Association of DTI-ALPS Glymphatic Index With Differential Phenoconversion in Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

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RIV/00064165:_____/25:10503549

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000214042" target="_blank" >10.1212/WNL.0000000000214042</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Association of DTI-ALPS Glymphatic Index With Differential Phenoconversion in Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

Original language description

Background and Objectives: Isolated REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) is the strongest prodromal marker of synucleinopathies, including Parkinson disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Identifying brain biomarkers that predict progression and distinguish phenoconversion trajectories remains a challenge. The glymphatic system is involved in interstitial waste clearance, and its dysfunction has been associated with pathologic protein accumulation and neurodegeneration. Diffusion tensor imaging along the perivascular space (DTI-ALPS) has been proposed as a noninvasive proxy for glymphatic function. The aim of this study was to determine whether patients with iRBD show a reduced DTI-ALPS index compared with controls and whether a lower DTI-ALPS index predicts future phenoconversion to PD or DLB. Methods: We conducted a longitudinal, multicenter cohort study using brain MRI scans from patients with polysomnography-confirmed iRBD and healthy controls recruited across 5 international centers. All participants underwent T1-weighted and diffusion-weighted MRI. DTI-ALPS indices were computed from diffusivity along projection and associative fibers adjacent to the lateral ventricles. The primary outcome was time to phenoconversion to synucleinopathy. Linear models assessed baseline group differences and clinical correlates, and Cox proportional hazard models assessed the predictive value of DTI-ALPS for time to phenoconversion. Results: A total of 250 patients with iRBD (mean age: 66.5 +- 6.8 years; 87% male) and 178 controls (65.7 +- 6.8 years; 81% male) were included. Patients with iRBD showed a lower left DTI-ALPS index compared with controls (mean difference = -0.034, 95% CI -0.067 to -0.001; p = 0.043). Of 224 patients with iRBD followed for a mean of 6.1 +- 3.5 years, 65 phenoconverted to a synucleinopathy. Converters had a lower left DTI-ALPS index than nonconverters (mean difference = -0.050, 95% CI -0.098 to -0.003; p = 0.038). Lower left DTI-ALPS index was associated with an increased risk of conversion to PD over time (hazard ratio = 2.43, 95% CI 1.13-5.25; p = 0.012). Other diffusion metrics inside periventricular masks, namely fractional anisotropy, diffusivity metrics, and free water, did not differ between groups. Discussion: Patients with iRBD exhibit a reduced DTI-ALPS index, suggesting altered glymphatic function. This reduction was associated with future phenoconversion to PD, supporting the DTI-ALPS index as a potential prognostic MRI biomarker of progression in prodromal synucleinopathies.

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Neurology

ISSN

0028-3878

e-ISSN

1526-632X

Volume of the periodical

105

Issue of the periodical within the volume

7

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

e214042

UT code for WoS article

001573543800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105016521906