Probing the proteome to explore potential correlates of increased Alzheimer's-related cerebrovascular disease in adults with Down syndrome

Fahmida Moni, Melissa E. Petersen, Fan Zhang, Patrick J. Lao, Molly E. Zimmerman, Yian Gu, José Gutierrez, Batool Rizvi, Krystal K. Laing, Kay C. Igwe, Mithra Sathishkumar, David Keator, Howard Andrews, Sharon Krinsky-McHale, Elizabeth Head, Joseph H. Lee, Florence Lai, Michael A. Yassa, H. Diana Rosas, Wayne SilvermanIra T. Lott, Nicole Schupf, Sid O'Bryant, Adam M. Brickman

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Abstract

Cerebrovascular disease is associated with symptoms and pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) among adults with Down syndrome (DS). The cause of increased dementia-related cerebrovascular disease in DS is unknown. We explored whether protein markers of neuroinflammation are associated with markers of cerebrovascular disease among adults with DS. Participants from the Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome (ADDS) study with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and blood biomarker data were included. Support vector machine (SVM) analyses examined the relationship of blood-based proteomic biomarkers with MRI-defined cerebrovascular disease among participants characterized as having cognitive decline (n = 36, mean age ± SD = 53 ± 6.2) and as being cognitively stable (n = 78, mean age = 49 ± 6.4). Inflammatory and AD markers were associated with cerebrovascular disease, particularly among symptomatic individuals. The pattern suggested relatively greater inflammatory involvement among cognitively stable individuals and greater AD involvement among those with cognitively decline. The findings help to generate hypotheses that both inflammatory and AD markers are implicated in cerebrovascular disease among those with DS and point to potential mechanistic pathways for further examination.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1744-1753
Number of pages10
JournalAlzheimer's and Dementia
Volume18
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2022

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