WHITE MATTER MICROSTRUCTURE AND AMYLOID AGGREGATION IN COGNITIVELY HEALTHY, ELDERLY IDENTICAL TWINS

Background: Lack of effective predictive models and/or treatments for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) has led a growing movement towards better characterization of pre-clinical stages. One currently established biomarker is positron emission tomography (PET) measured amyloid beta load. Here, in a genetically informative population of cognitively healthy, elderly identical twins, we compared this biomarker to a promising new candidate; white matter (WM) integrity measured by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Method(s): Eighty-eight genetically identical twin-pairs and 14 individual twins (n=190, mean ag... Mehr ...

Verfasser: den Braber, Anouk
Stickney, Kristine
van 't Ent, Dennis
ten Kate, Mara
Konijnenberg, Elles
Tomassen, Jori
Barkhof, Frederik
van Berckel, Bart N.M.
Boomsma, Dorret I.
de Geus, Eco
Scheltens, Philip
Visser, Pieter Jelle
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Reihe/Periodikum: den Braber , A , Stickney , K , van 't Ent , D , ten Kate , M , Konijnenberg , E , Tomassen , J , Barkhof , F , van Berckel , B N M , Boomsma , D I , de Geus , E , Scheltens , P & Visser , P J 2018 , ' WHITE MATTER MICROSTRUCTURE AND AMYLOID AGGREGATION IN COGNITIVELY HEALTHY, ELDERLY IDENTICAL TWINS ' , Alzheimers & Dementia , vol. 14 , no. 7S Part 8 , P1-418 , pp. P465-P465 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.427
Schlagwörter: /dk/atira/pure/keywords/cohort_studies/netherlands_twin_register_ntr_ / name=Netherlands Twin Register (NTR)
Sprache: Englisch
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Background: Lack of effective predictive models and/or treatments for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) has led a growing movement towards better characterization of pre-clinical stages. One currently established biomarker is positron emission tomography (PET) measured amyloid beta load. Here, in a genetically informative population of cognitively healthy, elderly identical twins, we compared this biomarker to a promising new candidate; white matter (WM) integrity measured by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Method(s): Eighty-eight genetically identical twin-pairs and 14 individual twins (n=190, mean age(SD)= 70 (7.5)) were selected from the EMIF-AD PreclinAD study. Abeta load, as a measure for amyloid aggregation, was quantified from [18F] Flutemetamol PET scans. Regional measurements of fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD), obtained with tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) from FMRIB's Software Library (FSL), were used as measures for WM integrity. Within-subject associations between amyloid aggregation and WM integrity were estimated using generalized estimating equations, correcting for twin dependency. A possible shared etiology between amyloid aggregation and WM integrity was further explored using a cross-twin cross-trait (CTCT) design, testing whether amyloid aggregation in a twin could predict WM integrity in the co-twin. Analyses were adjusted for age, sex and intracranial volume. Result(s): Amyloid aggregation predicted trends in increased FA and decreased MD. Regions of interest (ROIs) that met p