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Genetic associations of in vivo pathology influence Alzheimers disease susceptibility

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Authors

Seo, Jieun; Byun, Min Soo; Yi, Dahyun; Lee, Jun Ho; Jeon, So Yeon; Shin, Seong A; Kim, Yu Kyeong; Kang, Koung Mi; Sohn, Chul-Ho; Jung, Gijung; Park, Jong-Chan; Han, Sun-Ho; Byun, Jayoung; Mook-Jung, Inhee; Lee, Dong Young; Choi, Murim

Issue Date
2020-11-19
Publisher
BMC
Citation
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy. 2020 Nov 19;12(1):156
Keywords
Alzheimer’s diseaseTargeted panel sequencingGenetic associationNeuroimagingIn vivo AD pathologiesPETMRI
Abstract
Introduction
Although the heritability of sporadic Alzheimers disease (AD) is estimated to be 60–80%, addressing the genetic contribution to AD risk still remains elusive. More specifically, it remains unclear whether genetic variants are able to affect neurodegenerative brain features that can be addressed by in vivo imaging techniques.

Methods
Targeted sequencing analysis of the coding and UTR regions of 132 AD susceptibility genes was performed. Neuroimaging data using 11C-Pittsburgh Compound B positron emission tomography (PET), 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET, and MRI that are available from the KBASE (Korean Brain Aging Study for Early Diagnosis and Prediction of Alzheimers disease) cohort were acquired. A total of 557 participants consisted of 336 cognitively normal (CN) adults, 137 mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and 84 AD dementia (ADD) groups.

Results
We called 5391 high-quality single nucleotide variants (SNVs) on AD susceptibility genes and selected significant associations between variants and five in vivo AD pathologies: (1) amyloid β (Aβ) deposition, (2) AD-signature region cerebral glucose metabolism (AD-Cm), (3) posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) cerebral glucose metabolism (PCC-Cm), (4) AD-signature region cortical thickness (AD-Ct), and (5) hippocampal volume (Hv). The association analysis for common variants (allele frequency (AF) > 0.05) yielded several novel loci associated with Aβ deposition (PIWIL1-rs10848087), AD-Cm (NME8-rs2722372 and PSEN2-rs75733498), AD-Ct (PSEN1-rs7523) and, Hv (CASS4-rs3746625). Meanwhile, in a gene-based analysis for rare variants (AF < 0.05), cases carrying rare variants in LPL, FERMT2, NFAT5, DSG2, and ITPR1 displayed associations with the neuroimaging features. Exploratory voxel-based brain morphometry between the variant carriers and non-carriers was performed subsequently. Finally, we document a strong association of previously reported APOE variants with the in vivo AD pathologies and demonstrate that the variants exert a causal effect on AD susceptibility via neuroimaging features.

Conclusions
This study provides novel associations of genetic factors to Aβ accumulation and AD-related neurodegeneration to influence AD susceptibility.
ISSN
1758-9193
Language
English
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/171713
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-020-00722-2
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