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Association between serum urate and CSF markers of Alzheimer's disease pathology in a population-based sample of 70-year-olds

Fatima, Tahzeeb LU ; Jacobsson, Lennart T.H. LU ; Kern, Silke ; Zettergren, Anna ; Blennow, Kaj LU ; Zetterberg, Henrik LU ; Johansson, Lena LU ; Dehlin, Mats and Skoog, Ingmar (2021) In Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring 13(1).
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Introduction: The relationship between urate and biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology has not been investigated. Methods: We examined whether serum concentration of urate was associated with cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, amyloid beta (Aβ)42, Aβ40, phosphorylated tau (p-tau), total tau (t-tau), neurofilament light (NfL), and Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio, in cognitively unimpaired 70-year-old individuals from Gothenburg, Sweden. We also evaluated whether possible associations were modulated by the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele. Results: Serum urate was positively associated with Aβ42 in males (β = 0.55 pg/mL, P =.04). There was a positive urate–APOE ε4 interaction (1.24... (More)

Introduction: The relationship between urate and biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology has not been investigated. Methods: We examined whether serum concentration of urate was associated with cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, amyloid beta (Aβ)42, Aβ40, phosphorylated tau (p-tau), total tau (t-tau), neurofilament light (NfL), and Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio, in cognitively unimpaired 70-year-old individuals from Gothenburg, Sweden. We also evaluated whether possible associations were modulated by the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele. Results: Serum urate was positively associated with Aβ42 in males (β = 0.55 pg/mL, P =.04). There was a positive urate–APOE ε4 interaction (1.24 pg/mL, Pinteraction =.02) in relation to Aβ42 association. The positive urate and Aβ42 association strengthened in male APOE ε4 carriers (β = 1.28 pg/mL, P =.01). Discussion: The positive association between urate and Aβ42 in cognitively healthy men may suggest a protective effect of urate against deposition of amyloid protein in the brain parenchyma, and in the longer term, maybe against AD dementia.

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Alzheimer's disease, apolipoprotein E ε4, cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, dementia, urate
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Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring
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13
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1
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e12241
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Elsevier
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10.1002/dad2.12241
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  author       = {{Fatima, Tahzeeb and Jacobsson, Lennart T.H. and Kern, Silke and Zettergren, Anna and Blennow, Kaj and Zetterberg, Henrik and Johansson, Lena and Dehlin, Mats and Skoog, Ingmar}},
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  series       = {{Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring}},
  title        = {{Association between serum urate and CSF markers of Alzheimer's disease pathology in a population-based sample of 70-year-olds}},
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  doi          = {{10.1002/dad2.12241}},
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