与阿波利波蛋白E全型相关的功能连接性变化在没有脑Aβ沉积的认知正常老年人中先于结构连接性和神经退行
Sheng-Min Wang1, Dong Woo Kang2, Yoo Hyun Um3
1Department of Psychiatry, Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Psychiatry investigation
|November 24, 2023
概括
阿波蛋白E (APOE) 基因变异 ε4 和 ε2 与认知正常的成年人中改变的默认模式网络 (DMN) 功能连接 (FC) 有关,先前的粉样蛋白沉积或大脑结构变化.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
- 阿尔茨海默氏症疾病研究研究
背景情况:
- 阿波利波蛋白E (APOE) 基因是阿尔茨海默病的重要遗传风险因素.
- APOE基因型影响大脑结构和功能,但其对临床前阶段连接性的影响尚未完全理解.
- 在认知正常个体中研究APOE类型可以揭示与疾病风险相关的早期大脑变化.
研究的目的:
- 检查不同Apolipoprotein E (APOE) 类型 (ε2, ε3, ε4) 与大脑功能连接 (FC),结构连接和皮层厚度之间的关联.
- 为了识别与APOE基因型相关的早期神经生物学标志物,在粉样蛋白-PET负认知正常 (CN) 的老年人中.
- 了解APOE基因型如何影响显著神经病理出现之前的默认模式网络 (DMN).
主要方法:
- 招募了188名认知正常 (CN) 的老年人,按APOE基因型分层 (ε2, ε3, ε4组).
- 利用基于voxel的形态测量和皮质厚度分析来评估结构差异.
- 采用扩散加权成像 (DWI) 进行结构连接 (微分异构,平均扩散性) 和功能磁共振成像 (fMRI) 进行默认模式网络 (DMN) 功能连接 (FC).
主要成果:
- 在APOE组之间没有观察到年龄,性别,教育,β-粉样蛋白 (Aβ) 沉积或神经心理特征的显著差异.
- 皮层厚度和结构连接性在APOE全型之间没有显著差异.
- 在默认模式网络 (DMN) 中,功能连接 (FC) 在 ε4 和 ε2 载体中相比 ε3 同胞体显著减少.
结论:
- 在认知正常的个体中,APOE ε4 和 ε2 载体表现出改变的默认模式网络 (DMN) 功能连接 (FC).
- 这些DMN FC变化发生在可检测的β-粉样蛋白 (Aβ) 沉积,显著的结构变化或神经退行之前.
- 这些发现表明,APOE基因型影响早期大脑网络功能,可能作为阿尔茨海默病风险的临床前标志物.
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