CARLOS AUGUSTO GONCALVES PASQUALUCCI

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Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina - Docente
ATCIENT-50, SVOC
LIM/22 - Laboratório de Patolologia Cardiovascular, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Líder

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  • article 31 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Low brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in post-mortem brains of older adults with depression and dementia in a large clinicopathological sample
    (2018) NUNES, Paula Villela; NASCIMENTO, Camila Fernandes; KIM, Helena Kyunghee; ANDREAZZA, Ana Cristina; BRENTANI, Helena Paula; SUEMOTO, Claudia Kimie; LEITE, Renata Elaine Paraizo; FERRETTI-REBUSTINI, Renata Eloah de Lucena; PASQUALUCCI, Carlos Augusto; NITRINI, Ricardo; GRINBERG, Lea Tenenholz; YONG, Lionel Trevor; JACOB-FILHO, Wilson; LAFER, Beny
    Background: Disturbances in peripheral brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) have been reported in major depressive disorder (MDD). However, there are no studies measuring BDNF levels directly in post-mortem brains of older subjects with MDD and dementia. We aimed to verify if brain BDNF levels were lower in older adults with lifetime history of MDD with and without dementia. Methods: BDNF levels of post-mortem brains from 80 community-dwelling older individuals with lifetime MDD with and without dementia were compared with levels from 80 controls without lifetime MDD. Participants with no reliable close informant, or with prolonged agonal state were excluded. Lifetime MDD was defined as at least one previous episode according to the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (SCID). Results: BDNF levels were lower in the MDD group with dementia than in participants with dementia and without MDD as confirmed by multivariate analysis adjusted for clinical and cardiovascular risk factors (beta = - 0.106, 95%CI = - 0.204; - 0.009, p = 0.034). No difference was found in the group with MDD without dementia compared with their controls. Limitations: The retrospective assessment of a lifetime history of depression may be subject to information bias and this study only establishes a cross-sectional association between lifetime history of MDD and lower levels of BDNF in patients with dementia. Conclusions: In this community sample of older individuals, lower brain BDNF levels were found in cases with both lifetime MDD and dementia. Low BDNF levels could be a moderator to accelerated brain aging observed in MDD with dementia.
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    Inflammatory factors (cytokines and cortisol) across different brain regions in bipolar disorder and their associations with neuropsychiatric symptoms: A post-mortem study
    (2020) NASCIMENTO, Camila; NUNES, Paula V.; SUEMOTO, Claudia K.; RODRIGUEZ, Roberta D.; LEITE, Renata E. P.; GRINBERG, Lea T.; PASQUALUCCI, Carlos A.; NITRINI, Ricardo; JACOB-FILHO, Wilson; BRENTANI, Helena P.; LAFER, Beny
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    THE DOWREGULATION EXPRESSION OF PROLINE OXIDASE GENE IMBALANCE GLUTAMATE IN BRAINS OF THE SUBJECTS WITH OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER A POST MORTEM STUDY
    (2017) OLIVEIRA, Katia de; LISBOA, Bianca Cristina Garcia; CARREIRA, Luzia Lima; GOUVEIA, Gisele Rodrigues; MORETTO, Ariane Cristine; NEVES, Ricardo de Caires; PASQUA-LUCCI, Carlos Augusto; GRINBERG, Lea Tenenholz; JACOB-FILHO, Wilson; LAFER, Beny; MIGUEL, Euripedes Constantino; SHAVITT, Roseli Gedanke; HOEXTER, Marcelo Queiroz; PEREIRA, Carlos Alberto de Bragranca; BRENTANI, Helena
  • article 1 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Increased levels of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 in the hippocampus of subjects with bipolar disorder: a postmortem study
    (2022) NASCIMENTO, Camila; V, Paula Nunes; KIM, Helena K.; LEITE, Renata E. P.; RODRIGUEZ, Roberta D.; OLIVEIRA, Katia Cristina De; BRENTANI, Helena P.; JACOB-FILHO, Wilson; NITRINI, Ricardo; PASQUALUCCI, Carlos A.; GRINBERG, Lea T.; SUEMOTO, Claudia K.; LAFER, Beny
    Bipolar disorder shares symptoms and pathological pathways with other neurodegenerative diseases, including frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Since TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is a neuropathological marker of frontotemporal dementia and it is involved in synaptic transmission, we explored the role of TDP-43 as a molecular feature of bipolar disorder (BD). Homogenates were acquired from frozen hippocampus of postmortem brains of bipolar disorder subjects. TDP-43 levels were quantified using an ELISA-sandwich method and compared between the postmortem brains of bipolar disorder subjects and age-matched control group. We found higher levels of TDP-43 protein in the hippocampus of BD (n = 15) subjects, when compared to controls (n = 15). We did not find associations of TDP-43 with age at death, postmortem interval, or age of disease onset. Our results suggest that protein TDP-43 may be potentially implicated in behavioral abnormalities seen in BD. Further investigation is needed to validate these findings and to examine the role of this protein during the disease course and mood states.
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    Unrevealing the role of a frontotemporal dementia protein (TDP-43 protein) in bipolar disorder
    (2019) NASCIMENTO, C.; VILLELA, P. Nunes; KIM, H. Kyunghee; OLIVEIRA, K. De; LEITE, R. E. Paraizo; FERRETTI-REBUSTINI, R. E. D. L.; GRINBERG, L. T.; SUEMOTO, C. K.; PASQUALUCCI, C. A.; NITRINI, R.; JACOB-FILHO, W.; BRENTANI, H. P.; LAFER, B.
  • article 8 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Factors associated with brain volume in major depression in older adults without dementia: results from a large autopsy study
    (2018) NUNES, Paula Villela; SUEMOTO, Claudia Kimie; LEITE, Renata Elaine Paraizo; FERRETTI-REBUSTINI, Renata Eloah de Lucena; PASQUALUCCI, Carlos Augusto; NITRINI, Ricardo; FARFEL, Jose Marcelo; OLIVEIRA, Katia Cristina de; GRINBERG, Lea Tenenholz; COSTA, Nicole Rezende da; NASCIMENTO, Camila Fernandes; SALMASI, Faraz; KIM, Helena Kyunghee; YOUNG, Lionel Trevor; JACOB-FILHO, Wilson; LAFER, Beny
    ObjectiveWe examined brain volume and atrophy in individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) without dementia that were referred to a large autopsy service. We also examined potential risk factors for brain atrophy, including demographics and clinical variables. MethodsIn this study, 1373 participants (787 male) aged 50years or older who died from natural causes were included. Participants with no reliable informant, with cognitive impairment or dementia, with a medical history of severe chronic disease, or with prolonged agonal state were excluded. Presence of MDD at least once in their lifetime was defined according to the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM. Brain volume was measured immediately after removal from the skull. ResultsMean age at death was 68.611.6, and MDD was present in 185 (14%) individuals. Smaller brain volume was associated with older age (p<0.001), lower education (years; p<0.001), hypertension (p=0.001), diabetes (p=0.006), and female gender (p<0.001). In the multivariate analysis adjusted for sociodemographics and cardiovascular risk factors, smaller brain volume was not associated with major depression (=-0.86, 95% CI=-26.50 to 24.77, p=0.95). ConclusionsIn this large autopsy study of older adults, MDD was not associated with smaller brain volumes. Regardless of the presence of MDD, in this sample of older adults without dementia, we found that smaller brain volumes were associated with risk factors for brain neurodegeneration such as older age, diabetes, hypertension, and lower education.
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    Increased Transactive Response DNA-Binding Protein (TDP-43) Levels in Bipolar Disorder: A Postmortem Study
    (2018) NASCIMENTO, Camila; NUNES, Paula Villela; KIM, Helena K.; OLIVEIRA, Katia C.; LEITE, Renata P.; FERRETTI-REBUSTINI, Renata E.; GRINBERG, Lea T.; SUEMOTO, Claudia K.; PASQUALUCCI, Carlos A.; NITRINI, Ricardo; ACOB-FILHO, Wilson J.; BRENTANI, Helena P.; LAFER, Beny
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    Increased levels of cortisol but not C-reactive protein in different brain regions in bipolar disorder: a post-mortem study
    (2019) NUNES, P. V.; NASCIMENTO, C.; SUEMOTO, C. K.; RODRIGUEZ, R. D.; LEITE, R. E. P.; FERRETTI-REBUSTINI, R. E. delucena; GRINBERG, L. T.; PASQUALUCCI, C. A.; NITRINI, R.; JACOB-FILHO, W.; BRENTANI, H. P.; LAFER, B.
  • article 4 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Depression and cardiovascular risk factors: evidence from a large postmortem sample
    (2013) SUEMOTO, Claudia K.; DAMICO, Marcio V.; FERRETTI, Renata E. L.; GRINBERG, Lea T.; FARFEL, Jose Marcelo; LEITE, Renata E. P.; NITRINI, Ricardo; LAFER, Beny; JACOB-FILHO, Wilson; PASQUALUCCI, Carlos A.
    Objectives We aimed to investigate the association of depression with cardiovascular risk factors and diseases (CVRFD) in a large population-based sample. Methods This cross-sectional study included 1012 deceased individuals greater than 50years of age from a general autopsy service located in SAo Paulo, Brazil. Demographics, socioeconomic profile, and CVRFD information were collected by caregivers from the deceased individuals from the Brain Bank of the Brazilian Aging Brain Study Group. Depression diagnosed using the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Mental Disorders was the main outcome. Results Depression was associated with female gender (odds ratio (OR)=1.86; 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.282.71, p=0.001), widowhood (OR=1.54; 95% CI=1.032.32, p=0.04), physical inactivity (OR=1.61; 95% CI=1.152.26, p=0.006), and smoking (OR=2.03; 95% CI=1.402.95, p<0.001) after multivariate logistic regression analysis. Other CVRFD were not associated with the presence of depression. Conclusions In our cross-sectional study, sedentary individuals and smokers showed a higher chance of depression during lifetime. Measures to control these common risk factors could decrease the incidence of depression.
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    Transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 as a neuromarker of bipolar disorder
    (2018) NASCIMENTO, C.; VILLELA, P. Nunes; OLIVEIRA, K. C. De; BARBOSA, A.; KIM, H. Kyunghee; MORETTO, A. C.; LEITE, R. E. Paraizo; FERRETTI-REBUSTINI, R. Eloah de Lucena; GRINBERG, L. Tenenholz; SUEMOTO, C. Kimie; FARFEL, J. M.; PASQUALUCCI, C. A.; BRENTANI, H. P.; NITRINI, R.; JACOB-FILHO, W.; LAFER, B.