Elevated plasma neurofilament light in aging reflects brain white-matter alterations but does not predict cognitive decline or Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease biomarker brain white matter cognition early prediction longitudinal neurofilament light

Journal

Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
ISSN: 2352-8729
Titre abrégé: Alzheimers Dement (Amst)
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101654604

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 31 03 2020
revised: 20 05 2020
accepted: 20 05 2020
entrez: 27 6 2020
pubmed: 27 6 2020
medline: 27 6 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

We investigated neurofilament light (NFL) accumulation in normal aging as well as in preclinical and clinical Alzheimer's disease (AD) and assessed individual differences in NFL load in relation to cognition and brain white-matter integrity. We analyzed longitudinal data covering 30 years (1988-2017). Cognitive testing was done up to six times. Plasma NFL was quantified for controls and 142 cases who developed AD over time, and longitudinal changes in NFL were quantified for 100 individuals with three brain-imaging sessions. Longitudinal analyses revealed age-related NFL increases with marked variability. AD cases had elevated NFL levels, while no significant group differences were seen in the preclinical phase. Variability in NFL levels showed non-significant correlations with cognition but was associated with brain white matter. Our findings suggest that elevated blood NFL, likely reflecting brain white-matter alterations, characterizes clinical AD, while NFL levels do not predict age-related cognitive impairment or impending AD.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32587884
doi: 10.1002/dad2.12050
pii: DAD212050
pmc: PMC7311800
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e12050

Informations de copyright

© 2020 The Authors. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Alzheimer's Association.

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Auteurs

Lars Nyberg (L)

Department of Radiation Sciences Umeå University Umeå Sweden.
Department of Integrative Medical Biology Umeå University Umeå Sweden.
Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging (UFBI) Umeå University Umeå Sweden.

Anders Lundquist (A)

Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging (UFBI) Umeå University Umeå Sweden.
Department of Statistics USBE Umeå University Umeå Sweden.
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umeå Umeå Sweden.

Annelie Nordin Adolfsson (A)

Department of Clinical Sciences Umeå University Umeå Sweden.

Micael Andersson (M)

Department of Integrative Medical Biology Umeå University Umeå Sweden.
Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging (UFBI) Umeå University Umeå Sweden.

Henrik Zetterberg (H)

Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology The Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden.
Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory Sahlgrenska University Hospital Mölndal Sweden.
Department of Neurodegenerative Disease UCL Institute of Neurology London UK.
UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL London UK.

Kaj Blennow (K)

Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology The Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden.
Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory Sahlgrenska University Hospital Mölndal Sweden.

Rolf Adolfsson (R)

Department of Clinical Sciences Umeå University Umeå Sweden.

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