Does Loss of Integrity of the Cingulum Bundle Link Amyloid-β Accumulation and Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's Disease?
Vlegels, Naomi ; Ossenkoppele, Rik LU ; Van Der Flier, Wiesje M. ; Koek, Huiberdina L. ; Reijmer, Yael D. ; Wisse, Laura E.M. LU
and Biessels, Geert Jan
(2022)
In Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
89(1).
p.39-49
- Abstract
Background: Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) into plaques, aggregation of tau into neurofibrillary tangles, and neurodegenerative processes including atrophy. However, there is a poorly understood spatial discordance between initial Aβ deposition and local neurodegeneration. Objective: Here, we test the hypothesis that the cingulum bundle links Aβ deposition in the cingulate cortex to medial temporal lobe (MTL) atrophy. Methods: 21 participants with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from the UMC Utrecht memory clinic (UMCU, discovery sample) and 37 participants with MCI from Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI, replication sample) with available Aβ-PET scan, T1-weighted and... (More)
Background: Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) into plaques, aggregation of tau into neurofibrillary tangles, and neurodegenerative processes including atrophy. However, there is a poorly understood spatial discordance between initial Aβ deposition and local neurodegeneration. Objective: Here, we test the hypothesis that the cingulum bundle links Aβ deposition in the cingulate cortex to medial temporal lobe (MTL) atrophy. Methods: 21 participants with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from the UMC Utrecht memory clinic (UMCU, discovery sample) and 37 participants with MCI from Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI, replication sample) with available Aβ-PET scan, T1-weighted and diffusion-weighted MRI were included. Aβ load of the cingulate cortex was measured by the standardized uptake value ratio (SUVR), white matter integrity of the cingulum bundle was assessed by mean diffusivity and atrophy of the MTL by normalized MTL volume. Relationships were tested with linear mixed models, to accommodate multiple measures for each participant. Results: We found at most a weak association between cingulate Aβ and MTL volume (added R2 <0.06), primarily for the posterior hippocampus. In neither sample, white matter integrity of the cingulum bundle was associated with cingulate Aβ or MTL volume (added R2 <0.01). Various sensitivity analyses (Aβ-positive individuals only, posterior cingulate SUVR, MTL sub region volume) provided similar results. Conclusion: These findings, consistent in two independent cohorts, do not support our hypothesis that loss of white matter integrity of the cingulum is a connecting factor between cingulate gyrus Aβ deposition and MTL atrophy.
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- author
- Vlegels, Naomi
; Ossenkoppele, Rik
LU
; Van Der Flier, Wiesje M.
; Koek, Huiberdina L.
; Reijmer, Yael D.
; Wisse, Laura E.M.
LU
and Biessels, Geert Jan
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Alzheimer's disease, amyloid-β, diffusion tensor imaging, medial temporal lobe, neurodegeneration, PET, white matter integrity
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- Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
- volume
- 89
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 11 pages
- publisher
- IOS Press
- external identifiers
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- pmid:35848018
- scopus:85137161783
- ISSN
- 1387-2877
- DOI
- 10.3233/JAD-220024
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- b6308767-950e-40c8-bf12-58ac8179a83d
- date added to LUP
- 2022-11-14 11:29:48
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abstract = {{<p>Background: Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) into plaques, aggregation of tau into neurofibrillary tangles, and neurodegenerative processes including atrophy. However, there is a poorly understood spatial discordance between initial Aβ deposition and local neurodegeneration. Objective: Here, we test the hypothesis that the cingulum bundle links Aβ deposition in the cingulate cortex to medial temporal lobe (MTL) atrophy. Methods: 21 participants with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from the UMC Utrecht memory clinic (UMCU, discovery sample) and 37 participants with MCI from Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI, replication sample) with available Aβ-PET scan, T1-weighted and diffusion-weighted MRI were included. Aβ load of the cingulate cortex was measured by the standardized uptake value ratio (SUVR), white matter integrity of the cingulum bundle was assessed by mean diffusivity and atrophy of the MTL by normalized MTL volume. Relationships were tested with linear mixed models, to accommodate multiple measures for each participant. Results: We found at most a weak association between cingulate Aβ and MTL volume (added R2 <0.06), primarily for the posterior hippocampus. In neither sample, white matter integrity of the cingulum bundle was associated with cingulate Aβ or MTL volume (added R2 <0.01). Various sensitivity analyses (Aβ-positive individuals only, posterior cingulate SUVR, MTL sub region volume) provided similar results. Conclusion: These findings, consistent in two independent cohorts, do not support our hypothesis that loss of white matter integrity of the cingulum is a connecting factor between cingulate gyrus Aβ deposition and MTL atrophy.</p>}},
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