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A.02 Serum biomarkers of MS disease activity in patients treated with bone marrow transplant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2019

S Thebault
Affiliation:
(Ottawa)
H Lee
Affiliation:
(Montreal)
D Tessier
Affiliation:
(Ottawa)
M Bowman
Affiliation:
(Ottawa)
A Bar-Or
Affiliation:
(Pennsylvania)
D Arnold
Affiliation:
(Montreal)
H Atkins
Affiliation:
(Ottawa)
M Freedman
Affiliation:
(Ottawa)
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Abstract

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Background: There is an unmet need for blood-based biomarkers that can reliably detect MS disease activity. Serum Biomarkers of interest includ Neurofilament-light-chain (NfL), Glial-fibrillary-strocyte-protein(GFAP) and Tau. Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) is reserved for aggressive forms of MS and has been shown to halt detectable CNS inflammatory activity for prolonged periods. Significant pre-treatment tissue damage at followed by inflammatory disease abeyance should be reflected longitudinal sera collected from these patients. Methods: Sera were collected from 23 MS patients pre-treatment, and following BMT at 3, 6, 9 and 12-months in addition from 33 non-inflammatory neurological controls. Biomarker quantification was performed with SiMoA. Results: Pre-AHSCT levels of serum NfL and GFAP but not Tau were elevated compared to controls (p=0.0001), and NfL correlated with lesion-based disease activity (6-month-relapse, MRI-T2 and Gadolinium-enhancement). 3-months post-treatment, while NfL levels remained elevated, Tau/GFAP paradoxically increased (p=0.0023/0.0017). These increases at 3m correlated with MRI ‘pseudoatrophy’ at 6-months. NfL/Tau levels dropped to that of controls by 6-months (p=0.0036/0.0159). GFAP levels dropped progressively after 6-months although even at 12-months remained higher than controls (p=0.004). Conclusions: NfL was the closest correlate of MS disease activity and treatment response. Chemotherapy-related toxicity may account for transient increases in NfL, Tau and MRI brain atrophy post-BMT.

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© The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences Inc. 2019