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Título: | Alzheimer's disease clinical variants show distinct regional patterns of neurofibrillary tangle accumulation |
Autor: | PETERSEN, Cathrine; NOLAN, Amber L.; RESENDE, Elisa de Paula Franca; MILLER, Zachary; EHRENBERG, Alexander J.; GORNO-TEMPINI, Maria Luisa; ROSEN, Howard J.; KRAMER, Joel H.; SPINA, Salvatore; RABINOVICI, Gil D.; MILLER, Bruce L.; SEELEY, William W.; HEINSEN, Helmut; GRINBERG, Lea Tenenholz |
Citación: | ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA, v.138, n.4, p.597-612, 2019 |
Resumen: | The clinical spectrum of Alzheimer's disease (AD) extends well beyond the classic amnestic-predominant syndrome. The previous studies have suggested differential neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) burden between amnestic and logopenic primary progressive aphasia presentations of AD. In this study, we explored the regional distribution of NFT pathology and its relationship to AD presentation across five different clinical syndromes. We assessed NFT density throughout six selected neocortical and hippocampal regions using thioflavin-S fluorescent microscopy in a well-characterized clinicopathological cohort of pure AD cases enriched for atypical clinical presentations. Subjects underwent apolipoprotein E genotyping and neuropsychological testing. Main cognitive domains (executive, visuospatial, language, and memory function) were assessed using an established composite z score. Our results showed that NFT regional burden aligns with the clinical presentation and region-specific cognitive scores. Cortical, but not hippocampal, NFT burden was higher among atypical clinical variants relative to the amnestic syndrome. In analyses of specific clinical variants, logopenic primary progressive aphasia showed higher NFT density in the superior temporal gyrus (p = 0.0091), and corticobasal syndrome showed higher NFT density in the primary motor cortex (p = 0.0205) relative to the amnestic syndrome. Higher NFT burden in the angular gyrus and CA1 sector of the hippocampus were independently associated with worsening visuospatial dysfunction. In addition, unbiased hierarchical clustering based on regional NFT densities identified three groups characterized by a low overall NFT burden, high overall burden, and cortical-predominant burden, respectively, which were found to differ in sex ratio, age, disease duration, and clinical presentation. In comparison, the typical, hippocampal sparing, and limbic-predominant subtypes derived from a previously proposed algorithm did not reproduce the same degree of clinical relevance in this sample. Overall, our results suggest domain-specific functional consequences of regional NFT accumulation. Mapping these consequences presents an opportunity to increase understanding of the neuropathological framework underlying atypical clinical manifestations. |
Aparece en las colecciones: | Artigos e Materiais de Revistas Científicas - FM/MPT Artigos e Materiais de Revistas Científicas - LIM/22 Artigos e Materiais de Revistas Científicas - LIM/44 |
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