血代谢特征与基于机器学习的脑年龄之间的关联
Yang Li1,2, Jiao Wang3,4, Yuyang Miao1
1Aging Research Center, Department of Geriatrics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin Geriatrics Institute, Tianjin, China.
Aging cell
|September 1, 2025
概括
代谢学,即代谢物研究,与大脑衰老有关. 血中的特定脂质概况与大脑年龄差异有关,无论APOE ε4状态如何,都可能是大脑加快衰老的早期指标.
科学领域:
- 神经科学
- 代谢学
- 老龄化研究
背景情况:
- 代谢与认知衰退和痴呆有关.
- 特定代谢物与大脑衰老之间的确切联系尚未完全理解.
- 研究这些关联对于理解大脑健康轨迹至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究血代谢物与大脑年龄之间的关系.
- 根据Apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4基因型来确定这些关联是否不同.
- 为了确定加速大脑衰老的潜在代谢生物标志物.
主要方法:
- 使用了17770名英国生物库参与者的数据 (年龄在40-69岁之间).
- 通过核磁共振光谱测量了249种血代谢物.
- 使用神经成像和LASSO回归估计的大脑年龄和大脑年龄差距 (BAG).
主要成果:
- 鉴定了与大脑年龄相关的64种代谢物和BAG相关的77种代谢物.
- 与BAG相关的脂蛋白 (HDL,VLDL,LDL) 的特定脂质概况.
- 在APOE ε4携带者和非携带者之间,某些代谢物与大脑年龄的相关性是一致的.
结论:
- 血代谢物概况显示与大脑衰老有广泛的关联.
- 代谢特征可能是加速大脑衰老的早期指标.
- 这些发现不论APOE ε4遗传风险如何都适用.
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