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- Title
Identification of biomarkers for physical frailty and sarcopenia through a new multi-marker approach: results from the BIOSPHERE study.
- Authors
Calvani, Riccardo; Picca, Anna; Marini, Federico; Biancolillo, Alessandra; Gervasoni, Jacopo; Persichilli, Silvia; Primiano, Aniello; Coelho-Junior, Hélio J.; Cesari, Matteo; Bossola, Maurizio; Urbani, Andrea; Onder, Graziano; Landi, Francesco; Bernabei, Roberto; Marzetti, Emanuele
- Abstract
Physical frailty and sarcopenia (PF&S) is a prototypical geriatric condition characterized by reduced physical function and low muscle mass. The aim of the present study was to provide an initial selection of biomarkers for PF&S using a novel multivariate analytic strategy. Two-hundred community-dwellers, 100 with PF&S and 100 non-physically frail, non-sarcopenic (nonPF&S) controls aged 70 and older were enrolled as part of the BIOmarkers associated with Sarcopenia and Physical frailty in EldeRly pErsons (BIOSPHERE) study. A panel of 74 serum analytes involved in inflammation, muscle growth and remodeling, neuromuscular junction damage, and amino acid metabolism was assayed. Biomarker selection was accomplished through sequential and orthogonalized covariance selection (SO-CovSel) analysis. Separate SO-CovSel models were constructed for the whole study population and for the two genders. The model with the best prediction ability obtained with the smallest number of variables was built using seven biomolecules. This model allowed correct classification of 80.6 ± 5.3% PF&S participants and 79.9 ± 5.1% nonPF&S controls. The PF&S biomarker profile was characterized by higher serum levels of asparagine, aspartic acid, and citrulline. Higher serum concentrations of platelet-derived growth factor BB, heat shock protein 72 (Hsp72), myeloperoxidase, and α-aminobutyric acid defined the profile of nonPF&S participants. Gender-specific SO-CovSel models identified a "core" biomarker profile of PF&S, characterized by higher serum levels of aspartic acid and Hsp72 and lower concentrations of macrophage inflammatory protein 1β, with peculiar signatures in men and women. SO-CovSel analysis allowed identifying a set of potential biomarkers for PF&S. The adoption of such an innovative multivariate approach could help address the complex pathophysiology of PF&S, translate biomarker discovery from bench to bedside, and unveil novel targets for interventions.
- Subjects
MACROPHAGE inflammatory proteins; FRAIL elderly; BIOSPHERE; MIDDLE-aged persons; PLATELET-derived growth factor; SARCOPENIA; HEAT shock proteins
- Publication
GeroScience, 2021, Vol 43, Issue 2, p727
- ISSN
2509-2715
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11357-020-00197-x