Amyloid-β and tau pathologies relate to distinctive brain dysconnectomics in preclinical autosomal-dominant Alzheimer's disease

The human brain is composed of functional networks that have a modular topology, where brain regions are organized into communities that form internally dense (segregated) and externally sparse (integrated) subnetworks that underlie higher-order cognitive functioning. It is hypothesized that amyloid-β and tau pathology in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD) spread through functional networks, disrupting neural communication that results in cognitive dysfunction. We used high-resolution (voxel-level) graph-based network analyses to test whether in vivo amyloid-β and tau burden was associated with the segregation and integration of brain functional connections, and episodic memory, in cognitively unimpaired Presenilin-1 E280A carriers who are expected to develop early-onset AD dementia in ∼13 y on average. Compared to noncarriers, mutation carriers exhibited less functional segregation and integration in posterior default-mode network (DMN) regions, particularly the precuneus, and in the retrospenial cortex, which has been shown to link medial temporal regions and cortical regions of the DMN. Mutation carriers also showed greater functional segregation and integration in regions connected to the salience network, including the striatum and thalamus. Greater tau burden was associated with lower segregated and integrated functional connectivity of DMN regions, particularly the precuneus and medial prefrontal cortex. In turn, greater tau pathology was related to higher segregated and integrated functional connectivity in the retrospenial cortex and the anterior cingulate cortex, a hub of the salience network. These findings enlighten our understanding of how AD-related pathology distinctly alters the brain’s functional architecture in the preclinical stage, possibly contributing to pathology propagation and ultimately resulting in dementia.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:119

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 119(2022), 15 vom: 12. Apr., Seite e2113641119

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guzmán-Vélez, Edmarie [VerfasserIn]
Diez, Ibai [VerfasserIn]
Schoemaker, Dorothee [VerfasserIn]
Pardilla-Delgado, Enmanuelle [VerfasserIn]
Vila-Castelar, Clara [VerfasserIn]
Fox-Fuller, Joshua T [VerfasserIn]
Baena, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Sperling, Reisa A [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Keith A [VerfasserIn]
Lopera, Francisco [VerfasserIn]
Sepulcre, Jorge [VerfasserIn]
Quiroz, Yakeel T [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Amyloid beta-Peptides
FMRI
Familial Alzheimer’s disease
Journal Article
PSEN1 protein, human
Pathology
Positron emission tomography
Presenilin-1
Resting-state functional connectivity
Tau Proteins

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Date Completed 14.04.2022

Date Revised 27.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1073/pnas.2113641119

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM339107111