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FTIR spectroscopy of plasma exosomes reveals distinct lipidomic and proteomic signatures for early Alzheimer's disease detection
Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
Genomic Medicine Field Application specialist APAC, Cytiva, India.
Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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2026 (English)In: Clinica Chimica Acta, ISSN 0009-8981, E-ISSN 1873-3492, Vol. 581, article id 120761Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common neurodegenerative disorder, is pathologically defined by amyloid-β plaques and tau tangles. Current diagnostic tools like CSF analysis and PET imaging are invasive or costly, limiting routine use. This study proposes a novel, label-free approach using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to identify disease-specific biochemical signatures in plasma-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) from 30  AD patients and 20 age-matched controls. sEVs were validated by ultracentrifugation, TEM, nanoparticle tracking (mean size: 98.7 ± 12.4 nm in AD vs. 102.3 ± 14.1 nm in controls), and Western blot for CD9, CD81, and TSG101. FTIR analysis revealed significant alterations in AD sEVs: consistent increase in lipid peroxidation (based on 3015 cm−1, 1745 cm−1 bands), 19.8 % change in β-sheet content, and 22.4 % enhancement in phosphate vibrations (1072 cm−1). Key spectral ratios showed excellent diagnostic accuracy, with the lipid peroxidation index (AUC = 0.998) and protein disorder index (AUC = 0.978). This rapid, cost-effective, and non-invasive method enables simultaneous assessment of lipid, protein, and glycan changes in AD. With broader validation, FTIR-based profiling of plasma sEVs could offer a transformative tool for early AD diagnosis and monitoring.

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Elsevier, 2026. Vol. 581, article id 120761
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Alzheimer's disease, Extracellular vesicles, Exosomes, FTIR spectroscopy, Liquid biopsy, Biomarkers, Protein misfolding, Lipid peroxidation, Early diagnosis
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-115831DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2025.120761ISI: 001638848700001PubMedID: 41360361Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105024091689OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-115831DiVA, id: diva2:2022315
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Funder: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR); Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR); Department of Health Research (DHR) 

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