在早发性阿尔茨海默病的表型变异中,海马亚区体积存在差异。

Differences in hippocampal subfield volume are seen in phenotypic variants of early onset Alzheimer's disease.

机构信息

Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, UK.

Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UCL, London, UK.

出版信息

Neuroimage Clin. 2019;21:101632. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.101632. Epub 2018 Dec 11.

Abstract

The most common presentation of early onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD - defined as symptom onset <65 years) is with progressive episodic memory impairment - amnestic or typical Alzheimer's disease (tAD). However, EOAD is notable for its phenotypic heterogeneity, with posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) - characterised by prominent higher-order visual processing deficits and relative sparing of episodic memory - the second most common canonical phenotype. The hippocampus, which comprises a number of interconnected anatomically and functionally distinct subfields, is centrally involved in Alzheimer's disease and is a crucial mediator of episodic memory. The extent to which volumes of individual hippocampal subfields differ between different phenotypes in EOAD is unclear. The aim of this analysis was to investigate the hypothesis that patients with a PCA phenotype will exhibit differences in specific hippocampal subfield volumes compared to tAD. We studied 63 participants with volumetric T1-weighted MRI performed on the same 3T scanner: 39 EOAD patients [27 with tAD and 12 with PCA] and 24 age-matched controls. Volumetric estimates of the following hippocampal subfields for each participant were obtained using Freesurfer version 6.0: CA1, CA2/3, CA4, presubiculum, subiculum, hippocampal tail, parasubiculum, the molecular and granule cell layers of the dentate gryus (GCMLDG), the molecular layer, and the hippocampal amygdala transition area (HATA). Linear regression analyses comparing mean hippocampal subfield volumes between groups, adjusting for age, sex and head size, were performed. Using a Bonferonni-corrected p-value of p < 0.0025, compared to controls, tAD was associated with atrophy in all hippocampal regions, except the parasubiculum. In PCA patients compared to controls, the strongest evidence for volume loss was in the left presubiclum, right subiculum, right GCMLDG, right molecular layer and the right HATA. Compared to PCA, patients with tAD had strong evidence for smaller volumes in left CA1 and left hippocampal tail. In conclusion, these data provide evidence that hippocampal subfield volumes differ in different phenotypes of EOAD.

摘要

早发性阿尔茨海默病(EOAD-定义为症状发作<65 岁)最常见的表现是进行性情景记忆障碍-遗忘型或典型阿尔茨海默病(tAD)。然而,EOAD 的表型异质性显著,后部皮质萎缩(PCA)-以明显的高级视觉处理缺陷和情景记忆相对保留为特征-是第二常见的典型表型。海马体由多个在解剖和功能上相互连接的不同亚区组成,是阿尔茨海默病的核心部位,是情景记忆的关键中介。EOAD 不同表型之间单个海马亚区体积的差异尚不清楚。本分析的目的是验证以下假设,即 PCA 表型患者的特定海马亚区体积与 tAD 相比存在差异。我们研究了 63 名参与者的容积 T1 加权 MRI,这些参与者在同一台 3T 扫描仪上进行:39 名 EOAD 患者[27 名 tAD 和 12 名 PCA]和 24 名年龄匹配的对照者。使用 Freesurfer 版本 6.0 获得每个参与者以下海马亚区的容积估计值:CA1、CA2/3、CA4、前下托、下托、海马尾部、副下托、齿状回的分子和颗粒细胞层(GCMLDG)、分子层和海马杏仁核过渡区(HATA)。进行线性回归分析,比较组间平均海马亚区体积,调整年龄、性别和头部大小。与对照组相比,Bonferroni 校正的 p 值<0.0025,与对照组相比,tAD 与所有海马区域的萎缩相关,除了副下托。与对照组相比,PCA 患者的体积损失最明显的证据是左前下托、右下托、右 GCMLDG、右分子层和右 HATA。与 PCA 相比,tAD 患者的左侧 CA1 和左侧海马尾部体积较小的证据较强。总之,这些数据提供了证据表明 EOAD 的不同表型中海马亚区体积不同。

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