PAULA VILLELA NUNES
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LIM/21 - Laboratório de Neuroimagem em Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- 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, BenyBackground: 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.
conferenceObject 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- Neuropsychiatric symptoms in community-dwelling older Brazilians with mild cognitive impairment and dementia(2022) SUEMOTO, Claudia Kimie; NUNES, Paula Villela; LEITE, Renata Elaine Paraizo; FERRETTI-REBUSTINI, Renata Eloah de Lucena; PASQUALUCCI, Carlos Augusto; NITRINI, Ricardo; RODRIGUEZ, Roberta Diehl; GRINBERG, Lea Tenenholz; JACOB-FILHO, Wilson
- 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, BenyBipolar 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.
- 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.
- 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, BenyObjectiveWe 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.
- Determinants of microcephaly in adults using data mining: increased risk for dementia and greater association with male gender(2020) MANCINE, L.; SUEMOTO, C. K.; RODRIGUEZ, R. D.; LEITE, R. E. P.; NASCIMENTO, C.; FERRETI-REBUSTINI, R.; TEIXEIRA, J. D. M.; PASQUALUCCI, C. A.; NITRINI, R.; JACOB-FILHO, W.; GRINBERG, L.; SALVINI, R.; NUNES, P. V.
conferenceObject 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, BenyconferenceObject 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 0 Citação(ões) na Scopus Cause of Death Determined by Full-body Autopsy in Neuropathologically Diagnosed Dementias The Biobank for Aging Studies of the University of Sao Paulo (BAS-USP), Brazil(2022) NEVES, Beatriz Astolfi; NUNES, Paula Villela; RODRIGUEZ, Roberta Diehl; HAIDAR, Atmis Medeiros; LEITE, Renata Elaine Paraizo; NASCIMENTO, Camila; PASQUALUCCI, Carlos Augusto; NITRINI, Ricardo; JACOB-FILHO, Wilson; LAFER, Beny; GRINBERG, Lea TenenholzObjective: This study aimed to compare causes of death in the most prevalent neuropathologically diagnosed dementias. Methods: We analyzed causes of death in a community-based cohort of participants aged 50 or older, submitted to full-body autopsy and a comprehensive neuropathologic examination of the brain. Individuals with Alzheimer disease (AD), vascular dementia (VaD), mixed dementia (AD+VaD), or dementia with Lewy bodies (DLBs) were compared with individuals with no dementia. Results: In a sample of 920 individuals, 456 had no dementia, 147 had AD, 120 had VaD, 53 had DLB, and 37 had AD+VaD. Pneumonia as the cause of death was more frequent in the AD (P= 0.023), AD+VaD (P= 0.046), and DLB (P= 0.043) groups. In addition, VaD (P= 0.041) and AD+VaD (P= 0.028) groups had a higher frequency of atherosclerosis as detected by full-body autopsy. Conclusion: Our findings highlight the importance of preventive measures regarding atherosclerosis and pneumonia in patients with dementia. Moreover, because of cognitive impairment, these patients may not fully account for symptoms to make early detection and diagnosis possible. These results confirm findings from previous studies that were based on clinical data, with added accuracy provided by neuropathologic diagnosis and full-body autopsy reports.
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