Erin M Jonaitis, Karen MacLeod, Jennifer Lamoureux, Beckie Jeffers, Rachel L Studer, John Middleton, Rachael E Wilson, Nathaniel A Chin, Ozioma C Okonkwo, Barbara B Bendlin, Sanjay Asthana, Cynthia M Carlsson, Catherine L Gallagher, Bruce Hermann, Sean McEvoy, Gwendlyn Kollmorgen, Henrik Zetterberg, Luis Concha-Marambio, Sterling C Johnson, Russ M Lebovitz, Rebecca E Langhough
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Abstract
Introduction: Multi-etiology dementia necessitates in-vivo markers of copathologies including misfolded α -synuclein (syn). We measured misfolded syn aggregates (syn-seeds) via qualitative seed amplifcation assays (synSAA) and examined relationships with markers of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Methods: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was obtained from 420 participants in two Wisconsin AD risk cohorts (35% male; 91% cognitively unimpaired; mean (SD) age, 65.42 (7.78) years; education, 16.17 (2.23) years). synSAA results were compared to phosphorylated tau (T), beta amyloid (A), and clinical outcomes. Longitudinal cognition was modeled with mixed effects.
Results: Syn positivity (synSAA+) co-occurred with T (in synSAA+ vs synSAA-, 36% vs 20% T+; p=0.011) and with cognitive impairment (10% vs 7% MCI; 10% vs 0% dementia; p=0.00050). synSAA+ participants' cognitive performance declined ∼40% faster than synSAA-for Digit Symbol, but not other tests.
Discussion: Findings support prevalent syn copathology in a mostly-unimpaired AD risk cohort. Future work will explore relationships with disease progression.
导言:多病因痴呆症需要体内共同病理标记物,包括折叠错误的α-突触核蛋白(syn)。我们通过定性种子扩增试验(synSAA)测量了折叠错误的突触核蛋白聚集体(syn-seeds),并研究了其与阿尔茨海默病(AD)标志物的关系:脑脊液(CSF)取自威斯康星州两个AD风险队列中的420名参与者(35%为男性;91%认知能力无障碍;平均(SD)年龄为65.42(7.78)岁;受教育程度为16.17(2.23)年)。采用混合效应建立了纵向认知模型:Syn阳性(synSAA+)与T(synSAA+ vs synSAA-,36% vs 20% T+;p=0.011)和认知障碍(10% vs 7% MCI;10% vs 0%痴呆;p=0.00050)同时存在。SynSAA+参与者的认知能力下降速度比synSAA-数字符号(Digit Symbol)快40%,但与其他测试无关:讨论:研究结果表明,在大部分未受损的AD风险队列中,普遍存在syn共病理学。未来的工作将探索与疾病进展的关系。