Journal article
Alterations in erythrocyte fatty acid composition in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease
Scientific Reports, Vol.7, Article number: 676
2017
Abstract
Brain and blood fatty acids (FA) are altered in Alzheimer’s disease and cognitively impaired individuals, however, FA alterations in the preclinical phase, prior to cognitive impairment have not been investigated previously. The current study therefore evaluated erythrocyte FA in cognitively normal elderly participants aged 65–90 years via trans-methylation followed by gas chromatography. The neocortical beta-amyloid load (NAL) measured via positron emission tomography (PET) using ligand 18F-Florbetaben, was employed to categorise participants as low NAL (standard uptake value ratio; SUVR < 1.35, N = 65) and high NAL or preclinical AD (SUVR ≥ 1.35, N = 35) wherein, linear models were employed to compare FA compositions between the two groups. Increased arachidonic acid (AA, p < 0.05) and decreased docosapentaenoic acid (DPA, p < 0.05) were observed in high NAL. To differentiate low from high NAL, the area under the curve (AUC) generated from a ‘base model’ comprising age, gender, APOEε4 and education (AUC = 0.794) was outperformed by base model + AA:DPA (AUC = 0.836). Our findings suggest that specific alterations in erythrocyte FA composition occur very early in the disease pathogenic trajectory, prior to cognitive impairment. As erythrocyte FA levels are reflective of tissue FA, these alterations may provide insight into the pathogenic mechanism(s) of the disease and may highlight potential early diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets.
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- Title
- Alterations in erythrocyte fatty acid composition in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease
- Authors/Creators
- K. Goozee (Author/Creator)P. Chatterjee (Author/Creator)I. James (Author/Creator)K. Shen (Author/Creator)H.R. Sohrabi (Author/Creator)P.R. Asih (Author/Creator)P. Dave (Author/Creator)B. Ball (Author/Creator)C. ManYan (Author/Creator)K. Taddei (Author/Creator)R. Chung (Author/Creator)M.L. Garg (Author/Creator)R.N. Martins (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Scientific Reports, Vol.7, Article number: 676
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Identifiers
- 991005545098607891
- Copyright
- © 2020 Springer Nature Limited
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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