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Early astrocytosis in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease measured in vivo by multi-tracer positron emission tomography.
Sci Rep. 2015 Nov 10; 5:16404.SR

Abstract

Studying autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease (ADAD), caused by gene mutations yielding nearly complete penetrance and a distinct age of symptom onset, allows investigation of presymptomatic pathological processes that can identify a therapeutic window for disease-modifying therapies. Astrocyte activation may occur in presymptomatic Alzheimer's disease (AD) because reactive astrocytes surround β-amyloid (Aβ) plaques in autopsy brain tissue. Positron emission tomography was performed to investigate fibrillar Aβ, astrocytosis and cerebral glucose metabolism with the radiotracers (11)C-Pittsburgh compound-B (PIB), (11)C-deuterium-L-deprenyl (DED) and (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) respectively in presymptomatic and symptomatic ADAD participants (n = 21), patients with mild cognitive impairment (n = 11) and sporadic AD (n = 7). Multivariate analysis using the combined data from all radiotracers clearly separated the different groups along the first and second principal components according to increased PIB retention/decreased FDG uptake (component 1) and increased DED binding (component 2). Presymptomatic ADAD mutation carriers showed significantly higher PIB retention than non-carriers in all brain regions except the hippocampus. DED binding was highest in presymptomatic ADAD mutation carriers. This suggests that non-fibrillar Aβ or early stage plaque depostion might interact with inflammatory responses indicating astrocytosis as an early contributory driving force in AD pathology. The novelty of this finding will be investigated in longitudinal follow-up studies.

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Schöll M
Department NVS, Center for Alzheimer Research, Division of Translational Alzheimer Neurobiology, Karolinska Institutet, 141 57 Huddinge, Sweden. MedTech West and the Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Gothenburg, 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Carter SF
Department NVS, Center for Alzheimer Research, Division of Translational Alzheimer Neurobiology, Karolinska Institutet, 141 57 Huddinge, Sweden. Wolfson Molecular Imaging Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, M20 3LJ, UK.
Westman E
Department NVS, Center for Alzheimer Research, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, 141 57 Huddinge, Sweden.
Rodriguez-Vieitez E
Department NVS, Center for Alzheimer Research, Division of Translational Alzheimer Neurobiology, Karolinska Institutet, 141 57 Huddinge, Sweden.
Almkvist O
Department NVS, Center for Alzheimer Research, Division of Translational Alzheimer Neurobiology, Karolinska Institutet, 141 57 Huddinge, Sweden. Department of Geriatric Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden. Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
Thordardottir S
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden. Department NVS, Center for Alzheimer Research, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, 141 57 Huddinge, Sweden.
Wall A
Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Nuclear Medicine &PET, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.
Graff C
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden. Department NVS, Center for Alzheimer Research, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, 141 57 Huddinge, Sweden.
Långström B
Department of Chemistry, Uppsala University, 701 05 Uppsala, Sweden.
Nordberg A
Department NVS, Center for Alzheimer Research, Division of Translational Alzheimer Neurobiology, Karolinska Institutet, 141 57 Huddinge, Sweden. Department of Geriatric Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden.

MeSH

Age of OnsetAgedAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesCognitive DysfunctionFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18Genes, DominantGenotypeGliosisHumansMaleMemory, EpisodicMiddle AgedMutationNeuropsychological TestsPlaque, AmyloidPositron-Emission TomographyPrincipal Component Analysis

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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

26553227

Citation

Schöll, Michael, et al. "Early Astrocytosis in Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease Measured in Vivo By Multi-tracer Positron Emission Tomography." Scientific Reports, vol. 5, 2015, p. 16404.
Schöll M, Carter SF, Westman E, et al. Early astrocytosis in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease measured in vivo by multi-tracer positron emission tomography. Sci Rep. 2015;5:16404.
Schöll, M., Carter, S. F., Westman, E., Rodriguez-Vieitez, E., Almkvist, O., Thordardottir, S., Wall, A., Graff, C., Långström, B., & Nordberg, A. (2015). Early astrocytosis in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease measured in vivo by multi-tracer positron emission tomography. Scientific Reports, 5, 16404. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16404
Schöll M, et al. Early Astrocytosis in Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer's Disease Measured in Vivo By Multi-tracer Positron Emission Tomography. Sci Rep. 2015 Nov 10;5:16404. PubMed PMID: 26553227.
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