Epigenetic Clock Acceleration Is Linked to Age at Onset of Parkinson's Disease

© 2022 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society..

BACKGROUND: Aging is the strongest risk factor for Parkinson's disease (PD), which is a clinically heterogeneous movement disorder with highly variable age at onset. DNA methylation age (DNAm age) is an epigenetic clock that could reflect biological aging.

OBJECTIVES: The aim was to evaluate whether PD age at onset is associated with DNAm-age acceleration (difference between DNAm age and chronological age).

METHODS: We used the genome-wide Infinium MethylationEPIC array to assess DNAm age in discovery (n = 96) and replication (n = 182) idiopathic PD cohorts and a unique longitudinal LRRK2 cohort (n = 220) at four time points over a 3-year period, comprising 91 manifesting and 129 nonmanifesting G2019S carriers at baseline. Cox proportional hazard regression and multivariate linear regression were used to evaluate the relation between DNAm-age acceleration and PD age at onset, which was highly variable in manifesting G2019S carriers (36-75 years) and both idiopathic PD cohorts (26-77 and 35-81 years).

RESULTS: DNAm-age acceleration remained steady over the 3-year period in most G2019S carriers. It was strongly associated with age at onset in the LRRK2 cohort (P = 2.25 × 10-15 ) and discovery idiopathic PD cohort (P = 5.39 × 10-9 ), suggesting that every 5-year increase in DNAm-age acceleration is related to about a 6-year earlier onset. This link was replicated in an independent idiopathic PD cohort (P = 1.91 × 10-10 ). In each cohort, the faster-aging group has an increased hazard for an earlier onset (up to 255%).

CONCLUSIONS: This study is the first to demonstrate that DNAm-age acceleration is related to PD age at onset, which could be considered in disease-modifying clinical trials. Future studies should evaluate the stability of DNAm-age acceleration over longer time periods, especially for phenoconverters from nonmanifesting to manifesting individuals. © 2022 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.

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CommentIn: Nat Rev Neurol. 2022 Oct;18(10):575. - PMID 36071269

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

Enthalten in:

Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 37(2022), 9 vom: 19. Sept., Seite 1831-1840

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tang, Xuelin [VerfasserIn]
Gonzalez-Latapi, Paulina [VerfasserIn]
Marras, Connie [VerfasserIn]
Visanji, Naomi P [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Wanli [VerfasserIn]
Sato, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Lang, Anthony E [VerfasserIn]
Rogaeva, Ekaterina [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ming [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

DNA methylation
EC 2.7.11.1
Epigenetic clock
Journal Article
LRRK2 mutation
Leucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2
Parkinson's disease
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 15.09.2022

Date Revised 11.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Nat Rev Neurol. 2022 Oct;18(10):575. - PMID 36071269

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/mds.29157

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NLM344410544