Replication study of plasma proteins relating to Alzheimer's pathology

Liu Shi; Laura M. Winchester; Sarah Westwood; Alison L. Baird; Sneha N. Anand; Noel J. Buckley; Abdul Hye; Nicholas J. Ashton; Isabelle Bos; Stephanie J.B. Vos; Mara ten Kate; Philip Scheltens; Charlotte E. Teunissen; Rik Vandenberghe; Silvy Gabel; Karen Meersmans; Sebastiaan Engelborghs; Ellen E. De Roeck; Kristel Sleegers; Giovanni B. Frisoni; Olivier Blin; Jill C. Richardson; Régis Bordet; José L. Molinuevo; Lorena Rami; Anders Wallin; Petronella Kettunen; Magda Tsolaki; Frans Verhey; Alberto Lléo; Isabel Sala; Julius Popp; Gwendoline Peyratout; Pablo Martinez-Lage; Mikel Tainta; Peter Johannsen; Yvonne Freund-Levi; Lutz Frölich; Valerija Dobricic; Cristina Legido-Quigley; Frederik Barkhof; Ulf Andreasson; Kaj Blennow; Henrik Zetterberg; Johannes Streffer; Christina M. Lill; Lars Bertram; Pieter Jelle Visser; Hartmuth C. Kolb; Vaibhav A. Narayan; Simon Lovestone; Alejo J. Nevado-Holgado

doi:10.1002/alz.12322

Replication study of plasma proteins relating to Alzheimer's pathology

Liu Shi^*, Laura M. Winchester, Sarah Westwood, Alison L. Baird, Sneha N. Anand, Noel J. Buckley, Abdul Hye, Nicholas J. Ashton, Isabelle Bos, Stephanie J.B. Vos, Mara ten Kate, Philip Scheltens, Charlotte E. Teunissen, Rik Vandenberghe, Silvy Gabel, Karen Meersmans, Sebastiaan Engelborghs, Ellen E. De Roeck, Kristel Sleegers, Giovanni B. FrisoniOlivier Blin, Jill C. Richardson, Régis Bordet, José L. Molinuevo, Lorena Rami, Anders Wallin, Petronella Kettunen, Magda Tsolaki, Frans Verhey, Alberto Lléo, Isabel Sala, Julius Popp, Gwendoline Peyratout, Pablo Martinez-Lage, Mikel Tainta, Peter Johannsen, Yvonne Freund-Levi, Lutz Frölich, Valerija Dobricic, Cristina Legido-Quigley, Frederik Barkhof, Ulf Andreasson, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Johannes Streffer, Christina M. Lill, Lars Bertram, Pieter Jelle Visser, Hartmuth C. Kolb, Vaibhav A. Narayan, Simon Lovestone, Alejo J. Nevado-Holgado

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Introduction: This study sought to discover and replicate plasma proteomic biomarkers relating to Alzheimer's disease (AD) including both the “ATN” (amyloid/tau/neurodegeneration) diagnostic framework and clinical diagnosis. Methods: Plasma proteins from 972 subjects (372 controls, 409 mild cognitive impairment [MCI], and 191 AD) were measured using both SOMAscan and targeted assays, including 4001 and 25 proteins, respectively. Results: Protein co-expression network analysis of SOMAscan data revealed the relation between proteins and “N” varied across different neurodegeneration markers, indicating that the ATN variants are not interchangeable. Using hub proteins, age, and apolipoprotein E ε4 genotype discriminated AD from controls with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.81 and MCI convertors from non-convertors with an AUC of 0.74. Targeted assays replicated the relation of four proteins with the ATN framework and clinical diagnosis. Discussion: Our study suggests that blood proteins can predict the presence of AD pathology as measured in the ATN framework as well as clinical diagnosis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1452-1464
Number of pages	13
Journal	Alzheimer's and Dementia
Volume	17
Issue number	9
Early online date	31 Mar 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12322
Publication status	Published - Sept 2021

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Alzheimer's disease
ATN framework
biomarker
dementia
network analysis
plasma proteomics
replication

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Shi, L., Winchester, L. M., Westwood, S., Baird, A. L., Anand, S. N., Buckley, N. J., Hye, A., Ashton, N. J., Bos, I., Vos, S. J. B., Kate, M. T., Scheltens, P., Teunissen, C. E., Vandenberghe, R., Gabel, S., Meersmans, K., Engelborghs, S., De Roeck, E. E., Sleegers, K., ... Nevado-Holgado, A. J. (2021). Replication study of plasma proteins relating to Alzheimer's pathology. Alzheimer's and Dementia, 17(9), 1452-1464. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12322

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AU - Winchester, Laura M.

AU - Westwood, Sarah

AU - Baird, Alison L.

AU - Anand, Sneha N.

AU - Buckley, Noel J.

AU - Hye, Abdul

AU - Ashton, Nicholas J.

AU - Bos, Isabelle

AU - Vos, Stephanie J.B.

AU - Kate, Mara ten

AU - Scheltens, Philip

AU - Teunissen, Charlotte E.

AU - Vandenberghe, Rik

AU - Gabel, Silvy

AU - Meersmans, Karen

AU - Engelborghs, Sebastiaan

AU - De Roeck, Ellen E.

AU - Sleegers, Kristel

AU - Frisoni, Giovanni B.

AU - Blin, Olivier

AU - Richardson, Jill C.

AU - Bordet, Régis

AU - Molinuevo, José L.

AU - Rami, Lorena

AU - Wallin, Anders

AU - Kettunen, Petronella

AU - Tsolaki, Magda

AU - Verhey, Frans

AU - Lléo, Alberto

AU - Sala, Isabel

AU - Popp, Julius

AU - Peyratout, Gwendoline

AU - Martinez-Lage, Pablo

AU - Tainta, Mikel

AU - Johannsen, Peter

AU - Freund-Levi, Yvonne

AU - Frölich, Lutz

AU - Dobricic, Valerija

AU - Legido-Quigley, Cristina

AU - Barkhof, Frederik

AU - Andreasson, Ulf

AU - Blennow, Kaj

AU - Zetterberg, Henrik

AU - Streffer, Johannes

AU - Lill, Christina M.

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AU - Visser, Pieter Jelle

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AU - Narayan, Vaibhav A.

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