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PLASMA A?42/40 RATIO DETECTS EARLY STAGES OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND CORRELATES WITH CSF AND NEUROIMAGING BIOMARKERS IN THE AB255 STUDY
V. Pérez-Grijalba, J. Romero, P. Pesini, L. Sarasa, I. Monleón, I. San-José, J. Arbizu, P. Martínez-Lage, J. Munuera, A. Ruiz, L. Tárraga, M. Boada, M. Sarasa, on behalf of The AB255 Study Group
J Prev Alz Dis 2019;6(1):34-41
Background: Easily accessible biomarkers are needed for the early identification of individuals at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in large population screening strategies.
Objectives: This study evaluated the potential of plasma β-amyloid (Aβ) biomarkers in identifying early stages of AD and predicting cognitive decline over the following two years.
Design: Total plasma Aβ42/40 ratio (TP42/40) was determined in 83 cognitively normal individuals (CN) and 145 subjects with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (a-MCI) stratified by an FDG-PET AD-risk pattern.
Results: Significant lower TP42/40 ratio was found in a-MCI patients compared to CN. Moreover, a-MCIs with a high-risk FDG-PET pattern for AD showed even lower plasma ratio levels. Low TP42/40 at baseline increased the risk of progression to dementia by 70%. Furthermore, TP42/40 was inversely associated with neocortical amyloid deposition (measured with PiB-PET) and was concordant with the AD biomarker profile in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
Conclusions: TP42/40 demonstrated value in the identification of individuals suffering a-MCI, in the prediction of progression to dementia, and in the detection of underlying AD pathology revealed by FDG-PET, Amyloid-PET and CSF biomarkers, being, thus, consistently associated with all the well-established indicators of AD.
CITATION:
V. Pérez-Grijalba ; J. Romero ; P. Pesini ; L. Sarasa ; I. Monleón ; I. San-José ; J. Arbizu ; P. Martínez-Lage ; J. Munuera ; A. Ruiz ; L. Tárraga ; M. Boada ; M. Sarasa ; on behalf of The AB255 Study Group ; (2018): Plasma Aβ42/40 Ratio Detects Early Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease and Correlates with CSF and Neuroimaging Biomarkers in the AB255 Study . The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease (JPAD). http://dx.doi.org/10.14283/jpad.2018.41