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Shared proteomic effects of cerebral atherosclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease on the human brain

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Wingo, Aliza P., Fan, Wen, Duong, Duc M., Gerasimov, Ekaterina S., Dammer, Eric B., Liu, Yue, Harerimana, Nadia V., White, Bartholomew +10 more·2020·Nature Neuroscience

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Cerebral atherosclerosis contributes to dementia via unclear processes. We performed proteomic sequencing of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in 438 older individuals and found associations between cerebral atherosclerosis and reduced synaptic signaling and between RNA splicing and increased oligodendrocyte development and myelination. Consistently, single-cell RNA sequencing showed cerebral atherosclerosis associated with higher oligodendrocyte abundance. A subset of proteins and modules associated with cerebral atherosclerosis was also associated with Alzheimer's disease, suggesting shared mechanisms.

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  • Elevated levels of myelin inhibitor OMG are positively correlated with cerebral atherosclerosis and cognitive decline.

    “On the other hand, elevated levels of the myelin inhibitor OMG are positively correlated with cerebral atherosclerosis and cognitive decline [78, 79].”

    From CI-994 is a dual modulator of class I HDACs and Wnt/β-catenin signaling for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (2026) · cites this paper as [78]

    The ‘Brain proteomic signature of cerebral atherosclerosis’ section links greater atherosclerosis to oligodendrocyte development and remyelination, but it does not identify OMG. Searches for ‘OMG,’ ‘OMgp,’ and ‘oligodendrocyte myelin glycoprotein’ found no passage in our copy relating OMG levels to either atherosclerosis or cognitive decline; no page numbers were provided. (LLM, conf=0.74)

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  • Atherosclerotic lesions in intra- and extra-cranial arteries are associated with cognitive impairment and dementia.

    “In previous studies, atherosclerotic lesions in intra- and extra-cranial arteries were associated with cognitive impairment and even dementia [2,66,67].”

    From Neuroprotective effect of SGLT2 inhibitors. (2021) · cites this paper as [67]

  • Cerebral atherosclerosis was associated with reduced synaptic function, excess myelination, and axonal injury independently of ischemia in proteomic sequencing of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of 438 humans.

    “In reference to the proteomic sequencing of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of 438 humans performed by Wingo A.P. et al., CA was associated with reduced synaptic function, excess myelination, and axonal injury independently of ischemia [67].”

    From Neuroprotective effect of SGLT2 inhibitors. (2021) · cites this paper as [67]

  • Nearly a dozen network-based analyses of the AD proteome have been performed in the human brain, including the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, temporal cortex, and other cortical regions heavily affected in AD.

    “Nearly a dozen informative network-based analyses of the AD proteome have been performed in the human brain [62–64, 74, 78, 96, 104–108], including the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), temporal cortex, and other cortical regions heavily affected in AD.”
  • No similar statistical correlations were observed between cerebral atherosclerosis and Aβ accumulation or tau burden.

    “the authors observed no similar statistical correlations between cerebral atherosclerosis and Aβ accumulation or tau burden.”

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Authors
Wingo, A. P., Fan, W., Duong, D. M., Gerasimov, E. S., Dammer, E. B., Liu, Y., Harerimana, N. V., White, B., Thambisetty, M., Troncoso, J. C., Kim, N., Schneider, J. A., Hajjar, I. M., Lah, J. J., Bennett, D. A., Seyfried, N. T., Levey, A. I., & Wingo, T. S.
Affiliations
  • Emory University (US)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • Rush University Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
  • Wingo, Aliza P.
  • Seyfried, Nicholas T.
  • Levey, Allan I.
  • Wingo, Thomas S.
Venue
Nature Neuroscience
Published
2020-05-18
Volume
23
Issue
6
Pages
696-700
ISSN
  • 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1726
OpenAlex
W3025717350
Cited by
161
References
72
Citations by year
2026: 16 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 9
FWCI
15.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (I01BX003853)
  • Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (P30 AG10161, 11060)
  • Alzheimer's Association (P50 AG025688, P30AG10161, 11060)
  • Emory University (P50AG025688, AG025688)
  • Weston Brain Institute (11060)
  • National Institutes of Health (I01 BX003853, AG10161, AG015819, AG025688, NS055077)
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Emory University (P50 AG025688, AG025688)
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG017917, P30-AG 10161, R01AG056533, AG 10161, AG046161, R01AG042210, AG057470, AG 025688, RF1AG057470, U01AG046152, R01AG057911, U19AG033655, R01AG015819, R56AG060757, P30AG010161, R21AG055844, AG057911, U01AG061357, U01AG061356, RC2AG036547, I01 BX003853, AG017917, P50AG005146, R56AG062256, U01AG046161, AG056533, AG061800, R56AG062633, P50AG025688, R01AG064233, R01AG053960, P30AG066507, R01AG061800, P30AG066511)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (U01MH115484, R01MH117292)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS055077, P30 AG10161, P30NS055077)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Keywords
cerebral atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, proteomics, oligodendrocytes, myelination, synaptic signaling, RNA splicing, shared pathogenesis, older adults
MeSH terms
Aging, Alzheimer Disease, Intracranial Arteriosclerosis, Humans, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Databases, Factual, Prefrontal Cortex, Proteomics

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