Metabolic correlates of reserve and resilience in MCI due to Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
Abstract Background We explored the presence of both reserve and resilience in late-converter mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease (MCI-AD) and in patients with slowly progressing amyloid-positive MCI by assessing the topography and extent of neurodegeneration with respect to both “a...
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Matteo Bauckneht Andrea Chincarini Roberta Piva Dario Arnaldi Nicola Girtler Federico Massa Matteo Pardini Matteo Grazzini Hulya Efeturk Marco Pagani Gianmario Sambuceti Flavio Nobili Silvia Morbelli |
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Matteo Bauckneht Andrea Chincarini Roberta Piva Dario Arnaldi Nicola Girtler Federico Massa Matteo Pardini Matteo Grazzini Hulya Efeturk Marco Pagani Gianmario Sambuceti Flavio Nobili Silvia Morbelli Metabolic correlates of reserve and resilience in MCI due to Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy 18F-FDG PET Alzheimer’s disease Mild cognitive impairment Cognitive Reserve Resilience |
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Matteo Bauckneht Andrea Chincarini Roberta Piva Dario Arnaldi Nicola Girtler Federico Massa Matteo Pardini Matteo Grazzini Hulya Efeturk Marco Pagani Gianmario Sambuceti Flavio Nobili Silvia Morbelli |
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Metabolic correlates of reserve and resilience in MCI due to Alzheimer's Disease (AD) |
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Metabolic correlates of reserve and resilience in MCI due to Alzheimer's Disease (AD) |
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Metabolic correlates of reserve and resilience in MCI due to Alzheimer's Disease (AD) |
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Metabolic correlates of reserve and resilience in MCI due to Alzheimer's Disease (AD) |
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Metabolic correlates of reserve and resilience in MCI due to Alzheimer's Disease (AD) |
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metabolic correlates of reserve and resilience in mci due to alzheimer's disease (ad) |
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Abstract Background We explored the presence of both reserve and resilience in late-converter mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease (MCI-AD) and in patients with slowly progressing amyloid-positive MCI by assessing the topography and extent of neurodegeneration with respect to both “aggressive” and typically progressing phenotypes and in the whole group of patients with MCI, grounding the stratification on education level. Methods We analyzed 94 patients with MCI-AD followed until conversion to dementia and 39 patients with MCI who had brain amyloidosis (AMY+ MCI), all with available baseline 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) results. Using a data-driven approach based on conversion time, patients with MCI-AD were divided into typical AD and late-converter subgroups. Similarly, on the basis of annual rate of Mini Mental State Examination score reduction, AMY+ MCI group was divided, obtaining smoldering (first tertile) and aggressive (third tertile) subgroups. Finally, we divided the whole group (MCI-AD and AMY+ MCI) according to years of schooling, obtaining four subgroups: poorly educated (Low-EDUC; first quartile), patients with average education (Average-EDUC; second quartile), highly educated (High-EDUC; third quartile), and exceptionally educated (Except-EDUC; fourth quartile). FDG-PET of typical AD, late converters, and aggressive and smoldering AMY+ MCI subgroups, as well as education level-based subgroups, were compared with healthy volunteer control subjects (CTR) and within each group using a two-samples t test design (SPM8; p < 0.05 family-wise error-corrected). Results Late converters were characterized by relatively preserved metabolism in the right middle temporal gyrus (Brodmann area [BA] 21) and in the left orbitofrontal cortex (BA 47) with respect to typical AD. When compared with CTR, the High-EDUC subgroup demonstrated a more extended bilateral hypometabolism in the posterior parietal cortex, posterior cingulate cortex, and precuneus than the Low- and Average-EDUC subgroups expressing the same level of cognitive impairment. The Except-EDUC subgroup showed a cluster of significant hypometabolism including only the left posterior parietal cortex (larger than the Low- and Average-EDUC subgroups but not further extended with respect to the High-EDUC subgroup). Conclusions Middle and inferior temporal gyri may represent sites of resilience rather than a hallmark of a more aggressive pattern (when hypometabolic). These findings thus support the existence of a relatively homogeneous AD progression pattern of hypometabolism despite AD heterogeneity and interference of cognitive reserve. In fact, cortical regions whose “metabolic resistance” was associated with slower clinical progression had different localization with respect to the regions affected by education-related reserve. |
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doaj-a14f40b7c3894b178749c92bd34445752020-11-25T01:02:59ZengBMCAlzheimer’s Research & Therapy1758-91932018-04-0110111310.1186/s13195-018-0366-yMetabolic correlates of reserve and resilience in MCI due to Alzheimer's Disease (AD)Matteo Bauckneht0Andrea Chincarini1Roberta Piva2Dario Arnaldi3Nicola Girtler4Federico Massa5Matteo Pardini6Matteo Grazzini7Hulya Efeturk8Marco Pagani9Gianmario Sambuceti10Flavio Nobili11Silvia Morbelli12Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of GenoaNational Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN)Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of GenoaDepartment of Neuroscience (Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili [DINOGMI]), University of GenoaDepartment of Neuroscience (Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili [DINOGMI]), University of GenoaDepartment of Neuroscience (Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili [DINOGMI]), University of GenoaDepartment of Neuroscience (Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili [DINOGMI]), University of GenoaDepartment of Neuroscience (Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili [DINOGMI]), University of GenoaDepartment of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of GenoaInstitute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ICST), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of GenoaDepartment of Neuroscience (Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili [DINOGMI]), University of GenoaDepartment of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of GenoaAbstract Background We explored the presence of both reserve and resilience in late-converter mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease (MCI-AD) and in patients with slowly progressing amyloid-positive MCI by assessing the topography and extent of neurodegeneration with respect to both “aggressive” and typically progressing phenotypes and in the whole group of patients with MCI, grounding the stratification on education level. Methods We analyzed 94 patients with MCI-AD followed until conversion to dementia and 39 patients with MCI who had brain amyloidosis (AMY+ MCI), all with available baseline 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) results. Using a data-driven approach based on conversion time, patients with MCI-AD were divided into typical AD and late-converter subgroups. Similarly, on the basis of annual rate of Mini Mental State Examination score reduction, AMY+ MCI group was divided, obtaining smoldering (first tertile) and aggressive (third tertile) subgroups. Finally, we divided the whole group (MCI-AD and AMY+ MCI) according to years of schooling, obtaining four subgroups: poorly educated (Low-EDUC; first quartile), patients with average education (Average-EDUC; second quartile), highly educated (High-EDUC; third quartile), and exceptionally educated (Except-EDUC; fourth quartile). FDG-PET of typical AD, late converters, and aggressive and smoldering AMY+ MCI subgroups, as well as education level-based subgroups, were compared with healthy volunteer control subjects (CTR) and within each group using a two-samples t test design (SPM8; p < 0.05 family-wise error-corrected). Results Late converters were characterized by relatively preserved metabolism in the right middle temporal gyrus (Brodmann area [BA] 21) and in the left orbitofrontal cortex (BA 47) with respect to typical AD. When compared with CTR, the High-EDUC subgroup demonstrated a more extended bilateral hypometabolism in the posterior parietal cortex, posterior cingulate cortex, and precuneus than the Low- and Average-EDUC subgroups expressing the same level of cognitive impairment. The Except-EDUC subgroup showed a cluster of significant hypometabolism including only the left posterior parietal cortex (larger than the Low- and Average-EDUC subgroups but not further extended with respect to the High-EDUC subgroup). Conclusions Middle and inferior temporal gyri may represent sites of resilience rather than a hallmark of a more aggressive pattern (when hypometabolic). These findings thus support the existence of a relatively homogeneous AD progression pattern of hypometabolism despite AD heterogeneity and interference of cognitive reserve. In fact, cortical regions whose “metabolic resistance” was associated with slower clinical progression had different localization with respect to the regions affected by education-related reserve.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13195-018-0366-y18F-FDG PETAlzheimer’s diseaseMild cognitive impairmentCognitive ReserveResilience |