Abstract

Although neurofilament light chain is a well-known marker of neuronal damage, its characterization at the proteoform level is underdeveloped. Here, we describe a new method to profile and quantify neurofilament light chain in plasma at the peptide level, using three in-house monoclonal antibodies targeting distinct protein domains and nano-liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry. This study profiled and compared plasma neurofilament light chain to CSF in 102 older individuals (73.9 ± 6.3 years old), 37 of which had a clinical dementia rating greater than 0. We observed elevated neurofilament light chain in preclinical Alzheimer's disease plasma for two measures (NfL101 and NfL324) and CSF for seven measures (NfL92, NfL101, NfL117, NfL137, NfL148, NfL165 and NfL530). We found five plasma peptides (NfL92, NfL101, NfL117, NfL324 and NfL530) significantly associated with age and two (NfL148 and NfL324) with body mass index.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberfcae247
JournalBrain Communications
Volume6
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024

Keywords

  • biomarkers
  • immunoprecipitation
  • mass spectrometry
  • neurodegeneration
  • neurofilament

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