Serum- and CSF-concentrations of brain specific proteins in hydrocephalus.

Abstract:

OBJECT:Hydrocephalus is characterised by elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) and gives rise to brain damage. The aim of this study was to investigate the significance of brain specific proteins as markers in the evaluation of brain damage in hydrocephalus. Therefore we determined the levels of four brain specific proteins in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum of symptomatic hydrocephalic patients. METHODS:During 41 CSF shunt-operations (both primarily placed shunts and shunt-revisions) CSF and blood samples were obtained and analysed for neuron-specific enolase (NSE), S-100b, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and myelin basic protein (MBP). The results were compared with an age-matched control group. Patients with varying clinical symptoms, denoting different levels of increased intracranial pressure prior to surgery, were included in this study. RESULTS:We observed significantly increased CSF-levels of S-100b and GFAP in the hydrocephalic patients, whereas NSE and MBP were markedly increased only in patients with very severe symptoms. Serum levels of all proteins were only minimally increased and did not correlate with CSF-levels. The slightly elevated levels of CSF-NSE in most of the patients suggest only subtle neuronal damage, which is not related to permanent neurological symptoms. The elevated levels of S-100b and GFAP are indicative of a reactive astrogliosis, which has also been demonstrated in histopathological studies. No demyelination seems to occur, according to the normal levels of MBP observed in this study. CONCLUSIONS:Although CSF levels of brain specific proteins are elevated in hydrocephalic patients, indicating brain damage due to hydrocephalus, neither CSF- nor serum-concentrations of brain specific proteins seem to be valuable tools in the clinical evaluation of the severity of hydrocephalus.

journal_name

Acta Neurochir (Wien)

journal_title

Acta neurochirurgica

authors

Beems T,Simons KS,Van Geel WJ,De Reus HP,Vos PE,Verbeek MM

doi

10.1007/s00701-002-1019-1

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2003-01-01 00:00:00

pages

37-43

issue

1

eissn

0001-6268

issn

0942-0940

journal_volume

145

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