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Zhu K, Wang H, Ye K, Chen G, Zhang Z. Netrin-1 signaling pathway mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases. Neural Regen Res 2025; 20:960-972. [PMID: 38989931 DOI: 10.4103/nrr.nrr-d-23-01573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024] Open
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Netrin-1 and its receptors play crucial roles in inducing axonal growth and neuronal migration during neuronal development. Their profound impacts then extend into adulthood to encompass the maintenance of neuronal survival and synaptic function. Increasing amounts of evidence highlight several key points: (1) Diminished Netrin-1 levels exacerbate pathological progression in animal models of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, and potentially, similar alterations occur in humans. (2) Genetic mutations of Netrin-1 receptors increase an individuals' susceptibility to neurodegenerative disorders. (3) Therapeutic approaches targeting Netrin-1 and its receptors offer the benefits of enhancing memory and motor function. (4) Netrin-1 and its receptors show genetic and epigenetic alterations in a variety of cancers. These findings provide compelling evidence that Netrin-1 and its receptors are crucial targets in neurodegenerative diseases. Through a comprehensive review of Netrin-1 signaling pathways, our objective is to uncover potential therapeutic avenues for neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Kedong Zhu
- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University; Brain Aging and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory of Heibei Province, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China
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- Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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- Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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Oveisgharan S, Yu L, de Paiva Lopes K, Tasaki S, Wang Y, Menon V, Schneider JA, Seyfried NT, Bennett DA. Proteins linking APOE ɛ4 with Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement 2024; 20:4499-4511. [PMID: 38856164 PMCID: PMC11247662 DOI: 10.1002/alz.13867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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INTRODUCTION The ɛ4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE ɛ4) is the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the mechanisms connecting APOE ɛ4 to AD are not clear. METHODS Participants (n = 596) were from two clinical-pathological studies. Tissues from dorsolateral prefrontal cortex were examined to identify 8425 proteins. Post mortem pathological assessment used immunohistochemistry to obtain amyloid beta (Aβ) load and tau tangle density. RESULTS In separate models, APOE ɛ4 was associated with 18 proteins, which were associated with Aβ and tau tangles. Examining the proteins in a single model identified Netrin-1 and secreted frizzled-related protein 1 (SFRP1) as the two proteins linking APOE ɛ4 with Aβ with the largest effect sizes and Netrin-1 and testican-3 linking APOE ɛ4 with tau tangles. DISCUSSION We identified Netrin-1, SFRP1, and testican-3 as the most promising proteins that link APOE ɛ4 with Aβ and tau tangles. HIGHLIGHTS Of 8425 proteins extracted from prefrontal cortex, 18 were related to APOE ɛ4. The 18 proteins were also related to amyloid beta (Aβ) and tau. The 18 proteins were more related to APOE ɛ4 than other AD genetic risk variants. Netrin-1 and secreted frizzled-related protein 1 were the two most promising proteins linking APOE ɛ4 with Aβ. Netrin-1 and testican-3 were two most promising proteins linking APOE ɛ4 with tau.
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- Shahram Oveisgharan
- Rush Alzheimer's Disease CenterRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Department of Neurological SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease CenterRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Department of Neurological SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease CenterRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Department of Neurological SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease CenterRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Department of Neurological SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease CenterRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Center for Translational and Computational NeuroimmunologyDepartment of Neurology & Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging BrainColumbia University Irving Medical CenterNew YorkNew YorkUSA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease CenterRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Department of Neurological SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Department of PathologyRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Department of NeurologyEmory University School of MedicineAtlantaGeorgiaUSA
- Department of BiochemistryEmory UniversityAtlantaGeorgiaUSA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease CenterRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Department of Neurological SciencesRush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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de Vries LE, Huitinga I, Kessels HW, Swaab DF, Verhaagen J. The concept of resilience to Alzheimer's Disease: current definitions and cellular and molecular mechanisms. Mol Neurodegener 2024; 19:33. [PMID: 38589893 PMCID: PMC11003087 DOI: 10.1186/s13024-024-00719-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024] Open
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Some individuals are able to maintain their cognitive abilities despite the presence of significant Alzheimer's Disease (AD) neuropathological changes. This discrepancy between cognition and pathology has been labeled as resilience and has evolved into a widely debated concept. External factors such as cognitive stimulation are associated with resilience to AD, but the exact cellular and molecular underpinnings are not completely understood. In this review, we discuss the current definitions used in the field, highlight the translational approaches used to investigate resilience to AD and summarize the underlying cellular and molecular substrates of resilience that have been derived from human and animal studies, which have received more and more attention in the last few years. From these studies the picture emerges that resilient individuals are different from AD patients in terms of specific pathological species and their cellular reaction to AD pathology, which possibly helps to maintain cognition up to a certain tipping point. Studying these rare resilient individuals can be of great importance as it could pave the way to novel therapeutic avenues for AD.
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- Luuk E de Vries
- Department of Neuroregeneration, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1105 BA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Neuroimmunology, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1105 BA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Amsterdam Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, an Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1105 BA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroregeneration, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1105 BA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University, Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Vandebergh M, Ramos EM, Corriveau-Lecavalier N, Ramanan VK, Kornak J, Mester C, Kolander T, Brushaber D, Staffaroni AM, Geschwind D, Wolf A, Kantarci K, Gendron TF, Petrucelli L, Van den Broeck M, Wynants S, Baker MC, Borrego – Écija S, Appleby B, Barmada S, Bozoki A, Clark D, Darby RR, Dickerson BC, Domoto-Reilly K, Fields JA, Galasko DR, Ghoshal N, Graff-Radford N, Grant IM, Honig LS, Hsiung GYR, Huey ED, Irwin D, Knopman DS, Kwan JY, Léger GC, Litvan I, Masdeu JC, Mendez MF, Onyike C, Pascual B, Pressman P, Ritter A, Roberson ED, Snyder A, Sullivan AC, Tartaglia MC, Wint D, Heuer HW, Forsberg LK, Boxer AL, Rosen HJ, Boeve BF, Rademakers R. Gene specific effects on brain volume and cognition of TMEM106B in frontotemporal lobar degeneration. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2024:2024.04.05.24305253. [PMID: 38633784 PMCID: PMC11023674 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.05.24305253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Background and Objectives TMEM106B has been proposed as a modifier of disease risk in FTLD-TDP, particularly in GRN mutation carriers. Furthermore, TMEM106B has been investigated as a disease modifier in the context of healthy aging and across multiple neurodegenerative diseases. The objective of this study is to evaluate and compare the effect of TMEM106B on gray matter volume and cognition in each of the common genetic FTD groups and in sporadic FTD patients. Methods Participants were enrolled through the ARTFL/LEFFTDS Longitudinal Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (ALLFTD) study, which includes symptomatic and presymptomatic individuals with a pathogenic mutation in C9orf72, GRN, MAPT, VCP, TBK1, TARDBP, symptomatic non-mutation carriers, and non-carrier family controls. All participants were genotyped for the TMEM106B rs1990622 SNP. Cross-sectionally, linear mixed-effects models were fitted to assess an association between TMEM106B and genetic group interaction with each outcome measure (gray matter volume and UDS3-EF for cognition), adjusting for education, age, sex and CDR®+NACC-FTLD sum of boxes. Subsequently, associations between TMEM106B and each outcome measure were investigated within the genetic group. For longitudinal modeling, linear mixed-effects models with time by TMEM106B predictor interactions were fitted. Results The minor allele of TMEM106B rs1990622, linked to a decreased risk of FTD, associated with greater gray matter volume in GRN mutation carriers under the recessive dosage model. This was most pronounced in the thalamus in the left hemisphere, with a retained association when considering presymptomatic GRN mutation carriers only. The minor allele of TMEM106B rs1990622 also associated with greater cognitive scores among all C9orf72 mutation carriers and in presymptomatic C9orf72 mutation carriers, under the recessive dosage model. Discussion We identified associations of TMEM106B with gray matter volume and cognition in the presence of GRN and C9orf72 mutations. This further supports TMEM106B as modifier of TDP-43 pathology. The association of TMEM106B with outcomes of interest in presymptomatic GRN and C9orf72 mutation carriers could additionally reflect TMEM106B's impact on divergent pathophysiological changes before the appearance of clinical symptoms.
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- Marijne Vandebergh
- VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Institute for Precision Health, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Human Genetics at David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Service, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, NV, 89106, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Diseases, UT Health San Antonio
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- Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, NV, 89106, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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Moodie JE, Harris SE, Harris MA, Buchanan CR, Davies G, Taylor A, Redmond P, Liewald DCM, Valdés Hernández MDC, Shenkin S, Russ TC, Muñoz Maniega S, Luciano M, Corley J, Stolicyn A, Shen X, Steele D, Waiter G, Sandu A, Bastin ME, Wardlaw JM, McIntosh A, Whalley H, Tucker‐Drob EM, Deary IJ, Cox SR. General and specific patterns of cortical gene expression as spatial correlates of complex cognitive functioning. Hum Brain Mapp 2024; 45:e26641. [PMID: 38488470 PMCID: PMC10941541 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024] Open
Abstract
Gene expression varies across the brain. This spatial patterning denotes specialised support for particular brain functions. However, the way that a given gene's expression fluctuates across the brain may be governed by general rules. Quantifying patterns of spatial covariation across genes would offer insights into the molecular characteristics of brain areas supporting, for example, complex cognitive functions. Here, we use principal component analysis to separate general and unique gene regulatory associations with cortical substrates of cognition. We find that the region-to-region variation in cortical expression profiles of 8235 genes covaries across two major principal components: gene ontology analysis suggests these dimensions are characterised by downregulation and upregulation of cell-signalling/modification and transcription factors. We validate these patterns out-of-sample and across different data processing choices. Brain regions more strongly implicated in general cognitive functioning (g; 3 cohorts, total meta-analytic N = 39,519) tend to be more balanced between downregulation and upregulation of both major components (indicated by regional component scores). We then identify a further 29 genes as candidate cortical spatial correlates of g, beyond the patterning of the two major components (|β| range = 0.18 to 0.53). Many of these genes have been previously associated with clinical neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders, or with other health-related phenotypes. The results provide insights into the cortical organisation of gene expression and its association with individual differences in cognitive functioning.
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- Joanna E. Moodie
- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) CollaborationEdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) CollaborationEdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) CollaborationEdinburghUK
- Centre for Clinical Brain SciencesUniversity of EdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Centre for Clinical Brain SciencesUniversity of EdinburghUK
- Ageing and Health Research Group, Usher InstituteUniversity of EdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Centre for Clinical Brain SciencesUniversity of EdinburghUK
- Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research CentreUniversity of EdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) CollaborationEdinburghUK
- Centre for Clinical Brain SciencesUniversity of EdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain SciencesUniversity of EdinburghUK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain SciencesUniversity of EdinburghUK
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- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) CollaborationEdinburghUK
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- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) CollaborationEdinburghUK
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- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) CollaborationEdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) CollaborationEdinburghUK
- Centre for Clinical Brain SciencesUniversity of EdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) CollaborationEdinburghUK
- Centre for Clinical Brain SciencesUniversity of EdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of PsychologyThe University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) CollaborationEdinburghUK
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Penalva YCM, Paschkowsky S, Yang J, Recinto SJ, Cinkorpumin J, Xiao B, Nitu A, Wu H, Munter HM, Michalski B, Fahnestock M, Pastor W, Bennett DA, Munter LM. Loss of the APP regulator RHBDL4 preserves memory in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.02.22.579698. [PMID: 38464180 PMCID: PMC10925189 DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.22.579698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
Abstract
Characteristic cerebral pathological changes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) such as glucose hypometabolism or the accumulation of cleavage products of the amyloid precursor protein (APP), known as Aβ peptides, lead to sustained endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and neurodegeneration. To preserve ER homeostasis, cells activate their unfolded protein response (UPR). The rhomboid-like-protease 4 (RHBDL4) is an enzyme that participates in the UPR by targeting proteins for proteasomal degradation. We demonstrated previously that RHBLD4 cleaves APP in HEK293T cells, leading to decreased total APP and Aβ. More recently, we showed that RHBDL4 processes APP in mouse primary mixed cortical cultures as well. Here, we aim to examine the physiological relevance of RHBDL4 in the brain. We first found that brain samples from AD patients and an AD mouse model (APPtg) showed increased RHBDL4 mRNA and protein expression. To determine the effects of RHBDL4's absence on APP physiology in vivo, we crossed APPtg mice to a RHBDL4 knockout (R4 KO) model. RHBDL4 deficiency in APPtg mice led to increased total cerebral APP and Aβ levels when compared to APPtg controls. Contrary to expectations, as assessed by cognitive tests, RHBDL4 absence rescued cognition in 5-month-old female APPtg mice. Informed by unbiased RNAseq data, we demonstrated in vitro and in vivo that RHBDL4 absence leads to greater levels of active β-catenin due to decreased proteasomal clearance. Decreased β-catenin activity is known to underlie cognitive defects in APPtg mice and AD. Our work suggests that RHBDL4's increased expression in AD, in addition to regulating APP levels, leads to aberrant degradation of β-catenin, contributing to cognitive impairment.
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- Ylauna Christine Megane Penalva
- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 0B1
- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 2B4
- Cell Information Systems group, Bellini Life Sciences Complex, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 0B1
- Centre de Recherche en Biologie Structurale (CRBS), McGill University, Montréal H3G 0B1, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 0B1
- Cell Information Systems group, Bellini Life Sciences Complex, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 0B1
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 0B1
- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 2B4
- Cell Information Systems group, Bellini Life Sciences Complex, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 0B1
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- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 2B4
- Cell Information Systems group, Bellini Life Sciences Complex, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 0B1
- Centre de Recherche en Biologie Structurale (CRBS), McGill University, Montréal H3G 0B1, Québec, Canada
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- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 2B4
- Cell Information Systems group, Bellini Life Sciences Complex, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 0B1
- Centre de Recherche en Biologie Structurale (CRBS), McGill University, Montréal H3G 0B1, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 0B1
- Cell Information Systems group, Bellini Life Sciences Complex, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 0B1
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- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 0C7
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 0B1
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 0B1
- Cell Information Systems group, Bellini Life Sciences Complex, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 0B1
- Centre de Recherche en Biologie Structurale (CRBS), McGill University, Montréal H3G 0B1, Québec, Canada
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Yang HS, Teng L, Kang D, Menon V, Ge T, Finucane HK, Schultz AP, Properzi M, Klein HU, Chibnik LB, Schneider JA, Bennett DA, Hohman TJ, Mayeux RP, Johnson KA, De Jager PL, Sperling RA. Cell-type-specific Alzheimer's disease polygenic risk scores are associated with distinct disease processes in Alzheimer's disease. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7659. [PMID: 38036535 PMCID: PMC10689816 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43132-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
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Many of the Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk genes are specifically expressed in microglia and astrocytes, but how and when the genetic risk localizing to these cell types contributes to AD pathophysiology remains unclear. Here, we derive cell-type-specific AD polygenic risk scores (ADPRS) from two extensively characterized datasets and uncover the impact of cell-type-specific genetic risk on AD endophenotypes. In an autopsy dataset spanning all stages of AD (n = 1457), the astrocytic ADPRS affected diffuse and neuritic plaques (amyloid-β), while microglial ADPRS affected neuritic plaques, microglial activation, neurofibrillary tangles (tau), and cognitive decline. In an independent neuroimaging dataset of cognitively unimpaired elderly (n = 2921), astrocytic ADPRS was associated with amyloid-β, and microglial ADPRS was associated with amyloid-β and tau, connecting cell-type-specific genetic risk with AD pathology even before symptom onset. Together, our study provides human genetic evidence implicating multiple glial cell types in AD pathophysiology, starting from the preclinical stage.
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- Hyun-Sik Yang
- Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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- Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Precision Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Nguyen Q, Wood CA, Kim PJ, Jankowsky JL. The TMEM106B T186S coding variant increases neurite arborization and synaptic density in primary hippocampal neurons. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1275959. [PMID: 37901434 PMCID: PMC10603297 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1275959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023] Open
Abstract
The lysosomal protein TMEM106B was identified as a risk modifier of multiple dementias including frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The gene comes in two major haplotypes, one associated with disease risk, and by comparison, the other with resilience. Only one coding polymorphism distinguishes the two alleles, a threonine-to-serine substitution at residue 185 (186 in mouse), that is inherited in disequilibrium with multiple non-coding variants. Transcriptional studies suggest synaptic, neuronal, and cognitive preservation in human subjects with the protective haplotype, while murine in vitro studies reveal dramatic effects of TMEM106B deletion on neuronal development. Despite this foundation, the field has not yet resolved whether coding variant is biologically meaningful, and if so, whether it has any specific effect on neuronal phenotypes. Here we studied how loss of TMEM106B or expression of the lone coding variant in isolation affected transcriptional signatures in the mature brain and neuronal structure during development in primary neurons. Homozygous expression of the TMEM106B T186S variant in knock-in mice increased cortical expression of genes associated with excitatory synaptic function and axon outgrowth, and promoted neurite branching, dendritic spine density, and synaptic density in primary hippocampal neurons. In contrast, constitutive TMEM106B deletion affected transcriptional signatures of myelination without altering neuronal development in vitro. Our findings show that the T186S variant is functionally relevant and may contribute to disease resilience during neurodevelopment.
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- Quynh Nguyen
- Departments of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- Departments of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- Departments of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- Departments of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
- Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Molecular and Cellular Biology, Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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Moodie JE, Harris SE, Harris MA, Buchanan CR, Davies G, Taylor A, Redmond P, Liewald D, Del C Valdés Hernández M, Shenkin S, Russ TC, Muñoz Maniega S, Luciano M, Corley J, Stolicyn A, Shen X, Steele D, Waiter G, Sandu-Giuraniuc A, Bastin ME, Wardlaw JM, McIntosh A, Whalley H, Tucker-Drob EM, Deary IJ, Cox SR. General and specific patterns of cortical gene expression as spatial correlates of complex cognitive functioning. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.03.16.532915. [PMID: 36993650 PMCID: PMC10055068 DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.16.532915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Gene expression varies across the brain. This spatial patterning denotes specialised support for particular brain functions. However, the way that a given gene's expression fluctuates across the brain may be governed by general rules. Quantifying patterns of spatial covariation across genes would offer insights into the molecular characteristics of brain areas supporting, for example, complex cognitive functions. Here, we use principal component analysis to separate general and unique gene regulatory associations with cortical substrates of cognition. We find that the region-to-region variation in cortical expression profiles of 8235 genes covaries across two major principal components : gene ontology analysis suggests these dimensions are characterised by downregulation and upregulation of cell-signalling/modification and transcription factors. We validate these patterns out-of-sample and across different data processing choices. Brain regions more strongly implicated in general cognitive functioning (g; 3 cohorts, total meta-analytic N = 39,519) tend to be more balanced between downregulation and upregulation of both major components (indicated by regional component scores). We then identify a further 41 genes as candidate cortical spatial correlates of g, beyond the patterning of the two major components (|β| range = 0.15 to 0.53). Many of these genes have been previously associated with clinical neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders, or with other health-related phenotypes. The results provide insights into the cortical organisation of gene expression and its association with individual differences in cognitive functioning.
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- Joanna E Moodie
- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Division of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Division of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Ageing and Health Research Group, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Division of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Division of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Edinburgh, UK
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- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Edinburgh, UK
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- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Division of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Division of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts, Department of Psychology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
- Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Collaboration, Edinburgh, UK
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Lee JY, Harney DJ, Teo JD, Kwok JB, Sutherland GT, Larance M, Don AS. The major TMEM106B dementia risk allele affects TMEM106B protein levels, fibril formation, and myelin lipid homeostasis in the ageing human hippocampus. Mol Neurodegener 2023; 18:63. [PMID: 37726834 PMCID: PMC10510131 DOI: 10.1186/s13024-023-00650-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The risk for dementia increases exponentially from the seventh decade of life. Identifying and understanding the biochemical changes that sensitize the ageing brain to neurodegeneration will provide new opportunities for dementia prevention and treatment. This study aimed to determine how ageing and major genetic risk factors for dementia affect the hippocampal proteome and lipidome of neurologically-normal humans over the age of 65. The hippocampus was chosen as it is highly susceptible to atrophy with ageing and in several neurodegenerative diseases. METHODS Mass spectrometry-based proteomic and lipidomic analysis of CA1 hippocampus samples from 74 neurologically normal human donors, aged 66-104, was used in combination with multiple regression models and gene set enrichment analysis to identify age-dependent changes in the proteome and lipidome. ANOVA was used to test the effect of major dementia risk alleles in the TMEM106B and APOE genes on the hippocampal proteome and lipidome, adjusting for age, gender, and post-mortem interval. Fibrillar C-terminal TMEM106B fragments were isolated using sarkosyl fractionation and quantified by immunoblotting. RESULTS Forty proteins were associated with age at false discovery rate-corrected P < 0.05, including proteins that regulate cell adhesion, the cytoskeleton, amino acid and lipid metabolism, and ribosomal subunits. TMEM106B, a regulator of lysosomal and oligodendrocyte function, was regulated with greatest effect size. The increase in TMEM106B levels with ageing was specific to carriers of the rs1990622-A allele in the TMEM106B gene that increases risk for frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and hippocampal sclerosis with ageing. Rs1990622-A was also associated with higher TMEM106B fibril content. Hippocampal lipids were not significantly affected by APOE genotype, however levels of myelin-enriched sulfatides and hexosylceramides were significantly lower, and polyunsaturated phospholipids were higher, in rs1990622-A carriers after controlling for APOE genotype. CONCLUSIONS Our study demonstrates that TMEM106B protein abundance is increased with brain ageing in humans, establishes that dementia risk allele rs1990622-A predisposes to TMEM106B fibril formation in the hippocampus, and provides the first evidence that rs1990622-A affects brain lipid homeostasis, particularly myelin lipids. Our data suggests that TMEM106B is one of a growing list of major dementia risk genes that affect glial lipid metabolism.
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- Jun Yup Lee
- Charles Perkins Centre, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
- School of Medical Sciences, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
- School of Medical Sciences, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
- School of Medical Sciences, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
- Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
- School of Medical Sciences, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
- School of Medical Sciences, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Charles Perkins Centre, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia.
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Berson E, Sreenivas A, Phongpreecha T, Perna A, Grandi FC, Xue L, Ravindra NG, Payrovnaziri N, Mataraso S, Kim Y, Espinosa C, Chang AL, Becker M, Montine KS, Fox EJ, Chang HY, Corces MR, Aghaeepour N, Montine TJ. Whole genome deconvolution unveils Alzheimer's resilient epigenetic signature. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4947. [PMID: 37587197 PMCID: PMC10432546 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40611-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Assay for Transposase Accessible Chromatin by sequencing (ATAC-seq) accurately depicts the chromatin regulatory state and altered mechanisms guiding gene expression in disease. However, bulk sequencing entangles information from different cell types and obscures cellular heterogeneity. To address this, we developed Cellformer, a deep learning method that deconvolutes bulk ATAC-seq into cell type-specific expression across the whole genome. Cellformer enables cost-effective cell type-specific open chromatin profiling in large cohorts. Applied to 191 bulk samples from 3 brain regions, Cellformer identifies cell type-specific gene regulatory mechanisms involved in resilience to Alzheimer's disease, an uncommon group of cognitively healthy individuals that harbor a high pathological load of Alzheimer's disease. Cell type-resolved chromatin profiling unveils cell type-specific pathways and nominates potential epigenetic mediators underlying resilience that may illuminate therapeutic opportunities to limit the cognitive impact of the disease. Cellformer is freely available to facilitate future investigations using high-throughput bulk ATAC-seq data.
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- Eloise Berson
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Center for Personal Dynamic Regulomes, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Yang HS, Teng L, Kang D, Menon V, Ge T, Finucane HK, Schultz AP, Properzi M, Klein HU, Chibnik LB, Schneider JA, Bennett DA, Hohman TJ, Mayeux RP, Johnson KA, De Jager PL, Sperling RA. Cell-type-specific Alzheimer's disease polygenic risk scores are associated with distinct disease processes in Alzheimer's disease. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2023:2023.06.01.23290850. [PMID: 37333223 PMCID: PMC10274993 DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.01.23290850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) heritability is enriched in glial genes, but how and when cell-type-specific genetic risk contributes to AD remains unclear. Here, we derive cell-type-specific AD polygenic risk scores (ADPRS) from two extensively characterized datasets. In an autopsy dataset spanning all stages of AD (n=1,457), astrocytic (Ast) ADPRS was associated with both diffuse and neuritic Aβ plaques, while microglial (Mic) ADPRS was associated with neuritic Aβ plaques, microglial activation, tau, and cognitive decline. Causal modeling analyses further clarified these relationships. In an independent neuroimaging dataset of cognitively unimpaired elderly (n=2,921), Ast-ADPRS were associated with Aβ, and Mic-ADPRS was associated with Aβ and tau, showing a consistent pattern with the autopsy dataset. Oligodendrocytic and excitatory neuronal ADPRSs were associated with tau, but only in the autopsy dataset including symptomatic AD cases. Together, our study provides human genetic evidence implicating multiple glial cell types in AD pathophysiology, starting from the preclinical stage.
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- Hyun-Sik Yang
- Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
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- Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Edwards GA, Wood CA, Nguyen Q, Kim PJ, Gomez-Gutierrez R, Park KW, Zurhellen C, Al-Ramahi I, Jankowsky JL. TMEM106B coding variant is protective and deletion detrimental in a mouse model of tauopathy. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.03.23.533978. [PMID: 36993574 PMCID: PMC10055407 DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.23.533978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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TMEM106B is a risk modifier for a growing list of age-associated dementias including Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal dementia, yet its function remains elusive. Two key questions that emerge from past work are whether the conservative T185S coding variant found in the minor haplotype contributes to protection, and whether the presence of TMEM106B is helpful or harmful in the context of disease. Here we address both issues while extending the testbed for study of TMEM106B from models of TDP to tauopathy. We show that TMEM106B deletion accelerates cognitive decline, hindlimb paralysis, neuropathology, and neurodegeneration. TMEM106B deletion also increases transcriptional overlap with human AD, making it a better model of disease than tau alone. In contrast, the coding variant protects against tau-associated cognitive decline, neurodegeneration, and paralysis without affecting tau pathology. Our findings show that the coding variant contributes to neuroprotection and suggest that TMEM106B is a critical safeguard against tau aggregation.
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Buchman AS, Yu L, Klein HU, Zammit AR, Oveisgharan S, Grodstein F, Tasaki S, Levey AI, Seyfried NT, Bennett DA. Proteome-Wide Discovery of Cortical Proteins That May Provide Motor Resilience to Offset the Negative Effects of Pathologies in Older Adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2023; 78:494-503. [PMID: 35512265 PMCID: PMC9977240 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glac105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Motor resilience proteins have not been identified. This proteome-wide discovery study sought to identify proteins that may provide motor resilience. METHODS We studied the brains of older decedents with annual motor testing, postmortem brain pathologies, and proteome-wide data. Parkinsonism was assessed using 26 items of a modified United Parkinson Disease Rating Scale. We used linear mixed-effect models to isolate motor resilience, defined as the person-specific estimate of progressive parkinsonism after controlling for age, sex, and 10 brain pathologies. A total of 8 356 high-abundance proteins were quantified from dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex using tandem mass tag and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. RESULTS There were 391 older adults (70% female), mean age 80 years at baseline and 89 years at death. Five proteins were associated with motor resilience: A higher level of AP1B1 (Estimate -0.504, SE 0.121, p = 3.12 × 10-5) and GNG3 (Estimate -0.276, SE 0.068, p = 4.82 × 10-5) was associated with slower progressive parkinsonism. By contrast, a higher level of TTC38 (Estimate 0.140, SE 0.029, p = 1.87 × 10-6), CARKD (Estimate 0.413, SE 0.100, p = 3.50 × 10-5), and ABHD14B (Estimate 0.175, SE 0.044, p = 6.48 × 10-5) was associated with faster progressive parkinsonism. Together, these 5 proteins accounted for almost 25% of the variance of progressive parkinsonism above the 17% accounted for by 10 indices of brain pathologies. DISCUSSION Cortical proteins may provide more or less motor resilience in older adults. These proteins are high-value therapeutic targets for drug discovery that may lead to interventions that maintain motor function despite the accumulation of as yet untreatable brain pathologies.
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- Aron S Buchman
- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Lee AJ, Ma Y, Yu L, Dawe RJ, McCabe C, Arfanakis K, Mayeux R, Bennett DA, Klein HU, De Jager PL. Multi-region brain transcriptomes uncover two subtypes of aging individuals with differences in Alzheimer risk and the impact of APOEε4. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.01.25.524961. [PMID: 36747803 PMCID: PMC9900823 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.25.524961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The heterogeneity of the older population suggests the existence of subsets of individuals which share certain brain molecular features and respond differently to risk factors for Alzheimer's disease, but this population structure remains poorly defined. Here, we performed an unsupervised clustering of individuals with multi-region brain transcriptomes to assess whether a broader approach, simultaneously considering data from multiple regions involved in cognition would uncover such subsets. We implemented a canonical correlation-based analysis in a Discovery cohort of 459 participants from two longitudinal studies of cognitive aging that have RNA sequence profiles in three brain regions. 690 additional participants that have data in only one or two of these regions were used in the Replication effort. These clustering analyses identified two meta-clusters, MC-1 and MC-2. The two sets of participants differ primarily in their trajectories of cognitive decline, with MC-2 having a delay of 3 years to the median age of incident dementia. This is due, in part, to a greater impact of tau pathology on neuronal chromatin architecture and to broader brain changes including greater loss of white matter integrity in MC-1. Further evidence of biological differences includes a significantly larger impact of APOEε4 risk on cognitive decline in MC-1. These findings suggest that our proposed population structure captures an aspect of the more distributed molecular state of the aging brain that either enhances the effect of risk factors in MC-1 or of protective effects in MC-2. These observations may inform the design of therapeutic development efforts and of trials as both become increasingly more targeted molecularly. One Sentence Summary: There are two types of aging brains, with one being more vulnerable to APOEε4 and subsequent neuronal dysfunction and cognitive loss.
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Lee JY, Harney D, Kwok J, Larance M, Don AS. The major TMEM106B dementia risk allele affects TMEM106B protein levels and myelin lipid homeostasis in the ageing human hippocampus. RESEARCH SQUARE 2023:rs.3.rs-2392941. [PMID: 36711721 PMCID: PMC9882607 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2392941/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Background The risk for dementia increases exponentially from the seventh decade of life. Identifying and understanding the biochemical changes that sensitize the ageing brain to neurodegeneration will provide new opportunities for dementia prevention and treatment. This study aimed to determine how ageing and major genetic risk factors for dementia affect the hippocampal proteome and lipidome of neurologically-normal humans over the age of 65. The hippocampus was chosen as it is highly susceptible to atrophy with ageing and in several neurodegenerative diseases. Methods Mass spectrometry-based proteomic and lipidomic analysis of CA1 hippocampus samples from 74 neurologically normal human donors, aged 66-104, was used in combination with multiple regression models and gene set enrichment analysis to identify age-dependent changes in the proteome and lipidome. ANOVA was used to test the effect of major dementia risk alleles in the TMEM106B and APOE genes on the hippocampal proteome and lipidome, adjusting for age, gender, and post-mortem interval. Results Forty proteins were associated with age at false discovery rate-corrected P < 0.05, including proteins that regulate cell adhesion, the cytoskeleton, amino acid and lipid metabolism, and ribosomal subunits. Transmembrane protein 106B (TMEM106B), a regulator of lysosomal and oligodendrocyte function, was regulated with greatest effect size. The increase in TMEM106B levels with age was specific to carriers of the rs1990622-A allele in the TMEM106B gene that is associated with increased risk for frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and hippocampal sclerosis with ageing. Hippocampal lipids were not significantly affected by APOE genotype, however levels of myelin-enriched sulfatides and hexosylceramides were significantly lower, and polyunsaturated phospholipids were higher, in rs1990622-A carriers after controlling for APOE genotype. Conclusions Our study provides the first evidence that TMEM106B protein abundance is increased with brain ageing in humans, and the first evidence that the major TMEM106B dementia risk allele affects brain lipid homeostasis, with a clear effect on myelin lipid content. Our data implies that TMEM106B is one of a growing list of major dementia risk genes that affect glial lipid metabolism.
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- Jun Yup Lee
- The University of Sydney SMS: The University of Sydney School of Medical Sciences
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- The University of Sydney SMS: The University of Sydney School of Medical Sciences
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- The University of Sydney SMS: The University of Sydney School of Medical Sciences
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Liao W, Luo H, Ruan Y, Mai Y, Liu C, Chen J, Yang S, Xuan A, Liu J. Identification of candidate genes associated with clinical onset of Alzheimer's disease. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:1060111. [PMID: 36605552 PMCID: PMC9808086 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.1060111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background and objective Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia, with its pathology like beta-amyloid and phosphorylated tau beginning several years before the clinical onset. The aim is to identify genetic risk factors associated with the onset of AD. Methods We collected three microarray data of post-mortem brains of AD patients and the healthy from the GEO database and screened differentially expressed genes between AD and healthy control. GO/KEGG analysis was applied to identify AD-related pathways. Then we distinguished differential expressed genes between symptomatic and asymptomatic AD. Feature importance with logistic regression analysis is adopted to identify the most critical genes with symptomatic AD. Results Data was collected from three datasets, including 184 AD patients and 132 healthy controls. We found 66 genes to be differently expressed between AD and the control. The pathway enriched in the process of exocytosis, synapse, and metabolism and identified 19 candidate genes, four of which (VSNL1, RTN1, FGF12, and ENC1) are vital. Conclusion VSNL1, RTN1, FGF12, and ENC1 may be the essential genes that progress asymptomatic AD to symptomatic AD. Moreover, they may serve as genetic risk factors to identify high-risk individuals showing an earlier onset of AD.
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- Wang Liao
- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China,Shaoqing Yang,
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China,Aiguo Xuan,
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China,*Correspondence: Jun Liu,
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Bai Y, Wang H, Li C. SAPAP Scaffold Proteins: From Synaptic Function to Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Cells 2022; 11:cells11233815. [PMID: 36497075 PMCID: PMC9740047 DOI: 10.3390/cells11233815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Excitatory (glutamatergic) synaptic transmission underlies many aspects of brain activity and the genesis of normal human behavior. The postsynaptic scaffolding proteins SAP90/PSD-95-associated proteins (SAPAPs), which are abundant components of the postsynaptic density (PSD) at excitatory synapses, play critical roles in synaptic structure, formation, development, plasticity, and signaling. The convergence of human genetic data with recent in vitro and in vivo animal model data indicates that mutations in the genes encoding SAPAP1-4 are associated with neurological and psychiatric disorders, and that dysfunction of SAPAP scaffolding proteins may contribute to the pathogenesis of various neuropsychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders, Alzheimer's disease, and bipolar disorder. Here, we review recent major genetic, epigenetic, molecular, behavioral, electrophysiological, and circuitry studies that have advanced our knowledge by clarifying the roles of SAPAP proteins at the synapses, providing new insights into the mechanistic links to neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders.
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- Yunxia Bai
- Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (STCSM & MOE), Affiliated Mental Health Center (ECNU), School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
- Shanghai Changning Mental Health Center, Shanghai 200335, China
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- Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (STCSM & MOE), Affiliated Mental Health Center (ECNU), School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
- Shanghai Changning Mental Health Center, Shanghai 200335, China
- NYU-ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science at NYU Shanghai, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (STCSM & MOE), Affiliated Mental Health Center (ECNU), School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
- Shanghai Changning Mental Health Center, Shanghai 200335, China
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Yu L, Hsieh YC, Pearse RV, Wang Y, Petyuk VA, Schneider JA, Buchman AS, Seyfried NT, De Jager PL, Young-Pearse TL, Bennett DA. Association of AK4 Protein From Stem Cell-Derived Neurons With Cognitive Reserve: An Autopsy Study. Neurology 2022; 99:e2264-e2274. [PMID: 35948448 PMCID: PMC9694839 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000201120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Identifying protein targets that provide cognitive reserve is a strategy to prevent and treat Alzheimer disease and Alzheimer disease related dementias (AD/ADRD). Previous studies using bulk human brain tissue reported 12 proteins associated with cognitive reserve. This study examined whether the same proteins from induced neurons (iNs) are associated with cognitive reserve of their human donors. METHODS Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines were generated from cryopreserved peripheral blood mononuclear cells of older adults who were autopsied as part of the Religious Orders Study or Rush Memory and Aging Project. Neurons were induced from iPSCs using a standard neurogenin2 protocol. Tandem mass tag proteomics analyses were conducted on iNs day 21. Cognitive reserve of their human donors was measured as person-specific slopes of cognitive change not accounted for by common neuropathologies. RESULTS The 53 human donors died at a mean age of 91 years, all were non-Latino White, and 36 (67.9%) were female. Eighteen were diagnosed with Alzheimer dementia proximate to death, and 34 had pathologic AD diagnosis at autopsy. Approximately 60% of the donors had above-average cognitive reserve such that their cognition declined slower than an average person with comparable burdens of neuropathologies. Eight of the 12 candidate proteins were quantified in iNs proteomics analyses. Higher adenylate kinase 4 (AK4) expression in iNs was associated with lower cognitive reserve, consistent with the previous report for brain AK4 expression. DISCUSSION By replicating cortical protein associations with cognitive reserve in human iNs, these data provide a valuable molecular readout for studying complex clinical phenotypes such as cognitive reserve in a dish.
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- Lei Yu
- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Boston, MA; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (V.A.P.), Richland, WA; Department of Pathology (J.A.S.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Biochemistry (N.T.S.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology (P.L.D.), Department of Neurology & Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York.
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Boston, MA; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (V.A.P.), Richland, WA; Department of Pathology (J.A.S.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Biochemistry (N.T.S.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology (P.L.D.), Department of Neurology & Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Boston, MA; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (V.A.P.), Richland, WA; Department of Pathology (J.A.S.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Biochemistry (N.T.S.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology (P.L.D.), Department of Neurology & Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Boston, MA; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (V.A.P.), Richland, WA; Department of Pathology (J.A.S.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Biochemistry (N.T.S.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology (P.L.D.), Department of Neurology & Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Boston, MA; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (V.A.P.), Richland, WA; Department of Pathology (J.A.S.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Biochemistry (N.T.S.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology (P.L.D.), Department of Neurology & Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Boston, MA; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (V.A.P.), Richland, WA; Department of Pathology (J.A.S.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Biochemistry (N.T.S.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology (P.L.D.), Department of Neurology & Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Boston, MA; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (V.A.P.), Richland, WA; Department of Pathology (J.A.S.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Biochemistry (N.T.S.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology (P.L.D.), Department of Neurology & Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Boston, MA; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (V.A.P.), Richland, WA; Department of Pathology (J.A.S.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Biochemistry (N.T.S.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology (P.L.D.), Department of Neurology & Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Boston, MA; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (V.A.P.), Richland, WA; Department of Pathology (J.A.S.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Biochemistry (N.T.S.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology (P.L.D.), Department of Neurology & Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Boston, MA; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (V.A.P.), Richland, WA; Department of Pathology (J.A.S.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Biochemistry (N.T.S.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology (P.L.D.), Department of Neurology & Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
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- From the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.) and Department of Neurological Sciences (L.Y., Y.W., J.A.S., A.S.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (Y.H., R.V.P., T.L.P.), Boston, MA; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (V.A.P.), Richland, WA; Department of Pathology (J.A.S.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Biochemistry (N.T.S.), Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology (P.L.D.), Department of Neurology & Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York
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Consens ME, Chen Y, Menon V, Wang Y, Schneider JA, De Jager PL, Bennett DA, Tripathy SJ, Felsky D. Bulk and Single-Nucleus Transcriptomics Highlight Intra-Telencephalic and Somatostatin Neurons in Alzheimer's Disease. Front Mol Neurosci 2022; 15:903175. [PMID: 35754708 PMCID: PMC9231610 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.903175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cortical neuron loss is a pathological hallmark of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, it remains unclear which neuronal subtypes beyond broad excitatory and inhibitory classes are most vulnerable. Here, we analyzed cell subtype proportion differences in AD compared to non-AD controls using 1037 post-mortem brain samples from six neocortical regions. We identified the strongest associations of AD with fewer somatostatin (SST) inhibitory neurons (β = -0.48, p bonf = 8.98 × 10-9) and intra-telencephalic (IT) excitatory neurons (β = -0.45, p bonf = 4.32 × 10-7). Replication in three AD case-control single-nucleus RNAseq datasets most strongly supported the bulk tissue association of fewer SST neurons in AD. In depth analyses of cell type proportions with specific AD-related neuropathological and cognitive phenotypes revealed fewer SST neurons with greater brain-wide post-mortem tau and beta amyloid, as well as a faster rate of antemortem cognitive decline. In contrast, greater IT neuron proportions were associated with a slower rate of cognitive decline as well as greater residual cognition-a measure of cognitive resilience-but not canonical AD neuropathology. Our findings implicate somatostatin inhibitory and intra-telencephalic excitatory neuron subclasses in the pathogenesis of AD and in cognitive resilience to AD pathology, respectively.
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- Micaela E. Consens
- The Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics (KCNI), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, ON, Canada
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- The Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics (KCNI), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, ON, Canada
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- The Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
- The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- The Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- The Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- The Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
- The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- The Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University, Chicago, IL, United States
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- The Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics (KCNI), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- The Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics (KCNI), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Identifying causal genes for depression via integration of the proteome and transcriptome from brain and blood. Mol Psychiatry 2022; 27:2849-2857. [PMID: 35296807 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01507-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2021] [Revised: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified numerous risk genes for depression. Nevertheless, genes crucial for understanding the molecular mechanisms of depression and effective antidepressant drug targets are largely unknown. Addressing this, we aimed to highlight potentially causal genes by systematically integrating the brain and blood protein and expression quantitative trait loci (QTL) data with a depression GWAS dataset via a statistical framework including Mendelian randomization (MR), Bayesian colocalization, and Steiger filtering analysis. In summary, we identified three candidate genes (TMEM106B, RAB27B, and GMPPB) based on brain data and two genes (TMEM106B and NEGR1) based on blood data with consistent robust evidence at both the protein and transcriptional levels. Furthermore, the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network provided new insights into the interaction between brain and blood in depression. Collectively, four genes (TMEM106B, RAB27B, GMPPB, and NEGR1) affect depression by influencing protein and gene expression level, which could guide future researches on candidate genes investigations in animal studies as well as prioritize antidepressant drug targets.
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Shared genetic architectures of subjective well-being in East Asian and European ancestry populations. Nat Hum Behav 2022; 6:1014-1026. [PMID: 35589828 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-022-01343-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Subjective well-being (SWB) has been explored in European ancestral populations; however, whether the SWB genetic architecture is shared across populations remains unclear. We conducted a cross-population genome-wide association study for SWB using samples from Korean (n = 110,919) and European (n = 563,176) ancestries. Five ancestry-specific loci and twelve cross-ancestry significant genomic loci were identified. One novel locus (rs12298541 near HMGA2) associated with SWB was also identified through the European meta-analysis. Significant cross-ancestry genetic correlation for SWB between samples was observed. Polygenic risk analysis in an independent Korean cohort (n = 22,455) demonstrated transferability between populations. Significant correlations between SWB and major depressive disorder, and significant enrichment of central nervous system-related polymorphisms heritability in both ancestry populations were found. Hence, large-scale cross-ancestry genome-wide association studies can advance our understanding of SWB genetic architecture and mental health.
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Neuner SM, Telpoukhovskaia M, Menon V, O'Connell KMS, Hohman TJ, Kaczorowski CC. Translational approaches to understanding resilience to Alzheimer's disease. Trends Neurosci 2022; 45:369-383. [PMID: 35307206 PMCID: PMC9035083 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2022.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Individuals who maintain cognitive function despite high levels of Alzheimer's disease (AD)-associated pathology are said to be 'resilient' to AD. Identifying mechanisms underlying resilience represents an exciting therapeutic opportunity. Human studies have identified a number of molecular and genetic factors associated with resilience, but the complexity of these cohorts prohibits a complete understanding of which factors are causal or simply correlated with resilience. Genetically and phenotypically diverse mouse models of AD provide new and translationally relevant opportunities to identify and prioritize new resilience mechanisms for further cross-species investigation. This review will discuss insights into resilience gained from both human and animal studies and highlight future approaches that may help translate these insights into therapeutics designed to prevent or delay AD-related dementia.
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- Sarah M Neuner
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA; Tufts University, School of Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Boston, MA 02111, USA; The University of Maine, Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Orono, ME 04469, USA
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- Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA; Tufts University, School of Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Boston, MA 02111, USA; The University of Maine, Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Orono, ME 04469, USA.
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Identification of TMEM106B amyloid fibrils provides an updated view of TMEM106B biology in health and disease. Acta Neuropathol 2022; 144:807-819. [PMID: 36056242 PMCID: PMC9547799 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-022-02486-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Since the initial identification of TMEM106B as a risk factor for frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), multiple genetic studies have found TMEM106B variants to modulate disease risk in a variety of brain disorders and healthy aging. Neurodegenerative disorders are typically characterized by inclusions of misfolded proteins and since lysosomes are an important site for cellular debris clearance, lysosomal dysfunction has been closely linked to neurodegeneration. Consequently, many causal mutations or genetic risk variants implicated in neurodegenerative diseases encode proteins involved in endosomal-lysosomal function. As an integral lysosomal transmembrane protein, TMEM106B regulates several aspects of lysosomal function and multiple studies have shown that proper TMEM106B protein levels are crucial for maintaining lysosomal health. Yet, the precise function of TMEM106B at the lysosomal membrane is undetermined and it remains unclear how TMEM106B modulates disease risk. Unexpectedly, several independent groups recently showed that the C-terminal domain (AA120-254) of TMEM106B forms amyloid fibrils in the brain of patients with a diverse set of neurodegenerative conditions. The recognition that TMEM106B can form amyloid fibrils and is present across neurodegenerative diseases sheds new light on TMEM106B as a central player in neurodegeneration and brain health, but also raises important new questions. In this review, we summarize current knowledge and place a decade's worth of TMEM106B research into an exciting new perspective.
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Grodstein F, Yu L, de Jager PL, Levey A, Seyfried NT, Bennett DA. Exploring Cortical Proteins Underlying the Relation of Neuroticism to Cognitive Resilience. AGING BRAIN 2022; 2:100031. [PMID: 36874358 PMCID: PMC9979250 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbas.2022.100031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Some individuals maintain cognitive health despite neuropathology. Targets impacting "cognitive resilience" may provide interventions for preventing dementia without decreasing neuropathology. Neuroticism represents the tendency to experience negative emotions, and is related to worse cognitive resilience. Exploring proteins associated with cognitive resilience risk factors, such as neuroticism, could yield new protein targets. We used 355 postmortem prefrontal cortex from two cohorts to measure 8356 proteins. We identified (i) proteins associated with both neuroticism and cognitive resilience, and (ii) proteins statistically mediating relations of neuroticism to cognitive resilience. We found two proteins, 40S ribosomal proteinS3 (RPS3) and branched chain keto acid dehydrogenase E1, subunit beta (BCKDHB), ranked in the top 1% of smallest p-values in parallel linear regression models of neuroticism to protein levels, and protein levels to cognitive decline resilience. In mediation models, RPS3 and BCKDHB accounted for 25% (p=0.005) of the relation of neuroticism to cognitive resilience. Our sample size is modest, thus results may be due to chance (p-values did not meet Bonferroni significance) and will require further confirmation; however, investigating biologic mediators of associations of risk factors to cognitive resilience may help discover targets to promote cognitive resilience and reduce dementia.
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- Francine Grodstein
- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.,Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.,Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology and Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NY, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.,Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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Bennett DA. Reducing Your Risk of Alzheimer's Dementia: Building a Better Brain as We Age. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2021; 36:1257-1265. [PMID: 34651647 PMCID: PMC8517621 DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acab052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Alzheimer' dementia is a large and growing public health problem. Of utmost importance for limiting the impact of the disease on society is the prevention of dementia, that is, delay onset either by years whereby death ensues prior to dementia onset. The Religious Orders Study and the Rush Memory and Aging Project are two harmonized cohort studies of aging and dementia that include organ donation at death. Ongoing since 1994 and 1997, respectively, we published on the association of numerous experiential, psychological, and medical risk factors for dementia, many of which are potentially modifiable. Here, selected findings are reviewed based on a presentation at the 2020 National Academy of Neuropsychology given virtually in Chicago in October of 2020.
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- David A Bennett
- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA,Corresponding author at: Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center; 1750 W. Harrison Street, Suite 1000; Chicago, IL 60612, USA. E-mail address:
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Walker CK, Herskowitz JH. Dendritic Spines: Mediators of Cognitive Resilience in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease. Neuroscientist 2021; 27:487-505. [PMID: 32812494 PMCID: PMC8130863 DOI: 10.1177/1073858420945964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Cognitive resilience is often defined as the ability to remain cognitively normal in the face of insults to the brain. These insults can include disease pathology, such as plaques and tangles associated with Alzheimer's disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury, or other lesions. Factors such as physical or mental activity and genetics may contribute to cognitive resilience, but the neurobiological underpinnings remain ill-defined. Emerging evidence suggests that dendritic spine structural plasticity is one plausible mechanism. In this review, we highlight the basic structure and function of dendritic spines and discuss how spine density and morphology change in aging and Alzheimer's disease. We note evidence that spine plasticity mediates resilience to stress, and we tackle dendritic spines in the context of cognitive resilience to Alzheimer's disease. Finally, we examine how lifestyle and genetic factors may influence dendritic spine plasticity to promote cognitive resilience before discussing evidence for actin regulatory kinases as therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's disease.
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- Courtney K. Walker
- Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
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- Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
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Wang H, Zhang Y, Zheng C, Yang S, Chen X, Wang H, Gao S. A 3-Gene-Based Diagnostic Signature in Alzheimer's Disease. Eur Neurol 2021; 85:6-13. [PMID: 34521086 DOI: 10.1159/000518727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease. In this study, potential diagnostic biomarkers were identified for AD. METHODS All AD samples and healthy samples were collected from 2 datasets in the GEO database, in which differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were analyzed by using the limma package of R language. GO and KEGG pathway enrichment was conducted basing on the DEGs via the clusterProfiler package of R. And, the PPI network construction and gene prediction were performed using the STRING database and Cytoscape. Then, a logistic regression model was constructed to predict the sample type. RESULTS Bioinformatic analysis of GEO datasets revealed 2,063 and 108 DEGs in GSE5281 and GSE4226 datasets, separately, and 15 overlapping DEGs were found. GO and KEGG enrichment analysis revealed terms associated with neurodevelopment. Then, we built a logistic regression model based on the hub genes from the PPI network and optimized the model to 3 genes (ALDOA, ENC1, and NFKBIA). The values of area under the curve of the training set GSE5281 and testing set GSE4226 were 0.9647 and 0.7857, respectively, which implied the efficacy of this model. CONCLUSION The comprehensive bioinformatic analysis of gene expression in AD patients and the effective logistic regression model built in our study may provide promising research value for diagnostic methods of AD.
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- Huimin Wang
- Department of Neurology, Tianjin NanKai Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin NanKai Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin NanKai Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin NanKai Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin NanKai Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin NanKai Hospital, Tianjin, China,
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- Department of General Practice, Tianjin NanKai Hospital, Tianjin, China.,Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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Ma Y, Yu L, Olah M, Smith R, Oatman SR, Allen M, Pishva E, Zhang B, Menon V, Ertekin-Taner N, Lunnon K, Bennett DA, Klein HU, De Jager PL. Epigenomic features related to microglia are associated with attenuated effect of APOE ε4 on Alzheimer's disease risk in humans. Alzheimers Dement 2021; 18:688-699. [PMID: 34482628 DOI: 10.1002/alz.12425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Not all apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 carriers who survive to advanced age develop Alzheimer's disease (AD); factors attenuating the risk of ε4 on AD may exist. Guided by the top ε4-attenuating signals from methylome-wide association analyses (N = 572, ε4+ and ε4-) of neurofibrillary tangles and neuritic plaques, we conducted a meta-analysis for pathological AD within the ε4+ subgroups (N = 235) across four independent collections of brains. Cortical RNA-seq and microglial morphology measurements were used in functional analyses. Three out of the four significant CpG dinucleotides were captured by one principal component (PC1), which interacts with ε4 on AD, and is associated with expression of innate immune genes and activated microglia. In ε4 carriers, reduction in each unit of PC1 attenuated the odds of AD by 58% (odds ratio = 2.39, 95% confidence interval = [1.64,3.46], P = 7.08 × 10-6 ). An epigenomic factor associated with a reduced proportion of activated microglia (epigenomic factor of activated microglia, EFAM) appears to attenuate the risk of ε4 on AD.
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- Yiyi Ma
- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.,Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter University, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter University, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.,Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.,Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter University, Exeter, UK
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.,Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.,Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Ma Y, Klein HU, De Jager PL. Considerations for integrative multi-omic approaches to explore Alzheimer's disease mechanisms. Brain Pathol 2021; 30:984-991. [PMID: 32654306 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The past decade has seen the maturation of multiple different forms of high-dimensional molecular profiling to the point that these methods could be deployed in initially hundreds and more recently thousands of human samples. In the field of Alzheimer's disease (AD), these profiles have been applied to the target organ: the aging brain. In a growing number of cases, the same samples were profiled with multiple different approaches, yielding genetic, transcriptomic, epigenomic and proteomic data. Here, we review lessons learned so far as we move beyond quantitative trait locus (QTL) analyses which map the effect of genetic variation on molecular features to integrate multiple levels of "omic" data in an effort to identify the molecular drivers of AD. One thing is clear: no single layer of molecular or "omic" data is sufficient to capture the variance of AD or aging-related cognitive decline. Nonetheless, reproducible findings are emerging from current efforts, and there is evidence of convergence using different approaches. Thus, we are on the cusp of an acceleration of truly integrative studies as the availability of large numbers of well-characterized brain samples profiled in three or more dimensions enables the testing, comparison and refinement of analytic methods with which to dissect the molecular architecture of the aging brain.
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- Yiyi Ma
- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, the Taub Institute for Research in Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, the Taub Institute for Research in Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, the Taub Institute for Research in Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
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Casaletto KB, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Brinkmalm A, Honer W, Schneider JA, Bennett DA, Djukic N, You M, Weiner-Light S, Fonseca C, Miller BL, Kramer J. Tripartite Relationship Among Synaptic, Amyloid, and Tau Proteins: An In Vivo and Postmortem Study. Neurology 2021; 97:e284-e297. [PMID: 33947778 PMCID: PMC8302153 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000012145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that fundamental relationships along the amyloid, tau, and neurodegeneration (A/T/N) cascade depend on synaptic integrity in older adults in vivo and postmortem. METHODS The 2 independent observational, cross-sectional cohorts included (1) in vivo community-dwelling, clinically normal adults from the University of California, San Francisco Memory and Aging Center who completed lumbar puncture and MRI (exclusion criteria, Clinical Dementia Rating score >0) and (2) postmortem decedents from the Rush Memory and Aging Project (exclusion criteria, inability to sign informed consent). In vivo measures included CSF synaptic proteins (synaptotagmin-1, synaptosome associated protein-25, neurogranin, and growth associated protein-43), β-amyloid (Aβ42/40), tau phosphorylated at amino acid 181 (ptau181), and MRI gray matter volume (GMV). Postmortem measures captured brain tissue levels of presynaptic proteins (complexin-I, complexin-II, vesicle associated membrane protein (VAMP), and SNARE complex) and neuritic plaque and neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) counts. Regression models tested statistical moderation of synaptic protein levels along the A/T/N cascade (synaptic proteins × amyloid on tau, and synaptic proteins × tau on GMV). RESULTS Sixty-eight in vivo older adults (age 71 years, 43% female) and 633 decedents (age 90 years, 68% female, 34% clinically normal) were included. Each in vivo CSF synaptic protein moderated the relationship between Aβ42/40 and ptau181 (-0.23 < β < -0.12, p < 0.05) and the relationship between ptau181 and GMV (-0.49 <β < -0.32, p < 0.05). Individuals with more abnormal CSF synaptic protein demonstrated expected relationships between Aβ-ptau181 and ptau181-brain volume, effects that were absent or reversed in those with more normal CSF synaptic protein. Postmortem analyses recapitulated CSF models. More normal brain tissue levels of complexin-I, VAMP, and SNARE moderated the adverse relationship between neuritic plaque and NFT counts (-0.10 <β < -0.08, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Pathogenic relationships of Aβ and tau may depend on synaptic state. Synaptic markers may help identify risk or resilience to AD proteinopathy.
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- Kaitlin B Casaletto
- From the Memory and Aging Center (K.B.C., N.D., M.Y., S.W.-L., C.F., B.L.M., J.K.), Department of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen ; UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK; Department of Psychiatry (W.H.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Department of Neurological Sciences (J.A.S., D.A.B.), Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL.
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- From the Memory and Aging Center (K.B.C., N.D., M.Y., S.W.-L., C.F., B.L.M., J.K.), Department of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen ; UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK; Department of Psychiatry (W.H.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Department of Neurological Sciences (J.A.S., D.A.B.), Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
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- From the Memory and Aging Center (K.B.C., N.D., M.Y., S.W.-L., C.F., B.L.M., J.K.), Department of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen ; UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK; Department of Psychiatry (W.H.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Department of Neurological Sciences (J.A.S., D.A.B.), Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
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- From the Memory and Aging Center (K.B.C., N.D., M.Y., S.W.-L., C.F., B.L.M., J.K.), Department of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen ; UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK; Department of Psychiatry (W.H.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Department of Neurological Sciences (J.A.S., D.A.B.), Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
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- From the Memory and Aging Center (K.B.C., N.D., M.Y., S.W.-L., C.F., B.L.M., J.K.), Department of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen ; UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK; Department of Psychiatry (W.H.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Department of Neurological Sciences (J.A.S., D.A.B.), Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
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- From the Memory and Aging Center (K.B.C., N.D., M.Y., S.W.-L., C.F., B.L.M., J.K.), Department of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen ; UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK; Department of Psychiatry (W.H.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Department of Neurological Sciences (J.A.S., D.A.B.), Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
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- From the Memory and Aging Center (K.B.C., N.D., M.Y., S.W.-L., C.F., B.L.M., J.K.), Department of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen ; UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK; Department of Psychiatry (W.H.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Department of Neurological Sciences (J.A.S., D.A.B.), Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
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- From the Memory and Aging Center (K.B.C., N.D., M.Y., S.W.-L., C.F., B.L.M., J.K.), Department of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen ; UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK; Department of Psychiatry (W.H.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Department of Neurological Sciences (J.A.S., D.A.B.), Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
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- From the Memory and Aging Center (K.B.C., N.D., M.Y., S.W.-L., C.F., B.L.M., J.K.), Department of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen ; UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK; Department of Psychiatry (W.H.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Department of Neurological Sciences (J.A.S., D.A.B.), Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
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- From the Memory and Aging Center (K.B.C., N.D., M.Y., S.W.-L., C.F., B.L.M., J.K.), Department of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen ; UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK; Department of Psychiatry (W.H.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Department of Neurological Sciences (J.A.S., D.A.B.), Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
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- From the Memory and Aging Center (K.B.C., N.D., M.Y., S.W.-L., C.F., B.L.M., J.K.), Department of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen ; UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK; Department of Psychiatry (W.H.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Department of Neurological Sciences (J.A.S., D.A.B.), Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
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- From the Memory and Aging Center (K.B.C., N.D., M.Y., S.W.-L., C.F., B.L.M., J.K.), Department of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen ; UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK; Department of Psychiatry (W.H.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Department of Neurological Sciences (J.A.S., D.A.B.), Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
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- From the Memory and Aging Center (K.B.C., N.D., M.Y., S.W.-L., C.F., B.L.M., J.K.), Department of Neurology, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco; Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg; Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden; Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (H.Z., K.B., A.B.), UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen ; UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL (H.Z.), London, UK; Department of Psychiatry (W.H.), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and Department of Neurological Sciences (J.A.S., D.A.B.), Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
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Martínez M, Inestrosa NC. The transcriptional landscape of Alzheimer's disease and its association with Wnt signaling pathway. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 128:454-466. [PMID: 34224789 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Revised: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurological disorder primarily affecting the elderly. The disease manifests as progressive deterioration in cognitive functions, leading to a loss of autonomy. The identification of transcriptional changes in susceptible signaling pathways has provided clues to the origin and progression of AD and has pinpointed synapse loss as the prominent event in early stages of the disease. Synapse failure represents a key pathological correlate of cognitive decline in patients. Genetics and transcriptomics studies have also identified novel genes, processes, and pathways associated with AD. This evidence suggests that a deficiency in Wnt signaling pathway contributes to AD pathogenesis by inducing synaptic dysfunction and neuronal degeneration. In the adult nervous system, Wnt signaling plays a crucial role in synaptic physiology, modulating the synaptic vesicle cycle, trafficking neurotransmitter receptors, and modulating the expression of different genes associated with these processes. In this review, we describe the general transcriptional landscape associated with AD, specifically transcriptional changes associated with the Wnt signaling pathway and their effects in the context of disease.
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- Milka Martínez
- Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE UC), Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE UC), Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Centro de Excelencia en Biomedicina de Magallanes (CEBIMA), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile.
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Martín-Sánchez A, Piñero J, Nonell L, Arnal M, Ribe EM, Nevado-Holgado A, Lovestone S, Sanz F, Furlong LI, Valverde O. Comorbidity between Alzheimer's disease and major depression: a behavioural and transcriptomic characterization study in mice. Alzheimers Res Ther 2021; 13:73. [PMID: 33795014 PMCID: PMC8017643 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-021-00810-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Major depression (MD) is the most prevalent psychiatric disease in the population and is considered a prodromal stage of the Alzheimer's disease (AD). Despite both diseases having a robust genetic component, the common transcriptomic signature remains unknown. METHODS We investigated the cognitive and emotional behavioural responses in 3- and 6-month-old APP/PSEN1-Tg mice, before β-amyloid plaques were detected. We studied the genetic and pathway deregulation in the prefrontal cortex, striatum, hippocampus and amygdala of mice at both ages, using transcriptomic and functional data analysis. RESULTS We found that depressive-like and anxiety-like behaviours, as well as memory impairments, are already present at 3-month-old APP/PSEN1-Tg mutant mice together with the deregulation of several genes, such as Ciart, Grin3b, Nr1d1 and Mc4r, and other genes including components of the circadian rhythms, electron transport chain and neurotransmission in all brain areas. Extending these results to human data performing GSEA analysis using DisGeNET database, it provides translational support for common deregulated gene sets related to MD and AD. CONCLUSIONS The present study sheds light on the shared genetic bases between MD and AD, based on a comprehensive characterization from the behavioural to transcriptomic level. These findings suggest that late MD could be an early manifestation of AD.
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- Ana Martín-Sánchez
- Neurobiology of Behaviour Research Group (GReNeC-NeuroBio), Department of Experimental and Health Science, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Carrer Dr Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
- Neuroscience Research Program, IMIM-Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB), IMIM-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB), IMIM-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- MARGenomics core facility, IMIM-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB), IMIM-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7JX, UK
- Johnson and Johnson Medical Ltd., Janssen-Cilag, High Wycombe, UK
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- Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB), IMIM-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB), IMIM-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Neurobiology of Behaviour Research Group (GReNeC-NeuroBio), Department of Experimental and Health Science, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Carrer Dr Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.
- Neuroscience Research Program, IMIM-Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
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The FTLD Risk Factor TMEM106B Regulates the Transport of Lysosomes at the Axon Initial Segment of Motoneurons. Cell Rep 2021; 30:3506-3519.e6. [PMID: 32160553 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.02.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Genetic variations in TMEM106B, coding for a lysosomal membrane protein, affect frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) in GRN- (coding for progranulin) and C9orf72-expansion carriers and might play a role in aging. To determine the physiological function of TMEM106B, we generated TMEM106B-deficient mice. These mice develop proximal axonal swellings caused by drastically enlarged LAMP1-positive vacuoles, increased retrograde axonal transport of lysosomes, and accumulation of lipofuscin and autophagosomes. Giant vacuoles specifically accumulate at the distal end and within the axon initial segment, but not in peripheral nerves or at axon terminals, resulting in an impaired facial-nerve-dependent motor performance. These data implicate TMEM106B in mediating the axonal transport of LAMP1-positive organelles in motoneurons and axonal sorting at the initial segment. Our data provide mechanistic insight into how TMEM106B affects lysosomal proteolysis and degradative capacity in neurons.
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De Jager PL. Deconstructing the epigenomic architecture of human neurodegeneration. Neurobiol Dis 2021; 153:105331. [PMID: 33711493 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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The past 10 years have seen a rapid advance in our ability to profile the epigenome from human pathologic material, opening up new study designs to investigate the role of epigenomic features in human disease. Moderate to large scale studies have now been conducted in the target tissue of neurodegenerative diseases, the brain, and, through the use of rigorous statistical methodologies, have laid a foundation of validated observations and successful study designs that inform our perspective on the role of the epigenome in these diseases, generate new hypotheses, and guide our path forward for a second generation of studies. It is clear that sampling the epigenome is not redundant with other "omic" profiling of the same tissue and that it can serve as an important vehicle for the integration of the effect of multiple environmental exposures on risk of disease. In some cases, change in the epigenome may thus have a causal impact on disease, but we now have evidence that such changes may also mediate some of the effect of tau proteinopathy and that other changes may moderate the impact of genetic risk factors. Thus, the epigenome may be involved at multiple different stages of the sequence of events that leads to human neurodegeneration, and we review the study designs that may begin to guide the development of a more comprehensive perspective on the aging brain's epigenome.
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- Philip L De Jager
- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States of America; Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States of America; Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States of America.
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Physiological and pathological functions of TMEM106B: a gene associated with brain aging and multiple brain disorders. Acta Neuropathol 2021; 141:327-339. [PMID: 33386471 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-020-02246-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2020] [Revised: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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TMEM106B, encoding a lysosome membrane protein, has been recently associated with brain aging, hypomyelinating leukodystrophy and multiple neurodegenerative diseases, such as frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE). During the past decade, considerable progress has been made towards our understanding of the cellular and physiological functions of TMEM106B. TMEM106B regulates many aspects of lysosomal function, including lysosomal pH, lysosome movement, and lysosome exocytosis. Both an increase and decrease in TMEM106B levels result in lysosomal abnormalities. In mouse models, TMEM106B deficiency leads to lysosome trafficking and myelination defects and FTLD related pathology. In humans, alterations in TMEM106B levels or function are intimately linked to neuronal proportions, brain aging, and brain disorders. Further elucidation of the physiological function of TMEM106B and changes in TMEM106B under pathological conditions will facilitate therapeutic development to treat brain disorders associated with TMEM106B.
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Hu Y, Sun JY, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Gao S, Wang T, Han Z, Wang L, Sun BL, Liu G. rs1990622 variant associates with Alzheimer's disease and regulates TMEM106B expression in human brain tissues. BMC Med 2021; 19:11. [PMID: 33461566 PMCID: PMC7814705 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-020-01883-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND It has been well established that the TMEM106B gene rs1990622 variant was a frontotemporal dementia (FTD) risk factor. Until recently, growing evidence highlights the role of TMEM106B in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, it remains largely unclear about the role of rs1990622 variant in AD. METHODS Here, we conducted comprehensive analyses including genetic association study, gene expression analysis, eQTLs analysis, and colocalization analysis. In stage 1, we conducted a genetic association analysis of rs1990622 using large-scale genome-wide association study (GWAS) datasets from International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (21,982 AD and 41,944 cognitively normal controls) and UK Biobank (314,278 participants). In stage 2, we performed a gene expression analysis of TMEM106B in 49 different human tissues using the gene expression data in GTEx. In stage 3, we performed an expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) analysis using multiple datasets from UKBEC, GTEx, and Mayo RNAseq Study. In stage 4, we performed a colocalization analysis to provide evidence of the AD GWAS and eQTLs pair influencing both AD and the TMEM106B expression at a particular region. RESULTS We found (1) rs1990622 variant T allele contributed to AD risk. A sex-specific analysis in UK Biobank further indicated that rs1990622 T allele only contributed to increased AD risk in females, but not in males; (2) TMEM106B showed different expression in different human brain tissues especially high expression in cerebellum; (3) rs1990622 variant could regulate the expression of TMEM106B in human brain tissues, which vary considerably in different disease statuses, the mean ages at death, the percents of females, and the different descents of the selected donors; (4) colocalization analysis provided suggestive evidence that the same variant contributed to AD risk and TMEM106B expression in cerebellum. CONCLUSION Our comprehensive analyses highlighted the role of FTD rs1990622 variant in AD risk. This cross-disease approach may delineate disease-specific and common features, which will be important for both diagnostic and therapeutic development purposes. Meanwhile, these findings highlight the importance to better understand TMEM106B function and dysfunction in the context of normal aging and neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Yang Hu
- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, 250021, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, China
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- Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China
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- School of Medicine, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, THU-PKU Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.,State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.,Department of Pathophysiology, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cerebral Microcirculation in Universities of Shandong; Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital; Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian, 271000, Shandong, China
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- Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China. .,Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China. .,Key Laboratory of Cerebral Microcirculation in Universities of Shandong; Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital; Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian, 271000, Shandong, China. .,National Engineering Laboratory of Internet Medical Diagnosis and Treatment Technology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053, China. .,Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053, China.
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Ma Y, Yu L, Olah M, Smith R, Oatman SR, Allen M, Pishva E, Zhang B, Menon V, Ertekin-Taner N, Lunnon K, Bennett DA, Klein HU, De Jager PL. EPIGENOMIC FEATURES RELATED TO MICROGLIA ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ATTENUATED EFFECT OF APOE ε4 ON ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RISK IN HUMANS. Alzheimers Dement 2020; 16. [PMID: 34393677 DOI: 10.1002/alz.043533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Not all APOE ε4 carriers who survive to advanced age develop Alzheimer's disease (AD); factors attenuating the risk of ε4 on AD may exist. Guided by the top ε4-attenuating signals from methylome-wide association analyses (N=572, ε4+ and ε4-) of neurofibrillary tangles and neuritic plaques, we conducted a meta-analysis for pathological AD within the ε4+ subgroups (N=235) across four independent collections of brains. Cortical RNA-seq and microglial morphology measurements were used in functional analyses. Three out of the four significant CpG dinucleotides were captured by one principle component (PC1), which interacts with ε4 on AD, and is associated with expression of innate immune genes and activated microglia. In ε4 carriers, reduction in each unit of PC1 attenuated the odds of AD by 58% (OR=2.39, 95%CI=[1.64,3.46], P=7.08x10-6). An epigenomic factor associated with a reduced proportion of activated microglia (microglial epigenomic factor 1) appears to attenuate the risk of ε4 on AD.
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- Yiyi Ma
- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 West 168 street, New York, NY, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.,Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 West 168 street, New York, NY, USA
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- University of Exeter Medical School, College of Medicine and Health, Exeter University, Exeter, UK
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- Mayo Clinic Florida, Department of Neuroscience, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Florida, Department of Neuroscience, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
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- University of Exeter Medical School, College of Medicine and Health, Exeter University, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.,Icahn Institute of Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 West 168 street, New York, NY, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Florida, Department of Neuroscience, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.,Mayo Clinic Florida, Department of Neurology, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
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- University of Exeter Medical School, College of Medicine and Health, Exeter University, Exeter, UK
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.,Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 West 168 street, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 West 168 street, New York, NY, USA.,Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, 415 Main street, Cambridge MA, USA
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Olah M, Menon V, Habib N, Taga MF, Ma Y, Yung CJ, Cimpean M, Khairallah A, Coronas-Samano G, Sankowski R, Grün D, Kroshilina AA, Dionne D, Sarkis RA, Cosgrove GR, Helgager J, Golden JA, Pennell PB, Prinz M, Vonsattel JPG, Teich AF, Schneider JA, Bennett DA, Regev A, Elyaman W, Bradshaw EM, De Jager PL. Single cell RNA sequencing of human microglia uncovers a subset associated with Alzheimer's disease. Nat Commun 2020; 11:6129. [PMID: 33257666 PMCID: PMC7704703 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19737-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 334] [Impact Index Per Article: 83.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2019] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The extent of microglial heterogeneity in humans remains a central yet poorly explored question in light of the development of therapies targeting this cell type. Here, we investigate the population structure of live microglia purified from human cerebral cortex samples obtained at autopsy and during neurosurgical procedures. Using single cell RNA sequencing, we find that some subsets are enriched for disease-related genes and RNA signatures. We confirm the presence of four of these microglial subpopulations histologically and illustrate the utility of our data by characterizing further microglial cluster 7, enriched for genes depleted in the cortex of individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Histologically, these cluster 7 microglia are reduced in frequency in AD tissue, and we validate this observation in an independent set of single nucleus data. Thus, our live human microglia identify a range of subtypes, and we prioritize one of these as being altered in AD.
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- Marta Olah
- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Berta-Ottenstein-Programme for Clinician Scientists, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany
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- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Signaling Research Centers BIOSS and CIBSS, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Center for NeuroModulation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 02140, USA
- Genentech, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA, 94080, USA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Ehrlich KC, Baribault C, Ehrlich M. Epigenetics of Muscle- and Brain-Specific Expression of KLHL Family Genes. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E8394. [PMID: 33182325 PMCID: PMC7672584 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21218394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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KLHL and the related KBTBD genes encode components of the Cullin-E3 ubiquitin ligase complex and typically target tissue-specific proteins for degradation, thereby affecting differentiation, homeostasis, metabolism, cell signaling, and the oxidative stress response. Despite their importance in cell function and disease (especially, KLHL40, KLHL41, KBTBD13, KEAP1, and ENC1), previous studies of epigenetic factors that affect transcription were predominantly limited to promoter DNA methylation. Using diverse tissue and cell culture whole-genome profiles, we examined 17 KLHL or KBTBD genes preferentially expressed in skeletal muscle or brain to identify tissue-specific enhancer and promoter chromatin, open chromatin (DNaseI hypersensitivity), and DNA hypomethylation. Sixteen of the 17 genes displayed muscle- or brain-specific enhancer chromatin in their gene bodies, and most exhibited specific intergenic enhancer chromatin as well. Seven genes were embedded in super-enhancers (particularly strong, tissue-specific clusters of enhancers). The enhancer chromatin regions typically displayed foci of DNA hypomethylation at peaks of open chromatin. In addition, we found evidence for an intragenic enhancer in one gene upregulating expression of its neighboring gene, specifically for KLHL40/HHATL and KLHL38/FBXO32 gene pairs. Many KLHL/KBTBD genes had tissue-specific promoter chromatin at their 5' ends, but surprisingly, two (KBTBD11 and KLHL31) had constitutively unmethylated promoter chromatin in their 3' exons that overlaps a retrotransposed KLHL gene. Our findings demonstrate the importance of expanding epigenetic analyses beyond the 5' ends of genes in studies of normal and abnormal gene regulation.
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- Kenneth C. Ehrlich
- Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA;
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- Center for Research and Scientific Computing (CRSC), Tulane University Information Technology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA;
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- Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Tulane Cancer Center, Hayward Genetics Program, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Stroobants S, D'Hooge R, Damme M. Aged Tmem106b knockout mice display gait deficits in coincidence with Purkinje cell loss and only limited signs of non-motor dysfunction. Brain Pathol 2020; 31:223-238. [PMID: 33016371 PMCID: PMC8018119 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Revised: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Genetic variants in TMEM106B are a major risk factor for several neurodegenerative diseases including frontotemporal degeneration, limbic‐predominant age‐related TDP‐43 encephalopathy, Parkinson's disease, late‐onset‐Alzheimer's disease and constitute a genetic determinant of differential aging. TMEM106B encodes an integral lysosomal membrane protein but its precise physiological function in the central nervous system remains enigmatic. Presently, we aimed to increase understanding of TMEM106B contribution to general brain function and aging. We analyzed an aged cohort of Tmem106b knockout‐, heterozygote and wild‐type mice in a behavioral test battery including assessments of motor function as well as, social, emotional and cognitive function. Aged Tmem106b knockout (KO) mice displayed diverse behavioral deficits including motor impairment, gait defects and reduced startle reactivity. In contrast, no prominent deficits were observed in social, emotional or cognitive behaviors. Histologically, we observed late‐onset loss of Purkinje cells followed by reactive gliosis in the cerebellum, which likely contributed to progressive decline in motor function and gait defects in particular. Reactive gliosis was not restricted to the cerebellum but observed in different areas of the brain including the brain stem and parts of the cerebral cortex. Surviving Purkinje cells showed vacuolated lysosomes in the axon initial segment, implicating TMEM106B‐dependent lysosomal trafficking defects as the underlying cause of axonal and more general neuronal dysfunction contributing to behavioral impairments. Our experiments help to elucidate how TMEM106B affects spatial neuronal homeostasis and exemplifies a critical role of TMEM106B in neuronal cells for survival.
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- Stijn Stroobants
- Laboratory of Biological Psychology, KU Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Biological Psychology, KU Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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- Institut für Biochemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, 24098, Germany
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Ouellette AR, Neuner SM, Dumitrescu L, Anderson LC, Gatti DM, Mahoney ER, Bubier JA, Churchill G, Peters L, Huentelman MJ, Herskowitz JH, Yang HS, Smith AN, Reitz C, Kunkle BW, White CC, De Jager PL, Schneider JA, Bennett DA, Seyfried NT, Chesler EJ, Hadad N, Hohman TJ, Kaczorowski CC. Cross-Species Analyses Identify Dlgap2 as a Regulator of Age-Related Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Dementia. Cell Rep 2020; 32:108091. [PMID: 32877673 PMCID: PMC7502175 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Revised: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Genetic mechanisms underlying age-related cognitive decline and dementia remain poorly understood. Here, we take advantage of the Diversity Outbred mouse population to utilize quantitative trait loci mapping and identify Dlgap2 as a positional candidate responsible for modifying working memory decline. To evaluate the translational relevance of this finding, we utilize longitudinal cognitive measures from human patients, RNA expression from post-mortem brain tissue, data from a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of Alzheimer's dementia (AD), and GWAS results in African Americans. We find an association between Dlgap2 and AD phenotypes at the variant, gene and protein expression, and methylation levels. Lower cortical DLGAP2 expression is observed in AD and is associated with more plaques and tangles at autopsy and faster cognitive decline. Results will inform future studies aimed at investigating the cross-species role of Dlgap2 in regulating cognitive decline and highlight the benefit of using genetically diverse mice to prioritize novel candidates.
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- Andrew R Ouellette
- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA; Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, The University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA; University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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- Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center, Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37240, USA; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center, Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Neurogenomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
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- Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics and Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Cell Circuits and Epigenomics Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center, Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37240, USA
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, and Departments of Neurology and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Cell Circuits and Epigenomics Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Cell Circuits and Epigenomics Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA.
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- Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center, Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37240, USA; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.
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- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA; Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, The University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA.
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Yang HS, Chhatwal JP, Xu J, White CC, Hanseeuw B, Rabin JS, Papp KV, Buckley RF, Schultz AP, Properzi MJ, Gatchel JR, Amariglio RE, Donovan NJ, Mormino EC, Hedden T, Marshall GA, Rentz DM, Johnson KA, De Jager PL, Sperling RA. An UNC5C Allele Predicts Cognitive Decline and Hippocampal Atrophy in Clinically Normal Older Adults. J Alzheimers Dis 2020; 68:1161-1170. [PMID: 30883345 DOI: 10.3233/jad-180788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The UNC5C rs3846455G allele has been linked to poor cognitive resilience against age-related neuropathologies, but this association remains to be replicated, and the allele's effect on hippocampal neurodegeneration needs to be examined. OBJECTIVE To further validate the association between rs3846455G and faster cognitive decline, especially among cognitively normal older adults, and to assess whether rs3846455G predicts accelerated hippocampal volume loss in older adults. METHODS We assessed participants in the Harvard Aging Brain Study (HABS), a longitudinal cohort study of older adults who were clinically normal at baseline. To avoid bias from population admixture, analyses were limited to participants of European descent with longitudinal neuroimaging data (n = 174). Linear mixed effect models were used to examine the effect of rs3846455G on longitudinal change of the Preclinical Alzheimer Cognitive Composite (PACC) and MRI-measured bilateral hippocampal volume, adjusting for baseline amyloid-β (Aβ) measured by the cortical Pittsburgh Compound B PET distributed volume ratio. We also tested whether hippocampal atrophy mediates the association between rs3846455G and greater PACC decline through a mediation analysis. RESULTS rs3846455G was associated with greater PACC decline (β= -0.087/year, 95% CI -0.169 to -0.005, p = 0.039) after controlling for baseline Aβ. Further, rs3846455G predicted accelerated hippocampal atrophy after controlling for baseline Aβ (β= -57.3 mm3/year, 95% CI -102.8 to -11.9, p = 0.014). The association between rs3846455G and greater PACC decline was partially mediated by accelerated hippocampal atrophy (mediated effect (relative scale) = -0.014, 95% CI -0.032 to -6.0×10-4, p = 0.039). CONCLUSION UNC5C rs3846455G predicts greater cognitive decline and accelerated hippocampal atrophy in clinically normal older adults.
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- Hyun-Sik Yang
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Neurology, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MAs, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MAs, USA
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- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MAs, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Neurology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Institute of Neurosciences, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Neurology, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Neurology, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Florey Institutes of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA.,Gerontology Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Neurology, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Neurology, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Neurology, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Neurology, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MAs, USA.,Department of Neurology, Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Neurology, Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Canchi S, Raao B, Masliah D, Rosenthal SB, Sasik R, Fisch KM, De Jager PL, Bennett DA, Rissman RA. Integrating Gene and Protein Expression Reveals Perturbed Functional Networks in Alzheimer's Disease. Cell Rep 2020; 28:1103-1116.e4. [PMID: 31340147 PMCID: PMC7503200 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.06.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Revised: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Asymptomatic and symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease (AD) subjects may present with equivalent neuropathological burdens but have significantly different antemortem cognitive decline rates. Using the transcriptome as a proxy for functional state, we selected 414 expression profiles of symptomatic AD subjects and age-matched non-demented controls from a community-based neuropathological study. By combining brain tissue-specific protein interactomes with gene networks, we identified functionally distinct composite clusters of genes that reveal extensive changes in expression levels in AD. Global expression for clusters broadly corresponding to synaptic transmission, metabolism, cell cycle, survival, and immune response were downregulated, while the upregulated cluster included largely uncharacterized processes. We propose that loss of EGR3 regulation mediates synaptic deficits by targeting the synaptic vesicle cycle. Our results highlight the utility of integrating protein interactions with gene perturbations to generate a comprehensive framework for characterizing alterations in the molecular network as applied to AD. Canchi et al. reveal the transcriptomic dynamics of clinically and neuropathologically confirmed Alzheimer’s disease subjects by integrating brain tissue-specific proteome data with gene network analysis. They identify perturbed biological processes and provide insights into the interactions between molecular mechanisms in symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease.
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- Saranya Canchi
- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Center for Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Center for Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Center for Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA.
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Yang HS, White CC, Klein HU, Yu L, Gaiteri C, Ma Y, Felsky D, Mostafavi S, Petyuk VA, Sperling RA, Ertekin-Taner N, Schneider JA, Bennett DA, De Jager PL. Genetics of Gene Expression in the Aging Human Brain Reveal TDP-43 Proteinopathy Pathophysiology. Neuron 2020; 107:496-508.e6. [PMID: 32526197 PMCID: PMC7416464 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Revised: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Here, we perform a genome-wide screen for variants that regulate the expression of gene co-expression modules in the aging human brain; we discover and replicate such variants in the TMEM106B and RBFOX1 loci. The TMEM106B haplotype is known to influence the accumulation of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 kDa (TDP-43) proteinopathy, and the haplotype's large-scale transcriptomic effects include the dysregulation of lysosomal genes and alterations in synaptic gene splicing that are also seen in the pathophysiology of TDP-43 proteinopathy. Further, a variant near GRN, another TDP-43 proteinopathy susceptibility gene, shows concordant effects with the TMEM106B haplotype. Leveraging neuropathology data from the same participants, we also show that TMEM106B and APOE-amyloid-β effects converge to alter myelination and lysosomal gene expression, which then contributes to TDP-43 accumulation. These results advance our mechanistic understanding of the TMEM106B TDP-43 risk haplotype and uncover a transcriptional program that mediates the converging effects of APOE-amyloid-β and TMEM106B on TDP-43 aggregation in older adults.
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- Hyun-Sik Yang
- Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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- The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Statistics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1, Canada; Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, ON M5G 1M1, Canada
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- Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA; Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Center for Translational and Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Dumitrescu L, Mahoney ER, Mukherjee S, Lee ML, Bush WS, Engelman CD, Lu Q, Fardo DW, Trittschuh EH, Mez J, Kaczorowski C, Hernandez Saucedo H, Widaman KF, Buckley R, Properzi M, Mormino E, Yang HS, Harrison T, Hedden T, Nho K, Andrews SJ, Tommet D, Hadad N, Sanders RE, Ruderfer DM, Gifford KA, Moore AM, Cambronero F, Zhong X, Raghavan NS, Vardarajan B, Pericak-Vance MA, Farrer LA, Wang LS, Cruchaga C, Schellenberg G, Cox NJ, Haines JL, Keene CD, Saykin AJ, Larson EB, Sperling RA, Mayeux R, Bennett DA, Schneider JA, Crane PK, Jefferson AL, Hohman TJ. Genetic variants and functional pathways associated with resilience to Alzheimer's disease. Brain 2020; 143:2561-2575. [PMID: 32844198 PMCID: PMC7447518 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaa209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Approximately 30% of older adults exhibit the neuropathological features of Alzheimer's disease without signs of cognitive impairment. Yet, little is known about the genetic factors that allow these potentially resilient individuals to remain cognitively unimpaired in the face of substantial neuropathology. We performed a large, genome-wide association study (GWAS) of two previously validated metrics of cognitive resilience quantified using a latent variable modelling approach and representing better-than-predicted cognitive performance for a given level of neuropathology. Data were harmonized across 5108 participants from a clinical trial of Alzheimer's disease and three longitudinal cohort studies of cognitive ageing. All analyses were run across all participants and repeated restricting the sample to individuals with unimpaired cognition to identify variants at the earliest stages of disease. As expected, all resilience metrics were genetically correlated with cognitive performance and education attainment traits (P-values < 2.5 × 10-20), and we observed novel correlations with neuropsychiatric conditions (P-values < 7.9 × 10-4). Notably, neither resilience metric was genetically correlated with clinical Alzheimer's disease (P-values > 0.42) nor associated with APOE (P-values > 0.13). In single variant analyses, we observed a genome-wide significant locus among participants with unimpaired cognition on chromosome 18 upstream of ATP8B1 (index single nucleotide polymorphism rs2571244, minor allele frequency = 0.08, P = 2.3 × 10-8). The top variant at this locus (rs2571244) was significantly associated with methylation in prefrontal cortex tissue at multiple CpG sites, including one just upstream of ATPB81 (cg19596477; P = 2 × 10-13). Overall, this comprehensive genetic analysis of resilience implicates a putative role of vascular risk, metabolism, and mental health in protection from the cognitive consequences of neuropathology, while also providing evidence for a novel resilience gene along the bile acid metabolism pathway. Furthermore, the genetic architecture of resilience appears to be distinct from that of clinical Alzheimer's disease, suggesting that a shift in focus to molecular contributors to resilience may identify novel pathways for therapeutic targets.
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- Logan Dumitrescu
- Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
- Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
- VA Puget Sound Health Care System, GRECC, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Deparment of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- UC Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Center for Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI, USA
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- Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and The Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- The Institute for Genomic Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center and The New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and The Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- The Institute for Genomic Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center and The New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Deparment of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and The Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- The Institute for Genomic Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center and The New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Taga M, Petyuk VA, White C, Marsh G, Ma Y, Klein HU, Connor SM, Kroshilina A, Yung CJ, Khairallah A, Olah M, Schneider J, Karhohs K, Carpenter AE, Ransohoff R, Bennett DA, Crotti A, Bradshaw EM, De Jager PL. BIN1 protein isoforms are differentially expressed in astrocytes, neurons, and microglia: neuronal and astrocyte BIN1 are implicated in tau pathology. Mol Neurodegener 2020; 15:44. [PMID: 32727516 PMCID: PMC7389646 DOI: 10.1186/s13024-020-00387-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Identified as an Alzheimer's disease (AD) susceptibility gene by genome wide-association studies, BIN1 has 10 isoforms that are expressed in the Central Nervous System (CNS). The distribution of these isoforms in different cell types, as well as their role in AD pathology still remains unclear. METHODS Utilizing antibodies targeting specific BIN1 epitopes in human post-mortem tissue and analyzing mRNA expression data from purified microglia, we identified three isoforms expressed in neurons and astrocytes (isoforms 1, 2 and 3) and four isoforms expressed in microglia (isoforms 6, 9, 10 and 12). The abundance of selected peptides, which correspond to groups of BIN1 protein isoforms, was measured in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and their relation to neuropathological features of AD was assessed. RESULTS Peptides contained in exon 7 of BIN1's N-BAR domain were found to be significantly associated with AD-related traits and, particularly, tau tangles. Decreased expression of BIN1 isoforms containing exon 7 is associated with greater accumulation of tangles and subsequent cognitive decline, with astrocytic rather than neuronal BIN1 being the more likely culprit. These effects are independent of the BIN1 AD risk variant. CONCLUSIONS Exploring the molecular mechanisms of specific BIN1 isoforms expressed by astrocytes may open new avenues for modulating the accumulation of Tau pathology in AD.
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- Mariko Taga
- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 630 West 168th st, PH19-311, New York, NY 10032 USA
- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA USA
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- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 630 West 168th st, PH19-311, New York, NY 10032 USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 630 West 168th st, PH19-311, New York, NY 10032 USA
- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 630 West 168th st, PH19-311, New York, NY 10032 USA
- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 630 West 168th st, PH19-311, New York, NY 10032 USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 630 West 168th st, PH19-311, New York, NY 10032 USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 630 West 168th st, PH19-311, New York, NY 10032 USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 630 West 168th st, PH19-311, New York, NY 10032 USA
- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA USA
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL USA
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- Imaging Platform, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA USA
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- Third Rock Ventures, 29 Newbury Street, Suite 301, Boston, MA 02116 USA
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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- Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 630 West 168th st, PH19-311, New York, NY 10032 USA
- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA USA
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- Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 630 West 168th st, PH19-311, New York, NY 10032 USA
- Cell Circuits Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA USA
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Abdolmohammadi B, Dupre A, Evers L, Mez J. Genetics of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Semin Neurol 2020; 40:420-429. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1713631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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AbstractAlthough chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) garners substantial attention in the media and there have been marked scientific advances in the last few years, much remains unclear about the role of genetic risk in CTE. Two athletes with comparable contact-sport exposure may have varying amounts of CTE neuropathology, suggesting that other factors, including genetics, may contribute to CTE risk and severity. In this review, we explore reasons why genetics may be important for CTE, concepts in genetic study design for CTE (including choosing controls, endophenotypes, gene by environment interaction, and epigenetics), implicated genes in CTE (including APOE, MAPT, and TMEM106B), and whether predictive genetic testing for CTE should be considered.
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- Bobak Abdolmohammadi
- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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- Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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Romanowska J, Haaland ØA, Jugessur A, Gjerdevik M, Xu Z, Taylor J, Wilcox AJ, Jonassen I, Lie RT, Gjessing HK. Gene-methylation interactions: discovering region-wise DNA methylation levels that modify SNP-associated disease risk. Clin Epigenetics 2020; 12:109. [PMID: 32678018 PMCID: PMC7367265 DOI: 10.1186/s13148-020-00881-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Current technology allows rapid assessment of DNA sequences and methylation levels at a single-site resolution for hundreds of thousands of sites in the human genome, in thousands of individuals simultaneously. This has led to an increase in epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) of complex traits, particularly those that are poorly explained by previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS). However, the genome and epigenome are intertwined, e.g., DNA methylation is known to affect gene expression through, for example, genomic imprinting. There is thus a need to go beyond single-omics data analyses and develop interaction models that allow a meaningful combination of information from EWAS and GWAS. RESULTS We present two new methods for genetic association analyses that treat offspring DNA methylation levels as environmental exposure. Our approach searches for statistical interactions between SNP alleles and DNA methylation (G ×Me) and between parent-of-origin effects and DNA methylation (PoO ×Me), using case-parent triads or dyads. We use summarized methylation levels over nearby genomic region to ease biological interpretation. The methods were tested on a dataset of parent-offspring dyads, with EWAS data on the offspring. Our results showed that methylation levels around a SNP can significantly alter the estimated relative risk. Moreover, we show how a control dataset can identify false positives. CONCLUSIONS The new methods, G ×Me and PoO ×Me, integrate DNA methylation in the assessment of genetic relative risks and thus enable a more comprehensive biological interpretation of genome-wide scans. Moreover, our strategy of condensing DNA methylation levels within regions helps overcome specific disadvantages of using sparse chip-based measurements. The methods are implemented in the freely available R package Haplin ( https://cran.r-project.org/package=Haplin ), enabling fast scans of multi-omics datasets.
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- Julia Romanowska
- Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, N-5020, Norway.
- Computational Biology Unit, University of Bergen, Bergen, N-5020, Norway.
- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, N-0213, Norway.
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- Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, N-5020, Norway
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- Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, N-5020, Norway
- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, N-0213, Norway
- Department of Genetics and Bioinformatics, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, N-0473, Norway
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- Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, N-5020, Norway
- Department of Genetics and Bioinformatics, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, N-0473, Norway
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, 27709, NC, USA
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, 27709, NC, USA
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, 27709, NC, USA
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- Computational Biology Unit, University of Bergen, Bergen, N-5020, Norway
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- Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, N-5020, Norway
- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, N-0213, Norway
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- Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, N-5020, Norway
- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, N-0213, Norway
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Steffens DC, Garrett ME, Soldano KL, McQuoid DR, Ashley-Koch AE, Potter GG. Genome-wide screen to identify genetic loci associated with cognitive decline in late-life depression. Int Psychogeriatr 2020:1-9. [PMID: 32641180 PMCID: PMC7794099 DOI: 10.1017/s1041610220001143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study sought to conduct a comprehensive search for genetic risk of cognitive decline in the context of geriatric depression. DESIGN A genome-wide association study (GWAS) analysis in the Neurocognitive Outcomes of Depression in the Elderly (NCODE) study. SETTING Longitudinal, naturalistic follow-up study. PARTICIPANTS Older depressed adults, both outpatients and inpatients, receiving care at an academic medical center. MEASUREMENTS The Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD) neuropsychological battery was administered to the study participants at baseline and a minimum of twice within a subsequent 3-year period in order to measure cognitive decline. A GWAS analysis was conducted to identify genetic variation that is associated with baseline and change in the CERAD Total Score (CERAD-TS) in NCODE. RESULTS The GWAS of baseline CERAD-TS revealed a significant association with an intergenic single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) on chromosome 6, rs17662598, that surpassed adjustment for multiple testing (p = 3.7 × 10-7; false discovery rate q = 0.0371). For each additional G allele, average baseline CERAD-TS decreased by 8.656 points. The most significant SNP that lies within a gene was rs11666579 in SLC27A1 (p = 1.1 × 10-5). Each additional copy of the G allele was associated with an average decrease of baseline CERAD-TS of 4.829 points. SLC27A1 is involved with processing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an endogenous neuroprotective compound in the brain. Decreased levels of DHA have been associated with the development of Alzheimer's disease. The most significant SNP associated with CERAD-TS decline over time was rs73240021 in GRXCR1 (p = 1.1 × 10-6), a gene previously linked with deafness. However, none of the associations within genes survived adjustment for multiple testing. CONCLUSIONS Our GWAS of cognitive function and decline among individuals with late-life depression (LLD) has identified promising candidate genes that, upon replication in other cohorts of LLD, may be potential biomarkers for cognitive decline and suggests DHA supplementation as a possible therapy of interest.
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- D C Steffens
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medicine Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medicine Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medicine Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medicine Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medicine Center, Durham, NC, USA
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