Patricia and John Rosenwald Laboratory of Neurobiology and Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
J Alzheimers Dis. 2020;77(1):59-65. doi: 10.3233/JAD-200343.
An activated plasma contact system is an abnormality observed in many Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Since mild cognitive impairment (MCI) patients often develop AD, we analyzed the status of contact system activation in MCI patients. We found that kallikrein activity, high molecular weight kininogen cleavage, and bradykinin levels- measures of contact system activation- were significantly elevated in MCI patient plasma compared to plasma from age- and education-matched healthy individuals. Changes were more pronounced in MCI patients with impaired short-term recall memory, indicating the possible role of the contact system in early cognitive changes.
激活的血浆接触系统是许多阿尔茨海默病(AD)患者中观察到的异常现象。由于轻度认知障碍(MCI)患者经常发展为 AD,因此我们分析了 MCI 患者接触系统激活的状态。我们发现激肽释放酶活性、高分子量激肽原裂解和缓激肽水平——接触系统激活的衡量标准——在 MCI 患者血浆中明显高于年龄和教育程度匹配的健康个体的血浆。在短期回忆记忆受损的 MCI 患者中,变化更为明显,表明接触系统可能在早期认知变化中起作用。