Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Krembil Discovery Tower, 60 Leonard Ave., 4KD-481, Toronto, ON, M5T 2S8, Canada.
Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Mol Neurobiol. 2018 Dec;55(12):8826-8841. doi: 10.1007/s12035-018-1032-x. Epub 2018 Mar 30.
Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) prior to the age of 65 years is classified as young-onset (YOAD), whereas diagnosis after the age of 65 years is considered late-onset (LOAD). Although rare autosomal mutations more commonly associate with YOAD, most YOAD and LOAD cases are sporadic. YOAD and LOAD share amyloid and tau pathology, but many YOAD patients show increased disease severity and rate of progression. The current study examined the microRNA (miRNA) expression profile from exosomes isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of YOAD patients with biomarker-confirmed AD. Results uncovered miR-16-5p, miR-125b-5p, miR-451a, and miR-605-5p as differentially expressed in the CSF-derived exosomes of YOAD patients when compared with healthy controls (HC). In a cohort of LOAD patients, miR-125b-5p, miR-451a, and miR-605-5p were similarly altered in expression, but miR-16-5p showed similar expression to control. Analysis of the mRNA targets of these miRNAs revealed transcripts enriched in biological processes relevant to the post-mortem posterior cingulate cortex transcriptome in YOAD from a previously published microarray study, including those related to neuron projections, synaptic signaling, metabolism, apoptosis, and the immune system. Hence, these miRNAs represent novel targets for uncovering disease mechanisms and for biomarker development in both YOAD and LOAD.
65 岁之前被诊断为阿尔茨海默病(AD)的临床诊断被归类为早发性(YOAD),而 65 岁之后的诊断则被认为是晚发性(LOAD)。虽然罕见的常染色体突变更常与 YOAD 相关,但大多数 YOAD 和 LOAD 病例都是散发性的。YOAD 和 LOAD 具有淀粉样蛋白和 tau 病理学,但许多 YOAD 患者表现出更高的疾病严重程度和进展速度。本研究检查了来自 YOAD 患者脑脊液(CSF)中分离的外泌体的 microRNA(miRNA)表达谱,这些患者的 AD 有生物标志物证实。结果发现,与健康对照组(HC)相比,YOAD 患者 CSF 衍生的外泌体中 miR-16-5p、miR-125b-5p、miR-451a 和 miR-605-5p 的表达存在差异。在 LOAD 患者队列中,miR-125b-5p、miR-451a 和 miR-605-5p 的表达也发生了类似的改变,但 miR-16-5p 的表达与对照组相似。对这些 miRNA 的 mRNA 靶标的分析显示,在之前发表的微阵列研究中,YOAD 后扣带回皮质转录组中与生物学过程相关的转录本丰富,包括与神经元投射、突触信号、代谢、凋亡和免疫系统相关的转录本。因此,这些 miRNA 代表了揭示疾病机制和开发 YOAD 和 LOAD 生物标志物的新靶点。