Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Scientific Reports

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences

RAS ID

27331

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Porter, T., Burnham, S. C., Doré, V., Savage, G., Bourgeat, P., Begemann, K., . . . Laws, S. M. (2018). KIBRA is associated with accelerated cognitive decline and hippocampal atrophy in APOE ϵ4-positive cognitively normal adults with high Aβ-amyloid burden. Scientific Reports, 8(1). Available here

Abstract

A single nucleotide polymorphism, rs17070145, in the KIdney and BRAin expressed protein (KIBRA) gene has been associated with cognition and hippocampal volume in cognitively normal (CN) individuals. However, the impact of rs17070145 on longitudinal cognitive decline and hippocampal atrophy in CN adults at greatest risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease is unknown. We investigated the impact rs17070145 has on the rate of cognitive decline and hippocampal atrophy over six years in 602 CN adults, with known brain Aβ-amyloid levels and whether there is an interactive effect with APOE genotype. We reveal that whilst limited independent effects of KIBRA genotype were observed, there was an interaction with APOE in CN adults who presented with high Aβ-amyloid levels across study duration. In comparison to APOE ε4-ve individuals carrying the rs17070145-T allele, significantly faster rates of cognitive decline (global, p = 0.006; verbal episodic memory, p = 0.004), and hippocampal atrophy (p = 0.04) were observed in individuals who were APOE ε4 + ve and did not carry the rs17070145-T allele. The observation of APOE effects in only non-carriers of the rs17070145-T allele, in the presence of high Aβ-amyloid suggest that carriers of the rs17070145-T allele are conferred a level of resilience to the detrimental effects of high Aβ-amyloid and APOE ε4.

DOI

10.1038/s41598-018-20513-y

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