Repeated measures of hypocretin-1 in Danish and Italian patients with narcolepsy and in controls

Eva Wiberg Torstensen, Niels Christian Haubjerg Østerby, Fabio Pizza, Giuseppe Plazzi, Elena Antelmi, Monica Moresco, Emmanuel Mignot, Niklas Rye Jørgensen, Gitte Lund Christensen, Benedikte Wanscher, Birgitte Rahbek Kornum, Poul Jørgen Jennum

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Abstract

STUDY OBJECTIVES: The assay currently used worldwide to measure cerebrospinal fluid hypocretin-1 (CSF-hcrt-1) for diagnosing narcolepsy uses a competitive radioimmunoassay with polyclonal anti-hcrt-1 antibodies. This assay detects multiple hypocretin-1 immunoreactive species in the CSF that are all derived from full-length hcrt-1. We aimed to revalidate CSF-hcrt-1 cut-offs for narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) diagnosis and to evaluate temporal changes in CSF-hcrt-1 levels in patients suspected of having central hypersomnia.

METHOD: We carried out a repeat lumbar puncture with a mean follow-up of 4.0 years, to measure CSF-hcrt-1 in patients suspected of having central hypersomnia in a follow-up study. Data from CSF samples of patients with NT1 and of controls without known hypersomnia, from the Italian-Stanford and Danish populations, were examined using a receiver-operating characteristic analysis.

RESULTS: The optimal CSF-hcrt-1 cut-offs for identifying NT1 were 129 pg/ml and 179 pg/ml for the Italian-Stanford and Danish populations, respectively. The sensitivity was 0.93-0.99 and the specificity was 1. Follow-up lumbar puncture measurements of CSF-hcrt-1 were obtained from 73 patients. 30 of 32 patients with low CSF-hcrt-1 levels continued to be categorized as low, with an unaltered diagnosis; two patients showed a marked increase in CSF-hcrt-1, attaining normal values at follow-up. One of these patients relapsed to low CSF-hcrt-1 after follow-up. All 41 patients with normal CSF-hcrt-1 at baseline had normal CSF-hcrt-1 at follow-up.

CONCLUSION: CSF-hcrt-1 measurement can provide an accurate test for diagnosing NT1, although it is important to validate the CSF-hcrt-1 cut-off for specific testing locations. Stable CSF-hcrt-1 levels support the already established prognosis of narcolepsy as permanent once the disorder has fully developed.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftSleep Medicine
Vol/bind101
Sider (fra-til)213-220
Antal sider8
ISSN1389-9457
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2023

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