Serum lactate as a novel potential biomarker in multiple sclerosis

Angela M. Amorini, Viviana Nociti, Axel Petzold, Claudio Gasperini, Esmeralda Quartuccio, Giacomo Lazzarino, Valentina Di Pietro, Antonio Belli, Stefano Signoretti, Roberto Vagnozzi, Giuseppe Lazzarino, Barbara Tavazzi

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Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a primary inflammatory demyelinating disease associated with a probably secondary progressive neurodegenerative component. Impaired mitochondrial functioning has been hypothesized to drive neurodegeneration and to cause increased anaerobic metabolism in MS. The aim of our multicentre study was to determine whether MS patients had values of circulating lactate different from those of controls. Patients (n=613) were recruited, assessed for disability and clinically classified (relapsing-remitting, secondary progressive, primary progressive) at the Catholic University of Rome, Italy (n=281), at the MS Centre Amsterdam, The Netherlands (n=158) and at the S. Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy (n=174). Serum lactate levels were quantified spectrophotometrically with the analyst being blinded to all clinical information. In patients with MS serum lactate was three times higher (3.04±1.26mmol/l) than that of healthy controls (1.09±0.25mmol/l, p2=0.419; p

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1137-1143
Number of pages7
JournalBiochimica et Biophysica Acta. Molecular Basis of Disease
Volume1842
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Keywords

  • Clinical disability
  • Energy penalty
  • Mitochondrial dysfunction
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Serum lactate

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

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