vesicles (NDEVs). We also evaluated miRNAs content in total plasma EVs and in CSF samples. The analysis of plasma NDEVs carried out on 40 subjects including controls (n = 13), FTD (n = 13) and AD (n = 14) patients, showed that both miR-92a-3p and miR-320a levels were triplicated in the FTD group if compared with CT and AD patients. Increased levels of the same miRNAs were found also in CSF derived from FTD group compared to CTs. No differences were observed in expression levels of miR-320b among the three groups. Worthy of note, all miRNAs analysed were increased in an FTD cell model, MAPT IVS10 + 16 neurons. Our results suggest that miR-92a and miR-320a in NDEVs could be proposed as FTD biomarkers.
2024
Alzheimer’s disease; Extracellular vesicles; Frontotemporal dementia; Human iPSCs; MicroRNA
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miR-92a-3p and miR-320a are Upregulated in Plasma Neuron-Derived Extracellular Vesicles of Patients with Frontotemporal Dementia / Manzini, Valeria; Cappelletti, Pamela; Orefice, Nicola S.; Brentari, Ilaria; Rigby, Michael J.; Lo Giudice, Maria; Feligioni, Marco; Rivabene, Roberto; Crestini, Alessio; Manfredi, Francesco; Talarico, Giuseppina; Bruno, Giuseppe; Corbo, Massimo; Puglielli, Luigi; Denti, Michela A.; Piscopo, Paola. - In: MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0893-7648. - (2024). [10.1007/s12035-024-04386-z]
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