Circulating AQP4 Levels in Patients with Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy-Associated Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Alex Rovira, Paula Marazuela, Anna Bonaterra-Pastra, Júlia Faura, Anna Penalba, Jesús Pizarro Gonzálvez, Olalla Pancorbo, David Rodríguez-Luna, Carla Vert, Francesc Pujadas, M. Mar Freijo, Silvia Tur, Maite Martínez-Zabaleta, Rocío Vera, Lucia Lebrato-Hernández, Juan F.. Arenillas, Soledad Pérez-Sánchez, Joan Montaner, María Pilar Delgado Martínez, Maria Mar Hernandez Guillamon

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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a major cause of lobar intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in elderly patients. Growing evidence suggests a potential role of aquaporin 4 (AQP4) in amyloid-beta-associated diseases, including CAA pathology. Our aim was to investigate the circulating levels of AQP4 in a cohort of patients who had suffered a lobar ICH with a clinical diagnosis of CAA. AQP4 levels were analyzed in the serum of 60 CAA-related ICH patients and 19 non-stroke subjects by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The CAA-ICH cohort was divided according to the time point of the functional outcome evaluation: mid-term (12 ± 18.6 months) and long-term (38.5 ± 32.9 months) after the last ICH. Although no differences were found in AQP4 serum levels between cases and controls, lower levels were found in CAA patients presenting specific hemorrhagic features such as ≥2 lobar ICHs and ≥5 lobar microbleeds detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In addition, CAA-related ICH patients who presented a long-term good functional outcome had higher circulating AQP4 levels than subjects with a poor outcome or controls. Our data suggest that AQP4 could potentially predict a long-term functional outcome and may play a protective role after a lobar ICH
Idioma originalAnglès
RevistaJournal of Clinical Medicine
Volum10
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Estat de la publicacióPublicada - 2021

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