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Oxidative stress and amyloid-beta pathology in normal individuals with a maternal history of Alzheimer's

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Mosconi, Lisa, Glodzik, Lidia, Mistur, Rachel, McHugh, Pauline, Rich, Kenneth E., Javier, Elizabeth, Williams, Schantel, Pirraglia, Elizabeth +6 more·2010·Biological Psychiatry

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Background Epidemiology and imaging studies showed that cognitively normal (NL) individuals with a maternal history (MH) of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) might be at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) compared with NL with a paternal history (PH) and NL with a negative family history of LOAD (NH). With a panel of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) markers, this study examined whether NL MH showed evidence for AD pathology compared with PH and NH.Methods Fifty-nine 40-80-year-old NL subjects were examined, including 23 MH and 14 PH whose parents had a clinician-certified diagnosis of LOAD and 22 NH. All subjects completed clinical neuropsychological examinations and a lumbar puncture to measure CSF levels of amyloid-beta (Aβ(40), Aβ(42), Aβ(42/40)), total and hyperphosphorylated tau (T-Tau and P-Tau(231); markers of axonal degeneration and neurofibrillary tangles, respectively), and F₂-isoprostanes (IsoP) (a marker of oxidative stress).Results Groups were comparable for demographic and neuropsychological measures. The MH subjects showed higher IsoP and reduced Aβ(42/40) CSF levels compared with NH and with PH (p values ≤ .05), whereas no differences were found between NH and PH. No group differences were found for P-Tau(231) and T-Tau. The IsoP and Aβ(42/40) levels were correlated only within the MH group (R² = .32, p = .005) and discriminated MH from the other subjects with 70% accuracy (relative risk = 3.7%, 95% confidence interval = 1.6-9.7, p < .001). Results remained significant controlling for age, gender, education, and apolipoprotein E genotype.Conclusions Adult children of LOAD-affected mothers express a pathobiological phenotype characterized by Aβ-associated oxidative stress consistent with AD, which might reflect increased risk for developing the disease.

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    “Subsequent studies found that the cognitively intact children of AD mothers, relative to the cognitively intact children of AD fathers, show greater degrees of age-associated brain atrophy, faster rates of longitudinal brain atrophy, increased Aβ plaque deposition, elevated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) oxidative stress markers, and AD-like CSF Aβ changes [130-137].”
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Mosconi, L., Glodzik, L., Mistur, R., McHugh, P., Rich, K. E., Javier, E., Williams, S., Pirraglia, E., De Santi, S., Mehta, P. D., Zinkowski, R., Blennow, K., Pratico, D., & de Leon, M. J.
Affiliations
  • New York University (US)
  • Sahlgrenska University Hospital (SE)
Corresponding author
Mosconi, Lisa
Venue
Biological Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-11
Volume
68
Issue
10
Pages
913-921
ISSN
0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1990202129
Cited by
46
References
69
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health-National Institute on Aging (AG13616, AG12101, AG08051, AG022374, AG032554)
  • National Institutes of Health-National Center for Research Resources (MO1RR0096)
  • Alzheimer's Association
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease, maternal family history, cognitively normal individuals, oxidative stress, F2-isoprostanes, amyloid-beta, cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, tau protein, neurofibrillary tangles, apolipoprotein E, disease risk
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer Disease, Family Health, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mothers, Biomarkers, Amyloid beta-Peptides, tau Proteins, Oxidative Stress, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, F2-Isoprostanes

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