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Yoshioka H, Jin R, Hisaka A, Suzuki H. Disease progression modeling with temporal realignment: An emerging approach to deepen knowledge on chronic diseases. Pharmacol Ther 2024; 259:108655. [PMID: 38710372 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2024.108655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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The recent development of the first disease-modifying drug for Alzheimer's disease represents a major advancement in dementia treatment. Behind this breakthrough is a quarter century of research efforts to understand the disease not by a particular symptom at a given moment, but by long-term sequential changes in multiple biomarkers. Disease progression modeling with temporal realignment (DPM-TR) is an emerging computational approach proposed with this biomarker-based disease concept. By integrating short-term clinical observations of multiple disease biomarkers in a data-driven manner, DPM-TR provides a way to understand the progression of chronic diseases over decades and predict individual disease stages more accurately. DPM-TR has been developed primarily in the area of neurodegenerative diseases but has recently been extended to non-neurodegenerative diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary, autoimmune, and ophthalmologic diseases. This review focuses on opportunities for DPM-TR in clinical practice and drug development and discusses its current status and challenges.
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- Hideki Yoshioka
- Office of Regulatory Science Research, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, Tokyo, Japan; Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
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- Executive Director, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Pharmacy, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Li Y, Yen D, Hendrix RD, Gordon BA, Dlamini S, Barthélemy NR, Aschenbrenner AJ, Henson RL, Herries EM, Volluz K, Kirmess K, Eastwood S, Meyer M, Heller M, Jarrett L, McDade E, Holtzman DM, Benzinger TL, Morris JC, Bateman RJ, Xiong C, Schindler SE. Timing of Biomarker Changes in Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease in Estimated Years from Symptom Onset. Ann Neurol 2024; 95:951-965. [PMID: 38400792 PMCID: PMC11060905 DOI: 10.1002/ana.26891] [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: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 12/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024]
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OBJECTIVE A clock relating amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) to time was used to estimate the timing of biomarker changes in sporadic Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS Research participants were included who underwent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) collection within 2 years of amyloid PET. The ages at amyloid onset and AD symptom onset were estimated for each individual. The timing of change for plasma, CSF, imaging, and cognitive measures was calculated by comparing restricted cubic splines of cross-sectional data from the amyloid PET positive and negative groups. RESULTS The amyloid PET positive sub-cohort (n = 118) had an average age of 70.4 ± 7.4 years (mean ± standard deviation) and 16% were cognitively impaired. The amyloid PET negative sub-cohort (n = 277) included individuals with low levels of amyloid plaque burden at all scans who were cognitively unimpaired at the time of the scans. Biomarker changes were detected 15-19 years before estimated symptom onset for CSF Aβ42/Aβ40, plasma Aβ42/Aβ40, CSF pT217/T217, and amyloid PET; 12-14 years before estimated symptom onset for plasma pT217/T217, CSF neurogranin, CSF SNAP-25, CSF sTREM2, plasma GFAP, and plasma NfL; and 7-9 years before estimated symptom onset for CSF pT205/T205, CSF YKL-40, hippocampal volumes, and cognitive measures. INTERPRETATION The use of an amyloid clock enabled visualization and analysis of biomarker changes as a function of estimated years from symptom onset in sporadic AD. This study demonstrates that estimated years from symptom onset based on an amyloid clock can be used as a continuous staging measure for sporadic AD and aligns with findings in autosomal dominant AD. ANN NEUROL 2024;95:951-965.
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- Yan Li
- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Sexton CE, Bitan G, Bowles KR, Brys M, Buée L, Maina MB, Clelland CD, Cohen AD, Crary JF, Dage JL, Diaz K, Frost B, Gan L, Goate AM, Golbe LI, Hansson O, Karch CM, Kolb HC, La Joie R, Lee SE, Matallana D, Miller BL, Onyike CU, Quiroz YT, Rexach JE, Rohrer JD, Rommel A, Sadri‐Vakili G, Schindler SE, Schneider JA, Sperling RA, Teunissen CE, Weninger SC, Worley SL, Zheng H, Carrillo MC. Novel avenues of tau research. Alzheimers Dement 2024; 20:2240-2261. [PMID: 38170841 PMCID: PMC10984447 DOI: 10.1002/alz.13533] [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: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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INTRODUCTION The pace of innovation has accelerated in virtually every area of tau research in just the past few years. METHODS In February 2022, leading international tau experts convened to share selected highlights of this work during Tau 2022, the second international tau conference co-organized and co-sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association, CurePSP, and the Rainwater Charitable Foundation. RESULTS Representing academia, industry, and the philanthropic sector, presenters joined more than 1700 registered attendees from 59 countries, spanning six continents, to share recent advances and exciting new directions in tau research. DISCUSSION The virtual meeting provided an opportunity to foster cross-sector collaboration and partnerships as well as a forum for updating colleagues on research-advancing tools and programs that are steadily moving the field forward.
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- Department of NeurologyDavid Geffen School of MedicineBrain Research InstituteMolecular Biology InstituteUniversity of California Los Angeles (UCLA)Los AngelesCaliforniaUSA
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at the University of EdinburghCentre for Discovery Brain SciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Univ LilleInsermCHU‐LilleLille Neuroscience and CognitionLabEx DISTALZPlace de VerdunLilleFrance
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- Sussex NeuroscienceSchool of Life SciencesUniversity of SussexFalmerUK
- Biomedical Science Research and Training CentreYobe State UniversityDamaturuNigeria
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- Memory and Aging CenterDepartment of NeurologyWeill Institute for NeurosciencesUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- University of PittsburghSchool of MedicineDepartment of Psychiatry and Alzheimer's disease Research CenterPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Departments of PathologyNeuroscience, and Artificial Intelligence & Human HealthIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew YorkNew YorkUSA
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- Department of NeurologyIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisIndianaUSA
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- Sam & Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's & Neurodegenerative Disorders Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy University of Texas Health San AntonioSan AntonioTexasUSA
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- Helen and Robert Appel Alzheimer Disease Research InstituteFeil Family Brain and Mind Research InstituteWeill Cornell MedicineNew YorkNew YorkUSA
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- Department of Genetics & Genomic SciencesRonald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's diseaseIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew YorkNew YorkUSA
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- CurePSPIncNew YorkNew YorkUSA
- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolNew BrunswickNew JerseyUSA
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- Clinical Memory Research UnitDepartment of Clinical Sciences MalmöLund UniversityLundSweden
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- Department of PsychiatryWashington University in St. LouisSt. LouisMissouriUSA
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- Memory and Aging CenterDepartment of NeurologyWeill Institute for NeurosciencesUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Memory and Aging CenterDepartment of NeurologyWeill Institute for NeurosciencesUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Aging InstituteNeuroscience ProgramPsychiatry DepartmentSchool of MedicinePontificia Universidad JaverianaBogotáColombia
- Mental Health DepartmentHospital Universitario Fundaciòn Santa FeBogotaColombia
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- Memory and Aging CenterDepartment of NeurologyWeill Institute for NeurosciencesUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and NeuropsychiatryJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and NeurologyMassachusetts General HospitalHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Program in NeurogeneticsDepartment of NeurologyDavid Geffen School of MedicineUniversity of CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Neurodegenerative DiseaseDementia Research CentreUniversity College London Institute of Neurology, Queen SquareLondonUK
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- Rainwater Charitable FoundationFort WorthTexasUSA
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- Sean M. Healey &AMG Center for ALS at Mass GeneralMassachusetts General HospitalBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Department of NeurologyWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMissouriUSA
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- Center for Alzheimer Research and TreatmentBrigham and Women's HospitalMassachusetts General HospitalHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Neurochemistry LaboratoryClinical Chemistry departmentAmsterdam NeuroscienceProgram NeurodegenerationAmsterdam University Medical CentersVrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Huffington Center on AgingBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTexasUSA
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Young AL, Oxtoby NP, Garbarino S, Fox NC, Barkhof F, Schott JM, Alexander DC. Data-driven modelling of neurodegenerative disease progression: thinking outside the black box. Nat Rev Neurosci 2024; 25:111-130. [PMID: 38191721 DOI: 10.1038/s41583-023-00779-6] [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] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
Abstract
Data-driven disease progression models are an emerging set of computational tools that reconstruct disease timelines for long-term chronic diseases, providing unique insights into disease processes and their underlying mechanisms. Such methods combine a priori human knowledge and assumptions with large-scale data processing and parameter estimation to infer long-term disease trajectories from short-term data. In contrast to 'black box' machine learning tools, data-driven disease progression models typically require fewer data and are inherently interpretable, thereby aiding disease understanding in addition to enabling classification, prediction and stratification. In this Review, we place the current landscape of data-driven disease progression models in a general framework and discuss their enhanced utility for constructing a disease timeline compared with wider machine learning tools that construct static disease profiles. We review the insights they have enabled across multiple neurodegenerative diseases, notably Alzheimer disease, for applications such as determining temporal trajectories of disease biomarkers, testing hypotheses about disease mechanisms and uncovering disease subtypes. We outline key areas for technological development and translation to a broader range of neuroscience and non-neuroscience applications. Finally, we discuss potential pathways and barriers to integrating disease progression models into clinical practice and trial settings.
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- Alexandra L Young
- UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK.
- Department of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
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- UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK.
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- Life Science Computational Laboratory, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Dementia Research Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK
- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dementia Research Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- UCL Centre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, UK
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A multidimensional ODE-based model of Alzheimer's disease progression. Sci Rep 2023; 13:3162. [PMID: 36823416 PMCID: PMC9950424 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-29383-5] [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: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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Data-driven Alzheimer's disease (AD) progression models are useful for clinical prediction, disease mechanism understanding, and clinical trial design. Most dynamic models were inspired by the amyloid cascade hypothesis and described AD progression as a linear chain of pathological events. However, the heterogeneity observed in healthy and sporadic AD populations challenged the amyloid hypothesis, and there is a need for more flexible dynamical models that accompany this conceptual shift. We present a statistical model of the temporal evolution of biomarkers and cognitive tests that allows diverse biomarker paths throughout the disease. The model consists of two elements: a multivariate dynamic model of the joint evolution of biomarkers and cognitive tests; and a clinical prediction model. The dynamic model uses a system of ordinary differential equations to jointly model the rate of change of an individual's biomarkers and cognitive tests. The clinical prediction model is an ordinal logistic model of the diagnostic label. Prognosis and time-to-onset predictions are obtained by computing the clinical label probabilities throughout the forecasted biomarker trajectories. The proposed dynamical model is interpretable, free of one-dimensional progression hypotheses or disease staging paradigms, and can account for the heterogeneous dynamics observed in sporadic AD. We developed the model using longitudinal data from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. We illustrate the patterns of biomarker rates of change and the model performance to predict the time to conversion from MCI to dementia.
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Krishnadas N, Doré V, Robertson JS, Ward L, Fowler C, Masters CL, Bourgeat P, Fripp J, Villemagne VL, Rowe CC. Rates of regional tau accumulation in ageing and across the Alzheimer's disease continuum: an AIBL 18F-MK6240 PET study. EBioMedicine 2023; 88:104450. [PMID: 36709581 PMCID: PMC9900352 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Tau positron emission tomography (PET) imaging enables longitudinal observation of tau accumulation in Alzheimer's disease (AD). 18F-MK6240 is a high affinity tracer for the paired helical filaments of tau in AD, widely used in clinical trials, despite sparse longitudinal natural history data. We aimed to evaluate the natural history of tau accumulation, and the impact of disease stage and reference region on the magnitude and effect size of regional change. METHODS One hundred and eighty-four participants: 89 cognitively unimpaired (CU) beta-amyloid negative (Aβ-), 44 CU Aβ+, 51 cognitively impaired Aβ+ (26 with mild cognitive impairment [MCI] and 25 with dementia) had follow-up 18F-MK6240 PET for one to four years (median 1.48). Regional standardised uptake value ratios (SUVR) were generated. Two reference regions were examined: cerebellar cortex and eroded subcortical white matter. FINDINGS CU Aβ- participants had very low rates of tau accumulation in the mesial temporal lobe (MTL). In CU Aβ+, significantly higher rate of accumulation was seen in the MTL (particularly the amygdala), extending into the inferior temporal lobes. In MCI Aβ+, the rate of accumulation was greatest in the lateral temporal, parietal and lateral occipital cortex, and plateaued in the MTL. Accumulation was global in AD Aβ+, except for a plateau in the MTL. The eroded subcortical white matter reference region showed no significant advantage over the cerebellar cortex and appeared prone to spill-over in AD participants. Data fitting suggested approximately 15-20 years to accumulate tau to typical AD levels. INTERPRETATION Tau accumulation occurs slowly. Rates vary according to brain region, disease stage and tend to plateau at high levels. Rates of tau accumulation are best measured in the MTL and inferior temporal cortex in preclinical AD and in large neocortical areas, in MCI and AD. FUNDING NHMRC; Cerveau Technologies.
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- Natasha Krishnadas
- Florey Department of Neurosciences & Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia; Department of Molecular Imaging & Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084, Australia.
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- Department of Molecular Imaging & Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084, Australia; Health and Biosecurity Flagship, The Australian eHealth Research Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neurosciences & Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neurosciences & Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neurosciences & Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neurosciences & Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Health and Biosecurity Flagship, The Australian eHealth Research Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Health and Biosecurity Flagship, The Australian eHealth Research Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Florey Department of Neurosciences & Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia; Department of Molecular Imaging & Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, 3084, Australia; Florey Institute of Neurosciences & Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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Hirakawa A, Sato H, Hanazawa R, Suzuki K. Estimating the longitudinal trajectory of cognitive function measurement using short-term data with different disease stages: Application in Alzheimer's disease. Stat Med 2022; 41:4200-4214. [PMID: 35749990 DOI: 10.1002/sim.9504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease characterized by a gradual decline in cognitive function over a few decades. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is a widely used measure for evaluating global cognitive functioning. Characterizing the longitudinal trajectory of the MMSE in the population of interest is important to detect AD onset for preventive intervention. In this study, we formulate a new class of longitudinal trajectory modeling for MMSE from short-term individual data based on an ordinary differential equation. The proposed method models the relationship between individual decline speed of MMSE and the average MMSE using the fractional polynomial function model and subsequently estimates the longitudinal trajectory of MMSE by solving the ordinary differential equation for the estimated model. The appropriate model for trajectory estimation is selected based on the proposed criterion for quantifying the goodness of trajectory fit. The accuracy of the trajectory estimation of the proposed method was demonstrated via simulation studies. The proposed method was successfully applied to MMSE data from the Japanese Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative study.
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- Akihiro Hirakawa
- Department of Clinical Biostatistics, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Biostatistics, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Biostatistics, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Innovation Center for Translational Research, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan
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Vacher M, Doré V, Porter T, Milicic L, Villemagne VL, Bourgeat P, Burnham SC, Cox T, Masters CL, Rowe CC, Fripp J, Doecke JD, Laws SM. Assessment of a polygenic hazard score for the onset of pre-clinical Alzheimer's disease. BMC Genomics 2022; 23:401. [PMID: 35619096 PMCID: PMC9134703 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08617-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Abstract Background With a growing number of loci associated with late-onset (sporadic) Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the polygenic contribution to AD is now well established. The development of polygenic risk score approaches have shown promising results for identifying individuals at higher risk of developing AD, thereby facilitating the development of preventative and therapeutic strategies. A polygenic hazard score (PHS) has been proposed to quantify age-specific genetic risk for AD. In this study, we assessed the predictive power and transferability of this PHS in an independent cohort, to support its clinical utility. Results Using genotype and imaging data from 780 individuals enrolled in the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) study, we investigated associations between the PHS and several AD-related traits, including 1) cross-sectional Aβ-amyloid (Aβ) deposition, 2) longitudinal brain atrophy, 3) longitudinal cognitive decline, 4) age of onset. Except in the cognitive domain, we obtained results that were consistent with previously published findings. The PHS was associated with increased Aβ burden, faster regional brain atrophy and an earlier age of onset. Conclusion Overall, the results support the predictive power of a PHS, however, with only marginal improvement compared to apolipoprotein E alone. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12864-022-08617-2.
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- Michael Vacher
- Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO, Floreat, Western Australia, 6014, Australia. .,Centre for Precision Health, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, 6027, Australia. .,Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, 6027, Western Australia.
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- Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia.,Department of Molecular Imaging & Therapy and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Precision Health, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, 6027, Australia.,Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, 6027, Western Australia.,Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, 6102, Western Australia
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- Centre for Precision Health, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, 6027, Australia.,Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, 6027, Western Australia
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- Centre for Precision Health, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, 6027, Australia.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO, Herston, Queensland, 4029, Australia
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- Centre for Precision Health, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, 6027, Australia.,Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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- Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging & Therapy and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO, Herston, Queensland, 4029, Australia
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- Centre for Precision Health, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, 6027, Australia.,Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO, Herston, Queensland, 4029, Australia
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- Centre for Precision Health, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, 6027, Australia.,Collaborative Genomics and Translation Group, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, 6027, Western Australia.,Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, 6102, Western Australia
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Schindler SE. Predicting Symptom Onset in Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease: "How Long Do I Have?". J Alzheimers Dis 2022; 90:975-979. [PMID: 35213383 DOI: 10.3233/jad-215722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Predicting not just if but when cognitively normal individuals will develop the onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia seems increasingly feasible, as evidenced by converging findings from several approaches and cohorts. These estimates may improve the efficiency of clinical trials by better identifying cognitively normal individuals at high risk of developing AD symptoms. As models are refined, the implications of disclosing estimates of the age of AD symptom onset must be examined, since telling a cognitively normal individual the age they are expected to develop AD symptoms may have different implications than disclosing increased risk for AD dementia.
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- Suzanne E Schindler
- Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Schindler SE, Li Y, Buckles VD, Gordon BA, Benzinger TLS, Wang G, Coble D, Klunk WE, Fagan AM, Holtzman DM, Bateman RJ, Morris JC, Xiong C. Predicting Symptom Onset in Sporadic Alzheimer Disease With Amyloid PET. Neurology 2021; 97:e1823-e1834. [PMID: 34504028 PMCID: PMC8610624 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000012775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To predict when cognitively normal individuals with brain amyloidosis will develop symptoms of Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS Brain amyloid burden was measured by amyloid PET with Pittsburgh compound B. The mean cortical standardized uptake value ratio (SUVR) was transformed into a timescale with the use of longitudinal data. RESULTS Amyloid accumulation was evaluated in 236 individuals who underwent >1 amyloid PET scan. The average age was 66.5 ± 9.2 years, and 12 individuals (5%) had cognitive impairment at their baseline amyloid PET scan. A tipping point in amyloid accumulation was identified at a low level of amyloid burden (SUVR 1.2), after which nearly all individuals accumulated amyloid at a relatively consistent rate until reaching a high level of amyloid burden (SUVR 3.0). The average time between levels of amyloid burden was used to estimate the age at which an individual reached SUVR 1.2. Longitudinal clinical diagnoses for 180 individuals were aligned by the estimated age at SUVR 1.2. In the 22 individuals who progressed from cognitively normal to a typical AD dementia syndrome, the estimated age at which an individual reached SUVR 1.2 predicted the age at symptom onset (R 2 = 0.54, p < 0.0001, root mean square error [RMSE] 4.5 years); the model was more accurate after exclusion of 3 likely misdiagnoses (R 2 = 0.84, p < 0.0001, RMSE 2.8 years). CONCLUSION The age at symptom onset in sporadic AD is strongly correlated with the age at which an individual reaches a tipping point in amyloid accumulation.
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- Suzanne E Schindler
- From the Department of Neurology (S.E.S., Y.L., V.D.B., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M.), Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center (S.E.S., V.D.B., B.A.G., T.L.S.B., G.W., D.C., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M., C.X.), Division of Biostatistics (Y.L., G.W., D.C., C.X.), Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (B.A.G., T.L.S.B.), and Hope Center for Neurological Disorders (A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and Department of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.E.K.), University of Pittsburgh, PA.
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- From the Department of Neurology (S.E.S., Y.L., V.D.B., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M.), Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center (S.E.S., V.D.B., B.A.G., T.L.S.B., G.W., D.C., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M., C.X.), Division of Biostatistics (Y.L., G.W., D.C., C.X.), Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (B.A.G., T.L.S.B.), and Hope Center for Neurological Disorders (A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and Department of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.E.K.), University of Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the Department of Neurology (S.E.S., Y.L., V.D.B., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M.), Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center (S.E.S., V.D.B., B.A.G., T.L.S.B., G.W., D.C., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M., C.X.), Division of Biostatistics (Y.L., G.W., D.C., C.X.), Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (B.A.G., T.L.S.B.), and Hope Center for Neurological Disorders (A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and Department of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.E.K.), University of Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the Department of Neurology (S.E.S., Y.L., V.D.B., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M.), Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center (S.E.S., V.D.B., B.A.G., T.L.S.B., G.W., D.C., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M., C.X.), Division of Biostatistics (Y.L., G.W., D.C., C.X.), Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (B.A.G., T.L.S.B.), and Hope Center for Neurological Disorders (A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and Department of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.E.K.), University of Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the Department of Neurology (S.E.S., Y.L., V.D.B., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M.), Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center (S.E.S., V.D.B., B.A.G., T.L.S.B., G.W., D.C., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M., C.X.), Division of Biostatistics (Y.L., G.W., D.C., C.X.), Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (B.A.G., T.L.S.B.), and Hope Center for Neurological Disorders (A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and Department of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.E.K.), University of Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the Department of Neurology (S.E.S., Y.L., V.D.B., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M.), Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center (S.E.S., V.D.B., B.A.G., T.L.S.B., G.W., D.C., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M., C.X.), Division of Biostatistics (Y.L., G.W., D.C., C.X.), Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (B.A.G., T.L.S.B.), and Hope Center for Neurological Disorders (A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and Department of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.E.K.), University of Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the Department of Neurology (S.E.S., Y.L., V.D.B., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M.), Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center (S.E.S., V.D.B., B.A.G., T.L.S.B., G.W., D.C., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M., C.X.), Division of Biostatistics (Y.L., G.W., D.C., C.X.), Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (B.A.G., T.L.S.B.), and Hope Center for Neurological Disorders (A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and Department of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.E.K.), University of Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the Department of Neurology (S.E.S., Y.L., V.D.B., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M.), Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center (S.E.S., V.D.B., B.A.G., T.L.S.B., G.W., D.C., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M., C.X.), Division of Biostatistics (Y.L., G.W., D.C., C.X.), Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (B.A.G., T.L.S.B.), and Hope Center for Neurological Disorders (A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and Department of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.E.K.), University of Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the Department of Neurology (S.E.S., Y.L., V.D.B., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M.), Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center (S.E.S., V.D.B., B.A.G., T.L.S.B., G.W., D.C., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M., C.X.), Division of Biostatistics (Y.L., G.W., D.C., C.X.), Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (B.A.G., T.L.S.B.), and Hope Center for Neurological Disorders (A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and Department of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.E.K.), University of Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the Department of Neurology (S.E.S., Y.L., V.D.B., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M.), Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center (S.E.S., V.D.B., B.A.G., T.L.S.B., G.W., D.C., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M., C.X.), Division of Biostatistics (Y.L., G.W., D.C., C.X.), Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (B.A.G., T.L.S.B.), and Hope Center for Neurological Disorders (A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and Department of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.E.K.), University of Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the Department of Neurology (S.E.S., Y.L., V.D.B., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M.), Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center (S.E.S., V.D.B., B.A.G., T.L.S.B., G.W., D.C., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M., C.X.), Division of Biostatistics (Y.L., G.W., D.C., C.X.), Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (B.A.G., T.L.S.B.), and Hope Center for Neurological Disorders (A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and Department of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.E.K.), University of Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the Department of Neurology (S.E.S., Y.L., V.D.B., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M.), Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center (S.E.S., V.D.B., B.A.G., T.L.S.B., G.W., D.C., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M., C.X.), Division of Biostatistics (Y.L., G.W., D.C., C.X.), Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (B.A.G., T.L.S.B.), and Hope Center for Neurological Disorders (A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and Department of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.E.K.), University of Pittsburgh, PA
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- From the Department of Neurology (S.E.S., Y.L., V.D.B., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M.), Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center (S.E.S., V.D.B., B.A.G., T.L.S.B., G.W., D.C., A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B., J.C.M., C.X.), Division of Biostatistics (Y.L., G.W., D.C., C.X.), Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (B.A.G., T.L.S.B.), and Hope Center for Neurological Disorders (A.M.F., D.M.H., R.J.B.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and Department of Neurology and Psychiatry (W.E.K.), University of Pittsburgh, PA
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Moscoso A, Grothe MJ, Ashton NJ, Karikari TK, Rodriguez JL, Snellman A, Suárez-Calvet M, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Schöll M. Time course of phosphorylated-tau181 in blood across the Alzheimer's disease spectrum. Brain 2021; 144:325-339. [PMID: 33257949 PMCID: PMC7880671 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaa399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 (p-tau181) measured in blood plasma has recently been proposed as an accessible, scalable, and highly specific biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease. Longitudinal studies, however, investigating the temporal dynamics of this novel biomarker are lacking. It is therefore unclear when in the disease process plasma p-tau181 increases above physiological levels and how it relates to the spatiotemporal progression of Alzheimer’s disease characteristic pathologies. We aimed to establish the natural time course of plasma p-tau181 across the sporadic Alzheimer’s disease spectrum in comparison to those of established imaging and fluid-derived biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease. We examined longitudinal data from a large prospective cohort of elderly individuals enrolled in the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) (n = 1067) covering a wide clinical spectrum from normal cognition to dementia, and with measures of plasma p-tau181 and an 18F-florbetapir amyloid-β PET scan at baseline. A subset of participants (n = 864) also had measures of amyloid-β1–42 and p-tau181 levels in CSF, and another subset (n = 298) had undergone an 18F-flortaucipir tau PET scan 6 years later. We performed brain-wide analyses to investigate the associations of plasma p-tau181 baseline levels and longitudinal change with progression of regional amyloid-β pathology and tau burden 6 years later, and estimated the time course of changes in plasma p-tau181 and other Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers using a previously developed method for the construction of long-term biomarker temporal trajectories using shorter-term longitudinal data. Smoothing splines demonstrated that earliest plasma p-tau181 changes occurred even before amyloid-β markers reached abnormal levels, with greater rates of change correlating with increased amyloid-β pathology. Voxel-wise PET analyses yielded relatively weak, yet significant, associations of plasma p-tau181 with amyloid-β pathology in early accumulating brain regions in cognitively healthy individuals, while the strongest associations with amyloid-β were observed in late accumulating regions in patients with mild cognitive impairment. Cross-sectional and particularly longitudinal measures of plasma p-tau181 were associated with widespread cortical tau aggregation 6 years later, covering temporoparietal regions typical for neurofibrillary tangle distribution in Alzheimer’s disease. Finally, we estimated that plasma p-tau181 reaches abnormal levels ∼6.5 and 5.7 years after CSF and PET measures of amyloid-β, respectively, following similar dynamics as CSF p-tau181. Our findings suggest that plasma p-tau181 increases are associated with the presence of widespread cortical amyloid-β pathology and with prospective Alzheimer’s disease typical tau aggregation, providing clear implications for the use of this novel blood biomarker as a diagnostic and screening tool for Alzheimer’s disease.
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- Alexis Moscoso
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Unidad de Trastornos del Movimiento, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, London, UK.,NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health and Biomedical Research Unit for Dementia at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, FI-20520 Turku, Finland
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- Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelona, Spain.,IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain.,Servei de Neurologia, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden.,Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.,UK Dementia Research Institute at University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Betty M Tijms
- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
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- Neurochemistry laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (AUMC), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, The Netherlands
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Feng J, Zhang SW, Chen L, Xia J. Alzheimer’s disease classification using features extracted from nonsubsampled contourlet subband-based individual networks. Neurocomputing 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2020.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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van der Kall LM, Truong T, Burnham SC, Doré V, Mulligan RS, Bozinovski S, Lamb F, Bourgeat P, Fripp J, Schultz S, Lim YY, Laws SM, Ames D, Fowler C, Rainey-Smith SR, Martins RN, Salvado O, Robertson J, Maruff P, Masters CL, Villemagne VL, Rowe CC. Association of β-Amyloid Level, Clinical Progression, and Longitudinal Cognitive Change in Normal Older Individuals. Neurology 2020; 96:e662-e670. [PMID: 33184233 PMCID: PMC7884996 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000011222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of β-amyloid (Aβ) level on progression risk to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia and longitudinal cognitive change in cognitively normal (CN) older individuals. METHODS All CN from the Australian Imaging Biomarkers and Lifestyle study with Aβ PET and ≥3 years follow-up were included (n = 534; age 72 ± 6 years; 27% Aβ positive; follow-up 5.3 ± 1.7 years). Aβ level was divided using the standardized 0-100 Centiloid scale: <15 CL negative, 15-25 CL uncertain, 26-50 CL moderate, 51-100 CL high, >100 CL very high, noting >25 CL approximates a positive scan. Cox proportional hazards analysis and linear mixed effect models were used to assess risk of progression and cognitive decline. RESULTS Aβ levels in 63% were negative, 10% uncertain, 10% moderate, 14% high, and 3% very high. Fifty-seven (11%) progressed to MCI or dementia. Compared to negative Aβ, the hazard ratio for progression for moderate Aβ was 3.2 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.3-7.6; p < 0.05), for high was 7.0 (95% CI 3.7-13.3; p < 0.001), and for very high was 11.4 (95% CI 5.1-25.8; p < 0.001). Decline in cognitive composite score was minimal in the moderate group (-0.02 SD/year, p = 0.05), while the high and very high declined substantially (high -0.08 SD/year, p < 0.001; very high -0.35 SD/year, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION The risk of MCI or dementia over 5 years in older CN is related to Aβ level on PET, 5% if negative vs 25% if positive but ranging from 12% if 26-50 CL to 28% if 51-100 CL and 50% if >100 CL. This information may be useful for dementia risk counseling and aid design of preclinical AD trials.
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- Laura M van der Kall
- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO
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- From Austin Health (L.M.v.d.K., T.T., V.D., R.S.M., S.B., F.L., S.S., V.L.V., C.C.R.); CSIRO (S.C.B., V.D.), Melbourne; CSIRO (P.B., J.F., O.S.), Brisbane; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (Y.Y.L., C.F., J.R., P.M., C.L.M.), Melbourne; University of Melbourne (T.T., D.A., C.L.M., V.L.V., C.C.R.); Edith Cowan University (S.M.L., S.R.R.-S., R.N.M.), Perth, Australia; and Washington University (S.S.), St. Louis, MO.
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Burnham SC, Laws SM, Budgeon CA, Doré V, Porter T, Bourgeat P, Buckley RF, Murray K, Ellis KA, Turlach BA, Salvado O, Ames D, Martins RN, Rentz D, Masters CL, Rowe CC, Villemagne VL. Impact of APOE-ε4 carriage on the onset and rates of neocortical Aβ-amyloid deposition. Neurobiol Aging 2020; 95:46-55. [PMID: 32750666 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Neocortical Aβ-amyloid deposition, one of the hallmark pathologic features of Alzheimer's disease (AD), begins decades prior to the presence of clinical symptoms. As clinical trials move to secondary and even primary prevention, understanding the rates of neocortical Aβ-amyloid deposition and the age at which Aβ-amyloid deposition becomes abnormal is crucial for optimizing the timing of these trials. As APOE-ε4 carriage is thought to modulate the age of clinical onset, it is also important to understand the impact of APOE-ε4 carriage on the age at which the neocortical Aβ-amyloid deposition becomes abnormal. Here, we show that, for 455 participants with over 3 years of follow-up, abnormal levels of neocortical Aβ-amyloid were reached on average at age 72 (66.5-77.1). The APOE-ε4 carriers reached abnormal levels earlier at age 63 (59.6-70.3); however, noncarriers reached the threshold later at age 78 (76.1-84.4). No differences in the rates of deposition were observed between APOE-ε4 carriers and noncarriers after abnormal Aβ-amyloid levels had been reached. These results suggest that primary and secondary prevention trials, looking to recruit at the earliest stages of disease, should target APOE-ε4 carriers between the ages of 60 and 66 and noncarriers between the ages of 76 and 84.
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- Samantha C Burnham
- eHealth, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research & Care, School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.
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- Collaborative Genomics Group, Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research & Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia; School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia; Cooperative Research Centre for Mental Health, http://www.mentalhealthcrc.com, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Applied Statistics, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia; eHealth, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Floreat, Western Australia, Australia
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- eHealth, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Herston, Queensland, Australia; Department of Nuclear Medicine and Centre for PET, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- Collaborative Genomics Group, Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research & Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia; Cooperative Research Centre for Mental Health, http://www.mentalhealthcrc.com, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- eHealth, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Applied Statistics, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- eHealth, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Herston, Queensland, Australia; Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- University of Melbourne Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, St George's Hospital, Kew, Victoria, Australia; National Ageing Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research & Care, School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging & Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging & Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
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Burnham SC, Fandos N, Fowler C, Pérez-Grijalba V, Dore V, Doecke JD, Shishegar R, Cox T, Fripp J, Rowe C, Sarasa M, Masters CL, Pesini P, Villemagne VL. Longitudinal evaluation of the natural history of amyloid-β in plasma and brain. Brain Commun 2020; 2:fcaa041. [PMID: 32954297 PMCID: PMC7425352 DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaa041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Plasma amyloid-β peptide concentration has recently been shown to have high accuracy to predict amyloid-β plaque burden in the brain. These amyloid-β plasma markers will allow wider screening of the population and simplify and reduce screening costs for therapeutic trials in Alzheimer's disease. The aim of this study was to determine how longitudinal changes in blood amyloid-β track with changes in brain amyloid-β. Australian Imaging, Biomarker and Lifestyle study participants with a minimum of two assessments were evaluated (111 cognitively normal, 7 mild cognitively impaired, 15 participants with Alzheimer's disease). Amyloid-β burden in the brain was evaluated through PET and was expressed in Centiloids. Total protein amyloid-β 42/40 plasma ratios were determined using ABtest® assays. We applied our method for obtaining natural history trajectories from short term data to measures of total protein amyloid-β 42/40 plasma ratios and PET amyloid-β. The natural history trajectory of total protein amyloid-β 42/40 plasma ratios appears to approximately mirror that of PET amyloid-β, with both spanning decades. Rates of change of 7.9% and 8.8%, were observed for total protein amyloid-β 42/40 plasma ratios and PET amyloid-β, respectively. The trajectory of plasma amyloid-β preceded that of brain amyloid-β by a median value of 6 years (significant at 88% confidence interval). These findings, showing the tight association between changes in plasma and brain amyloid-β, support the use of plasma total protein amyloid-β 42/40 plasma ratios as a surrogate marker of brain amyloid-β. Also, that plasma total protein amyloid-β 42/40 plasma ratios has potential utility in monitoring trial participants, and as an outcome measure.
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- Samantha C Burnham
- The Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
- Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Care, School of Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- The Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
- Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
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- The Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Herston 4029, Australia
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- The Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- The Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- The Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Herston 4029, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
- Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
- Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, Australia
- Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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Su L, Huang Y, Wang Y, Rowe J, O'Brien J. Predict Disease Progression With Reaction Rate Equation Modeling of Multimodal MRI and PET. Front Aging Neurosci 2018; 10:306. [PMID: 30349473 PMCID: PMC6187250 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Neurodegenerative dementia often has multiple types of underlying pathology, for example, beta-amyloid, misfolded tau, chronic neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration may coexist in Alzheimer’s disease. However, the relationship between them is often unclear, in other words, whether one pathology is upstream or downstream of others can be very difficult to investigate directly. This is partly because the underlying pathology in dementia may precede detectable symptoms by several years if not decades. The time scale associated with disease progression in dementia generally exceeds that in conventional longitudinal imaging studies in humans, so it is difficult to directly observe the temporal ordering of different pathologies. Also, animal studies are not always transferable to patients due to obvious differences between the two systems. To investigate the disease progression and relationships among underlying pathological changes, we propose a novel computational modeling approach for multimodal MRI and PET inspired by reaction rate equation in chemical kinetics. We also discuss the possibility and prerequisites to use cross-sectional data to generate preliminary hypothesis for future longitudinal studies. It has been shown that the rate of change in some biomarkers can be approximated by the average trajectory across patients at different stages of disease severity in cross-sectional studies. The relationship modeled in our approach is akin to that in the control theory, and can be assessed by demonstrating that the presence of one disease related biomarker predicts dynamics in another. We argue that the proposed framework has important implications for trials targeting different pathologies in dementia.
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- Li Su
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.,China-UK Centre for Cognition and Ageing Research, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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