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Holmes R, Duan H, Bagley O, Wu D, Loika Y, Kulminski A, Yashin A, Arbeev K, Ukraintseva S. How are APOE4, changes in body weight, and longevity related? Insights from a causal mediation analysis. FRONTIERS IN AGING 2024; 5:1359202. [PMID: 38496317 PMCID: PMC10941013 DOI: 10.3389/fragi.2024.1359202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
Abstract
The ε4 allele of the APOE gene (APOE4) is known for its negative association with human longevity; however, the mechanism is unclear. APOE4 is also linked to changes in body weight, and the latter changes were associated with survival in some studies. Here, we explore the role of aging changes in weight in the connection between APOE4 and longevity using the causal mediation analysis (CMA) approach to uncover the mechanisms of genetic associations. Using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) data, we tested a hypothesis of whether the association of APOE4 with reduced survival to age 85+ is mediated by key characteristics of age trajectories of weight, such as the age at reaching peak values and the slope of the decline in weight afterward. Mediation effects were evaluated by the total effect (TE), natural indirect effect, and percentage mediated. The controlled direct effect and natural direct effect are also reported. The CMA results suggest that APOE4 carriers have 19%-22% (TE p = 0.020-0.039) lower chances of surviving to age 85 and beyond, in part, because they reach peak values of weight at younger ages, and their weight declines faster afterward compared to non-carriers. This finding is in line with the idea that the detrimental effect of APOE4 on longevity is, in part, related to the accelerated physical aging of ε4 carriers.
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- Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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Pirraglia E, Glodzik L, Shao Y. Lower mortality risk in APOE4 carriers with normal cognitive ageing. Sci Rep 2023; 13:15089. [PMID: 37699966 PMCID: PMC10497512 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-41078-5] [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: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023] Open
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Abnormal cognitive ageing, including dementia, poses serious challenges to health and social systems in ageing populations. As such, characterizing factors associated with abnormal cognitive ageing and developing needed preventive measures are of great importance. The ε4 allele of the Apolipoprotein E gene (APOE4) is a well-known genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease. APOE4 carriers are also at elevated risk of cardiovascular diseases which are associated with increased risk of cognitive impairment. On the other hand, APOE4 is known to be associated with reduced risk of multiple common types of cancer-a major age-related disease and leading cause of mortality. We conducted the first-ever study of APOE4's opposing effects on cognitive decline and mortality using competing risk models considering two types of death-death with high-amounts versus low-amounts of autopsy-assessed Alzheimer's neuropathology. We observed that APOE4 was associated with decreased mortality risk in people who died with low amounts of Alzheimer's-type neuropathology, but APOE4 was associated with increased mortality risk in people who died with high amounts of Alzheimer's-type neuropathology, a major risk factor of cognitive impairment. Possible preventive measures of abnormal cognitive ageing are also discussed.
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- Elizabeth Pirraglia
- Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, Brain Health Imaging Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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Gan C, Zhang Y, Liang F, Guo X, Zhong Z. Effects of APOE gene ε4 allele on serum lipid profiles and risk of cardiovascular disease and tumorigenesis in southern Chinese population. World J Surg Oncol 2022; 20:280. [PMID: 36057714 PMCID: PMC9440530 DOI: 10.1186/s12957-022-02748-2] [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: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Human apolipoprotein E (APOE) polymorphisms are attributable to the presence of three common alleles, namely, ε2, ε3, and ε4, which generate six genotypes, viz, E2/E2, E2/E3, E3/E3, E3/E4, E4/E4, and E2/E4. APOE polymorphisms are associated with all types of tumors and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). However, the relationship between the type of APOE polymorphisms and tumorigenesis remains debatable. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the role of APOE polymorphisms on the tumor with or without CVD in southern China. Methods A total of 1438 participants were categorized into 4 groups: 409 patients with tumor, 369 patients with CVD, 338 patients with both tumor and CVD, and 322 controls. APOE polymorphisms were determined by genotyping assay. The factors influencing tumor patients with or without CVD were also analyzed by logistic regression analysis. Results The present study involved different types of solid tumors. Lung cancer was the most common cancer (20.2%, 151/747), followed by colorectal (17%, 127/747), esophageal (9.8%, 73/747), and liver (8.7%, 65/747) cancers. E3/E3 was the most frequent genotype, and ɛ3 was the greatest allele frequency in our study population. The frequencies of the E3/E3, E3/E4, E2/E3, E2/E4, E4/E4, and E2/E2 genotypes in tumor patients were 76.97% (575/747), 14.19% (106/747), 6.83% (51/747), 1.2% (9/747), 0.4% (3/747), and 0.4% (3/747), respectively. Tumor patients carrying ε3 with or without CVD showed higher levels of TG, TC, and LDL-C and lower levels of HDL-C compared to the controls carrying ε3. On the other hand, the tumor patients carrying ε4 with or without CVD showed higher levels of TG and LDL-C and lower levels of HDL-C (all P < 0.05). The frequency of APOE ε4 allele and the E3/E4 genotype was relatively greater in tumor or CVD patients (P < 0.001). In addition, ε4 allele acted as an independent risk factor for tumor patients group (P = 0.037, adjusted OR = 1.92, 95% CI 1.04–3.55) and tumor + CVD patients group (P = 0.012, adjusted OR = 2.53, 95% CI 1.22–5.23). Conclusions Individuals carrying ε4 are at a higher risk of tumor with or without CVD, and APOE polymorphisms affect the serum lipid profiles.
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- Caiyan Gan
- Center for Precision Medicine, Meizhou People's Hospital, Meizhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine and Clinical Translational Research of Hakka Population, Meizhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Engineering and Technological Research Center for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Meizhou, China
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Meizhou People's Hospital, Meizhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine and Clinical Translational Research of Hakka Population, Meizhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Engineering and Technological Research Center for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Meizhou, China
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- Data Center, Meizhou People's Hospital, Meizhou, China
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Meizhou People's Hospital, Meizhou, China. .,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine and Clinical Translational Research of Hakka Population, Meizhou, China. .,Guangdong Provincial Engineering and Technological Research Center for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Meizhou, China.
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- Center for Precision Medicine, Meizhou People's Hospital, Meizhou, China. .,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine and Clinical Translational Research of Hakka Population, Meizhou, China. .,Guangdong Provincial Engineering and Technological Research Center for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Meizhou, China.
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Thrush KL, Bennett DA, Gaiteri C, Horvath S, van Dyck CH, Higgins-Chen AT, Levine ME. Aging the brain: multi-region methylation principal component based clock in the context of Alzheimer's disease. Aging (Albany NY) 2022; 14:5641-5668. [PMID: 35907208 PMCID: PMC9365556 DOI: 10.18632/aging.204196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk increases exponentially with age and is associated with multiple molecular hallmarks of aging, one of which is epigenetic alterations. Epigenetic age predictors based on 5' cytosine methylation (DNAm), or epigenetic clocks, have previously suggested that epigenetic age acceleration may occur in AD brain tissue. Epigenetic clocks are promising tools for the quantification of biological aging, yet we hypothesize that investigation of brain aging in AD will be assisted by the development of brain-specific epigenetic clocks. Therefore, we generated a novel age predictor termed PCBrainAge that was trained solely in cortical samples. This predictor utilizes a combination of principal components analysis and regularized regression, which reduces technical noise and greatly improves test-retest reliability. To characterize the scope of PCBrainAge's utility, we generated DNAm data from multiple brain regions in a sample from the Religious Orders Study and Rush Memory and Aging Project. PCBrainAge captures meaningful heterogeneity of aging: Its acceleration demonstrates stronger associations with clinical AD dementia, pathologic AD, and APOE ε4 carrier status compared to extant epigenetic age predictors. It further does so across multiple cortical and subcortical regions. Overall, PCBrainAge's increased reliability and specificity makes it a particularly promising tool for investigating heterogeneity in brain aging, as well as epigenetic alterations underlying AD risk and resilience.
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- Kyra L. Thrush
- Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
- Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
- Altos Labs, San Diego Institute of Science, San Diego, CA 92114, USA
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Brenowitz WD, Zimmerman SC, Filshtein TJ, Yaffe K, Walter S, Hoffmann TJ, Jorgenson E, Whitmer RA, Glymour MM. Extension of Mendelian Randomization to Identify Earliest Manifestations of Alzheimer Disease: Association of Genetic Risk Score for Alzheimer Disease With Lower Body Mass Index by Age 50 Years. Am J Epidemiol 2021; 190:2163-2171. [PMID: 33843952 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwab103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Weight loss or lower body mass index (BMI) could be an early symptom of Alzheimer disease (AD), but when this begins to emerge is difficult to estimate with traditional observational data. In an extension of Mendelian randomization, we leveraged variation in genetic risk for late-onset AD risk to estimate the causal effect of AD on BMI and the earliest ages at which AD-related weight loss (or lower BMI as a proxy) occurs. We studied UK Biobank participants enrolled in 2006-2010, who were without dementia, aged 39-73, with European genetic ancestry. BMI was calculated with measured height/weight (weight (kg)/height (m)2). An AD genetic risk score (AD-GRS) was calculated based on 23 genetic variants. Using linear regressions, we tested the association of AD-GRS with BMI, stratified by decade, and calculated the age of divergence in BMI trends between low and high AD-GRS. AD-GRS was not associated with BMI in 39- to 49-year-olds (β = 0.00, 95% confidence interval (CI): -0.03, 0.03). AD-GRS was associated with lower BMI in 50- to 59-year-olds (β = -0.03, 95% CI: -0.06, -0.01) and 60- to 73-year-olds (β = -0.09, 95% CI:-0.12, -0.07). Model-based BMI age curves for high versus low AD-GRS began to diverge after age 47 years. Sensitivity analyses found no evidence for pleiotropy or survival bias. Longitudinal replication is needed; however, our findings suggest that AD genes might begin to reduce BMI decades prior to dementia diagnosis.
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Dungan JR, Qin X, Hurdle M, Haynes CS, Hauser ER, Kraus WE. Genome-Wide Variants Associated With Longitudinal Survival Outcomes Among Individuals With Coronary Artery Disease. Front Genet 2021; 12:661497. [PMID: 34140969 PMCID: PMC8204081 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.661497] [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: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Objective Coronary artery disease (CAD) is an age-associated condition that greatly increases the risk of mortality. The purpose of this study was to identify gene variants associated with all-cause mortality among individuals with clinically phenotyped CAD using a genome-wide screening approach. Approach and Results We performed discovery (n = 684), replication (n = 1,088), and meta-analyses (N = 1,503) for association of genomic variants with survival outcome using secondary data from White participants with CAD from two GWAS sub-studies of the Duke Catheterization Genetics Biorepository. We modeled time from catheterization to death or last follow-up (median 7.1 years, max 12 years) using Cox multivariable regression analysis. Target statistical screening thresholds were p × 10–8 for the discovery phase and Bonferroni-calculated p-values for the replication (p < 5.3 × 10–4) and meta-analysis (p < 1.6 × 10–3) phases. Genome-wide analysis of 785,945 autosomal SNPs revealed two SNPs (rs13007553 and rs587936) that had the same direction of effect across all three phases of the analysis, with suggestive p-value association in discovery and replication and significant meta-analysis association in models adjusted for clinical covariates. The rs13007553 SNP variant, LINC01250, which resides between MYTIL and EIPR1, conferred increased risk for all-cause mortality even after controlling for clinical covariates [HR 1.47, 95% CI 1.17–1.86, p(adj) = 1.07 × 10–3 (discovery), p(adj) = 0.03 (replication), p(adj) = 9.53 × 10–5 (meta-analysis)]. MYT1L is involved in neuronal differentiation. TSSC1 is involved in endosomal recycling and is implicated in breast cancer. The rs587936 variant annotated to DAB2IP was associated with increased survival time [HR 0.65, 95% CI 0.51–0.83, p(adj) = 4.79 × 10–4 (discovery), p(adj) = 0.02 (replication), p(adj) = 2.25 × 10–5 (meta-analysis)]. DAB2IP is a ras/GAP tumor suppressor gene which is highly expressed in vascular tissue. DAB2IP has multiple lines of evidence for protection against atherosclerosis. Conclusion Replicated findings identified two candidate genes for further study regarding association with survival in high-risk CAD patients: novel loci LINC01250 (rs13007553) and biologically relevant candidate DAB2IP (rs587936). These candidates did not overlap with validated longevity candidate genes. Future research could further define the role of common variants in survival outcomes for people with CAD and, ultimately, improve longitudinal outcomes for these patients.
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- Jennifer R Dungan
- Division of Healthcare in Adult Populations, School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- School of Medicine, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- School of Medicine, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- School of Medicine, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- School of Medicine, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.,Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States.,Cooperative Studies Program Epidemiology Center, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
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- School of Medicine, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.,Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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Vivian L, Bruscato NM, Werle BM, de Carli W, Soares RAG, Santos PCDL, Moriguchi EH. Association of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and APOE Polymorphism with Mortality in the Oldest Old: A 21-Year Cohort Study. Arq Bras Cardiol 2020; 115:873-881. [PMID: 32876203 PMCID: PMC8452209 DOI: 10.36660/abc.20190263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Revised: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Knowledge of environmental and genetic factors for healthy aging in elderly people is controversial. In addition to this evidence, few studies have been designed for this population. OBJECTIVES To investigate the relationship between the most frequent apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotypes and mortality in very elderly individuals living in a community and to evaluate survival according to cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS A sample of 74 elderly individuals aged ≥ 80 years, from the Veranópolis Project cohort, was selected for APOE genotyping. At baseline, anthropometric variables, glucose and lipid levels, blood pressure, and lifestyle variables (smoking, alcohol consumption, and physical activity) were collected. The Bayer Activities of Daily Living Scale was applied to their caregivers. Total study follow-up was 21 years. Two-sided p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS There was no association between APOE genotypes and mortality. However, the risk of death in elderly smokers was 2.30 times higher (hazard ratio [HR], 95% CI 1.01 to 5.24); in individuals with diabetes, it was 3.95 times higher (HR, 95% CI 1.27 to 12.30) than in individuals without diabetes. Subjects who practiced vigorous physical activity had a 51% reduction in risk of death (HR = 0.49, 95% CI 0.27 to 0.88). For an increase of 1 mmHg in systolic blood pressure, there was a 2% reduction (HR = 0.98, 95% CI 0.97 to 0.99) in risk of death. CONCLUSION In this sample population, APOE genotypes were not associated with mortality. However, classic cardiovascular risk factors may be important for overall mortality in the very elderly.
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- Lilian Vivian
- Hospital Comunitário São Peregrino LazzioziAssociação Veranense de Assistência em SaúdeVeranópolisRSBrasilHospital Comunitário São Peregrino Lazziozi, Associação Veranense de Assistência em Saúde (AVAES), Veranópolis, RS - Brasil
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- Hospital Comunitário São Peregrino LazzioziAssociação Veranense de Assistência em SaúdeVeranópolisRSBrasilHospital Comunitário São Peregrino Lazziozi, Associação Veranense de Assistência em Saúde (AVAES), Veranópolis, RS - Brasil
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- Hospital Comunitário São Peregrino LazzioziAssociação Veranense de Assistência em SaúdeVeranópolisRSBrasilHospital Comunitário São Peregrino Lazziozi, Associação Veranense de Assistência em Saúde (AVAES), Veranópolis, RS - Brasil
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- Hospital Comunitário São Peregrino LazzioziAssociação Veranense de Assistência em SaúdeVeranópolisRSBrasilHospital Comunitário São Peregrino Lazziozi, Associação Veranense de Assistência em Saúde (AVAES), Veranópolis, RS - Brasil
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- Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São PauloInstituto do Coração (InCor)Laboratório de Genética e Cardiologia MolecularSão PauloSPBrasilLaboratório de Genética e Cardiologia Molecular, Instituto do Coração (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo (HC/FMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São PauloInstituto do Coração (InCor)Laboratório de Genética e Cardiologia MolecularSão PauloSPBrasilLaboratório de Genética e Cardiologia Molecular, Instituto do Coração (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo (HC/FMUSP), São Paulo, SP - Brasil
- Universidade Federal de São PauloEscola Paulista de MedicinaDepartamento de FarmacologiaSão PauloSPBrasilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina - Departamento de Farmacologia, São Paulo, SP - Brasil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulMedicina InternaPorto AlegreRSBrasilUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Medicina Interna, Porto Alegre, RS- Brasil
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Sidaraite A, Vilkeviciute A, Glebauskiene B, Kriauciuniene L, Zaliuniene D, Liutkeviciene R. Association of ApoE haplotype with clinical evidence of pituitary adenoma. Gene 2019; 706:154-161. [PMID: 31054363 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.04.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Revised: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the association of the presence, invasiveness, hormonal activity and recurrence of pituitary adenoma (PA) with ApoE genotypes and alleles. MATERIALS AND METHODS Our study group included 142 patients with PA and the control group included 256 healthy individuals. The genotyping of ApoE (rs7412 and rs429358) was performed using a real-time PCR method. RESULTS After statistical analysis we found that ApoE genotype E2/E3 was associated with 2.6-fold increased odds of active PA (OR = 2.609; 95%CI: 1.380-4.932; p = 0.003), while the presence of ApoE E3/E3 decreased odds of active PA by 65% (OR = 0.343; 95%CI: 0.205-0.575; p < 0.001). The frequency of the allele ε3 was lesser in the PA group (74.3% vs. 83%, p = 0.003) when compared to controls but it was statistically significantly more frequent in the invasive PA than in the noninvasive PA subgroup (80.4% vs. 65.5%, p = 0.005). The ApoE E2/E4 genotype was more frequent in the noninvasive PA subgroup (10.3% vs. 0%, p = 0.003) than in the invasive PA subgroup. The ApoE E4/E4 genotype was more frequent in the recurrent than in the non-recurrent PA subgroup (6.6% vs. 0%, p = 0.006). No associations between ApoE polymorphisms and Ki-67 labelling index were found. CONCLUSION The ApoE E2/E3 genotype is associated with the presence of PA while the ApoE genotype E2/E4 is associated with noninvasive PA development. The allele ε3 could possibly have a protective effect against PA. The genotype E4/E4 is associated with the development of recurrent PA.
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- Agne Sidaraite
- Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy, Eiveniu 2, Kaunas LT-50161, Lithuania.
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- Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy, Eiveniu 2, Kaunas LT-50161, Lithuania
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy, Eiveniu 2, Kaunas LT-50161, Lithuania
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- Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy, Eiveniu 2, Kaunas LT-50161, Lithuania; Department of Ophthalmology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy, Eiveniu 2, Kaunas LT-50161, Lithuania
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy, Eiveniu 2, Kaunas LT-50161, Lithuania
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- Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy, Eiveniu 2, Kaunas LT-50161, Lithuania; Department of Ophthalmology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Medical Academy, Eiveniu 2, Kaunas LT-50161, Lithuania
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Aramillo Irizar P, Schäuble S, Esser D, Groth M, Frahm C, Priebe S, Baumgart M, Hartmann N, Marthandan S, Menzel U, Müller J, Schmidt S, Ast V, Caliebe A, König R, Krawczak M, Ristow M, Schuster S, Cellerino A, Diekmann S, Englert C, Hemmerich P, Sühnel J, Guthke R, Witte OW, Platzer M, Ruppin E, Kaleta C. Transcriptomic alterations during ageing reflect the shift from cancer to degenerative diseases in the elderly. Nat Commun 2018; 9:327. [PMID: 29382830 PMCID: PMC5790807 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02395-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Disease epidemiology during ageing shows a transition from cancer to degenerative chronic disorders as dominant contributors to mortality in the old. Nevertheless, it has remained unclear to what extent molecular signatures of ageing reflect this phenomenon. Here we report on the identification of a conserved transcriptomic signature of ageing based on gene expression data from four vertebrate species across four tissues. We find that ageing-associated transcriptomic changes follow trajectories similar to the transcriptional alterations observed in degenerative ageing diseases but are in opposite direction to the transcriptomic alterations observed in cancer. We confirm the existence of a similar antagonism on the genomic level, where a majority of shared risk alleles which increase the risk of cancer decrease the risk of chronic degenerative disorders and vice versa. These results reveal a fundamental trade-off between cancer and degenerative ageing diseases that sheds light on the pronounced shift in their epidemiology during ageing. Ageing is associated with a pronounced shift in mortality from cancer to degenerative diseases. Here, the authors show that in concordance with this shift, conserved transcriptional alterations during ageing across four vertebrates align with degenerative diseases but are opposite to those in cancer.
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- Peer Aramillo Irizar
- Research Group Medical Systems Biology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, D-24105, Kiel, Germany
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- Jena University Language and Information Engineering Lab, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, D-07743, Jena, Germany.,GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- Research Group Medical Systems Biology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, D-24105, Kiel, Germany
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Genome Analysis Lab, Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz-Lipmann-Institute, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Hans Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, D-07747, Jena, Germany
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Systems Biology and Bioinformatics Group, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology-Hans-Knöll-Institute, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Biology of Ageing Lab, Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz-Lipmann-Institute, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Molecular Genetics Lab, Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz-Lipmann-Institute, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Imageing Facility, Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz-Lipmann-Institute, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Systems Biology and Bioinformatics Group, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology-Hans-Knöll-Institute, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- Hans Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, D-07747, Jena, Germany
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Hans Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, D-07747, Jena, Germany
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- Integrated Research and Treatment Center, Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Jena University Hospital, D-07747, Jena, Germany.,Network Modeling, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology-Hans Knöll Institute, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics and Statistics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, D-24105, Kiel, Germany
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- Integrated Research and Treatment Center, Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), Jena University Hospital, D-07747, Jena, Germany.,Network Modeling, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology-Hans Knöll Institute, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics and Statistics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, D-24105, Kiel, Germany
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Energy Metabolism Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Schwerzenbach/Zürich, CH-8603, Switzerland
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Department of Bioinformatics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, D-07743, Jena, Germany
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Biology of Ageing Lab, Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz-Lipmann-Institute, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Laboratory of Neurobiology, Scuola Normale Superiore, University of Pisa, I-56100, Pisa, Italy
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Molecular Biology Lab, Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz-Lipmann-Institute, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Molecular Genetics Lab, Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz-Lipmann-Institute, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Faculty of Biology and Pharmacy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, D-07743, Jena, Germany
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Imageing Facility, Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz-Lipmann-Institute, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Biocomputing Lab, Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz-Lipmann-Institute, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Systems Biology and Bioinformatics Group, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology-Hans-Knöll-Institute, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Hans Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, D-07747, Jena, Germany
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- GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.,Genome Analysis Lab, Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz-Lipmann-Institute, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Computer Science and Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- Research Group Medical Systems Biology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, D-24105, Kiel, Germany. .,GerontoSys JenAge Consortium, D-07745, Jena, Germany.
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van Exel E, Koopman JJE, van Bodegom D, Meij JJ, de Knijff P, Ziem JB, Finch CE, Westendorp RGJ. Effect of APOE ε4 allele on survival and fertility in an adverse environment. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0179497. [PMID: 28683096 PMCID: PMC5500260 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background The apolipoprotein-ε4 allele (APOE-ε4) is strongly associated with detrimental outcomes in affluent populations including atherosclerotic disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and reduced lifespan. Despite these detrimental outcomes, population frequencies of APOE-ε4 are high. We hypothesize that the high frequency of APOE-ε4 was maintained because of beneficial effects during evolution when infectious pathogens were more prevalent and a major cause of mortality. We examined a rural Ghanaian population with a high pathogen exposure for selective advantages of APOE-ε4, to survival and or fertility. Methods and findings This rural Ghanaian population (n = 4311) has high levels of mortality from widespread infectious diseases which are the main cause of death. We examined whether APOE-ε4 was associated with survival (total follow-up time was 30,262 years) and fertility after stratifying by exposure to high or low pathogen levels. Households drawing water from open wells and rivers were classified as exposed to high pathogen levels while low pathogen exposure was classified as those drawing water from borehole wells. We found a non-significant, but positive survival benefit, i.e. the hazard ratio per APOE-ε4 allele was 0.80 (95% confidence interval: 0.69 to 1.05), adjusted for sex, tribe, and socioeconomic status. Among women aged 40 years and older (n = 842), APOE-ε4 was not associated with the lifetime number of children. However, APOE-ε4 was associated with higher fertility in women exposed to high pathogen levels. Compared with women not carrying an APOE-ε4 allele, those carrying one APOE-ε4 allele had on average one more child and those carrying two APOE-ε4 alleles had 3.5 more children (p = 0.018). Conclusions Contrary to affluent modern-day populations, APOE-ε4 did not carry a survival disadvantage in this rural Ghanaian population. Moreover, APOE-ε4 promotes fertility in highly infectious environments. Our findings suggest that APOE-ε4 may be considered as evolutionarily adaptive. Its adverse associations in affluent modern populations with later onset diseases of aging further characterize APOE-ε4 as an example of antagonistic pleiotropy.
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- Eric van Exel
- Department of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center/GGZinGeest, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- * E-mail:
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- Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- University of Melbourne, Melbourne Academic Center of Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
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- Davis School of Gerontology and Dornsife College, Dept Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Department of Public Health, and Center for Healthy Ageing, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Dungan JR, Qin X, Horne BD, Carlquist JF, Singh A, Hurdle M, Grass E, Haynes C, Gregory SG, Shah SH, Hauser ER, Kraus WE. Case-Only Survival Analysis Reveals Unique Effects of Genotype, Sex, and Coronary Disease Severity on Survivorship. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0154856. [PMID: 27187494 PMCID: PMC4871369 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Survival bias may unduly impact genetic association with complex diseases; gene-specific survival effects may further complicate such investigations. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a complex phenotype for which little is understood about gene-specific survival effects; yet, such information can offer insight into refining genetic associations, improving replications, and can provide candidate genes for both mortality risk and improved survivorship in CAD. Building on our previous work, the purpose of this current study was to: evaluate LSAMP SNP-specific hazards for all-cause mortality post-catheterization in a larger cohort of our CAD cases; and, perform additional replication in an independent dataset. We examined two LSAMP SNPs—rs1462845 and rs6788787—using CAD case-only Cox proportional hazards regression for additive genetic effects, censored on time-to-all-cause mortality or last follow-up among Caucasian subjects from the Catheterization Genetics Study (CATHGEN; n = 2,224) and the Intermountain Heart Collaborative Study (IMHC; n = 3,008). Only after controlling for age, sex, body mass index, histories of smoking, type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia and hypertension (HR = 1.11, 95%CI = 1.01–1.22, p = 0.032), rs1462845 conferred significantly increased hazards of all-cause mortality among CAD cases. Even after controlling for multiple covariates, but in only the primary cohort, rs6788787 conferred significantly improved survival (HR = 0.80, 95% CI = 0.69–0.92, p = 0.002). Post-hoc analyses further stratifying by sex and disease severity revealed replicated effects for rs1462845: even after adjusting for aforementioned covariates and coronary interventional procedures, males with severe burden of CAD had significantly amplified hazards of death with the minor variant of rs1462845 in both cohorts (HR = 1.29, 95% CI = 1.08–1.55, p = 0.00456; replication HR = 1.25, 95% CI = 1.05–1.49, p = 0.013). Kaplan-Meier curves revealed unique cohort-specific genotype effects on survival. Additional analyses demonstrated that the homozygous risk genotype (‘A/A’) fully explained the increased hazard in both cohorts. None of the post-hoc analyses in control subjects were significant for any model. This suggests that genetic effects of rs1462845 on survival are unique to CAD presence. This represents formal, replicated evidence of genetic contribution of rs1462845 to increased risk for all-cause mortality; the contribution is unique to CAD case status and specific to males with severe burden of CAD.
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- Jennifer R. Dungan
- Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC, United States of America
- * E-mail:
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- Duke University Department of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America
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- Intermountain Heart Institute, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America
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- Intermountain Heart Institute, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America
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- Behavioral Medicine Research Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States of America
- Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States of America
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- Duke University Department of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America
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- Duke University Department of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America
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- Duke University Department of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America
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- Duke University Department of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America
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- Duke University Department of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America
- Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States of America
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- Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States of America
- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States of America
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- Duke University Department of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America
- Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States of America
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Kulminski AM, Arbeev KG, Culminskaya I, Ukraintseva SV, Stallard E, Province MA, Yashin AI. Trade-offs in the effects of the apolipoprotein E polymorphism on risks of diseases of the heart, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders: insights on mechanisms from the Long Life Family Study. Rejuvenation Res 2016; 18:128-35. [PMID: 25482294 DOI: 10.1089/rej.2014.1616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The lack of evolutionary established mechanisms linking genes to age-related traits makes the problem of genetic susceptibility to health span inherently complex. One complicating factor is genetic trade-off. Here we focused on long-living participants of the Long Life Family Study (LLFS), their offspring, and spouses to: (1) Elucidate whether trade-offs in the effect of the apolipoprotein E e4 allele documented in the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) are a more general phenomenon, and (2) explore potential mechanisms generating age- and gender-specific trade-offs in the effect of the e4 allele on cancer, diseases of the heart, and neurodegenerative disorders assessed retrospectively in the LLFS populations. The e4 allele can diminish risks of cancer and diseases of the heart and confer risks of diseases of the heart in a sex-, age-, and LLFS-population-specific manner. A protective effect against cancer is seen in older long-living men and, potentially, their sons (>75 years, relative risk [RR]>75=0.48, p=0.086), which resembles our findings in the FHS. The protective effect against diseases of the heart is limited to long-living older men (RR>76=0.50, p=0.016), as well. A detrimental effect against diseases of the heart is characteristic for a normal LLFS population of male spouses and is specific for myocardial infarction (RR=3.07, p=2.1×10(-3)). These trade-offs are likely associated with two inherently different mechanisms, including disease-specific (detrimental; characteristic for a normal male population) and systemic, aging-related (protective; characteristic for older long-living men) mechanisms. The e4 allele confers risks of neurological disorders in men and women (RR=1.98, p=0.046). The results highlight the complex role of the e4 allele in genetic susceptibility to health span.
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Puzzling role of genetic risk factors in human longevity: "risk alleles" as pro-longevity variants. Biogerontology 2015; 17:109-27. [PMID: 26306600 PMCID: PMC4724477 DOI: 10.1007/s10522-015-9600-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Complex diseases are major contributors to human mortality in old age. Paradoxically, many genetic variants that have been associated with increased risks of such diseases are found in genomes of long-lived people, and do not seem to compromise longevity. Here we argue that trade-off-like and conditional effects of genes can play central role in this phenomenon and in determining longevity. Such effects may occur as result of: (i) antagonistic influence of gene on the development of different health disorders; (ii) change in the effect of gene on vulnerability to death with age (especially, from “bad” to “good”); (iii) gene–gene interaction; and (iv) gene–environment interaction, among other factors. A review of current knowledge provides many examples of genetic factors that may increase the risk of one disease but reduce chances of developing another serious health condition, or improve survival from it. Factors that may increase risk of a major disease but attenuate manifestation of physical senescence are also discussed. Overall, available evidence suggests that the influence of a genetic variant on longevity may be negative, neutral or positive, depending on a delicate balance of the detrimental and beneficial effects of such variant on multiple health and aging related traits. This balance may change with age, internal and external environments, and depend on genetic surrounding. We conclude that trade-off-like and conditional genetic effects are very common and may result in situations when a disease “risk allele” can also be a pro-longevity variant, depending on context. We emphasize importance of considering such effects in both aging research and disease prevention.
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Yashin AI, Arbeev KG, Arbeeva LS, Wu D, Akushevich I, Kovtun M, Yashkin A, Kulminski A, Culminskaya I, Stallard E, Li M, Ukraintseva SV. How the effects of aging and stresses of life are integrated in mortality rates: insights for genetic studies of human health and longevity. Biogerontology 2015; 17:89-107. [PMID: 26280653 DOI: 10.1007/s10522-015-9594-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 07/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Increasing proportions of elderly individuals in developed countries combined with substantial increases in related medical expenditures make the improvement of the health of the elderly a high priority today. If the process of aging by individuals is a major cause of age related health declines then postponing aging could be an efficient strategy for improving the health of the elderly. Implementing this strategy requires a better understanding of genetic and non-genetic connections among aging, health, and longevity. We review progress and problems in research areas whose development may contribute to analyses of such connections. These include genetic studies of human aging and longevity, the heterogeneity of populations with respect to their susceptibility to disease and death, forces that shape age patterns of human mortality, secular trends in mortality decline, and integrative mortality modeling using longitudinal data. The dynamic involvement of genetic factors in (i) morbidity/mortality risks, (ii) responses to stresses of life, (iii) multi-morbidities of many elderly individuals, (iv) trade-offs for diseases, (v) genetic heterogeneity, and (vi) other relevant aging-related health declines, underscores the need for a comprehensive, integrated approach to analyze the genetic connections for all of the above aspects of aging-related changes. The dynamic relationships among aging, health, and longevity traits would be better understood if one linked several research fields within one conceptual framework that allowed for efficient analyses of available longitudinal data using the wealth of available knowledge about aging, health, and longevity already accumulated in the research field.
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- Anatoliy I Yashin
- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. .,The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, 2024 W. Main Street, Room A102E, Durham, NC, 27705, USA.
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.,The Biodemography of Aging Research Unit, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, 2024 W. Main Street, Room A105, Durham, NC, 27705, USA
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Yang C, Tian G, Mi J, Wei X, Li X, Li X, Wang W, Wang B. Causal relevance of circulating high-density lipoprotein cholesterol with cancer: a Mendelian randomization meta-analysis. Sci Rep 2015; 5:9495. [PMID: 25820350 PMCID: PMC4377635 DOI: 10.1038/srep09495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
We summarized published data on the associations of apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene ε2/ε3/ε4 polymorphism with both cancer risk and circulating lipid profiles, aiming to examine the causal relevance between lipids and cancer risk. Article identification and data abstraction were conducted in duplicate and independently by two authors. Data were analyzed by STATA software. Twenty-five articles that examined the associations of APOE gene ε2/ε3/ε4 polymorphism with either cancer risk (n = 22) or circulating lipid changes (n = 4) were eligible. The presence of ε2 and ε4 alleles showed no overall associations with overall cancer risk when compared with ε3 allele. The ε4 allele was significantly associated with 1.40-fold (odds ratio or OR = 1.40; 95% confidence interval or CI: 1.00–1.94; P = 0.047) increased risk of developing cancer in Asian populations, and the presence of heterogeneity was low (I2 = 37.6%). Carriers of ε3/ε4 genotype had a significant reduction in circulating HDL-C (WMD = −2.62; 95% CI: −4.19 to −1.04; P = 0.001) without heterogeneity (I2 = 16.6%). The predicted odds of having cancer for 1 mg/dL reduction in circulating HDL-C was 1.14 (95% CI: 1.00 to 1.89). The findings of this Mendelian randomization meta-analysis demonstrate that reduced circulating HDL-C might be a potentially causal risk factor for the development of overall cancer in Asians.
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- Chunhua Yang
- Medicine and Pharmacy Research Center, Binzhou Medical University, Laishan District, Yantai, Shandong, China
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- Medicine and Pharmacy Research Center, Binzhou Medical University, Laishan District, Yantai, Shandong, China
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- Medicine and Pharmacy Research Center, Binzhou Medical University, Laishan District, Yantai, Shandong, China
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- Medicine and Pharmacy Research Center, Binzhou Medical University, Laishan District, Yantai, Shandong, China
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- Medicine and Pharmacy Research Center, Binzhou Medical University, Laishan District, Yantai, Shandong, China
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- Medicine and Pharmacy Research Center, Binzhou Medical University, Laishan District, Yantai, Shandong, China
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- Medicine and Pharmacy Research Center, Binzhou Medical University, Laishan District, Yantai, Shandong, China
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- Medicine and Pharmacy Research Center, Binzhou Medical University, Laishan District, Yantai, Shandong, China
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Arbeev KG, Akushevich I, Kulminski AM, Ukraintseva SV, Yashin AI. Biodemographic Analyses of Longitudinal Data on Aging, Health, and Longevity: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives. ADVANCES IN GERIATRICS 2015; 2014:957073. [PMID: 25590047 PMCID: PMC4290867 DOI: 10.1155/2014/957073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Biodemography became one of the most innovative and fastest growing areas in demography. This progress is fueled by the growing variability and amount of relevant data available for analyses as well as by methodological developments allowing for addressing new research questions using new approaches that can better utilize the potential of these data. In this review paper, we summarize recent methodological advances in biodemography and their diverse practical applications. Three major topics are covered: (1) computational approaches to reconstruction of age patterns of incidence of geriatric diseases and other characteristics such as recovery rates at the population level using Medicare claims data; (2) methodological advances in genetic and genomic biodemography and applications to research on genetic determinants of longevity and health; and (3) biodemographic models for joint analyses of time-to-event data and longitudinal measurements of biomarkers collected in longitudinal studies on aging. We discuss how such data and methodology can be used in a comprehensive prediction model for joint analyses of incomplete datasets that take into account the wide spectrum of factors affecting health and mortality transitions including genetic factors and hidden mechanisms of aging-related changes in physiological variables in their dynamic connection with health and survival.
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- Konstantin G Arbeev
- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Erwin Mill Building, 2024 W. Main Street, P.O. Box 90420, Durham, NC 27705, USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Erwin Mill Building, 2024 W. Main Street, P.O. Box 90420, Durham, NC 27705, USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Erwin Mill Building, 2024 W. Main Street, P.O. Box 90420, Durham, NC 27705, USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Erwin Mill Building, 2024 W. Main Street, P.O. Box 90420, Durham, NC 27705, USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Erwin Mill Building, 2024 W. Main Street, P.O. Box 90420, Durham, NC 27705, USA
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Corella D, Ordovás JM. Aging and cardiovascular diseases: the role of gene-diet interactions. Ageing Res Rev 2014; 18:53-73. [PMID: 25159268 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2014.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Revised: 08/15/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In the study of longevity, increasing importance is being placed on the concept of healthy aging rather than considering the total number of years lived. Although the concept of healthy lifespan needs to be defined better, we know that cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the main age-related diseases. Thus, controlling risk factors will contribute to reducing their incidence, leading to healthy lifespan. CVDs are complex diseases influenced by numerous genetic and environmental factors. Numerous gene variants that are associated with a greater or lesser risk of the different types of CVD and of intermediate phenotypes (i.e., hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, diabetes) have been successfully identified. However, despite the close link between aging and CVD, studies analyzing the genes related to human longevity have not obtained consistent results and there has been little coincidence in the genes identified in both fields. The APOE gene stands out as an exception, given that it has been identified as being relevant in CVD and longevity. This review analyzes the genomic and epigenomic factors that may contribute to this, ranging from identifying longevity genes in model organisms to the importance of gene-diet interactions (outstanding among which is the case of the TCF7L2 gene).
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Liu Z, Gao Y, Hao F, Lou X, Zhang X, Li Y, Wu D, Xiao T, Yang L, Li Q, Qiu X, Wang E. Secretomes are a potential source of molecular targets for cancer therapies and indicate that APOE is a candidate biomarker for lung adenocarcinoma metastasis. Mol Biol Rep 2014; 41:7507-23. [PMID: 25098600 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3641-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Identifying patients at high risk of metastasis is a major challenge in lung adenocarcinoma (ADC) therapy, therefore discovery of noninvasive biomarkers and therapeutic targets is urgent. We found significant differences between the secretomes of differentially expressed proteins in lung ADC cell lines, clinical tissue samples and serum plasma samples with high and low metastatic potential. In particular, Apolipoprotein E (APOE) levels were three-times greater in cells with lymph node metastases (LNM) than those without. Our study indicates that APOE is a potential indicator of metastatic lung ADC and that secretomes may offer a valuable resource for biomarkers of lung ADC with LNM.
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- Zan Liu
- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital and College of Basic Medical Sciences of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110001, China
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Villeneuve S, Brisson D, Marchant NL, Gaudet D. The potential applications of Apolipoprotein E in personalized medicine. Front Aging Neurosci 2014; 6:154. [PMID: 25071563 PMCID: PMC4085650 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Personalized medicine uses various individual characteristics to guide medical decisions. Apolipoprotein (ApoE), the most studied polymorphism in humans, has been associated with several diseases. The purpose of this review is to elucidate the potential role of ApoE polymorphisms in personalized medicine, with a specific focus on neurodegenerative diseases, by giving an overview of its influence on disease risk assessment, diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy. This review is not a systematic inventory of the literature, but rather a summary and discussion of novel, influential and promising works in the field of ApoE research that could be valuable for personalized medicine. Empirical evidence suggests that ApoE genotype informs pre-symptomatic risk for a wide variety of diseases, is valuable for the diagnosis of type III dysbetalipoproteinemia, increases risk of dementia in neurodegenerative diseases, and is associated with a poor prognosis following acute brain damage. ApoE status appears to influence the efficacy of certain drugs, outcome of clinical trials, and might also give insight into disease prevention. Assessing ApoE genotype might therefore help to guide medical decisions in clinical practice.
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- Sylvia Villeneuve
- Department of Medicine, ECOGENE-21 and Lipid Clinic, Chicoutimi Hospital, Université de Montréal Chicoutimi, QC, Canada ; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, ECOGENE-21 and Lipid Clinic, Chicoutimi Hospital, Université de Montréal Chicoutimi, QC, Canada
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- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London London, UK
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- Department of Medicine, ECOGENE-21 and Lipid Clinic, Chicoutimi Hospital, Université de Montréal Chicoutimi, QC, Canada
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Kulminski AM. Unraveling genetic origin of aging-related traits: evolving concepts. Rejuvenation Res 2014; 16:304-12. [PMID: 23768105 DOI: 10.1089/rej.2013.1441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Discovering the genetic origin of aging-related traits could greatly advance strategies aiming to extend health span. The results of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) addressing this problem are controversial, and new genetic concepts have been fostered to advance the progress in the field. A limitation of GWAS and new genetic concepts is that they do not thoroughly address specifics of aging-related traits. Integration of theoretical concepts in genetics and aging research with empirical evidence from different disciplines highlights the conceptual problems in studies of genetic origin of aging-related traits. To address these problems, novel approaches of systemic nature are required. These approaches should adopt the non-deterministic nature of linkage of genes with aging-related traits and, consequently, reinforce research strategies for improving our understanding of mechanisms shaping genetic effects on these traits. Investigation of mechanisms will help determine conditions that activate specific genetic variants or profiles and explore to what extent these conditions that shape genetic effects are conserved across human lives and generations.
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- Alexander M Kulminski
- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
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Anand R, Prakash SS, Veeramanikandan R, Kirubakaran R. Association between apolipoprotein E genotype and cancer susceptibility: a meta-analysis. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2014; 140:1075-85. [PMID: 24706182 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-014-1634-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Accepted: 02/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Apolipoprotein E (ApoE), a protein primarily involved in lipoprotein metabolism, occurs in three isoforms (E2, E3 and E4). Studies evaluating the association between APOE genotype and incidence of malignancies have given inconclusive results. OBJECTIVE The objective of the present study was to analyze the association between APOE genotype and incidence of cancer by a meta-analysis. METHODS We conducted a literature search in the electronic databases for studies with information on APOE genotype in malignancies. Sixteen studies (14 case-control and 2 cohort; 77,970 controls and 12,010 cases) were included for the present meta-analysis. Pooled odds ratios (OR) with 95 % confidence intervals (CI) were calculated assuming a random-effect model for all the genotypes and alleles. Subgroup analyses based on study design, ethnicity of populations, site of cancer and source of controls were performed as a post hoc measure. Appropriate tests to detect heterogeneity, publication bias and sensitivity were done at all stages. The review protocol is registered with the PROSPERO database vide registration number CRD42013006496. RESULTS The pooled effect measure for the comparisons did not reveal an association in primary analyses. In the subgroup analyses, we observed a negative association between APOE4+ genotypes and overall risk of cancer in the cohort study subgroup (pooled OR 0.86; 95 % CI 0.82-0.91; p < 0.00001; I (2) = 0 %). Sensitivity analyses did not alter the overall pooled effect measure, and there were no evidences to suggest a publication bias. CONCLUSION Overall, the present meta-analysis did not show any association between APOE alleles and genotypes with incidence of cancer in general.
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- R Anand
- Department of Biochemistry, Christian Medical College, Vellore, 632002, Tamilnadu, India,
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Raichlen DA, Alexander GE. Exercise, APOE genotype, and the evolution of the human lifespan. Trends Neurosci 2014; 37:247-55. [PMID: 24690272 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2014.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Revised: 03/03/2014] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Humans have exceptionally long lifespans compared with other mammals. However, our longevity evolved when our ancestors had two copies of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ɛ4 allele, a genotype that leads to a high risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD), cardiovascular disease, and increased mortality. How did human aging evolve within this genetic constraint? Drawing from neuroscience, anthropology, and brain-imaging research, we propose the hypothesis that the evolution of increased physical activity approximately 2 million years ago served to reduce the amyloid plaque and vascular burden of APOE ɛ4, relaxing genetic constraints on aging. This multidisciplinary approach links human evolution with health and provides a complementary perspective on aging and neurodegenerative disease that may help identify key mechanisms and targets for intervention.
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- David A Raichlen
- School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721, USA; Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721, USA; Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium, Phoenix AZ 85006, USA; Neuroscience and Physiological Sciences Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721, USA
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Kulminski AM, Arbeev KG, Culminskaya I, Arbeeva L, Ukraintseva SV, Stallard E, Christensen K, Schupf N, Province MA, Yashin AI. Age, gender, and cancer but not neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases strongly modulate systemic effect of the Apolipoprotein E4 allele on lifespan. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004141. [PMID: 24497847 PMCID: PMC3907310 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2013] [Accepted: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Enduring interest in the Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) polymorphism is ensured by its evolutionary-driven uniqueness in humans and its prominent role in geriatrics and gerontology. We use large samples of longitudinally followed populations from the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) original and offspring cohorts and the Long Life Family Study (LLFS) to investigate gender-specific effects of the ApoE4 allele on human survival in a wide range of ages from midlife to extreme old ages, and the sensitivity of these effects to cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders (ND). The analyses show that women's lifespan is more sensitive to the e4 allele than men's in all these populations. A highly significant adverse effect of the e4 allele is limited to women with moderate lifespan of about 70 to 95 years in two FHS cohorts and the LLFS with relative risk of death RR = 1.48 (p = 3.6×10−6) in the FHS cohorts. Major human diseases including CVD, ND, and cancer, whose risks can be sensitive to the e4 allele, do not mediate the association of this allele with lifespan in large FHS samples. Non-skin cancer non-additively increases mortality of the FHS women with moderate lifespans increasing the risks of death of the e4 carriers with cancer two-fold compared to the non-e4 carriers, i.e., RR = 2.07 (p = 5.0×10−7). The results suggest a pivotal role of non-sex-specific cancer as a nonlinear modulator of survival in this sample that increases the risk of death of the ApoE4 carriers by 150% (p = 5.3×10−8) compared to the non-carriers. This risk explains the 4.2 year shorter life expectancy of the e4 carriers compared to the non-carriers in this sample. The analyses suggest the existence of age- and gender-sensitive systemic mechanisms linking the e4 allele to lifespan which can non-additively interfere with cancer-related mechanisms. Discovering genetic origins of healthspan and lifespan could lead to breakthroughs in increasing the years of healthy and long life. In this paper we characterize the association of the e4 allele of the well-studied ApoE gene with lifespan in two generations of participants of large longitudinal studies, the Framingham Heart Study and the Long Life Family Study, and investigate the role of major human diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders in this association. This wide range of systemic analyses is possible given the large sample with directly genotyped ApoE polymorphism available from these studies (N = 9841, with 2557 deaths). The analyses show that women's lifespan is more sensitive to the e4 allele than men's in these populations. However, the strongly adverse effect of the e4 allele is not observed for all women, but only for those 70 to 95 years old. Cardiovascular disease, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders do not mediate the association of the e4 allele with lifespan. However, cancer, but not cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, non-additively enhances this effect resulting in 4.2 years of difference in mean lifespan for the e4 allele carriers compared to the non-carriers.
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- Alexander M. Kulminski
- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Institute for Genome Science and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Institute for Genome Science and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- The Danish Aging Research Center, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Genetics and Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Statistical Genomics, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Institute for Genome Science and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Dungan JR, Hauser ER, Qin X, Kraus WE. The genetic basis for survivorship in coronary artery disease. Front Genet 2013; 4:191. [PMID: 24143143 PMCID: PMC3784965 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2013] [Accepted: 09/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Survivorship is a trait characterized by endurance and virility in the face of hardship. It is largely considered a psychosocial attribute developed during fatal conditions, rather than a biological trait for robustness in the context of complex, age-dependent diseases like coronary artery disease (CAD). The purpose of this paper is to present the novel phenotype, survivorship in CAD as an observed survival advantage concurrent with clinically significant CAD. We present a model for characterizing survivorship in CAD and its relationships with overlapping time- and clinically-related phenotypes. We offer an optimal measurement interval for investigating survivorship in CAD. We hypothesize genetic contributions to this construct and review the literature for evidence of genetic contribution to overlapping phenotypes in support of our hypothesis. We also present preliminary evidence of genetic effects on survival in people with clinically significant CAD from a primary case-control study of symptomatic coronary disease. Identifying gene variants that confer improved survival in the context of clinically appreciable CAD may improve our understanding of cardioprotective mechanisms acting at the gene level and potentially impact patients clinically in the future. Further, characterizing other survival-variant genetic effects may improve signal-to-noise ratio in detecting gene associations for CAD.
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Morbidity risks among older adults with pre-existing age-related diseases. Exp Gerontol 2013; 48:1395-401. [PMID: 24064264 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2013] [Revised: 08/21/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Multi-morbidity is common among older adults; however, for many aging-related diseases there is no information for U.S. elderly population on how earlier-manifested disease affects the risk of another disease manifested later during patient's lifetime. Quantitative evaluation of risks of cancer and non-cancer diseases for older adults with pre-existing conditions is performed using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Registry data linked to the Medicare Files of Service Use (MFSU). Using the SEER-Medicare data containing individual records for 2,154,598 individuals, we empirically evaluated age patterns of incidence of age-associated diseases diagnosed after the onset of earlier manifested disease and compared these patterns with those in general population. Individual medical histories were reconstructed using information on diagnoses coded in MFSU, dates of medical services/procedures, and Medicare enrollment/disenrollment. More than threefold increase of subsequent diseases risk was observed for 15 disease pairs, majority of them were i) diseases of the same organ and/or system (e.g., Parkinson disease for patients with Alzheimer disease, HR=3.77, kidney cancer for patients with renal failure, HR=3.28) or ii) disease pairs with primary diseases being fast-progressive cancers (i.e., lung, kidney, and pancreas), e.g., ulcer (HR=4.68) and melanoma (HR=4.15) for patients with pancreatic cancer. Lower risk of subsequent disease was registered for 20 disease pairs, mostly among patients with Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease, e.g., decreased lung cancer risk among patients with Alzheimer's (HR=0.64) and Parkinson's (HR=0.60) disease. Synergistic and antagonistic dependences in geriatric disease risks were observed among US elderly confirming known and detecting new associations of wide spectrum of age-associated diseases. The results can be used in optimization of screening, prevention and treatment strategies of chronic diseases among U.S. elderly population.
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Kulminski AM, Culminskaya I, Arbeev KG, Ukraintseva SV, Arbeeva L, Yashin AI. Trade-off in the effect of the APOE gene on the ages at onset of cardiocascular disease and cancer across ages, gender, and human generations. Rejuvenation Res 2013; 16:28-34. [PMID: 23094790 DOI: 10.1089/rej.2012.1362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Decades of studies of candidate genes show their complex role in aging-related traits. We focus on apolipoprotein E e2/3/4 polymorphism and ages at onset of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and cancer in the parental and offspring generations of the Framingham Heart Study participants to gain insights on the role of age and gender across generations in genetic trade-offs. The analyses show that the apolipoprotein E e4 allele carriers live longer lives without cancer than the non-e4 allele carriers in each generation. The role of the e4 allele in onset of CVD is age- and generation-specific, constituting two modes of sexually dimorphic genetic trade-offs. In offspring, the e4 allele confers risk of CVD primarily in women and can protect against cancer primarily in men of the same age. In the parental generation, genetic trade-off is seen in different age groups, with a protective role of the e4 allele against cancer in older men and its detrimental role in CVD in younger women. The puzzling complexity of genetic mechanisms working in different genders, ages, and environments calls for more detail and systemic analyses beyond those adapted in current large-scale genetic association studies.
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- Alexander M Kulminski
- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
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Panos SE, Hinkin CH, Singer EJ, Thames AD, Patel SM, Sinsheimer JS, Del Re AC, Gelman BB, Morgello S, Moore DJ, Levine AJ. Apolipoprotein-E genotype and human immunodeficiency virus-associated neurocognitive disorder: the modulating effects of older age and disease severity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 5:11-22. [PMID: 26617462 DOI: 10.2147/nbhiv.s39573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The apolipoprotein-E (APOE) ε4 allele is a risk factor for vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Recent studies are equivocal with regards to whether or not the ε4 allele confers increased risk for the development of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND), but suggest that age and/or disease severity may be modulating factors. The aim of this study was to assess the interactions and contributions of APOE genotype, age, and HIV disease severity as risk factors for HAND in HIV-infected adults. METHODS Participants were 259 HIV-positive individuals who underwent APOE genotyping, a standardized neurological evaluation, a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation, and laboratory testing. RESULTS Older ε4 carriers showed a higher frequency of HAND compared with age-matched non-ε4 carriers. Analysis by discrete neurocognitive domain revealed that advanced age modulated the effect of the ε4 allele, such that older ε4 allele carriers showed reduced executive functioning and information processing speed. Exploratory analyses assessing the relationship between ε4 and disease severity in the overall sample revealed that disease severity modulated the effect of the ε4 allele on cognition. Lower absolute CD4+ cell count among ε4 allele carriers was associated with poorer working memory ability. CONCLUSION Advancing age and degree of immunosuppression may influence the association between APOE ε4 allele status and HAND. These two factors need to be taken into account in future research.
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- Stella E Panos
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine ; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine ; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
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- National Neurological AIDS Bank, UCLA Department of Neurology
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine ; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine ; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
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- Departments of Biomathematics and Human Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
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- Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Pathology, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- National Neurological AIDS Bank, UCLA Department of Neurology
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Grant WB, Holick MF. Re: Vitamin D: Health panacea or false prophet? Nutrition 2013; 29:809-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2013.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2012] [Revised: 01/14/2013] [Accepted: 01/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Kulminski AM, Culminskaya I, Yashin AI. Inter-chromosomal level of genome organization and longevity-related phenotypes in humans. AGE (DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS) 2013; 35:501-18. [PMID: 22282054 PMCID: PMC3592956 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-011-9374-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2011] [Accepted: 12/15/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Studies focusing on unraveling the genetic origin of health span in humans assume that polygenic, aging-related phenotypes are inherited through Mendelian mechanisms of inheritance of individual genes. We use the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) data to examine whether non-Mendelian mechanisms of inheritance can drive linkage of loci on non-homologous chromosomes and whether such mechanisms can be relevant to longevity-related phenotypes. We report on genome-wide inter-chromosomal linkage disequilibrium (LD) and on chromosome-wide intra-chromosomal LD and show that these are real phenomena in the FHS data. Genetic analysis of inheritance in families based on Mendelian segregation reveals that the alleles of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in LD at loci on non-homologous chromosomes are inherited as a complex resembling haplotypes of a genetic unit. This result implies that the inter-chromosomal LD is likely caused by non-random assortment of non-homologous chromosomes during meiosis. The risk allele haplotypes can be subject to dominant-negative selection primary through the mechanisms of non-Mendelian inheritance. They can go to extinction within two human generations. The set of SNPs in inter-chromosomal LD (N=68) is nearly threefold enriched, with high significance (p=1.6 × 10(-9)), on non-synonymous coding variants (N=28) compared to the entire qualified set of the studied SNPs. Genes for the tightly linked SNPs are involved in fundamental biological processes in an organism. Survival analyses show that the revealed non-genetic linkage is associated with heritable complex phenotype of premature death. Our results suggest the presence of inter-chromosomal level of functional organization in the human genome and highlight a challenging problem of genomics of human health and aging.
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- Alexander M Kulminski
- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Box 90408, Trent Hall, Room 002, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
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Kulminski AM, Culminskaya I. Genomics of human health and aging. AGE (DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS) 2013; 35:455-469. [PMID: 22174011 PMCID: PMC3592948 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-011-9362-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Despite notable progress of the candidate-gene and genome-wide association studies (GWAS), understanding the role of genes contributing to human health and lifespan is still very limited. We use the Framingham Heart Study to elucidate if recognizing the role of evolution and systemic processes in an aging organism could advance such studies. We combine throughput methods of GWAS with more detail methods typical for candidate-gene analyses and show that both lifespan and ages at onset of CVD and cancer can be controlled by the same allelic variants. The risk allele carriers are at highly significant risk of premature death (e.g., RR=2.9, p=5.0 × 10(-66)), onset of CVD (e.g., RR=1.6, p=4.6 × 10(-17)), and onset of cancer (e.g., RR=1.6, p=1.5 × 10(-6)). The mechanism mediating the revealed genetic associations is likely associated with biological aging. These aging-related phenotypes are associated with a complex network which includes, in this study, 62 correlated SNPs even so these SNPs can be on non-homologous chromosomes. A striking result is three-fold, highly significant (p=3.6 × 10(-10)) enrichment of non-synonymous SNPs (N=27) in this network compared to the entire qualified set of the studied SNPs. Functional significance of this network is strengthened by involvement of genes for these SNPs in fundamental biological processes related to aging (e.g., response to stimuli, protein degradation, apoptosis) and by connections of these genes with neurological (20 genes) and cardio-vascular (nine genes) processes and tumorigenesis (10 genes). These results document challenging role of gene networks in regulating human health and aging and call for broadening focus on genomics of such phenotypes.
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- Alexander M Kulminski
- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Box 90408, Trent Hall, Room 002, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
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Kulminski AM, Culminskaya I, Arbeev KG, Ukraintseva SV, Stallard E, Arbeeva L, Yashin AI. The role of lipid-related genes, aging-related processes, and environment in healthspan. Aging Cell 2013; 12:237-46. [PMID: 23320904 DOI: 10.1111/acel.12046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The inherent complexity of aging-related traits can temper progress in unraveling the genetic origins of healthspan. We focus on two generations in the Framingham Heart Study, the original (FHS) and offspring (FHSO) cohorts, to determine whether aging-related processes in changing environments can substantially impact the role of lipid-related genes discovered in candidate gene (the apolipoprotein E (APOE) e2/3/4 polymorphism) and genome-wide (the APOB rs1042034 (C/T)) studies, in regulation of total cholesterol (TC) and onset of cardiovascular disease (CVD). We demonstrate that the APOE e4 allele and APOB CC genotype can play detrimental, neutral, and protective sex-specific roles in the etiology of CVD at different ages and in different environments. We document antagonistic roles for the e4 allele in the onset of CVD characterized by detrimental effects at younger ages (RR≤ 75 years = 1.49, P = 7.5 × 10(-4) ) and protective effects at older ages (RR76+years = 0.77, P = 0.044) for FHS participants. We found that disregarding the role of aging erroneously nullifies the significant effects of the e4 allele in this sample (RR = 0.92, P = 0.387). The leading biogenetic pathways mediating genetic effects on CVD may be more relevant to lipid metabolism for APOB than APOE. Aging-related processes can modulate the strength of genetic associations with TC in the same individuals at different chronological ages. We found substantial differences in the effects of the same APOE and APOB alleles on CVD and TC across generations. The results suggest that aging-related processes in changing environments may play key roles in the genetics of healthspan. Detailed systemic integrative analyses may substantially advance the progress.
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- Alexander M. Kulminski
- Center for Population Health and Aging; Duke University; Trent Hall; Room 002; Box 90408; Durham; NC; 27708; USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging; Duke University; Trent Hall; Room 002; Box 90408; Durham; NC; 27708; USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging; Duke University; Trent Hall; Room 002; Box 90408; Durham; NC; 27708; USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging; Duke University; Trent Hall; Room 002; Box 90408; Durham; NC; 27708; USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging; Duke University; Trent Hall; Room 002; Box 90408; Durham; NC; 27708; USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging; Duke University; Trent Hall; Room 002; Box 90408; Durham; NC; 27708; USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging; Duke University; Trent Hall; Room 002; Box 90408; Durham; NC; 27708; USA
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Papi A, Storci G, Guarnieri T, De Carolis S, Bertoni S, Avenia N, Sanguinetti A, Sidoni A, Santini D, Ceccarelli C, Taffurelli M, Orlandi M, Bonafé M. Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-α/hypoxia inducible factor-1α interplay sustains carbonic anhydrase IX and apoliprotein E expression in breast cancer stem cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e54968. [PMID: 23372804 PMCID: PMC3556000 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2012] [Accepted: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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AIMS Cancer stem cell biology is tightly connected to the regulation of the pro-inflammatory cytokine network. The concept of cancer stem cells "inflammatory addiction" leads to envisage the potential role of anti-inflammatory molecules as new anti-cancer targets. Here we report on the relationship between nuclear receptors activity and the modulation of the pro-inflammatory phenotype in breast cancer stem cells. METHODS Breast cancer stem cells were expanded as mammospheres from normal and tumor human breast tissues and from tumorigenic (MCF7) and non tumorigenic (MCF10) human breast cell lines. Mammospheres were exposed to the supernatant of breast tumor and normal mammary gland tissue fibroblasts. RESULTS In mammospheres exposed to the breast tumor fibroblasts supernatant, autocrine tumor necrosis factor-α signalling engenders the functional interplay between peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-α and hypoxia inducible factor-1α (PPARα/HIF1α). The two proteins promote mammospheres formation and enhance each other expression via miRNA130b/miRNA17-5p-dependent mechanism which is antagonized by PPARγ. Further, the PPARα/HIF1α interplay regulates the expression of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-6, the hypoxia survival factor carbonic anhydrase IX and the plasma lipid carrier apolipoprotein E. CONCLUSION Our data demonstrate the importance of exploring the role of nuclear receptors (PPARα/PPARγ) in the regulation of pro-inflammatory pathways, with the aim to thwart breast cancer stem cells functioning.
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- Alessio Papi
- Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Center for Applied Biomedical Research (CRBA), St. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Center for Applied Biomedical Research (CRBA), St. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
- National Biostructures and Biosystems Institute (INBB), Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Center for Applied Biomedical Research (CRBA), St. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Radiology and Dentistry, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Radiology and Dentistry, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Radiology and Histo-cytopathology, St. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Center for Applied Biomedical Research (CRBA), St. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Kulminski AM, Arbeev KG, Christensen K, Stallard E, Miljkovic I, Barmada M, Yashin AI. Biogenetic mechanisms predisposing to complex phenotypes in parents may function differently in their children. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2012; 68:760-8. [PMID: 23213029 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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This study focuses on the participants of the Long Life Family Study to elucidate whether biogenetic mechanisms underlying relationships among heritable complex phenotypes in parents function in the same way for the same phenotypes in their children. Our results reveal 3 characteristic groups of relationships among phenotypes in parents and children. One group composed of 3 pairs of phenotypes confirms that associations among some phenotypes can be explained by the same biogenetic mechanisms working in parents and children. Two other groups including 9 phenotype pairs show that this is not a common rule. Our findings suggest that biogenetic mechanisms underlying relationships among different phenotypes, even if they are causally related, can function differently in successive generations or in different age groups of biologically related individuals. The results suggest that the role of aging-related processes in changing environment may be conceptually underestimated in current genetic association studies using genome wide resources.
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- Alexander M Kulminski
- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Box 90408, Trent Hall, Room 002, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
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Végh C, Langmár Z, Szerző M, Ágota A, Marosi K, Szabolcs Z, Nagy ZB. Connections between apolipoprotein E genotypes and the development of cardiovascular diseases. Orv Hetil 2012; 153:2070-6. [DOI: 10.1556/oh.2012.29508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Elevated plasma lipid level is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, which are considered to be pimary causes of death. Apolipoprotein E plays a part in the lipid transport in the blood, thus polimophisms of that affect the lipid composition of the plasma. The three most common alleles of apolipoprotein E are e2, e3, e4. Out of the two non-wild type alleles, the e2 and e4, the latter was shown to play a role in the development of cardiovascular diseases and Alzheimer’s disease. Some studies mention the e2/e2 homozygote genotype as one of the causes of hyperlipoproteinemia type III. Besides lipid metabolism, apolipoprotein E also influences the manifestation of cardiovascular diseases through other biochemical pathways, therefore it is essential to explore the molecular background of these metabolic pathways. Orv. Hetil., 2012, 153, 2070–2076.
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- Csaba Végh
- Genetikával Az Egészségért Egyesület Budapest
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- Zirc Városi Erzsébet Kórház-Rendelőintézet Zirc
- Semmelweis Egyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar II. Szülészeti és Nőgyógyászati Klinika Budapest Üllői út 78/A 1082
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- Semmelweis Egyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar Szív- és Érgyógyászati Klinika Budapest
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McIntosh AM, Bennett C, Dickson D, Anestis SF, Watts DP, Webster TH, Fontenot MB, Bradley BJ. The apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene appears functionally monomorphic in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). PLoS One 2012; 7:e47760. [PMID: 23112842 PMCID: PMC3480407 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2012] [Accepted: 09/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background The human apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is polymorphic, with three primary alleles (E2, E3, E4) that differ at two key non-synonymous sites. These alleles are functionally different in how they bind to lipoproteins, and this genetic variation is associated with phenotypic variation for several medical traits, including cholesterol levels, cardiovascular health, Alzheimer’s disease risk, and longevity. The relative frequencies of these alleles vary across human populations, and the evolution and maintenance of this diversity is much debated. Previous studies comparing human and chimpanzee APOE sequences found that the chimpanzee sequence is most similar to the human E4 allele, although the resulting chimpanzee protein might function like the protein coded for by the human E3 allele. However, these studies have used sequence data from a single chimpanzee and do not consider whether chimpanzees, like humans, show intra-specific and subspecific variation at this locus. Methodology and Principal Findings To examine potential intraspecific variation, we sequenced the APOE gene of 32 chimpanzees. This sample included 20 captive individuals representing the western subspecies (P. troglodytes verus) and 12 wild individuals representing the eastern subspecies (P. t. schweinfurthii). Variation in our resulting sequences was limited to one non-coding, intronic SNP, which showed fixed differences between the two subspecies. We also compared APOE sequences for all available ape genera and fossil hominins. The bonobo APOE protein is identical to that of the chimpanzee, and the Denisovan APOE exhibits all four human-specific, non-synonymous changes and appears functionally similar to the human E4 allele. Conclusions We found no coding variation within and between chimpanzee populations, suggesting that the maintenance of functionally diverse APOE polymorphisms is a unique feature of human evolution.
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- Annick M. McIntosh
- Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Division of Behavioral Sciences, New Iberia Research Center, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Arbeev KG, Ukraintseva SV, Kulminski AM, Akushevich I, Arbeeva LS, Culminskaya IV, Wu D, Yashin AI. Effect of the APOE Polymorphism and Age Trajectories of Physiological Variables on Mortality: Application of Genetic Stochastic Process Model of Aging. SCIENTIFICA 2012; 2012:568628. [PMID: 23682334 PMCID: PMC3653307 DOI: 10.6064/2012/568628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2012] [Accepted: 06/21/2012] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We evaluated effects of the APOE polymorphism (carriers versus noncarriers of the e4 allele) and age trajectories of total cholesterol (CH) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) on mortality risk in the Framingham Heart Study (original cohort). We found that long-lived carriers and noncarriers have different average age trajectories and long-lived individuals have consistently higher levels and less steep declines at old ages compared to short-lived individuals. We applied the stochastic process model of aging aimed at joint analyses of genetic and nongenetic subsamples of longitudinal data and estimated different aging-related characteristics for carriers and noncarriers which otherwise cannot be evaluated from data. We found that such characteristics differ in carriers and noncarriers: (1) carriers have better adaptive capacity than noncarriers in case of CH, whereas for DBP the opposite situation is observed; (2) mean allostatic trajectories are higher in carriers and they differ from “optimal” trajectories minimizing mortality risk; (3) noncarriers have lower baseline mortality rates at younger ages but they increase faster than those for carriers resulting in intersection at the oldest ages. Such observations strongly indicate the presence of a genetic component in respective aging-related mechanisms. Such differences may contribute to patterns of allele- and sex-specific mortality rates.
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- Konstantin G. Arbeev
- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, P.O. Box 90408, Durham, NC 27708-0408, USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, P.O. Box 90408, Durham, NC 27708-0408, USA
- Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, P.O. Box 90408, Durham, NC 27708-0408, USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, P.O. Box 90408, Durham, NC 27708-0408, USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, P.O. Box 90408, Durham, NC 27708-0408, USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, P.O. Box 90408, Durham, NC 27708-0408, USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, P.O. Box 90408, Durham, NC 27708-0408, USA
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- Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, P.O. Box 90408, Durham, NC 27708-0408, USA
- Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Kulminski AM. Complex phenotypes and phenomenon of genome-wide inter-chromosomal linkage disequilibrium in the human genome. Exp Gerontol 2011; 46:979-86. [PMID: 21907271 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2011.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2011] [Revised: 07/29/2011] [Accepted: 08/23/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Studies of non-human species show that loci on non-homologous chromosomes can be in linkage disequilibrium (LD). I focus on the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) participants to explore whether the phenomenon of inter-chromosomal LD can be caused by non-stochastic bio-genetic mechanisms in the human genome and be associated with complex, polygenic phenotypes. This paper documents remarkably strong and extensive LD among SNPs at loci on multiple non-homologous chromosomes genotyped using two independent (Affymetrix 50K and 500K) arrays. The analyses provided compelling evidences that the observed inter-chromosomal LD was unlikely generated by stochasticity, population or family structure, or mis-genotyping. The analyses show that this LD is associated with complex heritable phenotypes characterizing poor health. The inter-chromosomal LD was observed in parental and offspring generations of the FHS participants. These findings suggest that inter-chromosomal LD can be caused by bio-genetic mechanisms possibly associated with favorable or unfavorable epistatic evolution. This phenomenon can challenge our understanding of the role of genes and gene networks in regulating complex, polygenic phenotypes in humans.
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Nelson PT, Head E, Schmitt FA, Davis PR, Neltner JH, Jicha GA, Abner EL, Smith CD, Van Eldik LJ, Kryscio RJ, Scheff SW. Alzheimer's disease is not "brain aging": neuropathological, genetic, and epidemiological human studies. Acta Neuropathol 2011; 121:571-87. [PMID: 21516511 PMCID: PMC3179861 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-011-0826-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2011] [Revised: 04/12/2011] [Accepted: 04/13/2011] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Human studies are reviewed concerning whether "aging"-related mechanisms contribute to Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. AD is defined by specific neuropathology: neuritic amyloid plaques and neocortical neurofibrillary tangles. AD pathology is driven by genetic factors related not to aging per se, but instead to the amyloid precursor protein (APP). In contrast to genes involved in APP-related mechanisms, there is no firm connection between genes implicated in human "accelerated aging" diseases (progerias) and AD. The epidemiology of AD in advanced age is highly relevant but deceptively challenging to address given the low autopsy rates in most countries. In extreme old age, brain diseases other than AD approximate AD prevalence while the impact of AD pathology appears to peak by age 95 and decline thereafter. Many distinct brain diseases other than AD afflict older human brains and contribute to cognitive impairment. Additional prevalent pathologies include cerebrovascular disease and hippocampal sclerosis, both high-morbidity brain diseases that appear to peak in incidence later than AD chronologically. Because of these common brain diseases of extreme old age, the epidemiology differs between clinical "dementia" and the subset of dementia cases with AD pathology. Additional aging-associated mechanisms for cognitive decline such as diabetes and synapse loss have been linked to AD and these hypotheses are discussed. Criteria are proposed to define an "aging-linked" disease, and AD fails all of these criteria. In conclusion, it may be most fruitful to focus attention on specific pathways involved in AD rather than attributing it to an inevitable consequence of aging.
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- Peter T Nelson
- Department of Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0230, USA.
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