Brain Biomarkers: Follow-Up of RNA Expression Discovery Approach: CSF Assays for Neurogranin, SNAP-25, and VILIP-1

Elizabeth M. Herries, Nancy Brada, Courtney L. Sutphen, Anne M. Fagan, Jack Ladenson

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Abstract

Here, we describe our methods for identifying biomarkers of neurological disease that have the potential to evaluate patients with probable Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and efficacy of novel therapeutics. We report a follow-up to our RNA expression discovery approach in mice to identify potential brain biomarkers. The gene expression approach identified 26 genes as having reasonable abundance and specificity and with human homologs known at the time. This chapter describes our follow-up in developing and evaluating the assays for the proteins expressed by these genes. We then present validated working assays for three analytes: VILIP-1 (visinin-like protein 1), a robust marker of neurodegeneration; synaptosomal-associated protein-25 (SNAP-25) and two different assays for neurogranin (Ng), as biomarkers of synaptic pathology, that we have utilized for studying AD, and which have demonstrated diagnostic utility.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNeuromethods
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages181-221
Number of pages41
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

Publication series

NameNeuromethods
Volume168
ISSN (Print)0893-2336
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6045

Keywords

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Biomarker
  • Cerebrospinal fluid
  • Neurogranin
  • SNAP-25
  • Single Molecule Counting™ immunoassays
  • VILIP-1

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